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</div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Maine</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%98%E1%8B%AD%E1%8A%95" title="መይን – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="መይን" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86" title="مين – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مين" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_(estau)" title="Maine (estau) – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Maine (estau)" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%A1%DC%9D%DC%A2" title="ܡܝܢ – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܡܝܢ" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%AAne_(%C3%88tat)" title="Mêne (Ètat) – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Mêne (Ètat)" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_suyu" title="Maine suyu – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Maine suyu" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men" title="Men – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Men" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%86" title="مئین – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="مئین" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8" title="মেইন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মেইন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BD_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Мэн (штат) – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Мэн (штат)" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BD_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Мэн (штат) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Мэн (штат)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BD_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Мэн (штат) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Мэн (штат)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8" title="मेइन – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="मेइन" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Мейн – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мейн" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_(stad)" title="Maine (stad) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Maine (stad)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BD" title="Мэн – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Мэн" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BD_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Мэн (штат) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Мэн (штат)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_(estado)" title="Maine (estado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Maine (estado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86" title="ميين – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="ميين" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%BD" title="Μέιν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μέιν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majno" title="Majno – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Majno" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ee mw-list-item"><a href="https://ee.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Ewe" lang="ee" hreflang="ee" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Eʋegbe" data-language-local-name="Ewe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eʋegbe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86_(%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA)" title="مین (ایالت) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مین (ایالت)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_(%C3%89tats-Unis)" title="Maine (États-Unis) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Maine (États-Unis)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine,_Estados_Unidos_de_Am%C3%A9rica" title="Maine, Estados Unidos de América – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Maine, Estados Unidos de América" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-got mw-list-item"><a href="https://got.wikipedia.org/wiki/%F0%90%8C%BC%F0%90%8C%B4%F0%90%8C%BD" title="𐌼𐌴𐌽 – Gothic" lang="got" hreflang="got" data-title="𐌼𐌴𐌽" data-language-autonym="𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺" data-language-local-name="Gothic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%94%EC%9D%B8%EC%A3%BC" title="메인주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="메인주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_(Tarayyar_Amurka)" title="Maine (Tarayyar Amurka) – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Maine (Tarayyar Amurka)" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-haw mw-list-item"><a href="https://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Hawaiian" lang="haw" hreflang="haw" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Hawaiʻi" data-language-local-name="Hawaiian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hawaiʻi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%B6" title="Մեն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մեն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8" title="मेन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मेन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%ABn" title="Mën – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Mën" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8" title="মেইন – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="মেইন" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ik mw-list-item"><a href="https://ik.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai%C3%B1" title="Maiñ – Inupiaq" lang="ik" hreflang="ik" data-title="Maiñ" data-language-autonym="Iñupiatun" data-language-local-name="Inupiaq" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Iñupiatun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Мейн – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Мейн" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F" title="מיין – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מיין" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meenii" title="Meenii – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Meenii" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="მეინის შტატი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მეინის შტატი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86" title="مین – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="مین" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BD_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Мэн (штат) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Мэн (штат)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayn" title="Mayn – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Mayn" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A8n" title="Mèn – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Mèn" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BD_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Мэн (штат) – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Мэн (штат)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BD_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Мэн (штат) – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Мэн (штат)" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenomannica" title="Cenomannica – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Cenomannica" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meina" title="Meina – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Meina" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meinas" title="Meinas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Meinas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_(%C3%A1llam)" title="Maine (állam) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Maine (állam)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8" title="मेन – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="मेन" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%BD" title="Мејн – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Мејн" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8D%E0%B5%BB" title="മെയ്ൻ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മെയ്ൻ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meine" title="Meine – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Meine" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8" title="मेन – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मेन" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="მენიშ შტატი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="მენიშ შტატი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86" title="مين – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مين" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86" title="مین – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="مین" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%83%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%A2%EA%AF%85%EA%AF%A6" title="ꯃꯥꯢꯅꯦ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯃꯥꯢꯅꯦ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BD" title="Мэн – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Мэн" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%AD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%95%E1%80%BC%E1%80%8A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%94%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA" title="မိန်းပြည်နယ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="မိန်းပြည်နယ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8" title="मेन – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="मेन" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8" title="मेइन – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="मेइन" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E5%B7%9E" title="メイン州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="メイン州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BD_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Мэн (штат) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Мэн (штат)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_(Estats_Units)" title="Maine (Estats Units) – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Maine (Estats Units)" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BD_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Мэн (штат) – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Мэн (штат)" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyn" title="Meyn – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Meyn" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%A8" title="ਮੇਨ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਮੇਨ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8" title="मेइन – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="मेइन" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%92" title="مینے – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="مینے" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86" title="مین – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="مین" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_(%C3%89tots-Unis)" title="Maine (Étots-Unis) – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Maine (Étots-Unis)" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men" title="Men – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Men" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_suyu" title="Maine suyu – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Maine suyu" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BD_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Мэн (штат) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Мэн (штат)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BD" title="Мэн – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Мэн" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8" title="मेन – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="मेन" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mejn" title="Mejn – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Mejn" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%9A%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A" title="මේන් – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="මේන්" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A6%D9%86" title="مئن – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="مئن" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%95%DB%8C%D9%86" title="مەین – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="مەین" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%BD" title="Мејн – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Мејн" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_(osavaltio)" title="Maine (osavaltio) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Maine (osavaltio)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D" title="மேய்ன் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="மேய்ன்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BD_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Мэн (штат) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Мэн (штат)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%90%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%99" title="รัฐเมน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="รัฐเมน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BD" title="Мэн – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Мэн" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Мен (штат) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Мен (штат)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%86" title="میئن – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="میئن" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9an%C3%A9_Shitati" title="Méané Shitati – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="Méané Shitati" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%C3%A4n" title="Menän – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Menän" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B7%AC%E5%9B%A0%E5%B7%9E" title="緬因州 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="緬因州" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vls mw-list-item"><a href="https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – West Flemish" lang="vls" hreflang="vls" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="West Flemish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>West-Vlams</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BC%85%E5%9B%A0%E5%B7%9E" title="缅因州 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="缅因州" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%9F" title="מעין – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="מעין" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yorùbá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B7%AC%E5%9B%A0%E5%B7%9E" title="緬因州 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="緬因州" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Dimli" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Dimli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zea mw-list-item"><a href="https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Zeelandic" lang="zea" hreflang="zea" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Zeêuws" data-language-local-name="Zeelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zeêuws</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bat-smg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bat-smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meins" title="Meins – Samogitian" lang="sgs" hreflang="sgs" data-title="Meins" data-language-autonym="Žemaitėška" data-language-local-name="Samogitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Žemaitėška</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BC%85%E5%9B%A0%E5%B7%9E" title="缅因州 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="缅因州" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bew mw-list-item"><a href="https://bew.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A8n" title="Mèn – Betawi" lang="bew" hreflang="bew" data-title="Mèn" data-language-autonym="Betawi" data-language-local-name="Betawi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Betawi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-knc mw-list-item"><a href="https://knc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine – Central Kanuri" lang="knc" hreflang="knc" data-title="Maine" data-language-autonym="Yerwa Kanuri" data-language-local-name="Central Kanuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yerwa Kanuri</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tly mw-list-item"><a href="https://tly.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men" title="Men – Talysh" 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Maine</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style 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class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_nicknames" title="List of U.S. state and territory nicknames">Nicknames</a>: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">The Pine Tree State<br />Vacationland<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_mottos" title="List of U.S. state and territory mottos">Motto(s)</a>: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">"<a href="/wiki/Dirigo" class="mw-redirect" title="Dirigo">Dirigo</a>"<br />(Latin for "I lead", "I guide", or "I direct")</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_songs" title="List of U.S. state songs">Anthem:</a> <a href="/wiki/State_of_Maine_(song)" title="State of Maine (song)">State of Maine</a><br /><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="67" data-mwtitle=""State_of_Maine"_-_Regional_anthem_of_Maine.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/%22State_of_Maine%22_-_Regional_anthem_of_Maine.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/%22State_of_Maine%22_-_Regional_anthem_of_Maine.ogg/%22State_of_Maine%22_-_Regional_anthem_of_Maine.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maine_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Maine within the United States"><img alt="Location of Maine within the United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maine_in_United_States.svg/330px-Maine_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maine_in_United_States.svg/500px-Maine_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maine_in_United_States.svg/960px-Maine_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Maine within the United States</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Before statehood</th><td class="infobox-data">Part of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> (<a href="/wiki/District_of_Maine" title="District of Maine">District of Maine</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union" title="List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union">Admitted to the Union</a></th><td class="infobox-data">March 15, 1820<span class="noprint">; 205 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1820-03-15</span>)</span> (23rd)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States" title="List of capitals in the United States">Capital</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Maine" title="Augusta, Maine">Augusta</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population" title="List of largest cities of U.S. states and territories by population">Largest city</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">Portland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_most_populous_counties_by_U.S._state" title="List of the most populous counties by U.S. state">Largest county or equivalent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Maine" title="Cumberland County, Maine">Cumberland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Statistical_area_(United_States)" title="Statistical area (United States)">Largest metro</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_urban_areas" title="List of United States urban areas">urban</a> areas</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Portland_metropolitan_area,_Maine" title="Portland metropolitan area, Maine">Portland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maine" title="Governor of Maine">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Janet_Mills" title="Janet Mills">Janet Mills</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Maine_Senate" title="List of presidents of the Maine Senate">Senate President</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mattie_Daughtry" title="Mattie Daughtry">Mattie Daughtry</a> (D)</span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maine_State_Legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="Maine State Legislature">State Legislature</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">Upper house</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maine_Senate" title="Maine Senate">Senate</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">Lower house</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maine_House_of_Representatives" title="Maine House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">Judiciary</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maine_Supreme_Judicial_Court" title="Maine Supreme Judicial Court">Maine Supreme Judicial Court</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Maine" title="List of United States senators from Maine">U.S. senators</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Susan_Collins" title="Susan Collins">Susan Collins</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">R</a>)</span><br /><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Angus_King" title="Angus King">Angus King</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">I</a>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Maine" title="List of United States representatives from Maine">U.S. House delegation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maine%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Maine's 1st congressional district">1</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chellie_Pingree" title="Chellie Pingree">Chellie Pingree</a> (D)</span><br /><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maine%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Maine's 2nd congressional district">2</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jared_Golden" title="Jared Golden">Jared Golden</a> (D)</span> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Maine" title="United States congressional delegations from Maine">list</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">35,385<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sq mi (91,646 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">30,862 sq mi (80,005 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">4,523 sq mi (11,724 km<sup>2</sup>)  13.5%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area" title="List of U.S. states and territories by area">39th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Dimensions<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Length</th><td class="infobox-data">320 mi (515 km)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Width</th><td class="infobox-data">205 mi (330 km)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">600 ft (180 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/wiki/Mount_Katahdin" title="Mount Katahdin">Mount Katahdin</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USGS_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,270 ft (1,606.4 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a><sup id="cite_ref-USGS_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 ft (0 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2024)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Neutral increase"><img alt="Neutral increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Increase_Neutral.svg/11px-Increase_Neutral.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Increase_Neutral.svg/17px-Increase_Neutral.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Increase_Neutral.svg/22px-Increase_Neutral.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="347" data-file-height="346" /></span></span> 1,405,012<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population" title="List of U.S. states and territories by population">42nd</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">43.8/sq mi (16.9/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population_density" title="List of states and territories of the United States by population density">38th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States" title="Household income in the United States">Median household income</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">$73,700 (2<span>0</span>23)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Income rank<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_income#States_and_territories_ranked_by_median_household_income" title="List of U.S. states and territories by income">35th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Mainer</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Language<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States" title="Languages of the United States">Spoken language</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>: 92.91%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: 3.93%<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Other: ≤ 3.16%</li></ul> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9205:00" title="UTC−05:00">UTC−05:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−04:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Daylight Time">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_abbreviations" title="List of U.S. state and territory abbreviations">USPS abbreviation</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">ME</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:US" title="ISO 3166-2:US">US-ME</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_abbreviations" title="List of U.S. state and territory abbreviations">Traditional abbreviation</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Me.</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Latitude</th><td class="infobox-data">42° 58′ N to 47° 28′ N</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Longitude</th><td class="infobox-data">66° 57′ W to 71° 5′ W (<span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Maine&params=45_N_69_W_dim:300000_region:US-ME_type:adm1st"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">45°N</span> <span class="longitude">69°W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">45°N 69°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">45; -69</span></span></span></a></span></span>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://maine.gov">maine<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1141396924">.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-none{float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-center{float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em auto}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols .infobox-title{font-size:120%}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols .infobox-subheader{font-weight:bold;background-color:#cddeff}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-island{font-weight:bold;background-color:#cef2e0}</style><table class="infobox ib-region-symbols"><caption class="infobox-title">State symbols of Maine</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:85%; white-space:nowrap;"><span style="font-size:120%;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Maine_state_symbols" title="List of Maine state symbols">List of state symbols</a></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Maine.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Maine.svg/250px-Flag_of_Maine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Maine.svg/375px-Flag_of_Maine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Maine.svg/500px-Flag_of_Maine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Maine" title="Flag of Maine">Flag of Maine</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Maine.