The Portland–South Portland–Biddeford Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as Greater Portland, as defined by the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...

, is an area consisting of three counties in Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

, anchored by the city of Portland

Portland, Maine

Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...

 and the smaller cities of South Portland

South Portland, Maine

South Portland is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, and is the fourth-largest city in the state. Founded in 1895, as of the 2010 census, the city population was 25,002. Known for its working waterfront, South Portland is situated on Portland Harbor and overlooks the skyline of...

 and Biddeford

Biddeford, Maine

Biddeford is a town in York County, Maine, United States. It is the largest town in the county, and is the sixth-largest in the state. It is the most southerly incorporated town in the state and the principal commercial center of York County. The population was 21,277 at the 2010 census...

. As of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, the MSA had a population of 487,568 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 516,826).

Counties

• Cumberland
  Cumberland County, Maine
  Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of 2010, the population was 281,674. Its county seat is Portland, and is the most populous of the sixteen Maine counties, as well as the most affluent. Cumberland County has the deepest and second largest body of water in the...
  
  
• Sagadahoc
  Sagadahoc County, Maine
  Sagadahoc County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of 2010, the population was 35,293. Its county seat is Bath. In total area, it is the smallest county in Maine....
  
  
• York
  York County, Maine
  York County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. In 2010, the population was 197,131. Its county seat is Alfred.Founded in 1636, it is the oldest county in Maine and one of the oldest in the United States....
  
  

Cities

• Bath
  Bath, Maine
  Bath is a city in Sagadahoc County, Maine, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 9,266. It is the county seat of Sagadahoc County. Located on the Kennebec River, Bath is a port of entry with a good harbor. The city is popular with tourists, many drawn by its...
  
  
• Biddeford
  Biddeford, Maine
  Biddeford is a town in York County, Maine, United States. It is the largest town in the county, and is the sixth-largest in the state. It is the most southerly incorporated town in the state and the principal commercial center of York County. The population was 21,277 at the 2010 census...
  
   (Principal city)
• Portland
  Portland, Maine
  Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
  
   (Principal city)
• Saco
  Saco, Maine
  Saco is a city in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 18,482 at the 2010 census. It is home to Ferry Beach State Park, Funtown Splashtown USA, Thornton Academy, as well as General Dynamics Armament Systems , a subsidiary of the defense contractor General Dynamics...
  
  
• South Portland
  South Portland, Maine
  South Portland is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, and is the fourth-largest city in the state. Founded in 1895, as of the 2010 census, the city population was 25,002. Known for its working waterfront, South Portland is situated on Portland Harbor and overlooks the skyline of...
  
   (Principal city)
• Westbrook
  Westbrook, Maine
  Westbrook is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States and a suburb of Portland. The population was 17,494 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area.-History:...
  
  

Towns

• Acton
  Acton, Maine
  Acton is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,145 at the 2000 census. It includes the villages of Acton, Miller Corner and South Acton. The town is home to the Acton Fairground, which holds the Acton Fair every late summer...
  
  
• Alfred
  Alfred, Maine
  Alfred is a town in York County, Maine, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 2,497. Alfred is the county seat of York County and home to part of the Massabesic Experimental Forest...
  
  
• Arrowsic
  Arrowsic, Maine
  Arrowsic is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The population was 477 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area. During the French and Indian Wars, Arrowsic was site of a succession of important and...
  
  
• Arundel
  Arundel, Maine
  Arundel is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,571 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
  
  
• Baldwin
  Baldwin, Maine
  Baldwin is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,290 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine, metropolitan statistical area.-History:...
  
  
• Berwick
• Bowdoin
  Bowdoin, Maine
  Bowdoin is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,727 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area.-History:...
  
  
• Bowdoinham
  Bowdoinham, Maine
  Bowdoinham is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,612 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area. The town is located on the west side of Merrymeeting Bay.-History:Fort Richmond was...
  
  
• Bridgton
• Brunswick
  Brunswick, Maine
  Brunswick is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 20,278 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area. Brunswick is home to Bowdoin College, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, , and the...
  
  
• Buxton
  Buxton, Maine
  Buxton is a town in York County, Maine, United States. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 7,452...
  
  
• Cape Elizabeth
  Cape Elizabeth, Maine
  Cape Elizabeth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The town is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area...
  
  
• Casco
  Casco, Maine
  Farmers found the surface of the town uneven, its hard and rocky soil "tolerably productive." Outlets of ponds, however, provided Casco with good sites for water powered mills. The town had four sawmills, four gristmills, a shook mill, a barrel stave mill, four shingle factories, a carriage factory...
  
  
• Chebeague Island
  Chebeague Island, Maine
  Chebeague Island is an island town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, located in Casco Bay, 10 miles from Portland. These islands are sometimes referred to as an older, now archaic term "The Calendar Islands" because there was once a belief that the approx. number of islands was about 365....
  
