Auburn, Maine

Auburn population, 2020 to 2024

Auburn added 1,114 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.6%. In the latest year it moved by +211. Among 20 Maine places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 3rd; the median place changed by +1.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maine has 18,252 people, so Auburn is 1.4 times that size.

Auburn covers 59.34 square miles of land and 6.40 of water, for 425 people per square mile of land. The median Maine place of 5,000+ has 548, so Auburn is less dense than the typical town.

What county Auburn is in

All of Auburn's residents live in Androscoggin County, which had 115,272 residents in 2024. Auburn holds 21.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Auburn

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Auburn by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 04210. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Auburn is

The Census internal point of Auburn is at 44.084500, -70.249600. Augusta, the capital, is 27.8 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lewiston, ME (38,772 people), 3.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Manchester, NH, 96.7 miles away.

Daylight in Auburn

At 44.08° N, Auburn gets about 15 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Auburn

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maine, measured between internal points. The closest is Lewiston, 3.9 miles away, with 38,772 people.