Maine · Census place 2360545
Portland, Maine
Portland is a city in Cumberland County, Maine with an estimated 69,568 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the largest of 23 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 69,568
- #1 of 23 in Maine
- Change since 2020
- +1.6%
- +1,072 people
- Land area
- 21.5 sq mi
- + 47.90 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,230 / sq mi
- State median 548
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Portland population, 2020 to 2024
Portland added 1,072 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +201. Among 20 Maine places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by +1.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maine has 18,252 people, so Portland is 3.8 times that size.
Portland covers 21.54 square miles of land and 47.90 of water, for 3,230 people per square mile of land. The median Maine place of 5,000+ has 548, so Portland is denser than the typical town.
What county Portland is in
All of Portland's residents live in Cumberland County, which had 313,809 residents in 2024. Portland holds 22.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Portland
6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Portland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 04019, 04101, 04102, 04103, 04108, 04109. 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 Portland is
The Census internal point of Portland is at 43.633200, -70.185300. Augusta, the capital, is 50.7 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Manchester, NH (116,386 people), 77.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.633200, -70.185300
- DMS
- 43°37'59.52"N 70°11'7.08"W
- UTM
- 19N 404385.8E 4831817.0N
- Geohash
- dry04zhtg
- Plus code
- 87MFJRM7+7V
Daylight in Portland
At 43.63° N, Portland gets about 15 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Portland
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maine, measured between internal points. The closest is South Portland, 5.0 miles away, with 26,994 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Portland, ME?
69,568 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,072 (1.6%) from 68,496 in July 2020.
What county is Portland in?
Cumberland County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Portland?
6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 04019, 04101, 04102, 04103, 04108, 04109.
How far is Portland from Augusta?
50.7 miles (81.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Portland.
What is the nearest larger city to Portland?
Manchester, NH, with 116,386 residents, 77.5 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.