  
• Cornish
  Cornish, Maine
  Cornish is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,269 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area...
  
  
• Cumberland
  Cumberland, Maine
  Cumberland is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 7,211 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
  
  
• Dayton
  Dayton, Maine
  Dayton is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,805 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area. Dayton is one of the smallest towns in York County....
  
  
• Eliot
  Eliot, Maine
  Eliot is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 6,204 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area....
  
  
• Falmouth
  Falmouth, Maine
  Falmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 11,185 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area....
  
  
• Freeport

• Frye Island
  Frye Island, Maine
  Frye Island is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. Located in Sebago Lake, the island is accessed via a public car ferry from Raymond Neck, or by private boat. All residents of the resort town are seasonal...
  
  
• Georgetown
  Georgetown, Maine
  Georgetown is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,020 at the 2000 census. Home to Reid State Park, the town is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Gorham
  Gorham, Maine
  Gorham is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 16,381 at the 2010 census. In addition to an urban village center known as Gorham Village or simply "the Village," the town also encompasses a number of smaller, unincorporated villages and hamlets with distinct...
  
  
• Gray
  Gray, Maine
  Gray is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 6,820 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area. Gray is home to regional headquarters for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and...
  
  
• Harpswell
  Harpswell, Maine
  Harpswell is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, which is geographically within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. The population was 5,239 at the 2000 census. Harpswell is composed of land contiguous with the rest of Cumberland County, called Harpswell Neck, as well as several large and small...
  
  
• Harrison
  Harrison, Maine
  Harrison is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,315 at the 2000 census. A historic resort area, Harrison straddles Long Lake and Crystal Lake...
  
  
• Hollis
  Hollis, Maine
  Hollis is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,281 at the 2010 census. Hollis is a rural bedroom community of Portland and is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area.-History:...
  
  
• Kennebunk
  Kennebunk, Maine
  Kennebunk is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,075 people at the 2000 census. Including Kennebunkport , the population totals 14,196 people...
  
  
• Kennebunkport
  Kennebunkport, Maine
  Kennebunkport is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,720 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford metropolitan statistical area....
  
  
• Kittery
  Kittery, Maine
  Kittery is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 9,543 at the 2000 census. Home to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Seavey's Island, Kittery includes Badger's Island, the seaside district of Kittery Point, and part of the Isles of Shoals...
  
  
• Lebanon
  Lebanon, Maine
  Lebanon is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,083 at the 2000 census. Lebanon includes the villages of Center Lebanon, West Lebanon, North Lebanon, South Lebanon and East Lebanon. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan...
  
  
• Limerick
  Limerick, Maine
  Limerick is a town in York County, Maine, United States. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area. The population was 2,240 at the 2000 census.-History:...
  
  
• Limington
  Limington, Maine
  Limington is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,403 at the 2000 census. Limington is a tourist destination with historic architecture. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area.-History:In 1668, Francis Small...
  
  
• Long Island
  Long Island, Maine
  Long Island is an island town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, which seceded from the city of Portland in 1993. The population was 202 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Lyman
  Lyman, Maine
  Lyman is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,795 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area...
  
  
• Naples
  Naples, Maine
  Naples is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area. The population was 3,274 at the 2000 census, and it is home to part of Sebago Lake State Park. Naples is a resort area.-History:The area...
  
  
• New Gloucester
  New Gloucester, Maine
  New Gloucester is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, in the United States. It is home to the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, the last active Shaker Village in the U.S...
  
  
• Newfield
  Newfield, Maine
  Newfield is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,328 at the 2000 census. Home to Willowbrook Museum Village, Newfield is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford metropolitan statistical area.-History:...
  
  
• North Berwick
• North Yarmouth
  North Yarmouth, Maine
  North Yarmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,565 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
  

• Ogunquit
  Ogunquit, Maine
  Ogunquit is a town in York County, Maine, United States. As of the 2000 census its population was 1,226. The popularity of the town as a summer resort is epitomized by its motto, "Beautiful Place by the Sea."...
  
  
• Old Orchard Beach
  Old Orchard Beach, Maine
  Old Orchard Beach is a town and census-designated place in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 8,856 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  
• Parsonsfield
  Parsonsfield, Maine
  Parsonsfield is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,584 at the 2000 census. Parsonsfield includes the villages of Kezar Falls, Parsonsfield, and North, East and South Parsonsfield...
  
  
• Phippsburg
  Phippsburg, Maine
  Phippsburg is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States, on the west side of the mouth of the Kennebec River. The population was 2,106 at the 2000 census. It is within the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical rea...
  