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Seal_of_Maine.svg/250px-Seal_of_Maine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Seal_of_Maine.svg/300px-Seal_of_Maine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="325" data-file-height="325" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Seal_of_Maine" title="Seal of Maine">Seal of Maine</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_mottos" title="List of U.S. state and territory mottos">Motto</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Seal_of_Maine" title="Seal of Maine">Dirigo</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_nicknames" title="List of U.S. state and territory nicknames">Slogan</a></th><td class="infobox-data">The Way Life Should Be</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_songs" title="List of U.S. state songs">Song</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/State_of_Maine_(song)" title="State of Maine (song)">State of Maine</a>"</li> <li>"The Dirigo March"</li> <li>"The Ballad of the 20th Maine"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid">Living insignia</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_birds" title="List of U.S. state birds">Bird</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Black-capped_chickadee" title="Black-capped chickadee">Black-capped chickadee</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_insects" title="List of U.S. state insects">Butterfly</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Colias_interior" title="Colias interior">Pink-edged Sulphur</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_mammals" title="List of U.S. state mammals">Cat breed</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maine_Coon" title="Maine Coon">Maine Coon</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_crustaceans" title="List of U.S. state crustaceans">Crustacean</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_lobster" title="American lobster">Lobster</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_fish" title="List of U.S. state fish">Fish</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_salmon" title="Atlantic salmon">Landlocked Atlantic salmon</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_flowers" title="List of U.S. state and territory flowers">Flower</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pinus_strobus" title="Pinus strobus">White pine cone and tassel</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fruit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vaccinium_angustifolium" title="Vaccinium angustifolium">Wild blueberry</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_insects" title="List of U.S. state insects">Insect</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Western_honey_bee" title="Western honey bee">Honey bee</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_mammals" title="List of U.S. state mammals">Mammal</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Moose" title="Moose">Moose</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Plant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gaultheria_procumbens" title="Gaultheria procumbens">Wintergreen</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_trees" title="List of U.S. state and territory trees">Tree</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_white_pine" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern white pine">White pine</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid">Inanimate insignia</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_beverages" title="List of U.S. state beverages">Beverage</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Moxie" title="Moxie">Moxie</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_foods" title="List of U.S. state foods">Food</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Blueberry_pie" title="Blueberry pie">Blueberry pie</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Whoopie_pie" title="Whoopie pie">Whoopie pie</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_fossils" title="List of U.S. state fossils">Fossil</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pertica" title="Pertica"><i>Pertica quadrifaria</i></a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_minerals,_rocks,_stones_and_gemstones" title="List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones">Gemstone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tourmaline" title="Tourmaline">Tourmaline</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_minerals,_rocks,_stones_and_gemstones" title="List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones">Rock</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Granitic <a href="/wiki/Pegmatite" title="Pegmatite">pegmatite</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_ships" title="List of U.S. state ships">Ship</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bowdoin_(Arctic_schooner)" title="Bowdoin (Arctic schooner)"><i>Bowdoin</i></a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_soils" title="List of U.S. state soils">Soil</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Chesuncook soil</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid"><a href="/wiki/Numbered_highways_in_the_United_States#State_highways" title="Numbered highways in the United States">State route marker</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MA_Route_11.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Route marker"><img alt="Route marker" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/MA_Route_11.svg/85px-MA_Route_11.svg.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/MA_Route_11.svg/128px-MA_Route_11.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid"><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_United_States_state_symbols" title="Lists of United States state symbols">Lists of United States state symbols</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Maine</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>/</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/f\/f7\/En-Maine-pronunciation.ogg\/En-Maine-pronunciation.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"En-Maine-pronunciation.ogg"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/En-Maine-pronunciation.ogg/En-Maine-pronunciation.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:En-Maine-pronunciation.ogg" title="File:En-Maine-pronunciation.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">MAYN</span></i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">state</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> region of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, and the northeastern most state in the <a href="/wiki/Lower_48" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower 48">Lower 48</a>. It borders <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> to the west, the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Maine" title="Gulf of Maine">Gulf of Maine</a> to the southeast, and the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">Canadian provinces</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> to the northeast and northwest, and shares a maritime border with <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>. Maine is the largest <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">state</a> in New England by total area, nearly larger than the combined area of the remaining five states. Of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States" title="List of states and territories of the United States">50 U.S. states</a>, it is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area" title="List of U.S. states and territories by area">12th-smallest by area</a>, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population" title="List of U.S. states and territories by population">9th-least populous</a>, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population_density" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. states by population density">13th-least densely populated</a>, and the most rural.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maine's <a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States" title="List of capitals in the United States">capital</a> is <a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Maine" title="Augusta, Maine">Augusta</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Maine" title="List of municipalities in Maine">its most populous city</a> is <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">Portland</a>, with a total population of 68,408, as of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>. </p><p>The territory of Maine has been inhabited by <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Indigenous populations</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for about 12,000 years,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after the glaciers retreated during the <a href="/wiki/Last_Glacial_Period" title="Last Glacial Period">last ice age</a>. At the time of European arrival, several <a href="/wiki/Algonquian_languages" title="Algonquian languages">Algonquian</a>-speaking nations governed the area and these nations are now known as the <a href="/wiki/Wabanaki_Confederacy" title="Wabanaki Confederacy">Wabanaki Confederacy</a>. The first European settlement in the area was by the French in 1604 on <a href="/wiki/Saint_Croix_Island,_Maine" title="Saint Croix Island, Maine">Saint Croix Island</a>, founded by <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Dugua,_Sieur_de_Mons" title="Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons">Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons</a>. The first English settlement was the short-lived <a href="/wiki/Popham_Colony" title="Popham Colony">Popham Colony</a>, established by the <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Company" title="Plymouth Company">Plymouth Company</a> in 1607. A number of English settlements were established along the coast of Maine in the 1620s, although the rugged climate and conflict with the local <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Indigenous people">Indigenous people</a> caused many to fail. As Maine entered the 18th century, only a half dozen European settlements had survived. <a href="/wiki/Loyalist_(American_Revolution)" title="Loyalist (American Revolution)">Loyalist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Patriot_(American_Revolution)" title="Patriot (American Revolution)">Patriot</a> forces contended for Maine's territory during the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>, the largely undefended eastern region of Maine was occupied by British forces with the goal of annexing it to <a href="/wiki/British_North_America" title="British North America">Canada</a> via the <a href="/wiki/New_Ireland_(Maine)" title="New Ireland (Maine)">Colony of New Ireland</a>, but returned to the United States following failed British offensives on the northern border, mid-Atlantic and south which produced a <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Ghent" title="Treaty of Ghent">peace treaty</a> that restored the pre-war boundaries. Maine was part of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth of Massachusetts">Commonwealth of Massachusetts</a> until 1820 when it voted to secede from Massachusetts to become a separate state. On March 15, 1820, under the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Compromise" title="Missouri Compromise">Missouri Compromise</a>, Maine was <a href="/wiki/Admission_to_the_Union" title="Admission to the Union">admitted to the Union</a> as the 23rd state. </p><p>Today, Maine is known for its jagged, rocky <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> and bay-shore coastlines, mountains, heavily <a href="/wiki/Forest" title="Forest">forested</a> interior, and its cuisine, particularly <a href="/wiki/Vaccinium_angustifolium" title="Vaccinium angustifolium">wild lowbush blueberries</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seafood" title="Seafood">seafood</a> such as <a href="/wiki/American_lobster" title="American lobster">lobster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clam" title="Clam">clams</a>. Coastal and <a href="/wiki/Down_East_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="Down East Maine">Down East Maine</a> have emerged as important centers for the <a href="/wiki/Creative_economy" class="mw-redirect" title="Creative economy">creative economy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-MaineCreativeEconomy_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaineCreativeEconomy-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> especially in <a href="/wiki/Portland_metropolitan_area,_Maine" title="Portland metropolitan area, Maine">the vicinity of Portland</a>, which has also brought <a href="/wiki/Gentrification" title="Gentrification">gentrification</a> to the city and its metropolitan area.<sup id="cite_ref-MaineGentrification_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaineGentrification-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Maine" title="History of Maine">History of Maine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Maine_State_Capitol_building_in_Augusta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/The_Maine_State_Capitol_building_in_Augusta.jpg/220px-The_Maine_State_Capitol_building_in_Augusta.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/The_Maine_State_Capitol_building_in_Augusta.jpg/330px-The_Maine_State_Capitol_building_in_Augusta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/The_Maine_State_Capitol_building_in_Augusta.jpg/440px-The_Maine_State_Capitol_building_in_Augusta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5471" data-file-height="5407" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Maine_State_House" title="Maine State House">Maine State House</a>, designed by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Bulfinch" title="Charles Bulfinch">Charles Bulfinch</a>, built 1829–1832</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_Misty_Morning,_Coast_of_Maine_-_Arthur_Parton_-_overall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Brooklyn_Museum_-_Misty_Morning%2C_Coast_of_Maine_-_Arthur_Parton_-_overall.jpg/220px-Brooklyn_Museum_-_Misty_Morning%2C_Coast_of_Maine_-_Arthur_Parton_-_overall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Brooklyn_Museum_-_Misty_Morning%2C_Coast_of_Maine_-_Arthur_Parton_-_overall.jpg/330px-Brooklyn_Museum_-_Misty_Morning%2C_Coast_of_Maine_-_Arthur_Parton_-_overall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Brooklyn_Museum_-_Misty_Morning%2C_Coast_of_Maine_-_Arthur_Parton_-_overall.jpg/440px-Brooklyn_Museum_-_Misty_Morning%2C_Coast_of_Maine_-_Arthur_Parton_-_overall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1494" data-file-height="797" /></a><figcaption><i>Misty Morning, Coast of Maine</i><br />Arthur Parton (1842–1914). Between 1865 and 1870, <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Museum" title="Brooklyn Museum">Brooklyn Museum</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The earliest known inhabitants of the territory that is now Maine were Algonquian-speaking Wabanaki peoples, including the <a href="/wiki/Passamaquoddy" title="Passamaquoddy">Passamaquoddy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maliseet" class="mw-redirect" title="Maliseet">Maliseet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Penobscot_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Penobscot people">Penobscot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Androscoggin_people" title="Androscoggin people">Androscoggin</a>, and Kennebec. During the later <a href="/wiki/King_Philip%27s_War" title="King Philip's War">King Philip's War</a>, many of these peoples would merge in one form or another to become the <a href="/wiki/Wabanaki_Confederacy" title="Wabanaki Confederacy">Wabanaki Confederacy</a>, aiding the <a href="/wiki/Wampanoag" title="Wampanoag">Wampanoag</a> of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mahican" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahican">Mahican</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>. Afterwards, many of these people were driven from their natural territories, but most of Maine's tribes continued, unchanged, until the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>. Before this point, however, most of these people were considered separate nations. Many had adapted to living in permanent, <a href="/wiki/Iroquois" title="Iroquois">Iroquois</a>-inspired settlements, while those along the coast tended to move from summer villages to winter villages on a yearly cycle. They would usually winter inland and head to the coasts by summer.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/European_exploration_of_North_America" class="mw-redirect" title="European exploration of North America">European contact</a> with what is now called Maine may have started around 1000 CE when <a href="/wiki/Norse_colonization_of_North_America" title="Norse colonization of North America">Vikings</a> are believed to have interacted with the native <a href="/wiki/Penobscot" title="Penobscot">Penobscot</a> in present-day <a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Maine" title="Hancock County, Maine">Hancock County</a>, most likely through trade. If confirmed, this would make Maine the site of the earliest European discovery in the entire US. About 200 years earlier, from the settlements in <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a>, the Norse <a href="/wiki/Norse_colonization_of_the_Americas" class="mw-redirect" title="Norse colonization of the Americas">first identified America</a> and <a href="/wiki/L%27Anse_aux_Meadows" title="L'Anse aux Meadows">attempted to settle</a> areas such as <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland" class="mw-redirect" title="Newfoundland">Newfoundland</a>, but failed to establish a permanent settlement. Archeological evidence suggests that <a href="/wiki/Vikings_in_Greenland" class="mw-redirect" title="Vikings in Greenland">Vikings in Greenland</a> returned to North America for several <a href="/wiki/Century" title="Century">centuries</a> after the initial discovery to trade and collect timber, with the most relevant evidence being the <a href="/wiki/Maine_penny" title="Maine penny">Maine Penny</a>, an 11th-century Norwegian coin found at a Native American dig site in 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first European confirmed settlement in modern-day Maine was in 1604 on <a href="/wiki/Saint_Croix_Island,_Maine" title="Saint Croix Island, Maine">Saint Croix Island</a>, led by French explorer <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Dugua,_Sieur_de_Mons" title="Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons">Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons</a>. His party included <a href="/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain" title="Samuel de Champlain">Samuel de Champlain</a>, noted as an explorer. The French named the entire area <a href="/wiki/Acadia" title="Acadia">Acadia</a>, including the portion that later became the state of Maine. (It is possible that they named the region Maine after the <a href="/wiki/Maine_(province)" title="Maine (province)">French province</a>; however, the origin of the name is uncertain.) The <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Company" title="Plymouth Company">Plymouth Company</a> established the first English settlement in Maine at the <a href="/wiki/Popham_Colony" title="Popham Colony">Popham Colony</a> in 1607, the same year as the settlement at <a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia" title="Jamestown, Virginia">Jamestown, Virginia</a>. The Popham colonists returned to <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Britain</a> after 14 months.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The French established two <a href="/wiki/Jesuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesuit">Jesuit</a> missions: one on <a href="/wiki/Penobscot_Bay" title="Penobscot Bay">Penobscot Bay</a> in 1609, and the other on <a href="/wiki/Mount_Desert_Island" title="Mount Desert Island">Mount Desert Island</a> in 1613. The same year, <a href="/wiki/Claude_de_Saint-%C3%89tienne_de_la_Tour" title="Claude de Saint-Étienne de la Tour">Claude de La Tour</a> established <a href="/wiki/Castine,_Maine" title="Castine, Maine">Castine</a>. In 1625, <a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Saint-%C3%89tienne_de_la_Tour" title="Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour">Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour</a> erected <a href="/wiki/Fort_Pentagouet" title="Fort Pentagouet">Fort Pentagouet</a> to protect Castine. The coastal areas of eastern Maine first became the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Maine" title="Province of Maine">Province of Maine</a> in a 1622 land patent. The part of western Maine north of the <a href="/wiki/Kennebec_River" title="Kennebec River">Kennebec River</a> was more sparsely settled and was known in the 17th century as the <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Sagadahock" title="Territory of Sagadahock">Territory of Sagadahock</a>. A second settlement was attempted in 1623 by English explorer and naval Captain <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Levett" title="Christopher Levett">Christopher Levett</a> at a place called <a href="/wiki/York,_Maine" title="York, Maine">York</a>, where he had been granted 6,000 acres (24 km<sup>2</sup>) by <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">King Charles I</a> of England.<sup id="cite_ref-Society1884_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Society1884-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also failed. </p><p>The 1622 patent of the Province of Maine was split at the <a href="/wiki/Piscataqua_River" title="Piscataqua River">Piscataqua River</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_Hampshire" title="Province of New Hampshire">Province of New Hampshire</a> to the south and <a href="/wiki/New_Somersetshire" class="mw-redirect" title="New Somersetshire">New Somersetshire</a> to the north. A disputed 1630 patent split off the area around present-day <a href="/wiki/Saco,_Maine" title="Saco, Maine">Saco</a> as <a href="/wiki/Lygonia" title="Lygonia">Lygonia</a>. Justifying its actions with a 1652 geographic survey that showed an overlapping patent, the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a> had seized New Somersetshire and Lygonia by force by 1658. The <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Sagadahock" title="Territory of Sagadahock">Territory of Sagadahock</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Kennebec_River" title="Kennebec River">Kennebec River</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Croix_River_(Maine%E2%80%93New_Brunswick)" title="St. Croix River (Maine–New Brunswick)">St. Croix River</a> notionally became <a href="/wiki/Cornwall_County,_Province_of_New_York" title="Cornwall County, Province of New York">Cornwall County, Province of New York</a> under a 1664 grant from <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II of England</a> to his <a href="/wiki/James_II_of_England" title="James II of England">brother James</a>, at the time the <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_York" title="Duke of York">Duke of York</a>. Some of this land was claimed by <a href="/wiki/New_France" title="New France">New France</a> as part of <a href="/wiki/Acadia" title="Acadia">Acadia</a>. All of the English settlements in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Province of New York became part of the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_New_England" title="Dominion of New England">Dominion of New England</a> in 1686. All of present-day Maine was unified as <a href="/wiki/York_County,_Massachusetts" title="York County, Massachusetts">York County, Massachusetts</a> under a 1691 royal patent for the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay" title="Province of Massachusetts Bay">Province of Massachusetts Bay</a>. </p><p>Central Maine was formerly inhabited by the <a href="/wiki/Androscoggin_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Androscoggin tribe">Androscoggin tribe</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Abenaki" title="Abenaki">Abenaki nation</a>, also known as Arosaguntacook. They were driven out of the area in 1690 during <a href="/wiki/King_William%27s_War" title="King William's War">King William's War</a>. They were relocated to <a href="/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-du-Lac,_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec">St. Francis</a>, Canada, which was destroyed by <a href="/wiki/Rogers%27_Rangers" title="Rogers' Rangers">Rogers' Rangers</a> in 1759, and is now <a href="/wiki/Odanak" title="Odanak">Odanak</a>. The other Abenaki tribes suffered several severe defeats, particularly during <a href="/wiki/Dummer%27s_War" title="Dummer's War">Dummer's War</a>, with the capture of <a href="/wiki/Norridgewock" title="Norridgewock">Norridgewock</a> in 1724 and the defeat of the <a href="/wiki/Pequawket" title="Pequawket">Pequawket</a> in 1725, which significantly reduced their numbers. They finally withdrew to <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, where they were settled at <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9cancour,_Quebec" title="Bécancour, Quebec">Bécancour</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sillery,_Quebec_City" title="Sillery, Quebec City">Sillery</a>, and later at St. Francis, along with other refugee tribes from the south.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maine was much fought over by the <a href="/wiki/French_colonial_empire" title="French colonial empire">French</a>, English, and allied natives during the 17th and 18th centuries. These natives conducted raids against settlers and each other, taking captives for ransom or, in some cases, kidnapped for adoption by <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> tribes. A notable example was the early 1692 <a href="/wiki/Abenaki" title="Abenaki">Abenaki</a> <a href="/wiki/Raid_on_York_(1692)" title="Raid on York (1692)">raid on York</a>, where about 100 English settlers were killed and another estimated 80 taken hostage.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Abenaki" title="Abenaki">Abenaki</a> took captives taken during raids of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> in <a href="/wiki/Queen_Anne%27s_War" title="Queen Anne's War">Queen Anne's War</a> of the early 1700s to <a href="/wiki/Kahnewake" class="mw-redirect" title="Kahnewake">Kahnewake</a>, a Catholic <a href="/wiki/Mohawk_nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohawk nation">Mohawk</a> village near <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, where some were adopted and others ransomed.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the British defeated the French in Acadia in the 1740s, the territory from the <a href="/wiki/Penobscot_River" title="Penobscot River">Penobscot River</a> east fell under the nominal authority of the <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Province of Nova Scotia</a>, and together with present-day New Brunswick formed the Nova Scotia county of <a href="/wiki/Sunbury_County,_Nova_Scotia" title="Sunbury County, Nova Scotia">Sunbury</a>, with its court of general sessions at Campobello. American and British forces contended for Maine's territory during the American Revolution and the War of 1812, with the British occupying eastern Maine in both conflicts via the <a href="/wiki/New_Ireland_(Maine)" title="New Ireland (Maine)">Colony of New Ireland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The territory of Maine was confirmed as part of Massachusetts when the United States was formed following the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1783)" title="Treaty of Paris (1783)">Treaty of Paris</a> ending the revolution, although the final border with <a href="/wiki/British_North_America" title="British North America">British North America</a> was not established until the <a href="/wiki/Webster%E2%80%93Ashburton_Treaty" title="Webster–Ashburton Treaty">Webster–Ashburton Treaty</a> of 1842. </p><p>Maine was physically separate from the rest of Massachusetts. Longstanding disagreements over land speculation and settlements led to Maine residents and their allies in Massachusetts proper forcing an 1807 vote in the Massachusetts Assembly on permitting Maine to secede; the vote failed. Secessionist sentiment in Maine was stoked during the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a> when Massachusetts pro-British merchants opposed the war and refused to defend Maine from British invaders. In 1819, Massachusetts agreed to permit secession, sanctioned by voters of the rapidly growing region the following year. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Statehood"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statehood_and_Missouri_Compromise">Statehood and Missouri Compromise</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Statehood and Missouri Compromise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Formal secession from Massachusetts and admission of Maine as the 23rd state occurred on March 15, 1820, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Compromise" title="Missouri Compromise">Missouri Compromise</a>, which geographically restricted the spread of <a href="/wiki/Slavery" title="Slavery">slavery</a> and enabled the admission to statehood of <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a> the following year, keeping a balance between <a href="/wiki/Slave_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Slave state">slave</a> and free states.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maine's original state capital was Portland, Maine's largest city, until it was moved to the more central Augusta in 1832. The principal office of the <a href="/wiki/Maine_Supreme_Judicial_Court" title="Maine Supreme Judicial Court">Maine Supreme Judicial Court</a> remains in Portland. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/20th_Maine_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment">20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment</a>, under the command of Colonel <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Lawrence_Chamberlain" class="mw-redirect" title="Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain">Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain</a>, prevented the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> from being flanked at <a href="/wiki/Little_Round_Top" title="Little Round Top">Little Round Top</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Confederate Army">Confederate Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg" title="Battle of Gettysburg">Battle of Gettysburg</a>. </p><p>Four <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> ships have been named <a href="/wiki/USS_Maine" title="USS Maine">USS <i>Maine</i></a>, most famously the <a href="/wiki/Armored_cruiser" title="Armored cruiser">armored cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Maine_(1889)" title="USS Maine (1889)">USS <i>Maine</i> (ACR-1)</a>, whose sinking by an explosion on February 15, 1898, precipitated the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Coast_of_Maine"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Maine Coast" redirects here. For the painting, see <a href="/wiki/Maine_Coast_(painting)" title="Maine Coast (painting)">Maine Coast (painting)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Coast of Maine" redirects here. For the skin spot noted for its jagged edges, see <a href="/wiki/Coast_of_Maine_caf%C3%A9-au-lait_macule" class="mw-redirect" title="Coast of Maine café-au-lait macule">Coast of Maine café-au-lait macule</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Maine" title="List of counties in Maine">List of counties in Maine</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Maine_rivers" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Maine rivers">List of Maine rivers</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_in_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lakes in Maine">List of lakes in Maine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Maine" title="Geology of Maine">Geology of Maine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Geology_of_New_England" title="Geology of New England">Geology of New England</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:National-atlas-maine.