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Portland, Maine Census Data

People QuickFactsPortlandMainePopulation, 2003 estimate 63,6351,305,728Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 -1.0%2.4%Population, 2000 64,2491,274,923Population, percent…

Portland, Maine Demographic Statistics

NumberPercentTotal population64,249100.0SEX AND AGEMale30,75347.9Female33,49652.1Under 5 years3,3055.15 to 9 years3,2165.010 to 14 years3,4635.415 to 19 years3,5355.520 to 24 years5,4138.425 to…

Portland, Maine Economic Statistics

NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over53,543100.0In labor force37,00369.1Civilian labor force36,93169.0Employed35,15065.6Unemployed1,7813.3Percent of civilian labor force4.8…

Portland, Maine, Housing Statistics

NumberPercentTotal housing units31,864100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached11,16935.11-unit, attached1,5084.72 units3,84412.13 or 4 units5,09116.05 to 9 units3,65011.510 to 19 units2,1926.920…

Portland, Maine Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school14,946100.0Nursery school, preschool8655.8Kindergarten6914.6Elementary school (grades 1-8)5,69838.1High school (…

Longfellow, Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Longfellow, Samuel, 1819–92, American clergyman and hymn writer, b. Portland, Maine; brother and biographer of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He was a Unitarian pastor in Fall River, Mass…

Casco Bay

(Encyclopedia) Casco BayCasco Baykăsˈkō [key], deep inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 200 sq mi (518 sq km), SW Maine. The bay, with its more than 200 wooded, hilly islands, has many summer estates and…

Clark, Francis Edward

(Encyclopedia) Clark, Francis Edward, 1851–1927, American Congregational clergyman, founder of Christian Endeavor. He was born of American parents in Aylmer, Que., and was graduated from Dartmouth…

Dow, Neal

(Encyclopedia) Dow, Neal, 1804–97, American prohibitionist, b. Portland, Maine. He helped organize the Maine Temperance Union in 1838 and prepared (1851) the famous “Maine Law,” which superseded the…

Paine, John Knowles

(Encyclopedia) Paine, John Knowles, 1839–1906, American composer, organist, and educator, b. Portland, Maine, studied in Berlin. In 1862 he began to teach music at Harvard and held (from 1875) the…