Maine · Census place 2360825
Presque Isle, Maine
Presque Isle is a city in Aroostook County, Maine with an estimated 8,728 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 15th largest of 23 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 8,728
- #15 of 23 in Maine
- Change since 2020
- -0.5%
- -47 people
- Land area
- 75.8 sq mi
- + 1.82 sq mi water
- Density
- 115 / sq mi
- State median 548
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Presque Isle population, 2020 to 2024
Presque Isle lost 47 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by -32. Among 20 Maine places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 18th; the median place changed by +1.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maine has 18,252 people, so Presque Isle is 48% of it.
Presque Isle covers 75.78 square miles of land and 1.82 of water, for 115 people per square mile of land. The median Maine place of 5,000+ has 548, so Presque Isle is less dense than the typical town.
What county Presque Isle is in
All of Presque Isle's residents live in Aroostook County, which had 66,776 residents in 2024. Presque Isle holds 13.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Presque Isle
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Presque Isle by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 04769. 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 Presque Isle is
The Census internal point of Presque Isle is at 46.688400, -67.993300. Augusta, the capital, is 185.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bangor, ME (32,446 people), 134.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Manchester, NH, 306.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 46.688400, -67.993300
- DMS
- 46°41'18.24"N 67°59'35.88"W
- UTM
- 19N 576978.5E 5171030.2N
- Geohash
- f2r9sg2g9
- Plus code
- 87RJM2Q4+9M
Daylight in Presque Isle
At 46.69° N, Presque Isle gets about 15 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Presque Isle
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maine, measured between internal points. The closest is Caribou, 10.6 miles away, with 7,328 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Presque Isle, ME?
8,728 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 47 (0.5%) from 8,775 in July 2020.
What county is Presque Isle in?
Aroostook County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Presque Isle?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 04769.
How far is Presque Isle from Augusta?
185.9 miles (299.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Presque Isle.
What is the nearest larger city to Presque Isle?
Bangor, ME, with 32,446 residents, 134.0 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.