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/National-atlas-maine.png/450px-National-atlas-maine.png" decoding="async" width="450" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/National-atlas-maine.png/675px-National-atlas-maine.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/National-atlas-maine.png/900px-National-atlas-maine.png 2x" data-file-width="9313" data-file-height="6312" /></a><figcaption>A map of Maine showing its famed jagged coast</figcaption></figure> <p>To the south and east is the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Maine" title="Gulf of Maine">Gulf of Maine</a>, and to the west is the state of <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>. The Canadian province of <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a> is to the north and northeast, and the province of <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> is to the northwest. Maine is the northernmost and largest state in New England, accounting for almost half of the region's entire land area. Maine is the only state to border exactly one other American state. Approximately half the area of Maine lies on each side of the <a href="/wiki/45th_parallel_north" title="45th parallel north">45th parallel north</a> in <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a>. </p><p>Maine is the easternmost state in the <a href="/wiki/Contiguous_United_States" title="Contiguous United States">Contiguous United States</a> both in its extreme points and its geographic center. The town of <a href="/wiki/Lubec,_Maine" title="Lubec, Maine">Lubec</a> is the easternmost organized settlement in the United States. Its Quoddy Head Lighthouse is also the closest place in the United States to Africa and Europe. <a href="/wiki/Estcourt_Station,_Maine" title="Estcourt Station, Maine">Estcourt Station</a> is Maine's northernmost point, as well as the northernmost point in New England. (For more information see <a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Extreme points of the United States">extreme points of the United States</a>) </p><p>Maine's <a href="/wiki/Moosehead_Lake" title="Moosehead Lake">Moosehead Lake</a> is the largest lake wholly in New England, since <a href="/wiki/Lake_Champlain" title="Lake Champlain">Lake Champlain</a> is located between <a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>. A number of other Maine lakes, such as <a href="/wiki/South_Twin_Lake_(Maine)" title="South Twin Lake (Maine)">South Twin Lake</a>, are described by <a href="/wiki/Thoreau" class="mw-redirect" title="Thoreau">Thoreau</a> in <i>The Maine Woods</i> (1864). <a href="/wiki/Mount_Katahdin" title="Mount Katahdin">Mount Katahdin</a> is the northern terminus of the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Trail" title="Appalachian Trail">Appalachian Trail</a>, which extends southerly to <a href="/wiki/Springer_Mountain" title="Springer Mountain">Springer Mountain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, and the southern terminus of the new <a href="/wiki/International_Appalachian_Trail" title="International Appalachian Trail">International Appalachian Trail</a> which, when complete, will run to <a href="/wiki/Belle_Isle_(Newfoundland_and_Labrador)" title="Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador)">Belle Isle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador" title="Newfoundland and Labrador">Newfoundland and Labrador</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Machias_Seal_Island" title="Machias Seal Island">Machias Seal Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Rock" title="North Rock">North Rock</a>, off the state's Downeast coast, are claimed by both <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> and the Maine town of <a href="/wiki/Cutler,_Maine" title="Cutler, Maine">Cutler</a>, and are within one of <a href="/wiki/List_of_areas_disputed_by_Canada_and_the_United_States" title="List of areas disputed by Canada and the United States">four areas between the two countries whose sovereignty is still in dispute</a>, but it is the only one of the disputed areas containing land. Also in this easternmost area in the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Fundy" title="Bay of Fundy">Bay of Fundy</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Old_Sow" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Sow">Old Sow</a>, the largest <a href="/wiki/Tide" title="Tide">tidal</a> <a href="/wiki/Whirlpool" title="Whirlpool">whirlpool</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Hemisphere" title="Western Hemisphere">Western Hemisphere</a>. </p><p>Maine is the least densely populated state east of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a>. It is called the <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_nicknames" title="List of U.S. state and territory nicknames">Pine Tree State</a> due to its largest distribution and presence of <a href="/wiki/Pine" title="Pine">pine</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Pinus_strobus" title="Pinus strobus">Pinus strobus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pinus_resinosa" title="Pinus resinosa">Pinus resinosa</a>. Over 80% of its total area is forested or unclaimed,<sup id="cite_ref-forest_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forest-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Forest_cover_by_state_and_territory_in_the_United_States" title="Forest cover by state and territory in the United States">the most forest cover of any U.S. state</a>. In the wooded areas of the interior lies much uninhabited land, some of which does not have formal political organization into local units (a rarity in New England). The <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Aroostook,_Maine" title="Northwest Aroostook, Maine">Northwest Aroostook</a> <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area#U.S._Census_Bureau" title="Unincorporated area">unorganized territory</a> in the northern part of the state, for example, has an area of 2,668 square miles (6,910 km<sup>2</sup>) and a population of 10, or one person for every 267 square miles (690 km<sup>2</sup>). </p><p>Maine is in the <a href="/wiki/Temperate_broadleaf_and_mixed_forests" title="Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests">temperate broadleaf and mixed forests</a> <a href="/wiki/Biome" title="Biome">biome</a>. The land near the southern and central Atlantic coast is covered by the mixed <a href="/wiki/Quercus" class="mw-redirect" title="Quercus">oaks</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_coastal_forests" title="Northeastern coastal forests">Northeastern coastal forests</a>. The remainder of the state, including the <a href="/wiki/North_Maine_Woods" title="North Maine Woods">North Woods</a>, is covered by the <a href="/wiki/New_England%E2%80%93Acadian_forests" title="New England–Acadian forests">New England–Acadian forests</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ecoregions_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ecoregions-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maine has almost 230 miles (400 km) of ocean coastline (and 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of tidal coastline).<sup id="cite_ref-mainegovfacts_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mainegovfacts-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/West_Quoddy_Head" class="mw-redirect" title="West Quoddy Head">West Quoddy Head</a> in Lubec is the easternmost point of land in the 48 contiguous states. Along the famous rock-bound coast of Maine are lighthouses, beaches, fishing villages, and thousands of offshore islands, including the <a href="/wiki/Isles_of_Shoals" title="Isles of Shoals">Isles of Shoals</a> which straddle the New Hampshire border. There are jagged rocks and cliffs and many bays and inlets. Inland are lakes, rivers, forests, and mountains. This visual contrast of forested slopes sweeping down to the sea has been summed up by American poet <a href="/wiki/Edna_St._Vincent_Millay" title="Edna St. Vincent Millay">Edna St. Vincent Millay</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rockland,_Maine" title="Rockland, Maine">Rockland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Camden,_Maine" title="Camden, Maine">Camden</a>, in "Renascence":<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portland-Head-Lighthouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Portland-Head-Lighthouse.jpg/220px-Portland-Head-Lighthouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Portland-Head-Lighthouse.jpg/330px-Portland-Head-Lighthouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Portland-Head-Lighthouse.jpg/440px-Portland-Head-Lighthouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3744" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>The Maine coast and <a href="/wiki/Portland_Head_Light" title="Portland Head Light">Portland Head Light</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shoreline_between_Gorham_Mountain_trailhead_and_Sand_Beach_(6598fb47-208e-4940-a5fa-8f8b000b14ee).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Shoreline_between_Gorham_Mountain_trailhead_and_Sand_Beach_%286598fb47-208e-4940-a5fa-8f8b000b14ee%29.jpg/220px-Shoreline_between_Gorham_Mountain_trailhead_and_Sand_Beach_%286598fb47-208e-4940-a5fa-8f8b000b14ee%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Shoreline_between_Gorham_Mountain_trailhead_and_Sand_Beach_%286598fb47-208e-4940-a5fa-8f8b000b14ee%29.jpg/330px-Shoreline_between_Gorham_Mountain_trailhead_and_Sand_Beach_%286598fb47-208e-4940-a5fa-8f8b000b14ee%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Shoreline_between_Gorham_Mountain_trailhead_and_Sand_Beach_%286598fb47-208e-4940-a5fa-8f8b000b14ee%29.jpg/440px-Shoreline_between_Gorham_Mountain_trailhead_and_Sand_Beach_%286598fb47-208e-4940-a5fa-8f8b000b14ee%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5299" data-file-height="3533" /></a><figcaption>Rocky shoreline in <a href="/wiki/Acadia_National_Park" title="Acadia National Park">Acadia National Park</a></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>All I could see from where I stood<br /> Was three long mountains and a wood;<br /> I turned and looked the other way,<br /> And saw three islands in a bay. </p> </div><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Edna St. Vincent Millay, Renascence</cite></div></blockquote> <p>Geologists describe this type of landscape as a "drowned coast", where a rising sea level has invaded former land features, creating bays out of valleys and islands out of mountain tops.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A rise in land elevation due to the melting of heavy glacier ice caused a slight rebounding effect of underlying rock; this land rise, however, was not enough to eliminate all the effect of the rising sea level and its invasion of former land features. </p><p>Much of Maine's geomorphology was created by extended glacial activity at the end of the <a href="/wiki/Quaternary_glaciation" title="Quaternary glaciation">last ice age</a>. Prominent glacial features include <a href="/wiki/Somes_Sound" title="Somes Sound">Somes Sound</a> and Bubble Rock, both part of Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. Carved by glaciers, Somes Sound reaches depths of 175 feet (50 m). The extreme depth and steep drop-off allow large ships to navigate almost the entire length of the sound. These features also have made it attractive for boat builders, such as the prestigious <a href="/wiki/Hinckley_Yachts" title="Hinckley Yachts">Hinckley Yachts</a>. </p><p>Bubble Rock, a <a href="/wiki/Glacial_erratic" title="Glacial erratic">glacial erratic</a>, is a large boulder perched on the edge of Bubble Mountain in <a href="/wiki/Acadia_National_Park" title="Acadia National Park">Acadia National Park</a>. By analyzing the type of granite, geologists discovered that glaciers carried Bubble Rock to its present location from near <a href="/wiki/Lucerne,_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucerne, Maine">Lucerne</a>, 30 miles (48 km) away. The <a href="/wiki/Iapetus_Suture" title="Iapetus Suture">Iapetus Suture</a> runs through the north and west of the state, being underlain by the ancient <a href="/wiki/Laurentia" title="Laurentia">Laurentian terrane</a>, and the south and east underlain by the <a href="/wiki/Avalonia" title="Avalonia">Avalonian terrane</a>. </p><p>Acadia National Park is the only national park in New England. Areas under the protection and management of the <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a> include:<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acadia_National_Park" title="Acadia National Park">Acadia National Park</a> near <a href="/wiki/Bar_Harbor,_Maine" title="Bar Harbor, Maine">Bar Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Trail" title="Appalachian Trail">Appalachian National Scenic Trail</a></li> <li>Maine Acadian Culture in <a href="/wiki/Saint_John_River_(Bay_of_Fundy)" title="Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)">St. John Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roosevelt_Campobello_International_Park" title="Roosevelt Campobello International Park">Roosevelt Campobello International Park</a> on <a href="/wiki/Campobello_Island" title="Campobello Island">Campobello Island</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a>, Canada, operated by both the U.S. and Canada, just across the <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt_Bridge" title="Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge">Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge</a> from Lubec</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Croix_Island_International_Historic_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Croix Island International Historic Site">Saint Croix Island International Historic Site</a> at <a href="/wiki/Calais,_Maine" title="Calais, Maine">Calais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katahdin_Woods_and_Waters_National_Monument" title="Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument">Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument</a></li></ul> <p>Lands under the control of the state of Maine include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Maine_state_parks" title="List of Maine state parks">Maine State Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maine_Wildlife_Management_Areas_(WMA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maine Wildlife Management Areas (WMA)">Maine Wildlife Management Areas (WMA)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Maine" title="Climate change in Maine">Climate change in Maine</a></div><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fall_Foliage_Buttermilk_Falls_Gulf_Hagas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Fall_Foliage_Buttermilk_Falls_Gulf_Hagas.jpg/220px-Fall_Foliage_Buttermilk_Falls_Gulf_Hagas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Fall_Foliage_Buttermilk_Falls_Gulf_Hagas.jpg/330px-Fall_Foliage_Buttermilk_Falls_Gulf_Hagas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Fall_Foliage_Buttermilk_Falls_Gulf_Hagas.jpg/440px-Fall_Foliage_Buttermilk_Falls_Gulf_Hagas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3078" /></a><figcaption>Autumn in the <a href="/wiki/Hundred-Mile_Wilderness" title="Hundred-Mile Wilderness">Hundred-Mile Wilderness</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Types_Maine.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Types_Maine.png/220px-K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Types_Maine.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Types_Maine.png/330px-K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Types_Maine.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Types_Maine.png/440px-K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Types_Maine.png 2x" data-file-width="1316" data-file-height="1590" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate types</a> of Maine, using 1991–2020 <a href="/wiki/Climatological_normal" title="Climatological normal">climate normals</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bangor_Maine.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Bangor_Maine.JPG/220px-Bangor_Maine.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Bangor_Maine.JPG/330px-Bangor_Maine.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Bangor_Maine.JPG/440px-Bangor_Maine.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Winter in <a href="/wiki/Bangor,_Maine" title="Bangor, Maine">Bangor</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Maine has a humid continental climate (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Dfb</i>), with warm and sometimes humid summers, and long, cold and very snowy winters. Winters are especially severe in the northern and western parts of Maine, while coastal areas are moderated slightly by the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>, resulting in marginally milder winters and cooler summers than inland regions. Daytime highs are generally in the 75–85 °F (24–29 °C) range throughout the state in July, with overnight lows in the high 50s<span class="nowrap"> </span>°F (around 15<span class="nowrap"> </span>°C). January temperatures range from highs near 30 °F (−1 °C) on the southern coast to overnight lows averaging below 0 °F (−18 °C) in the far north.<sup id="cite_ref-usgs_a_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usgs_a-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The state's record high temperature is 105 °F (41 °C), set in July 1911, at North Bridgton.<sup id="cite_ref-usatoday_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usatoday-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Precipitation in Maine is evenly distributed year-round, but with a slight summer maximum in northern/northwestern Maine and a slight late-fall or early-winter maximum along the coast due to "<a href="/wiki/Nor%27easter" title="Nor'easter">nor'easters</a>" or intense cold-season rain and snowstorms. In coastal Maine, the late spring and summer months are usually driest—a rarity across the Eastern United States. Maine has fewer days of thunderstorms than any other state east of the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountains" title="Rocky Mountains">Rockies</a>, with most of the state averaging fewer than twenty days of <a href="/wiki/Thunderstorm" title="Thunderstorm">thunderstorms</a> a year. <a href="/wiki/Tornado" title="Tornado">Tornadoes</a> are rare in Maine, with the state averaging two per year, although this number is increasing. Most severe thunderstorms and tornadoes occur in the southwestern interior portion of the state,<sup id="cite_ref-Annual_average_number_of_tornadoes_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Annual_average_number_of_tornadoes-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where summer temperatures are often the warmest and the atmosphere is thus more unstable compared to northern and coastal areas.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maine rarely sees the direct landfall of <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" title="Tropical cyclone">tropical cyclones</a>, as they tend to recurve out to sea or are rapidly weakening by the time they reach the cooler waters of Maine. </p><p>In January 2009, a new record low temperature for the state was set at <a href="/wiki/Big_Black_River_(Saint_John_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Black River (Saint John River)">Big Black River</a> of −50 °F (−46 °C), tying the New England record.<sup id="cite_ref-usgs_a_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usgs_a-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Annual precipitation varies from 35.8 in (909 mm) in <a href="/wiki/Presque_Isle,_Maine" title="Presque Isle, Maine">Presque Isle</a> to 56.7 in (1,441 mm) in Acadia National Park.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;"> <caption>Average daily maximum and minimum temperatures for selected cities in Maine<sup id="cite_ref-Maine_climate_averages_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maine_climate_averages-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Location </th> <th>July (°F) </th> <th>July (°C) </th> <th>January (°F) </th> <th>January (°C) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">Portland</a></td> <td>78/59</td> <td>26/15</td> <td>31/13</td> <td>−0/−10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lewiston,_Maine" title="Lewiston, Maine">Lewiston</a></td> <td>81/61</td> <td>27/16</td> <td>29/11</td> <td>−2/−12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bangor,_Maine" title="Bangor, Maine">Bangor</a></td> <td>79/57</td> <td>26/14</td> <td>27/6</td> <td>−2/−14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Maine" title="Augusta, Maine">Augusta</a></td> <td>79/60</td> <td>26/15</td> <td>27/11</td> <td>−2/−11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Presque_Isle,_Maine" title="Presque Isle, Maine">Presque Isle</a></td> <td>77/55</td> <td>25/13</td> <td>20/1</td> <td>−6/−17 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Flora and fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Maine" title="Fauna of Maine">Fauna of Maine</a></div><p>Maine exhibits a diverse range of flora and fauna across its varied landscapes, including forests, coastline, and wetlands. Forested areas consist primarily of coniferous and deciduous trees, such as <a href="/wiki/Abies_balsamea" title="Abies balsamea">balsam fir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Acer_saccharum" title="Acer saccharum">sugar maple</a>, and its state tree, the <a href="/wiki/Pinus_strobus" title="Pinus strobus">Eastern white pine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coastal regions are characterized by hardy <a href="/wiki/Lysimachia_maritima" title="Lysimachia maritima">sea milkwort</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suaeda" title="Suaeda">sea-blight</a>, <a href="/wiki/Myrica" title="Myrica">bayberry</a>, and the invasive <a href="/wiki/Rosa_rugosa" title="Rosa rugosa">rugosa rose</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maine's terrestrial fauna comprises mammals such as <a href="/wiki/Moose" title="Moose">moose</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_black_bear" title="American black bear">black bears</a>, and <a href="/wiki/White-tailed_deer" title="White-tailed deer">white-tailed deer</a>, along with smaller species like <a href="/wiki/Red_squirrel" title="Red squirrel">red squirrels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Snowshoe_hare" title="Snowshoe hare">snowshoe hares</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Raccoon" title="Raccoon">raccoons</a>. Maine has the largest populations of moose and black bears in the contiguous United States.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Avian diversity is evident with migratory birds like <a href="/wiki/Piping_plover" title="Piping plover">piping plovers</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_oystercatcher" title="American oystercatcher">American oystercatcher</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Northern_harrier" title="Northern harrier">northern harrier</a>, as well as resident species like <a href="/wiki/Black-capped_chickadee" title="Black-capped chickadee">black-capped chickadees</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jay" title="Jay">blue jays</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Barred_owl" title="Barred owl">barred owls</a>. Wetlands provide habitat for amphibians such as <a href="/wiki/Spotted_salamander" title="Spotted salamander">spotted salamanders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wood_frog" title="Wood frog">wood frogs</a>, and toads. Freshwater habitats support fish species like <a href="/wiki/Brook_trout" title="Brook trout">brook trout</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landlocked_salmon" class="mw-redirect" title="Landlocked salmon">landlocked salmon</a>, and multiple <a href="/wiki/Game_fish" title="Game fish">gamefish</a>, while marine life in offshore waters includes <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_puffin" title="Atlantic puffin">Atlantic puffins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harbor_seal" title="Harbor seal">harbor seals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minke_whale" title="Minke whale">minke whales</a>, and <a href="/wiki/American_lobster" title="American lobster">lobster</a>. Maine's abundance of lobster makes the state the largest producer of lobster in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1790_United_States_census" title="1790 United States census">1790</a></th><td>96,540</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_census" title="1800 United States census">1800</a></th><td>151,719</td><td></td><td>57.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>228,705</td><td></td><td>50.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>298,335</td><td></td><td>30.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>399,455</td><td></td><td>33.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>501,793</td><td></td><td>25.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>583,169</td><td></td><td>16.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>628,279</td><td></td><td>7.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>626,915</td><td></td><td>−0.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>648,936</td><td></td><td>3.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>661,086</td><td></td><td>1.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>694,466</td><td></td><td>5.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>742,371</td><td></td><td>6.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>768,014</td><td></td><td>3.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>797,423</td><td></td><td>3.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>847,226</td><td></td><td>6.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>913,774</td><td></td><td>7.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>969,265</td><td></td><td>6.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>992,048</td><td></td><td>2.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>1,124,660</td><td></td><td>13.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>1,227,928</td><td></td><td>9.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>1,274,923</td><td></td><td>3.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>1,328,361</td><td></td><td>4.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>1,362,359</td><td></td><td>2.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2024 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">1,405,012</td><td></td><td>3.1%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">Source: 1910–2020<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maine_population_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Maine_population_map.png/220px-Maine_population_map.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Maine_population_map.png/330px-Maine_population_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Maine_population_map.png/440px-Maine_population_map.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Maine population density map</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ethnic_Origins_in_Maine.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Ethnic_Origins_in_Maine.png/330px-Ethnic_Origins_in_Maine.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Ethnic_Origins_in_Maine.png/495px-Ethnic_Origins_in_Maine.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Ethnic_Origins_in_Maine.png/660px-Ethnic_Origins_in_Maine.png 2x" data-file-width="7000" data-file-height="5000" /></a><figcaption>Ethnic origins in Maine</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a> estimates that the population of Maine was 1,344,212 on July 1, 2019, a 1.19% increase since the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 United States Census">2010 United States census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PopEstUS_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEstUS-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, 1,362,359 people lived in the state. The state's population density is 41.3 people per square mile, making it the <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population_density" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. states by population density">least densely populated state</a> east of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a>. As of 2010, Maine was also the most rural state in the Union, with only 38.7% of the state's population living within urban areas.