Augusta, Maine

Augusta population, 2020 to 2024

Augusta added 243 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +29. Among 20 Maine places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 13th; the median place changed by +1.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maine has 18,252 people, so Augusta is 1.1 times that size.

Augusta covers 55.14 square miles of land and 2.89 of water, for 348 people per square mile of land. The median Maine place of 5,000+ has 548, so Augusta is less dense than the typical town.

What county Augusta is in

All of Augusta's residents live in Kennebec County, which had 128,461 residents in 2024. Augusta holds 14.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Augusta

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Augusta by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 04330. 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 Augusta is

The Census internal point of Augusta is at 44.334900, -69.734200. Augusta, the capital, is 3.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lewiston, ME (38,772 people), 27.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Manchester, NH, 126.5 miles away.

Daylight in Augusta

At 44.33° N, Augusta gets about 15 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Augusta

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maine, measured between internal points. The closest is Hallowell, 5.3 miles away, with 2,619 people.