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As explained in detail under "Geography", there are large tracts of uninhabited land in some remote parts of the interior of the state, particularly in the <a href="/wiki/North_Maine_Woods" title="North Maine Woods">North Maine Woods</a>. </p><p>The mean population center of Maine is located in <a href="/wiki/Kennebec_County,_Maine" title="Kennebec County, Maine">Kennebec County</a>, just east of Augusta.<sup id="cite_ref-mean_population_center_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mean_population_center-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Portland_metropolitan_area,_Maine" title="Portland metropolitan area, Maine">Greater Portland metropolitan area</a> is the most densely populated with nearly 40% of Maine's population.<sup id="cite_ref-Metropolitan_populations,_census.gov_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Metropolitan_populations,_census.gov-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This area spans three counties and includes many farms and wooded areas; the 2016 population of Portland proper was 66,937.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maine has experienced a very slow rate of population growth since the 1990 census; its rate of growth (0.57%) since the 2010 census ranks 45th of the 50 states.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021 and 2022, however, Maine had the highest proportion of arriving residents to departing residents of any state in the country, with 1.8 arrivals for every departure.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The modest population growth in the state has been concentrated in the southern coastal counties; with more diverse populations slowly moving into these areas of the state. However, the northern, more rural areas of the state have experienced a slight decline in population from 2010 to 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2020, Maine has the highest population age 65 or older in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 census</a>, Maine has the highest percentage of non-Hispanic <a href="/wiki/White_American" class="mw-redirect" title="White American">White</a> of any state, at 94.4% of the total population. In 2011, 89.0% of all births in the state were to non-Hispanic White parents.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maine also has the second-highest residential senior population.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development" title="United States Department of Housing and Urban Development">HUD</a>'s 2022 <a href="/wiki/Annual_Homeless_Assessment_Report_to_Congress" title="Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress">Annual Homeless Assessment Report</a>, there were an estimated 4,411 <a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Maine" title="Homelessness in Maine">homeless</a> people in Maine.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The table below shows the racial composition of Maine's population as of 2016. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable collapsible nowrap" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: right; display:inline-table;"> <caption><b>Maine racial composition of population</b><sup id="cite_ref-ACS2016DEMO_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACS2016DEMO-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race</th> <th>Population (2016 est.)</th> <th>Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><i>Total population</i></td> <td><i>1,329,923</i></td> <td><i>100%</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/White_American" class="mw-redirect" title="White American">White</a></td> <td>1,260,476</td> <td>94.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">Black or African American</a></td> <td>16,303</td> <td>1.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">American Indian and Alaska Native</a></td> <td>8,013</td> <td>0.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Asian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian American">Asian</a></td> <td>14,643</td> <td>1.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander American">Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander</a></td> <td>211</td> <td>0.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States Census">Some other race</a></td> <td>3,151</td> <td>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiracial American">Two or more races</a></td> <td>27,126</td> <td>2.0% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>According to the 2016 <a href="/wiki/American_Community_Survey" title="American Community Survey">American Community Survey</a>, 1.5% of Maine's population were of <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> origin (of any race): <a href="/wiki/Mexican_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican American">Mexican</a> (0.4%), <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Ricans" title="Puerto Ricans">Puerto Rican</a> (0.4%), <a href="/wiki/Cuban_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuban American">Cuban</a> (0.1%), and other Hispanic or Latino origin (0.6%).<sup id="cite_ref-ACS2016DEMO_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACS2016DEMO-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The six largest ancestry groups were: <a href="/wiki/English_American" class="mw-redirect" title="English American">English</a> (20.7%), <a href="/wiki/Irish_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish American">Irish</a> (17.3%), <a href="/wiki/French_American" class="mw-redirect" title="French American">French</a> (15.7%), <a href="/wiki/German_American" class="mw-redirect" title="German American">German</a> (8.1%), <a href="/wiki/American_ancestry" title="American ancestry">American</a> (7.8%) and <a href="/wiki/French-Canadian_Americans" title="French-Canadian Americans">French Canadian</a> (7.7%).<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>People citing that they are <a href="/wiki/American_ethnicity" class="mw-redirect" title="American ethnicity">American</a> are of overwhelmingly English descent, but have ancestry that has been in the region for so long (often since the 17th century) that they choose to identify simply as Americans.<sup id="cite_ref-Pulera2004_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pulera2004-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Bundling_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This claim has too many footnotes for reading to be smooth. (April 2023)">excessive citations</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Maine has the highest percentage of <a href="/wiki/French_Americans" title="French Americans">French Americans</a> of any state. Most of them are of <a href="/wiki/French_Canadian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="French Canadian American">Canadian</a> origin, but in some cases have been living there since prior to the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>. There are particularly high concentrations in the northern part of Maine in <a href="/wiki/Aroostook_County,_Maine" title="Aroostook County, Maine">Aroostook County</a>, which is part of a cultural region known as <a href="/wiki/Acadia" title="Acadia">Acadia</a> that goes over the border into <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a>. Along with the <a href="/wiki/Acadians" title="Acadians">Acadian</a> population in the north, many French-Canadians came from <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> as immigrants between 1840 and 1930. </p><p>The upper <a href="/wiki/Saint_John_River_(Bay_of_Fundy)" title="Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)">Saint John River</a> valley area was once part of the so-called <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Madawaska" title="Republic of Madawaska">Republic of Madawaska</a>, before the frontier was decided in the <a href="/wiki/Webster-Ashburton_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Webster-Ashburton Treaty">Webster-Ashburton Treaty</a> of 1842. Over a quarter of the population of Lewiston, <a href="/wiki/Waterville,_Maine" title="Waterville, Maine">Waterville</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Biddeford" class="mw-redirect" title="Biddeford">Biddeford</a> are Franco-American. Most of the residents of the <a href="/wiki/Mid_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid Coast">Mid Coast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Down_East" title="Down East">Down East</a> sections are chiefly of British heritage. Smaller numbers of various other groups, including <a href="/wiki/Irish_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish American">Irish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian American">Italian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Americans" title="Swedish Americans">Swedish</a><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Polish_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish American">Polish</a>, have settled throughout the state since the late 19th and early 20th century <a href="/wiki/Immigration" title="Immigration">immigration</a> waves. </p><p>Today there are four <a href="/wiki/List_of_federally_recognized_tribes_by_state" title="List of federally recognized tribes by state">federally recognized</a> tribes in Maine, including the <a href="/wiki/Mi%27kmaq_Nation" title="Mi'kmaq Nation">Mi'kmaq Nation</a>. In 2020, 7,885 identified as being Native American alone, and 25,617 did in combination with one or more other races.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Birth_data">Birth data</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Birth data"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: Births in table do not sum to 100% because Hispanics are counted both by their ethnicity and by their race.</i> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"> <caption>Live births by single race/ethnicity of mother </caption> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States Census">Race</a> </th> <th>2013<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2014<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2015<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2016<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2017<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2018<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2019<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2020<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2021<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2022<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/White_Americans" title="White Americans">White</a>: </td> <td>11,950 (93.5%) </td> <td>11,842 (93.2%) </td> <td>11,805 (93.6%) </td> <td>... </td> <td>... </td> <td>... </td> <td>... </td> <td>... </td> <td>... </td> <td>... </td></tr> <tr> <td>> <a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_White" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic White">Non-Hispanic White</a> </td> <td>11,774 (92.1%) </td> <td>11,654 (91.8%) </td> <td>11,563 (91.7%) </td> <td>11,484 (90.4%) </td> <td>10,958 (89.1%) </td> <td>11,022 (89.5%) </td> <td>10,401 (88.3%) </td> <td>10,231 (88.7%) </td> <td>10,619 (88.4%) </td> <td>10,640 (88.0%) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">Black</a> </td> <td>455 (3.6%) </td> <td>450 (3.5%) </td> <td>473 (3.7%) </td> <td>411 (3.2%) </td> <td>545 (4.4%) </td> <td>546 (4.4%) </td> <td>541 (4.6%) </td> <td>514 (4.5%) </td> <td>551 (4.6%) </td> <td>679 (5.6%) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> </td> <td>253 (2.0%) </td> <td>248 (1.9%) </td> <td>186 (1.5%) </td> <td>192 (1.5%) </td> <td>219 (1.8%) </td> <td>202 (1.6%) </td> <td>217 (1.8%) </td> <td>195 (1.7%) </td> <td>197 (1.6%) </td> <td>163 (1.3%) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">American Indian</a> </td> <td>118 (0.9%) </td> <td>158 (1.2%) </td> <td>143 (1.1%) </td> <td>97 (0.7%) </td> <td>88 (0.7%) </td> <td>99 (0.8%) </td> <td>96 (0.8%) </td> <td>85 (0.7%) </td> <td>71 (0.6%) </td> <td>82 (0.7%) </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic</a></i> (of any race) </td> <td><i>172</i> (1.3%) </td> <td><i>200</i> (1.6%) </td> <td><i>251</i> (2.0%) </td> <td><i>238</i> (1.9%) </td> <td><i>229</i> (1.9%) </td> <td><i>224</i> (1.8%) </td> <td><i>257</i> (2.2%) </td> <td><i>258</i> (2.2%) </td> <td><i>305</i> (2.5%) </td> <td><i>338</i> (2.8%) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Maine Total</b> </td> <td><b>12,776</b> (100%) </td> <td><b>12,698</b> (100%) </td> <td><b>12,607</b> (100%) </td> <td><b>12,705</b> (100%) </td> <td><b>12,298</b> (100%) </td> <td><b>12,311</b> (100%) </td> <td><b>11,779</b> (100%) </td> <td><b>11,539</b> (100%) </td> <td><b>12,006</b> (100%) </td> <td><b>12,093</b> (100%) </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Since 2016, data for births of <a href="/wiki/White_Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="White Hispanic and Latino Americans">White Hispanic</a> origin are not collected, but included in one <i>Hispanic</i> group; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.</li></ul> <p>In 2018, The top countries of origin for Maine's immigrants were <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language">Language</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Maine does not have an official language,<sup id="cite_ref-auto_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the most widely spoken language in the state is English. The 2010 census reported 92.91% of Maine residents aged five and older spoke only English at home. French-speakers are the state's chief linguistic minority; census figures show that Maine has the highest percentage of people speaking French at home of any state: 3.93% of Maine households are French-speaking, compared with 3.45% (including Cajun and <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Creole" title="Louisiana Creole">Creole</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, which is the second highest state.<sup id="cite_ref-MLA_Data_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MLA_Data-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spanish is the third-most-common language in Maine, after English and French.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1279587269">.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie{display:none;position:relative;width:100px;height:100px;border-radius:50%;background-color:yellowgreen;color:black;border:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie div{position:absolute;transform-origin:left bottom;background-color:#655;color:black;top:0;left:50%;width:50%;height:50%;border-radius:0 500%0 0}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie50{transform-origin:left center;height:100%;border-radius:0 100%100%0/50%}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie12-5{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,100%0%,0 100%)}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie5{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,32.49197%0%,0 100%)}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie7{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,47.056428%0%,0 100%)}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie1{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,6.2914667%0%,0 100%)}@supports(clip-path:circle(50%)){.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie{display:block}}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-container{display:flex;align-items:flex-start;gap:1em;flex-wrap:wrap}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend{list-style-type:none!important;margin:0!important;padding:0!important}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend>li{display:flex;align-items:baseline;gap:.5em;margin:0;margin-bottom:0.1em}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend>li>span{display:block;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend>li>.l-color{border:1px solid var(--color-base,black);width:.8em;height:.8em;flex-shrink:0}.mw-parser-output .pie-thumb .smooth-pie-container{padding:.5em;padding-bottom:0;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .pie-thumb .smooth-pie-caption{margin-bottom:1em;font-size:94%}.mw-parser-output .thumbinner>.smooth-pie-container{flex-direction:column-reverse}@media screen and (min-width:641px){.mw-parser-output .thumbinner>.smooth-pie-container{width:min-content}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-container{break-inside:avoid-page}}body.mw-mf .mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-container{align-items:center}body.mw-mf .mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-legend-container{font-size:0.8125rem;line-height:1.5;color:var(--color-subtle,#54595d)}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-legend{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(190px,1fr));gap:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-footer{margin-top:.5em}}</style> <div class="pie-thumb thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="smooth-pie-container" style=""> <div class="smooth-pie-legend-container"><div class="smooth-pie-caption">Religious self-identification, per <a href="/wiki/Public_Religion_Research_Institute" title="Public Religion Research Institute">Public Religion Research Institute</a>'s 2022 <i>American Values Survey</i><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> <ol class="smooth-pie-legend"> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Blue;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Protestantism_in_the_United_States" title="Protestantism in the United States">Protestantism</a> (41%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Purple;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_United_States" title="Catholic Church in the United States">Catholicism</a> (21%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Teal;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Unitarianism" title="Unitarianism">Unitarian</a>/<a href="/wiki/Unitarian_Universalism" title="Unitarian Universalism">Universalist</a> (1%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:White;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_States" title="Irreligion in the United States">Unaffiliated</a> (30%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Pink;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Judaism_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Judaism in the United States">Judaism</a> (5%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Red;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/New_Age" title="New Age">New Age</a> (1%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Black;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label">Other (1%)</span></li> </ol> </div> <div class="smooth-pie" style="width:200px;height:200px;background:Black;color:#000;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;" title="Other (1%)" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="pie25" style="background:Blue;color:#000" title="Protestantism (41%)"></div> <div class="pie25" style="background:Blue;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.160turn)" title="Protestantism (41%)"></div> <div class="pie12-5" style="background:Purple;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.410turn)" title="Catholicism (21%)"></div> <div class="pie12-5" style="background:Purple;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.495turn)" title="Catholicism (21%)"></div> <div style="transform: rotate(0.620turn); background:Teal;color:#000; clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 6.29146673% 0%, 0 100%)" title="Unitarian/Universalist (1%)"></div> <div class="pie25" style="background:White;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.630turn)" title="Unaffiliated (30%)"></div> <div class="pie25" style="background:White;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.680turn)" title="Unaffiliated (30%)"></div> <div class="pie5" style="background:Pink;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.930turn)" title="Judaism (5%)"></div> <div style="transform: rotate(0.980turn); background:Red;color:#000; clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 6.29146673% 0%, 0 100%)" title="New Age (1%)"></div> </div> </div></div></div><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Pew_Research_Center" title="Pew Research Center">Pew Research Center</a> in 2014, the religious affiliations of Maine were: <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> 37% (in particular: <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Protestant">Evangelical Protestant</a> 14%, <a href="/wiki/Mainline_Protestant" title="Mainline Protestant">Mainline Protestant</a> 21%, <a href="/wiki/Black_church" title="Black church">Historical Black Protestant</a> 2%), <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">Atheism</a> or <a href="/wiki/Agnosticism" title="Agnosticism">Agnosticism</a> 6%, Nothing in Particular 26%, <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_United_States" title="Catholic Church in the United States">Roman Catholic Church</a> 21%, other Christians 5%, non-Christian religions including <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí</a> 7%, and <a href="/wiki/Paganism" title="Paganism">Pagans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Unitarian_Universalism" title="Unitarian Universalism">Unitarians</a> 5%. </p><p>In 2014, the Roman Catholic Church was the largest religious denomination and the <a href="/wiki/Baptists" title="Baptists">Baptists</a> (7% Evangelical and 5% Mainline) were the state's largest Protestant denomination, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodists</a> (6%) and the <a href="/wiki/Congregational_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational church">Congregationalists</a> (5%). The atheists and the agnostics are only 6% of the state, but 26% of Mainers said that they "Believe in God but they are Unaffiliated." Eighty-one percent of Mainers believed in God, while 3% did not know and 16% did not believe in God. Thirty-four percent of Mainers thought that religion was "very important" and 29% said that it was "important", while 21% said that religion was not important.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a survey through the <a href="/wiki/Public_Religion_Research_Institute" title="Public Religion Research Institute">Public Religion Research Institute</a> in 2020, approximately 62% of the population were Christian; the religiously unaffiliated slightly increased to 33% from the separate 2014 study by the Pew Research Center.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2022 study by the Public Religion Research Institute, 63% of the population were Christian, and 30% were religiously unaffiliated. Among the non-Christian population in 2022, 1% were <a href="/wiki/Unitarian_Universalism" title="Unitarian Universalism">Unitarian Universalist</a>, 5% <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jewish</a>, and 1% <a href="/wiki/New_Age" title="New Age">New Ager</a>. </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Religion_Data_Archives" title="Association of Religion Data Archives">Association of Religion Data Archives</a> in 2020, with Christianity as the dominant faith, the largest denominations by number of adherents were Catholicism (219,233 members), non-denominational Protestantism (45,364), and United Methodists (19,686).<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the same study, there were an estimated 16,894 <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_States" title="Islam in the United States">Muslims</a> in the state. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Maine_locations_by_per_capita_income" class="mw-redirect" title="Maine locations by per capita income">Maine locations by per capita income</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Maine" title="List of power stations in Maine">List of power stations in Maine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bird%27s_Eye_View_(27235581434).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Bird%27s_Eye_View_%2827235581434%29.jpg/220px-Bird%27s_Eye_View_%2827235581434%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Bird%27s_Eye_View_%2827235581434%29.jpg/330px-Bird%27s_Eye_View_%2827235581434%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Bird%27s_Eye_View_%2827235581434%29.jpg/440px-Bird%27s_Eye_View_%2827235581434%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="791" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bath_Iron_Works" title="Bath Iron Works">Bath Iron Works</a> naval shipbuilding</figcaption></figure> <p>Total employment (May 2024): </p> <ul><li>674,900<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Total employer establishments (2021): </p> <ul><li>42,519<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Maine's total <a href="/wiki/Gross_state_product" class="mw-redirect" title="Gross state product">gross state product</a> was $91.1 billion in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-GDPByState_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDPByState-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state's <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_personal_income_in_the_United_States" title="Per capita personal income in the United States">per capita personal income</a> for 2023 was $63,117, ranking 30th in the nation, and its median gross income was $69,543.<sup id="cite_ref-r095_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r095-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-u858_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-u858-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of December 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Maine's unemployment rate is 3.2%.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of January 2025<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Maine's <a href="/wiki/Minimum_wage" title="Minimum wage">minimum wage</a> is $14.65.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lobster_Trap.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Lobster_Trap.jpg/220px-Lobster_Trap.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Lobster_Trap.jpg/330px-Lobster_Trap.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Lobster_Trap.jpg/440px-Lobster_Trap.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Lobstering in Portland</figcaption></figure> <p>Maine's <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agricultural</a> outputs include poultry, eggs, dairy products, cattle, wild blueberries, apples, <a href="/wiki/Maple_syrup" title="Maple syrup">maple syrup</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Maple_sugar" title="Maple sugar">maple sugar</a>. <a href="/wiki/Aroostook_County,_Maine" title="Aroostook County, Maine">Aroostook County</a> is known for its <a href="/wiki/Potato" title="Potato">potato</a> crops. Potatoes make the state $166,672,000 a year.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Commercial_fishing" title="Commercial fishing">Commercial fishing</a>, once a mainstay of the state's economy, maintains a presence, particularly <a href="/wiki/Lobster_fishing" title="Lobster fishing">lobstering</a> and <a href="/wiki/Groundfishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Groundfishing">groundfishing</a>. While lobster is the main seafood focus for Maine, the harvest of both oysters and seaweed are on the rise. In 2015, 14% of the Northeast's total oyster supply came from Maine. In 2017, the production of Maine's seaweed industry was estimated at $20 million per year. The shrimp industry of Maine is on a government-mandated hold. With an ever-decreasing Northern shrimp population, Maine fishermen are no longer allowed to catch and sell shrimp. The hold began in 2014 and is expected to continue until 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Western Maine aquifers and springs are a source of bottled water for companies like <a href="/wiki/Poland_Spring" title="Poland Spring">Poland Spring</a>. </p><p>Maine's industrial outputs consist chiefly of paper, lumber and wood products, electronic equipment, leather products, food products, textiles, and bio-technology. Naval shipbuilding and construction remain key as well, with <a href="/wiki/Bath_Iron_Works" title="Bath Iron Works">Bath Iron Works</a> in Bath and <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard" title="Portsmouth Naval Shipyard">Portsmouth Naval Shipyard</a> in Kittery. </p><p>Brunswick Landing, formerly <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Brunswick" title="Naval Air Station Brunswick">Naval Air Station Brunswick</a>, is also in Maine. Formerly a large support base for the U.S. Navy, the <a href="/wiki/Base_Realignment_and_Closure" title="Base Realignment and Closure">BRAC</a> campaign initiated the Naval Air Station's closing, despite a government-funded effort to upgrade its facilities. The former base has since been changed into a civilian business park, as well as a new satellite campus for <a href="/wiki/Southern_Maine_Community_College" title="Southern Maine Community College">Southern Maine Community College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundle_of_Blueberries_(Unsplash).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Bundle_of_Blueberries_%28Unsplash%29.jpg/220px-Bundle_of_Blueberries_%28Unsplash%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Bundle_of_Blueberries_%28Unsplash%29.jpg/330px-Bundle_of_Blueberries_%28Unsplash%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Bundle_of_Blueberries_%28Unsplash%29.jpg/440px-Bundle_of_Blueberries_%28Unsplash%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3600" data-file-height="2700" /></a><figcaption>Wild low-bush blueberries are only produced commercially in Maine.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Maine is the top U.S. producer of <a href="/wiki/Vaccinium_angustifolium" title="Vaccinium angustifolium">low-bush blueberries</a>. Preliminary data from the <a href="/wiki/USDA" class="mw-redirect" title="USDA">USDA</a> for 2012 also indicate Maine was the largest blueberry producer of the major blueberry producing states, with a total production of 91,100,000 lbs.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This data includes both low (wild) and <a href="/wiki/Vaccinium_corymbosum" title="Vaccinium corymbosum">high-bush (cultivated) blueberries</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maine_The_Land_of_Remembered_Vacations,_1928_(page_1_crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Maine_The_Land_of_Remembered_Vacations%2C_1928_%28page_1_crop%29.jpg/250px-Maine_The_Land_of_Remembered_Vacations%2C_1928_%28page_1_crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="357" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Maine_The_Land_of_Remembered_Vacations%2C_1928_%28page_1_crop%29.jpg/330px-Maine_The_Land_of_Remembered_Vacations%2C_1928_%28page_1_crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1077" data-file-height="2563" /></a><figcaption>1928 ad promoting vacations in Maine</figcaption></figure> <p>Tourism and outdoor recreation play a major and increasingly important role in Maine's economy. The state is a popular destination for sport <a href="/wiki/Hunting" title="Hunting">hunting</a> (particularly deer, moose, and bear), <a href="/wiki/Sport_fishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport fishing">sport fishing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Snowmobile" title="Snowmobile">snowmobiling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skiing" title="Skiing">skiing</a>, boating, <a href="/wiki/Camping" title="Camping">camping</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hiking" title="Hiking">hiking</a>, among other activities. Along with the tourist and recreation-oriented economy, Maine has developed a burgeoning <a href="/wiki/Creative_economy" class="mw-redirect" title="Creative economy">creative economy</a>, most notably centered in the <a href="/wiki/Portland_metropolitan_area,_Maine" title="Portland metropolitan area, Maine">Greater Portland</a> vicinity.<sup id="cite_ref-MaineCreativeEconomy_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaineCreativeEconomy-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historically, Maine ports played a key role in national transportation. Beginning around 1880, Portland's rail link and <a href="/wiki/Ice-free_port" class="mw-redirect" title="Ice-free port">ice-free port</a> made it Canada's principal winter port, until the aggressive development of <a href="/wiki/Halifax_Regional_Municipality,_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia">Halifax</a>, Nova Scotia in the mid-20th century. In 2013, 12,039,600 <a href="/wiki/Short_tons" class="mw-redirect" title="Short tons">short tons</a> passed into and out of Portland by sea,<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which places it 45th of U.S. water ports.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Portland_International_Jetport" title="Portland International Jetport">Portland International Jetport</a> has been expanded, providing the state with increased air traffic from carriers such as <a href="/wiki/JetBlue" title="JetBlue">JetBlue</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Airlines" title="Southwest Airlines">Southwest Airlines</a>. </p><p>Maine has very few large companies that maintain headquarters in the state, and that number has fallen due to consolidations and mergers, particularly in the <a href="/wiki/Pulp_and_paper_industry" title="Pulp and paper industry">pulp and paper industry</a>. Some of the larger companies that do maintain headquarters in Maine include <a href="/wiki/Covetrus" title="Covetrus">Covetrus</a> in Portland, <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Semiconductor" title="Fairchild Semiconductor">Fairchild Semiconductor</a> in South Portland, <a href="/wiki/IDEXX_Laboratories" class="mw-redirect" title="IDEXX Laboratories">IDEXX Laboratories</a> in Westbrook, <a href="/wiki/Hannaford_Bros._Co." class="mw-redirect" title="Hannaford Bros. Co.">Hannaford Bros. Co.</a> in Scarborough, <a href="/wiki/L.L.Bean" title="L.L.Bean">L.L.Bean</a> in <a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Maine" title="Freeport, Maine">Freeport</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Puritan_Medical_Products" title="Puritan Medical Products">Puritan Medical Products</a> in <a href="/wiki/Guilford,_Maine" title="Guilford, Maine">Guilford</a>. Maine is also the home of the <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Laboratory" title="Jackson Laboratory">Jackson Laboratory</a>, the world's largest non-profit mammalian genetic research facility and the world's largest supplier of genetically purebred mice. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Taxation">Taxation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Taxation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/State_tax_levels_in_the_United_States" title="State tax levels in the United States">State tax levels in the United States</a></div> <p>Maine has an <a href="/wiki/Income_tax" title="Income tax">income tax</a> structure containing two brackets, 6.5 and 7.95 percent of personal income.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before July 2013, Maine had four brackets: 2, 4.5, 7, and 8.5 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maine's general <a href="/wiki/Sales_tax" title="Sales tax">sales tax</a> rate is 5.5 percent. The state also levies charges of nine percent on lodging and prepared food and ten percent on short-term auto rentals.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Commercial sellers of blueberries, a Maine staple, must keep records of their transactions and pay the state 1.5 cents per pound ($1.50 per 100 pounds) of the fruit sold each season. All <a href="/wiki/Real_property" title="Real property">real</a> and tangible <a href="/wiki/Personal_property" title="Personal property">personal property</a> located in the state of Maine is taxable unless specifically exempted by statute. The administration of property taxes is handled by the local assessor in incorporated cities and towns, while property taxes in the unorganized territories are handled by the State Tax Assessor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shipbuilding">Shipbuilding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Shipbuilding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Maine has a long-standing tradition of being home to many shipbuilding companies, such as <a href="/wiki/Bath_Iron_Works" title="Bath Iron Works">Bath Iron Works</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard" title="Portsmouth Naval Shipyard">Portsmouth Naval Shipyard</a>. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Maine was home to many shipyards that produced wooden sailing ships. The main function of these ships was to transport either cargos or passengers overseas. One of these yards was located in <a href="/wiki/Pennellville_Historic_District" title="Pennellville Historic District">Pennellville Historic District</a> in what is now <a href="/wiki/Brunswick,_Maine" title="Brunswick, Maine">Brunswick, Maine</a>. This yard, owned by the Pennell family, was typical of the many family-owned shipbuilding companies of the time period. Other such examples of shipbuilding families were the Skolfields and the Morses. During the 18th and 19th centuries, wooden shipbuilding of this sort made up a sizable portion of the economy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Public_transportation_in_Maine" title="Public transportation in Maine">Public transportation in Maine</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airports">Airports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Airports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KPWM_Aerial_Wiki.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/KPWM_Aerial_Wiki.jpg/250px-KPWM_Aerial_Wiki.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/KPWM_Aerial_Wiki.jpg/330px-KPWM_Aerial_Wiki.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/KPWM_Aerial_Wiki.jpg/500px-KPWM_Aerial_Wiki.jpg 2x" data-file-width="830" data-file-height="594" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Portland_International_Jetport" title="Portland International Jetport">Portland International Jetport</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Maine receives <a href="/wiki/Jet_airliner" title="Jet airliner">passenger jet</a> service at its two largest airports, the <a href="/wiki/Portland_International_Jetport" title="Portland International Jetport">Portland International Jetport</a> in Portland, and the <a href="/wiki/Bangor_International_Airport" title="Bangor International Airport">Bangor International Airport</a> in Bangor. Both are served daily by many major <a href="/wiki/Airline" title="Airline">airlines</a> to destinations such as New York, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando</a>. <a href="/wiki/Essential_Air_Service" title="Essential Air Service">Essential Air Service</a> also subsidizes service to a number of smaller airports in Maine, bringing small <a href="/wiki/Turboprop" title="Turboprop">turboprop</a> aircraft to regional airports such as the <a href="/wiki/Augusta_State_Airport" title="Augusta State Airport">Augusta State Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hancock_County-Bar_Harbor_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport">Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Knox_County_Regional_Airport" title="Knox County Regional Airport">Knox County Regional Airport</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Maine_Regional_Airport_at_Presque_Isle" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle">Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle</a>. These airports are served by regional providers such as <a href="/wiki/Cape_Air" title="Cape Air">Cape Air</a> with <a href="/wiki/Cessna_402" title="Cessna 402">Cessna 402s</a>, and <a href="/wiki/CommutAir" class="mw-redirect" title="CommutAir">CommutAir</a> with <a href="/wiki/Embraer_ERJ-145" class="mw-redirect" title="Embraer ERJ-145">Embraer ERJ-145</a> aircraft. </p><p>Many smaller airports are scattered throughout Maine, serving only <a href="/wiki/General_aviation" title="General aviation">general aviation</a> traffic. The <a href="/wiki/Eastport_Municipal_Airport" title="Eastport Municipal Airport">Eastport Municipal Airport</a>, for example, is a city-owned public-use airport with 1,200 general aviation aircraft operations each year from single-engine and ultralight aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highways">Highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Penobscot_Narrows_Bridge_and_Observatory.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Penobscot_Narrows_Bridge_and_Observatory.jpg/220px-Penobscot_Narrows_Bridge_and_Observatory.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Penobscot_Narrows_Bridge_and_Observatory.jpg/330px-Penobscot_Narrows_Bridge_and_Observatory.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Penobscot_Narrows_Bridge_and_Observatory.jpg/440px-Penobscot_Narrows_Bridge_and_Observatory.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2232" data-file-height="1668" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Penobscot_Narrows_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Penobscot Narrows Bridge">Penobscot Narrows Bridge</a>, carrying <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_1" title="U.S. Route 1">U.S. Route 1</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maine_State_Route_3" title="Maine State Route 3">Maine State Route 3</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Penobscot_River" title="Penobscot River">Penobscot River</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_Maine" title="Interstate 95 in Maine">Interstate<span class="nowrap"> </span>95</a> (I-95) travels through Maine, as well as its easterly branch <a href="/wiki/Interstate_295_(Maine)" title="Interstate 295 (Maine)">I-295</a> and spurs <a href="/wiki/Interstate_195_(Maine)" title="Interstate 195 (Maine)">I-195</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_395_(Maine)" title="Interstate 395 (Maine)">I-395</a> and the unsigned <a href="/wiki/Interstate_495_(Maine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 495 (Maine)">I-495</a> (the Falmouth Spur). In addition, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_1_in_Maine" title="U.S. Route 1 in Maine">U.S. Route<span class="nowrap"> </span>1</a> (US<span class="nowrap"> </span>1) starts in <a href="/wiki/Fort_Kent,_Maine" title="Fort Kent, Maine">Fort Kent</a> and travels to <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>. The eastern terminus of the eastern section of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_2_in_Maine" title="U.S. Route 2 in Maine">US<span class="nowrap"> </span>2</a> starts in Houlton, near the New Brunswick, Canada border to <a href="/wiki/Rouses_Point,_New_York" title="Rouses Point, New York">Rouses Point</a>, New York, at <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_11_in_New_York" title="U.S. Route 11 in New York">US<span class="nowrap"> </span>11</a>. <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_2A_(Maine)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 2A (Maine)">US<span class="nowrap"> </span>2A</a> connects Old Town and Orono, primarily serving the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maine" title="University of Maine">University of Maine</a> campus. <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_201" title="U.S. Route 201">US<span class="nowrap"> </span>201</a> and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_202_in_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 202 in Maine">US<span class="nowrap"> </span>202</a> flow through the state. US<span class="nowrap"> </span>2, <a href="/wiki/Maine_State_Route_6" title="Maine State Route 6">Maine State Route 6</a> (SR<span class="nowrap"> </span>6), and <a href="/wiki/Maine_State_Route_9" title="Maine State Route 9">SR<span class="nowrap"> </span>9</a> are often used by truckers and other motorists of the <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Provinces" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Provinces">Maritime Provinces</a> <i>en route</i> to other destinations in the United States or as a short cut to <a href="/wiki/Central_Canada" title="Central Canada">Central Canada</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Electric_Railway_Lines_in_Maine_c_1907.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Map_of_Electric_Railway_Lines_in_Maine_c_1907.png/250px-Map_of_Electric_Railway_Lines_in_Maine_c_1907.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="289" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Map_of_Electric_Railway_Lines_in_Maine_c_1907.png/330px-Map_of_Electric_Railway_Lines_in_Maine_c_1907.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Map_of_Electric_Railway_Lines_in_Maine_c_1907.png/500px-Map_of_Electric_Railway_Lines_in_Maine_c_1907.png 2x" data-file-width="1164" data-file-height="1528" /></a><figcaption>Map of Electric Railway Lines in Maine c 1907</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Maine_railroads" title="List of Maine railroads">List of Maine railroads</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Passenger">Passenger</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Passenger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amtrak_downeaster_ocean_park_2005.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Amtrak_downeaster_ocean_park_2005.jpg/250px-Amtrak_downeaster_ocean_park_2005.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Amtrak_downeaster_ocean_park_2005.jpg/330px-Amtrak_downeaster_ocean_park_2005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Amtrak_downeaster_ocean_park_2005.jpg/340px-Amtrak_downeaster_ocean_park_2005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="498" data-file-height="693" /></a><figcaption>A southbound <i><a href="/wiki/Downeaster_(train)" title="Downeaster (train)">Downeaster</a></i> passenger train at <a href="/wiki/Ocean_Park,_Maine" title="Ocean Park, Maine">Ocean Park, Maine</a>, as viewed from the cab of a northbound train</figcaption></figure> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Downeaster_(train)" title="Downeaster (train)">Downeaster</a></i> passenger train, operated by <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a>, provides passenger service between Brunswick and Boston's <a href="/wiki/North_Station" title="North Station">North Station</a>, with stops in Freeport, Portland, <a href="/wiki/Old_Orchard_Beach,_Maine" title="Old Orchard Beach, Maine">Old Orchard Beach</a>, Saco, and <a href="/wiki/Wells,_Maine" title="Wells, Maine">Wells</a>. The <i>Downeaster</i> makes five daily trips.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Freight">Freight</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Freight"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Freight service throughout the state is provided by a handful of regional and shortline carriers: <a href="/wiki/Pan_Am_Railways" title="Pan Am Railways">Pan Am Railways</a> (formerly known as Guilford Rail System), which operates the former <a href="/wiki/Boston_and_Maine_Railroad" title="Boston and Maine Railroad">Boston and Maine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maine_Central_Railroad" title="Maine Central Railroad">Maine Central</a> railroads; <a href="/wiki/St._Lawrence_and_Atlantic_Railroad" title="St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad">St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad</a>; <a href="/wiki/Maine_Eastern_Railroad" title="Maine Eastern Railroad">Maine Eastern Railroad</a>; <a href="/wiki/Central_Maine_and_Quebec_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Maine and Quebec Railway">Central Maine and Quebec Railway</a>; and <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick_Southern_Railway" title="New Brunswick Southern Railway">New Brunswick Southern Railway</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shipping">Shipping</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Shipping"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cargo">Cargo</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Cargo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The International Marine Terminal in <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">Portland</a> provides shipping container transport. In 2021 an estimated 36,700 shipping containers moved through the terminal. In 2017, a total of 17,515 shipping containers were transported. The Icelandic shipping company <a href="/wiki/Eimskip" title="Eimskip">Eimskip</a> opened its United States headquarters in Portland in 2013. Its ships stop in Portland once a week in a route that includes Atlantic Canada and Iceland with connections to northern Europe and Asia.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, the terminal moved 10,500 containers. The Maine Port Authority in 2016 began a $15.5 million expansion and improvement of the terminal. The Maine Port Authority leased the International Marine Terminal from the city of Portland in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law_and_government">Law and government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Law and government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Maine">List of Governors of Maine</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from Maine">List of United States Senators from Maine</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Maine_State_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Maine State Senators">List of Maine State Senators</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Electoral_reform_in_Maine" title="Electoral reform in Maine">Electoral reform in Maine</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Maine_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Maine Constitution">Maine Constitution</a> structures Maine's state government, composed of three co-equal branches—the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The state of Maine also has three Constitutional Officers (the Secretary of State, the State Treasurer, and the State Attorney General) and one Statutory Officer (the State Auditor). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Legislative_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative branch">legislative branch</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Maine_Legislature" title="Maine Legislature">Maine Legislature</a>, a bicameral body composed of the <a href="/wiki/Maine_House_of_Representatives" title="Maine House of Representatives">Maine House of Representatives</a>, with 151 members, and the <a href="/wiki/Maine_Senate" title="Maine Senate">Maine Senate</a>, with 35 members. The Legislature is charged with introducing and passing laws. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Executive_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive branch">executive branch</a> is headed by the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maine" title="Governor of Maine">Governor of Maine</a> (currently <a href="/wiki/Janet_Mills" title="Janet Mills">Janet Mills</a>). The Governor is elected every four years; no individual may serve more than two consecutive terms in this office. The current <a href="/wiki/Attorney_general_of_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney general of Maine">attorney general of Maine</a> is <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Frey" title="Aaron Frey">Aaron Frey</a>. As with other <a href="/wiki/State_legislature_(United_States)" title="State legislature (United States)">state legislatures</a>, the Maine Legislature can by a two-thirds majority vote from both the House and Senate override a gubernatorial veto. Maine is one of seven states that do not have a lieutenant governor. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maine-gov-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Maine-gov-logo.svg/220px-Maine-gov-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Maine-gov-logo.svg/330px-Maine-gov-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Maine-gov-logo.svg/440px-Maine-gov-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="131" /></a><figcaption>Maine.gov logo</figcaption></figure> <p>The highest court in the state's <a href="/wiki/Judicial_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Judicial branch">judicial branch</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Maine_Supreme_Judicial_Court" title="Maine Supreme Judicial Court">Maine Supreme Judicial Court</a>. The lower courts are the District Court, <a href="/wiki/Maine_Superior_Court" title="Maine Superior Court">Superior Court</a> and Probate Court. All judges except for probate judges serve full-time, are nominated by the Governor, and confirmed by the Legislature for terms of seven years. Probate judges serve part-time and are elected by the voters of each county for four-year terms. </p><p>In a 2020 study, Maine was ranked as the 14th easiest state for citizens to vote in.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, Maine became one of the first U.S. states to establish <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Maine" title="Same-sex marriage in Maine">marriage rights for same-sex couples</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Maine" title="Politics of Maine">Politics of Maine</a></div> <p>Maine politics are dynamic in nature, with parties loosely hung together, governors often winning by pluralities rather than majorities, and significant turnover both in members and parties in <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district" title="Electoral district">legislative districts</a>. In his 2010 article <i>Maine's Paradoxical Politics</i>, Kenneth Palmer suggests that "Maine's political leaders find themselves as <a href="/wiki/Centrism" title="Centrism">centrists</a>, primarily because they want to find practical solutions to difficult problems."<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The results of the elections are often <a href="/wiki/Bipartisan" class="mw-redirect" title="Bipartisan">varied</a>. Maine is seen as a blue-leaning <a href="/wiki/Swing_state" title="Swing state">swing state</a>, with unusually high support for <a href="/wiki/Independent_candidates" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent candidates">independent candidates</a>. <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">The Republican Party</a> have won Maine in 11 out of the past 20 presidential elections, and the governorship has been won by <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrats</a> and independents three times each, and Republicans four times, since 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maine uses <a href="/wiki/Ranked-choice_voting_in_the_United_States" title="Ranked-choice voting in the United States">ranked choice voting</a> in primary elections for state and federal offices, as well as in general elections for federal offices. Ranked choice voting was adopted by voters in a <a href="/wiki/2016_Maine_Question_5" title="2016 Maine Question 5">2016 referendum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Counties">Counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Maine" title="List of counties in Maine">List of counties in Maine</a></div> <p>Maine is divided into political jurisdictions designated as <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">counties</a>. Since 1860 there have been 16 counties in the state, ranging in size from 370 to 6,829 square miles (958 to 17,700 km<sup>2</sup>). </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="margin: auto;"> <caption style="white-space: nowrap;">Maine counties </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">County name </th> <th scope="col">County seat </th> <th scope="col">Year founded </th> <th scope="col">Population<br /><small>2020 Census</small> </th> <th scope="col">Percent of total </th> <th scope="col">Area (sq. mi.) </th> <th scope="col">Percent of total </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Androscoggin_County,_Maine" title="Androscoggin County, Maine">Androscoggin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Auburn,_Maine" title="Auburn, Maine">Auburn</a></td> <td>1854</td> <td>111,139</td> <td>8.16%</td> <td>497</td> <td>1.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aroostook_County,_Maine" title="Aroostook County, Maine">Aroostook</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houlton,_Maine" title="Houlton, Maine">Houlton</a></td> <td>1839</td> <td>67,105</td> <td>4.93%</td> <td>6,829</td> <td>19.76% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Maine" title="Cumberland County, Maine">Cumberland</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">Portland</a></td> <td>1760</td> <td>303,069</td> <td>22.25%</td> <td>1,217</td> <td>3.52% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Maine" title="Franklin County, Maine">Franklin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Farmington,_Maine" title="Farmington, Maine">Farmington</a></td> <td>1838</td> <td>29,456</td> <td>2.16%</td> <td>1,744</td> <td>5.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Maine" title="Hancock County, Maine">Hancock</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ellsworth,_Maine" title="Ellsworth, Maine">Ellsworth</a></td> <td>1789</td> <td>55,478</td> <td>4.07%</td> <td>1,522</td> <td>4.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kennebec_County,_Maine" title="Kennebec County, Maine">Kennebec</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Maine" title="Augusta, Maine">Augusta</a></td> <td>1799</td> <td>123,642</td> <td>9.08%</td> <td>951</td> <td>2.75% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Maine" title="Knox County, Maine">Knox</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rockland,_Maine" title="Rockland, Maine">Rockland</a></td> <td>1860</td> <td>40,607</td> <td>2.98%</td> <td>1,142</td> <td>3.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Maine" title="Lincoln County, Maine">Lincoln</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wiscasset,_Maine" title="Wiscasset, Maine">Wiscasset</a></td> <td>1760</td> <td>35,237</td> <td>2.59%</td> <td>700</td> <td>2.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oxford_County,_Maine" title="Oxford County, Maine">Oxford</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paris,_Maine" title="Paris, Maine">Paris</a></td> <td>1805</td> <td>57,777</td> <td>4.24%</td> <td>2,175</td> <td>6.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Penobscot_County,_Maine" title="Penobscot County, Maine">Penobscot</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bangor,_Maine" title="Bangor, Maine">Bangor</a></td> <td>1816</td> <td>152,199</td> <td>11.17%</td> <td>3,556</td> <td>10.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Piscataquis_County,_Maine" title="Piscataquis County, Maine">Piscataquis</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover-Foxcroft,_Maine" title="Dover-Foxcroft, Maine">Dover-Foxcroft</a></td> <td>1838</td> <td>16,800</td> <td>1.23%</td> <td>4,377</td> <td>12.67% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sagadahoc_County,_Maine" title="Sagadahoc County, Maine">Sagadahoc</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bath,_Maine" title="Bath, Maine">Bath</a></td> <td>1854</td> <td>36,699</td> <td>2.69%</td> <td>370</td> <td>1.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_Maine" title="Somerset County, Maine">Somerset</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Skowhegan,_Maine" title="Skowhegan, Maine">Skowhegan</a></td> <td>1809</td> <td>50,477</td> <td>3.71%</td> <td>4,095</td> <td>11.85% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waldo_County,_Maine" title="Waldo County, Maine">Waldo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belfast,_Maine" title="Belfast, Maine">Belfast</a></td> <td>1827</td> <td>39,607</td> <td>2.91%</td> <td>853</td> <td>2.47% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Maine" title="Washington County, Maine">Washington</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Machias,_Maine" title="Machias, Maine">Machias</a></td> <td>1790</td> <td>31,095</td> <td>2.28%</td> <td>3,255</td> <td>9.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/York_County,_Maine" title="York County, Maine">York</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfred,_Maine" title="Alfred, Maine">Alfred</a></td> <td>1636</td> <td>211,972</td> <td>15.56%</td> <td>1,271</td> <td>3.68% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total counties: 16</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Total 2020 population: 1,362,359</td> <td></td> <td>Total state area: 34,554 square miles (89,494 km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_enforcement">Law enforcement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Law enforcement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Maine_State_Police" title="Maine State Police">Maine State Police</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maine_State_Police&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> The <a href="/wiki/Maine_State_Police" title="Maine State Police">Maine State Police</a> (MSP) is the <a href="/wiki/State_police_(United_States)" title="State police (United States)">state police</a> agency for Maine, which has <a href="/wiki/Jurisdiction" title="Jurisdiction">jurisdiction</a> across the state and was created in 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-Maine_State_Police_Founding_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maine_State_Police_Founding-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Municipalities">Municipalities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Organized_municipalities">Organized municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Organized municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Maine" title="List of municipalities in Maine">List of municipalities in Maine</a></div> <p>An organized municipality has a form of elected local government which administers and provides local services, keeps records, collects licensing fees, and can pass locally binding <a href="/wiki/Municipal_ordinance" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal ordinance">ordinances</a>, among other responsibilities of self-government. The governmental format of most organized towns and <a href="/wiki/Plantation_(Maine)" title="Plantation (Maine)">plantations</a> is the town meeting, while the format of most cities is the council-manager form. As of 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the organized municipalities of Maine consist of 23 <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Maine">cities</a>, 430 <a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="List of towns in Maine">towns</a>, and 30 <a href="/wiki/List_of_plantations_in_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="List of plantations in Maine">plantations</a>. Collectively these 483 organized municipalities cover less than half of the state's territory. Maine also has three<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Maine" title="List of places in Maine"><span title="This text contradicts material at the article 'List of places in Maine'. (July 2021)">contradictory</span></a></i>]</sup> Reservations: <a href="/wiki/Penobscot_Indian_Island_Reservation" title="Penobscot Indian Island Reservation">Indian Island</a>, Indian Township Reservation, and Pleasant Point Indian Reservation.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The largest municipality in Maine, by population, is the city of Portland (pop. 68,408).</li> <li>The smallest city by population is Eastport (pop. 1,288).</li> <li>The largest town by population is Brunswick (pop. 21,756).</li> <li>The smallest town by population is <a href="/wiki/Frye_Island,_Maine" title="Frye Island, Maine">Frye Island</a>, a resort town which reported zero year-round population in the 2000 Census; one plantation, <a href="/wiki/Glenwood_Plantation,_Maine" title="Glenwood Plantation, Maine">Glenwood Plantation</a>, also reported a permanent population of zero.</li> <li>In the 2000 census, the smallest town aside from Frye Island was <a href="/wiki/Centerville,_Maine" title="Centerville, Maine">Centerville</a> with a population of 26, but since that census, Centerville voted to disincorporate and therefore is no longer a town. The next smallest town with a population listed in that census is <a href="/wiki/Beddington,_Maine" title="Beddington, Maine">Beddington</a> (pop. 60 at the 2020 census).</li> <li>The largest municipality by land area is the town of <a href="/wiki/Allagash,_Maine" title="Allagash, Maine">Allagash</a>, at 128 square miles (332 km<sup>2</sup>).</li> <li>The smallest municipality by land area is <a href="/wiki/Monhegan,_Maine" title="Monhegan, Maine">Monhegan Island</a>, at 0.86 square miles (2.2 km<sup>2</sup>). The smallest municipality by area that is not an island is <a href="/wiki/Randolph,_Maine" title="Randolph, Maine">Randolph</a>, at 2.23 square miles (6 km<sup>2</sup>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unorganized_territory">Unorganized territory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Unorganized territory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_unorganized_territories_in_Maine" title="List of unorganized territories in Maine">List of unorganized territories in Maine</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area#U.S._Census_Bureau" title="Unincorporated area">Unorganized territory</a> (UT) has no local government. Administration, services, licensing, and ordinances are handled by the state government as well as by respective county governments who have townships within each county's bounds. The unorganized territory of Maine consists of more than 400 townships (in Maine, towns are incorporated, townships are unincorporated), plus many coastal islands that do not lie within any municipal bounds. The UT land area is slightly over half the entire area of the State of Maine. Year-round residents in the UT number approximately 9,000 (about 1.3% of the state's total population), with many more people staying there only seasonally. Only four of <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Maine" title="List of counties in Maine">Maine's sixteen counties</a> (Androscoggin, Cumberland, Waldo and York) are entirely incorporated, although a few others are nearly so, and most of the unincorporated area is in the vast and sparsely populated <a href="/wiki/Maine_North_Woods" class="mw-redirect" title="Maine North Woods">Great North Woods of Maine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Most_populous_cities_and_towns">Most populous cities and towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Most populous cities and towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1219497266">.mw-parser-output .largestCities-table-background{background:#f9f9f9;color:#222}.mw-parser-output .largestCities-cell-background{background:#f0f0f0;color:#222}</style> <div> <table style="font-size:88%;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; border: 1px solid darkgray;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="padding:0.3em 0.75em;"><div style="float:right; width:6em; height:2.6em"> </div><div style="float:left; width:6em; height:2.6em"> </div> <div style="height:2.6em;line-height:1.3em;"><span style="font-size:110%;">Largest cities or towns in Maine</span><br /><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal;">2020 U.S. Census populations<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th></th> <th>Rank </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Maine">Name</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Maine" title="List of counties in Maine">County</a> </th> <th>Pop. </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portland_Waterfront.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portland"><img alt="Portland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Portland_Waterfront.jpeg/120px-Portland_Waterfront.jpeg" decoding="async" width="120" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Portland_Waterfront.jpeg/180px-Portland_Waterfront.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Portland_Waterfront.jpeg/240px-Portland_Waterfront.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2720" data-file-height="1220" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">Portland</a><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lew2maine.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lewiston"><img alt="Lewiston" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Lew2maine.jpg/120px-Lew2maine.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Lew2maine.jpg/180px-Lew2maine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Lew2maine.jpg/240px-Lew2maine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="745" data-file-height="383" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Lewiston,_Maine" title="Lewiston, Maine">Lewiston</a> </td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">Portland</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Maine" title="Cumberland County, Maine">Cumberland</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">68,408 </td> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BANGOR_ME.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bangor"><img alt="Bangor" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/BANGOR_ME.jpg/120px-BANGOR_ME.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/BANGOR_ME.jpg/180px-BANGOR_ME.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/BANGOR_ME.jpg/240px-BANGOR_ME.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1497" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Bangor,_Maine" title="Bangor, Maine">Bangor</a><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Southern_Maine_Community_College,_South_Portland,_ME_-_IMG_8172.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="South Portland"><img alt="South Portland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Southern_Maine_Community_College%2C_South_Portland%2C_ME_-_IMG_8172.JPG/120px-Southern_Maine_Community_College%2C_South_Portland%2C_ME_-_IMG_8172.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Southern_Maine_Community_College%2C_South_Portland%2C_ME_-_IMG_8172.JPG/180px-Southern_Maine_Community_College%2C_South_Portland%2C_ME_-_IMG_8172.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Southern_Maine_Community_College%2C_South_Portland%2C_ME_-_IMG_8172.JPG/240px-Southern_Maine_Community_College%2C_South_Portland%2C_ME_-_IMG_8172.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/South_Portland,_Maine" title="South Portland, Maine">South Portland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Lewiston,_Maine" title="Lewiston, Maine">Lewiston</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Androscoggin_County,_Maine" title="Androscoggin County, Maine">Androscoggin</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">37,121 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bangor,_Maine" title="Bangor, Maine">Bangor</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Penobscot_County,_Maine" title="Penobscot County, Maine">Penobscot</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">31,753 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">4</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/South_Portland,_Maine" title="South Portland, Maine">South Portland</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Maine" title="Cumberland County, Maine">Cumberland</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">26,498 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">5</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Auburn,_Maine" title="Auburn, Maine">Auburn</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Androscoggin_County,_Maine" title="Androscoggin County, Maine">Androscoggin</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">24,061 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Biddeford,_Maine" title="Biddeford, Maine">Biddeford</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/York_County,_Maine" title="York County, Maine">York</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">22,552 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">7</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scarborough,_Maine" title="Scarborough, Maine">Scarborough</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Maine" title="Cumberland County, Maine">Cumberland</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">22,135 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sanford,_Maine" title="Sanford, Maine">Sanford</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/York_County,_Maine" title="York County, Maine">York</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">21,982 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">9</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Brunswick,_Maine" title="Brunswick, Maine">Brunswick</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Maine" title="Cumberland County, Maine">Cumberland</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">21,756 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">10</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Westbrook,_Maine" title="Westbrook, Maine">Westbrook</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Maine" title="Cumberland County, Maine">Cumberland</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">20,400 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div> <p>Throughout Maine, many municipalities, although each separate governmental entities, nevertheless form portions of a much larger population base. There are many such population clusters throughout Maine, but some examples from the municipalities appearing in the above listing are: </p> <ul><li>Portland, South Portland, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Elizabeth,_Maine" title="Cape Elizabeth, Maine">Cape Elizabeth</a>, Westbrook, Scarborough, and <a href="/wiki/Falmouth,_Maine" title="Falmouth, Maine">Falmouth</a></li> <li>Lewiston and Auburn</li> <li>Bangor, <a href="/wiki/Orono,_Maine" title="Orono, Maine">Orono</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brewer,_Maine" title="Brewer, Maine">Brewer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Old_Town,_Maine" title="Old Town, Maine">Old Town</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hampden,_Maine" title="Hampden, Maine">Hampden</a></li> <li>Biddeford, Saco and <a href="/wiki/Old_Orchard_Beach,_Maine" title="Old Orchard Beach, Maine">Old Orchard Beach</a></li> <li>Brunswick and <a href="/wiki/Topsham,_Maine" title="Topsham, Maine">Topsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterville,_Maine" title="Waterville, Maine">Waterville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winslow,_Maine" title="Winslow, Maine">Winslow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fairfield,_Maine" title="Fairfield, Maine">Fairfield</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_Maine" title="Oakland, Maine">Oakland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presque_Isle,_Maine" title="Presque Isle, Maine">Presque Isle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Caribou,_Maine" title="Caribou, Maine">Caribou</a><sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Maine" title="List of colleges and universities in Maine">List of colleges and universities in Maine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Maine" title="Education in Maine">Education in Maine</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_high_schools_in_Maine" title="List of high schools in Maine">List of high schools in Maine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_school_districts_in_Maine" title="List of school districts in Maine">List of school districts in Maine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UMaine_StevensHall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/UMaine_StevensHall.jpg/220px-UMaine_StevensHall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/UMaine_StevensHall.jpg/330px-UMaine_StevensHall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/UMaine_StevensHall.jpg/440px-UMaine_StevensHall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maine" title="University of Maine">University of Maine</a> is the state's only research university.</figcaption></figure><p> There are thirty institutions of <a href="/wiki/Higher_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher education">higher learning</a> in Maine.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These institutions include the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maine" title="University of Maine">University of Maine</a>, which is the oldest, largest and only <a href="/wiki/University" title="University">research university</a> in the state. UMaine was founded in 1865 and is the state's only <a href="/wiki/Land_grant" title="Land grant">land grant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sea_grant" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea grant">sea grant</a> college. The University of Maine is located in the town of <a href="/wiki/Orono,_Maine" title="Orono, Maine">Orono</a> and is the flagship of Maine. There are also branch campuses in <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maine_at_Augusta" title="University of Maine at Augusta">Augusta</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maine_at_Farmington" title="University of Maine at Farmington">Farmington</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maine_at_Fort_Kent" title="University of Maine at Fort Kent">Fort Kent</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maine_at_Machias" title="University of Maine at Machias">Machias</a>, and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maine_at_Presque_Isle" title="University of Maine at Presque Isle">Presque Isle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bowdoin_College_Chapel_-_Bowdoin_College_-_IMG_7793.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Bowdoin_College_Chapel_-_Bowdoin_College_-_IMG_7793.JPG/220px-Bowdoin_College_Chapel_-_Bowdoin_College_-_IMG_7793.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Bowdoin_College_Chapel_-_Bowdoin_College_-_IMG_7793.JPG/330px-Bowdoin_College_Chapel_-_Bowdoin_College_-_IMG_7793.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Bowdoin_College_Chapel_-_Bowdoin_College_-_IMG_7793.JPG/440px-Bowdoin_College_Chapel_-_Bowdoin_College_-_IMG_7793.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Colby_College" title="Colby College">Colby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bates_College" title="Bates College">Bates</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bowdoin_College" title="Bowdoin College">Bowdoin</a> (pictured) Colleges form the <a href="/wiki/Colby-Bates-Bowdoin_Consortium" title="Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium">Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Bowdoin_College" title="Bowdoin College">Bowdoin College</a> is a liberal arts college founded in 1794 in Brunswick, making it the oldest institution of higher learning in the state. <a href="/wiki/Colby_College" title="Colby College">Colby College</a> in Waterville was founded in 1813 making it the second oldest college in Maine.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bates_College" title="Bates College">Bates College</a> in Lewiston was founded in 1855 making it the third oldest institution in the state and the oldest <a href="/wiki/Mixed-sex_education" title="Mixed-sex education">coeducational</a> college in New England.<sup id="cite_ref-:31_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:31-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The three colleges collectively form the <a href="/wiki/Colby-Bates-Bowdoin_Consortium" title="Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium">Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium</a> and are ranked among the best colleges in the United States; often placing in the top 10% of all liberal arts colleges.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maine's per-student public expenditure for elementary and secondary schools was 21st in the nation in 2012, at $12,344.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The collegiate system of Maine also includes numerous <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Classification_of_Institutions_of_Higher_Education" title="Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education">baccalaureate</a> colleges such as: the <a href="/wiki/Maine_Maritime_Academy" title="Maine Maritime Academy">Maine Maritime Academy</a> (MMA), <a href="/wiki/College_of_the_Atlantic" title="College of the Atlantic">College of the Atlantic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Unity_College_(Maine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unity College (Maine)">Unity College</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_College" title="Thomas College">Thomas College</a>. There is only one medical school in the state, (<a href="/wiki/University_of_New_England_(United_States)" title="University of New England (United States)">University of New England</a>'s <a href="/wiki/University_of_New_England_College_of_Osteopathic_Medicine" title="University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine">College of Osteopathic Medicine</a>) and only one law school (The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maine_School_of_Law" title="University of Maine School of Law">University of Maine School of Law</a>). There is one art school in the state, <a href="/wiki/Maine_College_of_Art_%26_Design" title="Maine College of Art & Design">Maine College of Art</a>, along with a private graduate school, <a href="/wiki/Institute_for_Doctoral_Studies_in_the_Visual_Arts" title="Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts">Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts</a>, which offers a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">Doctor of Philosophy</a> to visual artists. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Maine_Community_College_System" title="Maine Community College System">Maine Community College System</a>, founded in 1985 also serves "to provide associate degree, diploma and certificate programs directed at the educational, career and technical needs of the State's citizens and the workforce needs of the State's employers."<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This system includes <a href="/wiki/Southern_Maine_Community_College" title="Southern Maine Community College">Southern Maine Community College</a> (SMCC), <a href="/wiki/York_County_Community_College" title="York County Community College">York County Community College</a> (YCCC), <a href="/wiki/Central_Maine_Community_College" title="Central Maine Community College">Central Maine Community College</a> (CMCC), <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Maine_Community_College" title="Eastern Maine Community College">Eastern Maine Community College</a> (EMCC), <a href="/wiki/Kennebec_Valley_Community_College" title="Kennebec Valley Community College">Kennebec Valley Community College</a> (KVCC), <a href="/wiki/Northern_Maine_Community_College" title="Northern Maine Community College">Northern Maine Community College</a> (NMCC), and <a href="/wiki/Washington_County_Community_College" title="Washington County Community College">Washington County Community College</a> (WCCC).<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Private schools in Maine are funded independently of the state and its furthered domains. Private schools are less common than public schools. A large number of private elementary schools with under 20 students exist, but most private high schools in Maine can be described as "semi-private". </p><p>Maine also has Vocational Schools, such as the <a href="/wiki/Biddeford_Regional_Center_of_Technology" title="Biddeford Regional Center of Technology">Biddeford Regional Center of Technology</a><sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Sanford Regional Technical Center<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that teach trades such as welding, construction and vehicle repair to students. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Maine was a center of agriculture before it achieved statehood. Prior to colonization, <a href="/wiki/Wabanaki_Confederacy" title="Wabanaki Confederacy">Wabanaki</a> nations farmed large crops of corn and other produce in southern Maine.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maine was a center of grain production in the 1800s, until grain production moved westward. However, in the early 2000s the local food movement spurred renewed interested in locally grown grains. In 2007, the Kneading Conference was founded. In, 2012, the <a href="/wiki/Skowhegan,_Maine" title="Skowhegan, Maine">Skowhegan</a> grist mill Maine Grains opened.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The revival of grain farming and milling in Maine has led to the creation of other businesses, including bakeries and malthouses.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maine has many vegetable farms and other small, diversified farms. In the 1960s and 1970s, the book "<a href="/wiki/Living_the_Good_Life" title="Living the Good Life">Living the Good Life</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Helen_Nearing" title="Helen Nearing">Helen Nearing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Nearing" title="Scott Nearing">Scott Nearing</a> caused many young people to move to Maine and engage in small-scale farming and homesteading. These <a href="/wiki/Back-to-the-land_movement" title="Back-to-the-land movement">back-to-the-land</a> migrants increased the population of some counties.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maine is home to the <a href="/wiki/Maine_Organic_Farmers_and_Gardeners_Association" title="Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association">Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association</a> and had 535 certified organic farms in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Festivals">Festivals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Maine has multiple fairs and festivals that are held annually, which include <a href="/wiki/La_Kermesse_Franco-Americaine_Festival" title="La Kermesse Franco-Americaine Festival">La Kermesse</a>, a celebration of the state's <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> and <a href="/wiki/French_Canadians" title="French Canadians">French Canadian</a> heritage, the <a href="/wiki/Fryeburg_Fair" title="Fryeburg Fair">Fryeburg Fair</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Fair" title="Cumberland Fair">Cumberland Fair</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Union_Fair" title="Union Fair">Union Fair</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Common_Ground_Country_Fair" title="Common Ground Country Fair">Common Ground Country Fair</a>, a number of <a href="/wiki/Old_Home_Week" title="Old Home Week">Old Home Days festivals</a>, and a number of <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine#Food_festivals" title="Portland, Maine">Portland Food Festivals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Food">Food</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Food"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Along with the growth of the local food movement over the last several decades, Maine has received national recognition for its food and restaurant scene. <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">Portland</a> was named <i><a href="/wiki/Bon_App%C3%A9tit" title="Bon Appétit">Bon Appetit</a></i> magazine's Restaurant City of the Year in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, HealthIQ.com named Maine the 3rd most vegan-friendly state.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Biddeford,_Maine" title="Biddeford, Maine">Biddeford</a> was selected by <a href="/wiki/Food_%26_Wine" title="Food & Wine">Food & Wine</a> in 2022 as one of America's next great food cities.<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maine food shares many ingredients with <a href="/wiki/Wabanaki_Confederacy#Cuisine" title="Wabanaki Confederacy">Wabanaki cuisine</a>, including corn, beans, squash, wild blueberries, maple syrup, fish, and seafood.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1902, the <a href="/wiki/Maine_Italian_sandwich" title="Maine Italian sandwich">Maine Italian sandwich</a> had been invented in Portland. Sandwich shops across Maine serve the sandwiches.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baked beans are a common dish in Maine, served at community suppers where the beans are sometimes cooked underground in a bean hole. In New England, Maine baked beans are one of two well-known regional styles of baked beans, the other being <a href="/wiki/Boston_baked_beans" title="Boston baked beans">Boston baked beans</a>. Maine baked beans use thicker skinned, native bean varieties such like Marafax, soldier, and yellow-eye beans.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1913 until 2021, baked beans were canned on the Portland waterfront at the <a href="/wiki/B%26M_Baked_Beans_factory" title="B&M Baked Beans factory">B&M Baked Beans factory</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports_teams">Sports teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Sports teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Crossinsarena.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Crossinsarena.jpg/250px-Crossinsarena.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Crossinsarena.jpg/330px-Crossinsarena.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Crossinsarena.jpg/500px-Crossinsarena.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5248" data-file-height="2952" /></a><figcaption>College hockey being played at the <a href="/wiki/Cross_Insurance_Arena" title="Cross Insurance Arena">Cross Insurance Arena</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Professional">Professional</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Professional"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maine_Celtics" title="Maine Celtics">Maine Celtics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_G_League" title="NBA G League">NBA G League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland_Sea_Dogs" title="Portland Sea Dogs">Portland Sea Dogs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minor_league_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor league baseball">minor league baseball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Double-A_Northeast" class="mw-redirect" title="Double-A Northeast">Double-A Northeast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maine_Mariners_(ECHL)" title="Maine Mariners (ECHL)">Maine Mariners</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a>, <a href="/wiki/ECHL" title="ECHL">ECHL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland_Hearts_of_Pine" title="Portland Hearts of Pine">Portland Hearts of Pine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soccer" class="mw-redirect" title="Soccer">soccer</a>, <a href="/wiki/USL_League_One" title="USL League One">USL League One</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Non-professional">Non-professional</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Non-professional"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portland_Phoenix_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Portland Phoenix FC">Portland Phoenix FC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soccer" class="mw-redirect" title="Soccer">soccer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Premier_Developmental_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Premier Developmental League">Premier Developmental League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maine_Roller_Derby" title="Maine Roller Derby">Maine Roller Derby</a>, roller derby, <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Flat_Track_Derby_Association" title="Women's Flat Track Derby Association">Women's Flat Track Derby Association</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="NCAA"><a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a></h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: NCAA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maine_Black_Bears" title="Maine Black Bears">Maine Black Bears</a><sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Husson_University#Athletics" title="Husson University">Husson Eagles</a><sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maine_Maritime_Academy#Athletics" title="Maine Maritime Academy">Maine Maritime Mariners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bates_Bobcats" title="Bates Bobcats">Bates Bobcats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colby_Mules" title="Colby Mules">Colby Mules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowdoin_Polar_Bears" title="Bowdoin Polar Bears">Bowdoin Polar Bears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_New_England_(United_States)#Athletics" title="University of New England (United States)">New England Nor'easters</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="USCAA"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="United States Collegiate Athletic Association">USCAA</a></h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: USCAA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/York_County_Community_College#Athletics" title="York County Community College">York County Community College</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_152-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Maine_at_Augusta#Athletics" title="University of Maine at Augusta">University of Maine at Augusta</a><sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Terminology">Terminology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Maine maintains some vernacular and terminology that is unique in comparison to the rest of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of these include: </p> <ul><li>"From away" - A non-native person of Maine.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_155-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"Upta camp" - Going to a more out-of-the-way, rustic place.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_155-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Popularized by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Marley_(comedian)" title="Bob Marley (comedian)">Bob Marley</a> after his special of the same name.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"Ayuh" - An affirmative response, like "Yes".<sup id="cite_ref-:2_155-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="People_from_Maine">People from Maine</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: People from Maine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Maine" title="List of people from Maine">List of people from Maine</a></div> <p>Citizens of Maine are often known as Mainers.<sup id="cite_ref-mainer_definition_158-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mainer_definition-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term Downeaster may be applied to residents of the northeast coast of the state. The term Mainiac is considered by some to be derogatory, but is embraced with pride by others,<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is used for a variety of organizations and for events such as the YMCA Mainiac Sprint Triathlon & Duathlon.<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Maine-related_articles" title="Index of Maine-related articles">Index of Maine-related articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Maine" title="Outline of Maine">Outline of Maine</a></li> <li><i><b><small><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Maine.svg/32px-Flag_of_Maine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Maine.svg/48px-Flag_of_Maine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Maine.svg/64px-Flag_of_Maine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Maine" title="Portal:Maine">Maine portal</a></small></b></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In the event of a vacancy in the office of governor, the president of the <a href="/wiki/Maine_Senate" title="Maine Senate">State Senate</a> is first in line for succession.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Elevation adjusted to <a href="/wiki/North_American_Vertical_Datum_of_1988" title="North American Vertical Datum of 1988">North American Vertical Datum of 1988</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Maine is the U.S. state with the highest percentage of <a href="/wiki/French_language_in_the_United_States" title="French language in the United States">French-speaking population</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MLA_Data_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MLA_Data-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Information">Information</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mainehistory.org/">Maine Historical Society</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130908040415/http://docs.unh.edu/towns/MaineTownList.htm">Old USGS maps of Maine.</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/detail?id=1-1-2047-120045&name=County+Map+Of+The+State+Of+Maine.">1860 Map of Maine</a> by Mitchell.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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areas">Metropolitan areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Maine" title="Augusta, Maine">Augusta</a>-<a href="/wiki/Waterville,_Maine" title="Waterville, Maine">Waterville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor,_Maine" title="Bangor, Maine">Bangor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewiston,_Maine" title="Lewiston, Maine">Lewiston</a>-<a href="/wiki/Auburn,_Maine" title="Auburn, Maine">Auburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland_metropolitan_area,_Maine" title="Portland metropolitan area, Maine">Portland-South Portland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Maine" title="List of counties in Maine">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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Maine">Piscataquis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagadahoc_County,_Maine" title="Sagadahoc County, Maine">Sagadahoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_Maine" title="Somerset County, Maine">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waldo_County,_Maine" title="Waldo County, Maine">Waldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Maine" title="Washington County, Maine">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_County,_Maine" title="York County, Maine">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Maine.svg/21px-Flag_of_Maine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Maine.svg/32px-Flag_of_Maine.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Brockton, Massachusetts">Brockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Vermont" title="Burlington, Vermont">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danbury,_Connecticut" title="Danbury, Connecticut">Danbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts" title="Fall River, Massachusetts">Fall River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowell,_Massachusetts" title="Lowell, Massachusetts">Lowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Manchester, New Hampshire">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Bedford,_Massachusetts" title="New Bedford, Massachusetts">New Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwalk,_Connecticut" title="Norwalk, Connecticut">Norwalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">Portland</a></li> <li><a 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority" title="Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority">MBTA</a> (MA, RI)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/CapeFlyer" title="CapeFlyer">CapeFLYER</a></i> (MA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Corridor" title="Northeast Corridor">Northeast Corridor</a> (CT, MA, RI)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Acela" title="Acela">Acela</a></i> (CT, MA, RI)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Downeaster_(train)" title="Downeaster (train)">Downeaster</a></i> (ME, NH, MA)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vermonter_(train)" title="Vermonter (train)">Vermonter</a></i> (CT, MA, NH, VT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shore_Line_East" title="Shore Line East">Shore Line East</a> (CT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metro-North_Railroad" title="Metro-North Railroad">Metro-North</a> (CT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartford_Line" title="Hartford Line">Hartford Line</a> (CT, MA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Haven_Line" title="New Haven Line">New Haven Line</a> (CT)</li> <li><i><a 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F. Green Airport">T. F. 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title="Boston">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord,_New_Hampshire" title="Concord, New Hampshire">Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" title="Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Harrisburg, Pennsylvania">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montpelier,_Vermont" title="Montpelier, Vermont">Montpelier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis" title="Northeast megalopolis">Northeast megalopolis</a></li></ul> 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<li><a href="/wiki/Jarvis_Island" title="Jarvis Island">Jarvis Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston_Atoll" title="Johnston Atoll">Johnston Atoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingman_Reef" title="Kingman Reef">Kingman Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midway_Atoll" title="Midway Atoll">Midway Atoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navassa_Island" title="Navassa Island">Navassa Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmyra_Atoll" title="Palmyra Atoll">Palmyra Atoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_Island" title="Wake Island">Wake Island</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_reservation" title="Indian reservation">Indian reservations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_reservations_in_the_United_States" title="List of Indian reservations in the United States">List of Indian 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(1776–1789)">1776–1789</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1789%E2%80%931815)" title="History of the United States (1789–1815)">1789–1815</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1815%E2%80%931849)" title="History of the United States (1815–1849)">1815–1849</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1849%E2%80%931865)" title="History of the United States (1849–1865)">1849–1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1865%E2%80%931917)" title="History of the United States (1865–1917)">1865–1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1917%E2%80%931945)" title="History of the United States (1917–1945)">1917–1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1945%E2%80%931964)" title="History of the United States (1945–1964)">1945–1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1964%E2%80%931980)" title="History of the United States (1964–1980)">1964–1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1980%E2%80%931991)" title="History of the United States (1980–1991)">1980–1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1991%E2%80%932016)" title="History of the United States (1991–2016)">1991–2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(2016-present)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the United States (2016-present)">2016–present</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">By event</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pre-Columbian_era" title="Pre-Columbian era">Pre-colonial era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_history_of_the_United_States" title="Colonial history of the United States">Colonial era</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stamp_Act_Congress" title="Stamp Act Congress">Stamp Act Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" title="Thirteen Colonies">Thirteen Colonies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Congress" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Association" title="Continental Association">Continental Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Colonies" title="United Colonies">United Colonies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_American_military_history" title="Colonial American military history">military history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States" title="Founding Fathers of the United States">Founding Fathers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halifax_Resolves" title="Halifax Resolves">Halifax Resolves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Resolution" title="Lee Resolution">Lee Resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1783)" title="Treaty of Paris (1783)">Treaty of Paris</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation" title="Articles of Confederation">Articles of Confederation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_Union" title="Perpetual Union">Perpetual Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confederation_period" title="Confederation period">Confederation period</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_frontier" title="American frontier">American frontier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">Constitution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_drafting_and_ratification_of_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Timeline of drafting and ratification of the United States Constitution">drafting and ratification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights" title="United States Bill of Rights">Bill of Rights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Era" title="Federalist Era">Federalist Era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_the_United_States" title="Territorial evolution of the United States">Territorial evolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era" title="Reconstruction era">Reconstruction era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Indian_Wars" title="American Indian Wars">Indian Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_genocide_in_the_United_States" title="Native American genocide in the United States">Native genocide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilded_Age" title="Gilded Age">Gilded Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Era" title="Progressive Era">Progressive Era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_the_United_States" title="Women's suffrage in the United States">Women's suffrage</a></li> <li>Civil rights movement <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement_(1865%E2%80%931896)" title="Civil rights movement (1865–1896)">1865–1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement_(1896%E2%80%931954)" title="Civil rights movement (1896–1954)">1896–1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" title="Civil rights movement">1954–1968</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_imperialism" class="mw-redirect" title="American imperialism">Imperialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_in_World_War_I" title="United States in World War I">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roaring_Twenties" title="Roaring Twenties">Roaring Twenties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United States during World War II">World War II</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_home_front_during_World_War_II" title="United States home front during World War II">home front</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Century" title="American Century">American Century</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Race" title="Space Race">Space Race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second-wave_feminism" title="Second-wave feminism">Feminist Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gay_liberation" title="Gay liberation">LGBT Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1991%E2%80%932008)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the United States (1991–2008)">Post-Cold War (1991–2008)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_on_terror" title="War on terror">War on Terror</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Recession_in_the_United_States" title="Great Recession in the United States">Great Recession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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States">Postal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technological_and_industrial_history_of_the_United_States" title="Technological and industrial history of the United States">Technological and industrial</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_United_States" title="Geography of the United States">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/U.S._territorial_sovereignty" title="U.S. territorial sovereignty">Territory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Contiguous_United_States" title="Contiguous United States">Contiguous United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">federal district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_enclave" title="Federal enclave">federal enclaves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_reservation" title="Indian reservation">Indian reservations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States" title="Territories of the United States">insular zones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Minor_Outlying_Islands" title="United States Minor Outlying Islands">minor outlying islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_populated_places_in_the_United_States" title="Lists of populated places in the United States">populated places</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">states</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_the_United_States" title="List of earthquakes in the United States">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_the_United_States" title="List of extreme points of the United States">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_United_States" title="List of islands of the United States">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_of_the_United_States" title="List of mountains of the United States">Mountains</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountain_peaks_of_the_United_States" title="List of mountain peaks of the United States">peaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountain_ranges#United_States" title="List of mountain ranges">ranges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains" title="Appalachian Mountains">Appalachian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountains" title="Rocky Mountains">Rocky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada" title="Sierra Nevada">Sierra Nevada</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/West_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="West Coast of the United States">Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_United_States" title="Central United States">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_United_States" title="Eastern United States">Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_United_States" title="Northern United States">Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_United_States" title="Northeastern United States">Northeastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_United_States" title="Northwestern United States">Northwestern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_United_States" title="Southeastern United States">Southeastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_United_States" title="Southwestern United States">Southwestern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_United_States" title="Western United States">Western</a></li></ul></li> <li>Longest <a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_the_United_States" title="List of rivers of the United States">rivers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_River" title="Arkansas River">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_River" title="Colorado River">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_River" title="Columbia River">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_River" title="Missouri River">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_River_of_the_South" title="Red River of the South">Red (South)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande" title="Rio Grande">Rio Grande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yukon_River" title="Yukon River">Yukon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_in_the_United_States" title="Time in the United States">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_the_United_States" title="Water supply and sanitation in the United States">Water supply and sanitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_United_States" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the United States">World Heritage Sites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_States" title="Politics of the United States">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">Federal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Executive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Powers_of_the_president_of_the_United_States" title="Powers of the president of the United States">powers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Office_of_the_President_of_the_United_States" title="Executive Office of the President of the United States">Executive Office</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States" title="Cabinet of the United States">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_executive_departments" title="United States federal executive departments">Executive departments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_agencies_of_the_United_States_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent agencies of the United States government">Independent agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Community" title="United States Intelligence Community">Intelligence Community</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Director_of_National_Intelligence" title="Director of National Intelligence">Director of National Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Reconnaissance_Office" title="National Reconnaissance Office">National Reconnaissance Office</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_law_enforcement_in_the_United_States" title="Federal law enforcement in the United States">Law enforcement</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Alcohol,_Tobacco,_Firearms_and_Explosives" title="Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives">ATF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection" title="U.S. Customs and Border Protection">CBP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Diplomatic_Security" title="Bureau of Diplomatic Security">Diplomatic Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Administration" title="Drug Enforcement Administration">DEA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">FBI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement" title="U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement">ICE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marshals_Service" title="United States Marshals Service">Marshals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service" title="United States Secret Service">Secret Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_Security_Administration" title="Transportation Security Administration">TSA</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Inspector_General_(United_States)" title="Office of Inspector General (United States)">Inspector generals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_civil_service" title="United States federal civil service">Civil service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_policy_of_the_United_States" title="Public policy of the United States">Public policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Legislative</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="List of current members of the United States House of Representatives">current members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">Speaker</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_senators" title="List of current United States senators">current members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_pro_tempore_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="President pro tempore of the United States Senate">President pro tempore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States#President_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Vice President of the United States">President</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol_Police" title="United States Capitol Police">Capitol Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Budget_Office" title="Congressional Budget Office">Congressional Budget Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_Accountability_Office" title="Government Accountability Office">Government Accountability Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Government_Publishing_Office" title="United States Government Publishing Office">Government Publishing Office</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_judiciary_of_the_United_States" title="Federal judiciary of the United States">Judicial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States" title="Chief Justice of the United States">Chief Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States">Associate Justices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_courts_of_appeals" title="United States courts of appeals">Courts of appeals</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_circuit_judges" title="List of current United States circuit judges">list of judges</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_district_court" title="United States district court">District courts</a>/<a href="/wiki/United_States_territorial_court" title="United States territorial court">Territorial courts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_district_and_territorial_courts" title="List of United States district and territorial courts">list of courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_district_judges" title="List of current United States district judges">list of judges</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_tribunals_in_the_United_States" title="Federal tribunals in the United States">Other tribunals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney" title="United States Attorney">U.S. attorney</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_United_States" title="Law of the United States">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights" title="United States Bill of Rights">Bill of Rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Civil_liberties_in_the_United_States" title="Civil liberties in the United States">civil liberties</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Code_of_Federal_Regulations" title="Code of Federal Regulations">Code of Federal Regulations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">Constitution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federalism_in_the_United_States" title="Federalism in the United States">federalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_preemption" title="Federal preemption">preemption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_of_powers_under_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Separation of powers under the United States Constitution">separation of powers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" title="Civil rights movement">civil rights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Code" title="United States Code">United States Code</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Uniformed_services_of_the_United_States" title="Uniformed services of the United States">Uniformed</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">Armed Forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">Space Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_(United_States)" title="National Guard (United States)">National Guard</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NOAA_Commissioned_Officer_Corps" title="NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps">NOAA Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_Service_Commissioned_Corps" title="United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps">Public Health Service Corps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/State_governments_of_the_United_States" title="State governments of the United States">State</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_District_of_Columbia" title="Government of the District of Columbia">Federal District</a>,<br />and <a href="/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States" title="Territories of the United States">Territorial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/State_constitutional_officer" title="State constitutional officer">Executive</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governor_(United_States)" title="Governor (United States)">Governor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_governors" title="List of current United States governors">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_governor_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant governor (United States)">Lieutenant governor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_lieutenant_governors" title="List of current United States lieutenant governors">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_state_(U.S._state_government)" title="Secretary of state (U.S. state government)">Secretary of state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_attorney_general" title="State attorney general">Attorney general</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_treasurer" title="State treasurer">Treasurer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_auditor" title="State auditor">Auditor/Comptroller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_commissioner" title="Agriculture commissioner">Agriculture commissioner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurance_commissioner" title="Insurance commissioner">Insurance commissioner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_utilities_commission" title="Public utilities commission">Public utilities commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_police_(United_States)" title="State police (United States)">State police</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_state_and_local_law_enforcement_agencies" title="List of United States state and local law enforcement agencies">list</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/State_legislature_(United_States)" title="State legislature (United States)">Legislative</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_state_legislatures" title="List of United States state legislatures">List of legislatures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_legislators" title="List of U.S. state legislators">List of legislators</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/State_court_(United_States)" title="State court (United States)">Judicial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_supreme_court" title="State supreme court">Supreme courts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_chief_justices" title="List of state chief justices">Chief justices</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_attorney" title="District attorney">District attorney</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_district_attorneys_by_county" class="mw-redirect" title="List of district attorneys by county">list</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/State_law_(United_States)" title="State law (United States)">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_constitutions_in_the_United_States" title="State constitutions in the United States">State constitutions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_statutory_codes" title="List of U.S. state statutory codes">Statutory codes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniform_act" title="Uniform act">Uniform act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_U.S._state_and_territory_governments" title="Comparison of U.S. state and territory governments">Comparison of governments</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Tribe_(Native_American)" title="Tribe (Native American)">Tribal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tribal_sovereignty_in_the_United_States" title="Tribal sovereignty in the United States">Tribal sovereignty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_recognition_in_the_United_States" title="Native American recognition in the United States">Native American recognition in the United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_federally_recognized_tribes_in_the_contiguous_United_States" title="List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States">Federally recognized tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Alaska_Native_tribal_entities" title="List of Alaska Native tribal entities">Federally recognized Alaska Native tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State-recognized_tribes_in_the_United_States" title="State-recognized tribes in the United States">State-recognized tribes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_reservation" title="Indian reservation">Indian reservation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_reservations_in_the_United_States" title="List of Indian reservations in the United States">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_home_land" title="Hawaiian home land">Hawaiian home land</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_States" title="Local government in the United States">Local</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_counties_and_county_equivalents" title="List of United States counties and county equivalents">List of counties and county equivalents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_executive" title="County executive">County executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheriffs_in_the_United_States" title="Sheriffs in the United States">Sheriff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_clerk" title="Municipal clerk">Clerk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_city-county" title="Consolidated city-county">Consolidated city-county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_city_(United_States)" title="Independent city (United States)">Independent city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coterminous_municipality" title="Coterminous municipality">Coterminous municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_charter#United_States" title="Municipal charter">Charter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayor%E2%80%93council_government" title="Mayor–council government">Mayor–council government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council%E2%80%93manager_government" title="Council–manager government">Council–manager government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_commission_government" title="City commission government">City commission government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayoralty_in_the_United_States" title="Mayoralty in the United States">Mayor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_manager" title="City manager">City manager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_council#United_States" title="Municipal council">City council</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Minor_civil_division" title="Minor civil division">Minor divisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Civil_township" title="Civil township">Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_meeting" title="Town meeting">Town meeting</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Special_district_(United_States)" title="Special district (United States)">Special district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/School_district" title="School district">School district</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_school_districts_in_the_United_States" title="Lists of school districts in the United States">list</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_the_United_States" title="Corruption in the United States">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_States" title="Elections in the United States">Elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College" title="United States Electoral College">Electoral College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states" title="Red states and blue states">Red states and blue states</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_United_States" title="Foreign relations of the United States">Foreign relations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_United_States" title="Foreign policy of the United States">foreign policy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_presidency" title="Imperial presidency">Imperial presidency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_ideologies_in_the_United_States" title="Political ideologies in the United States">Ideologies</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Americanism" title="Anti-Americanism">Anti-Americanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_exceptionalism" title="American exceptionalism">exceptionalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_nationalism" title="American nationalism">nationalism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_parties_in_the_United_States" title="Political parties in the United States">Parties</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third parties</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_political_scandals_in_the_United_States" title="List of federal political scandals in the United States">Scandals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States" title="Economy of the United States">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States_by_sector" title="Economy of the United States by sector">By sector</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_the_United_States" title="Agriculture in the United States">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banking_in_the_United_States" title="Banking in the United States">Banking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communications_in_the_United_States" title="Communications in the United States">Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_the_United_States_by_state" title="List of companies of the United States by state">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_States" title="Energy in the United States">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurance_in_the_United_States" title="Insurance in the United States">Insurance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manufacturing_in_the_United_States" title="Manufacturing in the United States">Manufacturing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mining_in_the_United_States" title="Mining in the United States">Mining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_the_United_States" title="Science and technology in the United States">Science and technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_United_States" title="Tourism in the United States">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_trade_of_the_United_States" title="Foreign trade of the United States">Trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_the_United_States_by_state" title="List of companies of the United States by state">by state</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">Currency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_exports_of_the_United_States" title="List of exports of the United States">Exports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_budget" title="United States federal budget">Federal budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_the_United_States" title="Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States">Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Reserve" title="Federal Reserve">Federal Reserve System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Financial_position_of_the_United_States" title="Financial position of the United States">Financial position</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labor_unions_in_the_United_States" title="Labor unions in the United States">Labor unions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_debt_of_the_United_States" title="National debt of the United States">Public debt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_programs_in_the_United_States" title="Social programs in the United States">Social welfare programs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_the_United_States" title="Taxation in the United States">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unemployment_in_the_United_States" title="Unemployment in the United States">Unemployment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wall_Street" title="Wall Street">Wall Street</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Transport in the United States">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aviation_in_the_United_States" title="Aviation in the United States">Aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Driving_in_the_United_States" title="Driving in the United States">Driving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_transportation_in_the_United_States" title="Public transportation in the United States">Public transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transportation_in_the_United_States" title="Rail transportation in the United States">Rail transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_policy_of_the_United_States" title="Transportation policy of the United States">Transportation policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_United_States" title="Transportation safety in the United States">Transportation safety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trucking_industry_in_the_United_States" title="Trucking industry in the United States">Trucking industry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Society of the United States">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_United_States" title="Culture of the United States">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Americana_(culture)" title="Americana (culture)">Americana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_in_the_United_States" title="Architecture in the United States">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_States" title="Cinema of the United States">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States" title="Crime in the United States">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_cuisine" title="American cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dance_in_the_United_States" title="Dance in the United States">Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States" title="Demographics of the United States">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States" title="Economy of the United States">Economic issues</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Affluence_in_the_United_States" title="Affluence in the United States">affluence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eviction_in_the_United_States" title="Eviction in the United States">eviction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homeownership_in_the_United_States" title="Homeownership in the United States">homeownership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States" title="Household income in the United States">household income</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United_States" title="Income inequality in the United States">income inequality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_middle_class" title="American middle class">middle class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_United_States" title="Personal income in the United States">personal income</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States" title="Poverty in the United States">poverty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standard_of_living_in_the_United_States" title="Standard of living in the United States">standard of living</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Affluence_in_the_United_States" title="Affluence in the United States">wealth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Working_class_in_the_United_States" title="Working class in the United States">working class</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_the_United_States" title="Education in the United States">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_United_States" title="Educational attainment in the United States">attainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_the_United_States" title="Literacy in the United States">literacy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_in_the_United_States" title="Family in the United States">Family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fashion_in_the_United_States" title="Fashion in the United States">Fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States" title="Flag of the United States">Flag</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_flags_of_the_United_States" title="List of flags of the United States">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folklore_of_the_United_States" title="Folklore of the United States">Folklore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_States" title="Public holidays in the United States">Holidays</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_holidays_in_the_United_States" title="Federal holidays in the United States">Federal holidays</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States" title="Homelessness in the United States">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housing_in_the_United_States" title="Housing in the United States">Housing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_United_States" title="Human rights in the United States">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States" title="Languages of the United States">Languages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">American English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_languages_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous languages of the Americas">Indigenous languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Sign_Language" title="American Sign Language">ASL</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_literature" title="American literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_the_United_States" title="Mass media in the United States">Media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_American_journalism" title="History of American journalism">journalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_in_the_United_States" title="Internet in the United States">internet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_American_newspapers" title="History of American newspapers">newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_in_the_United_States" title="Radio in the United States">radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_the_United_States" title="Television in the United States">television</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_United_States" title="Music of the United States">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naming_in_the_United_States" title="Naming in the United States">Names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner" title="The Star-Spangled Banner">National anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_symbols_of_the_United_States" title="National symbols of the United States">National symbols</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_(personification)" title="Columbia (personification)">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Rushmore" title="Mount Rushmore">Mount Rushmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty" title="Statue of Liberty">Statue of Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uncle_Sam" title="Uncle Sam">Uncle Sam</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_philosophy" title="American philosophy">Philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_ideologies_in_the_United_States" title="Political ideologies in the United States">Political ideologies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States">Race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States" title="Religion in the United States">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexuality_in_the_United_States" title="Sexuality in the United States">Sexuality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_class_in_the_United_States" title="Social class in the United States">Social class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_United_States" title="Society of the United States">Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_the_United_States" title="Sports in the United States">Sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_sports_in_the_United_States" title="History of sports in the United States">history</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theater_in_the_United_States" title="Theater in the United States">Theater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_the_United_States" title="Transportation in the United States">Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_games_in_the_United_States" title="Video games in the United States">Video games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_art_of_the_United_States" title="Visual art of the United States">Visual art</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Social_class_in_the_United_States" title="Social class in the United States">Social class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Affluence_in_the_United_States" title="Affluence in the United States">Affluence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Dream" title="American Dream">American Dream</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_United_States" title="Educational attainment in the United States">Educational attainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States" title="Homelessness in the United States">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homeownership_in_the_United_States" title="Homeownership in the United States">Homeownership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States" title="Household income in the United States">Household income</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United_States" title="Income inequality in the United States">Income inequality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_middle_class" title="American middle class">Middle class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_United_States" title="Personal income in the United States">Personal income</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States" title="Poverty in the United States">Poverty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standard_of_living_in_the_United_States" title="Standard of living in the United States">Standard of living</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Health_in_the_United_States" title="Health in the United States">Health</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aging_of_the_United_States" title="Aging of the United States">Aging</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_the_United_States" title="Healthcare in the United States">Healthcare</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_States" title="Abortion in the United States">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birth_control_in_the_United_States" title="Birth control in the United States">Birth control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prenatal_care_in_the_United_States" title="Prenatal care in the United States">Prenatal care</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hospice_care_in_the_United_States" title="Hospice care in the United States">Hospice care</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigrant_health_care_in_the_United_States" title="Immigrant health care in the United States">Immigrant health care</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_rationing_in_the_United_States" title="Healthcare rationing in the United States">Rationing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_care_finance_in_the_United_States" title="Health care finance in the United States">Health care finance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Health_insurance_costs_in_the_United_States" title="Health insurance costs in the United States">Health insurance costs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_care_prices_in_the_United_States" title="Health care prices in the United States">Health care prices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prescription_drug_prices_in_the_United_States" title="Prescription drug prices in the United States">Prescription drug prices</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disability_in_the_United_States" title="Disability in the United States">Disability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_insurance_in_the_United_States" title="Health insurance in the United States">Health insurance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Food_safety_in_the_United_States" title="Food safety in the United States">Food safety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Physician_shortage_in_the_United_States" title="Physician shortage in the United States">Physician shortage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_and_health_in_the_United_States" title="Poverty and health in the United States">Poverty and health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Race_and_health_in_the_United_States" title="Race and health in the United States">Race and health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obesity_in_the_United_States" title="Obesity in the United States">Obesity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medical_deserts_in_the_United_States" title="Medical deserts in the United States">Medical deserts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_reproductive_health_in_the_United_States" title="Women's reproductive health in the United States">Women's reproductive health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_life_expectancy" title="List of U.S. states and territories by life expectancy">Life expectancy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Issues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States" title="Capital punishment in the United States">Capital punishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States" title="Crime in the United States">Crime</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States" title="Incarceration in the United States">incarceration</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_United_States_government" title="Criticism of the United States government">Criticism of government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discrimination_in_the_United_States" title="Discrimination in the United States">Discrimination</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States" title="Affirmative action in the United States">affirmative action</a></li> 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States">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_to_the_United_States" title="Immigration to the United States">Immigration</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Illegal_immigration_to_the_United_States" title="Illegal immigration to the United States">illegal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_security_of_the_United_States" title="National security of the United States">National security</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_States" title="Terrorism in the United States">Terrorism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opioid_epidemic_in_the_United_States" title="Opioid epidemic in the United States">Opioid epidemic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States" title="Separation of church and state in the United States">Separation of church and state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xenophobia_in_the_United_States" title="Xenophobia in the United States">Xenophobia</a></li></ul> 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