  
• Pownal
  Pownal, Maine
  Pownal is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,491 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area. Pownal is home to Bradbury Mountain State Park....
  
  
• Raymond
  Raymond, Maine
  Raymond is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,299 at the 2000 census. It is a summer recreation area and is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area...
  
  
• Richmond
  Richmond, Maine
  Richmond is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,298 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area....
  
  
• Sanford
  Sanford, Maine
  Sanford is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 20,798 in the 2010 census, the highest of the York County towns, and the 8th largest in the state. Situated on the Mousam River, Sanford includes the village of Springvale...
  
  
• Scarborough
• Sebago
  Sebago, Maine
  Sebago is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,433 at the 2000 census, although it swells during summer months to approximately 5,000...
  
  
• Shapleigh
  Shapleigh, Maine
  Shapleigh, pronounced "SHAP-lee", is a town in York County, Maine, United States which was incorporated as the state's 43rd town in 1785. The population was 2,326 at the 2000 census. Shapleigh is divided into the villages of North Shapleigh, Shapleigh Corner, Ross Corner and Emery Mills...
  
  
• South Berwick
  South Berwick, Maine
  South Berwick is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 7,220 at the 2010 census. South Berwick is home to Berwick Academy, a private, co-educational university-preparatory day school founded in 1791...
  
  
• Standish
  Standish, Maine
  Standish is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 9,874 at the 2010 census. It includes the villages of Standish Corner, Sebago Lake Village and Steep Falls, and the localities known as Richville, Standish Neck and Two Trails...
  
  
• Topsham
• Waterboro
  Waterboro, Maine
  Waterboro is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 6,214 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area....
  
  
• Wells
  Wells, Maine
  Wells is a town in York County, Maine, United States. Founded in 1643, it is the third-oldest town in Maine. The population was 9,400 at the 2000 census. Wells Beach is a popular summer destination.-History:...
  
  
• West Bath
  West Bath, Maine
  West Bath is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,798 at the 2000 census. A sub-locality of West Bath is Winnegance...
  
  
• Windham
  Windham, Maine
  Windham is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 17,001 at the 2010 census. It includes the villages of South Windham and North Windham...
  
  
• Woolwich
  Woolwich, Maine
  Woolwich is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,810 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area...
  
  
• Yarmouth
  Yarmouth, Maine
  Yarmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, located approximately ten to fifteen miles north of Portland. Its population was 8,349 at the 2010 census....
  
  
• York
  York, Maine
  York is a town in York County, Maine, United States at the southwest corner of the state. The population in the 2000 census was 12,854. Situated beside the Atlantic Ocean on the Gulf of Maine, York is a well-known summer resort. It is home to three 18-hole golf clubs, three sandy beaches, and...
  
  

Census-designated places

• Berwick
  Berwick (CDP), Maine
  Berwick is a census-designated place in the town of Berwick in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,993 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Bridgton
  Bridgton (CDP), Maine
  Bridgton is a census-designated place in the town of Bridgton in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,359 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Brunswick
  Brunswick (CDP), Maine
  Brunswick is a census-designated place in the town of Brunswick in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 15,175 at the 2010 census...
  
  
• Brunswick Station
  Brunswick Station, Maine
  Brunswick Station is a census-designated place within the town of Brunswick in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,511 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Cape Neddick
  Cape Neddick, Maine
  Cape Neddick is a census-designated place in the town of York in York County which is the location of the Cape Neddick Campground run by Robert McDonough, Maine, United States. The population was 2,997 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Cumberland Center
  Cumberland Center, Maine
  Cumberland Center is a census-designated place within the town of Cumberland in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,596 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Falmouth Foreside
  Falmouth Foreside, Maine
  Falmouth Foreside is a census-designated place within the town of Falmouth in Cumberland County, Maine, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 1,964...
  
  
• Freeport
  Freeport (CDP), Maine
  Freeport is a census-designated place in the town of Freeport in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,813 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Gorham
  Gorham (CDP), Maine
  Gorham is a census-designated place in the town of Gorham, in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,164 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Kennebunk
  Kennebunk (CDP), Maine
  Kennebunk is a census-designated place in the town of Kennebunk in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,804 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Kennebunkport
  Kennebunkport (CDP), Maine
  Kennebunkport is a census-designated place in the town of Kennebunkport in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,376 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Kittery
  Kittery (CDP), Maine
  Kittery is a census-designated place in the town of Kittery in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,884 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Kittery Point
  Kittery Point, Maine
  Kittery Point is a census-designated place in the town of Kittery, York County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,135 at the 2000 census. Located beside the Atlantic, it is home to Fort McClary State Historic Site and, on Gerrish Island, Fort Foster Park...
  
  
• Lake Arrowhead
  Lake Arrowhead, Maine
  Lake Arrowhead is a census-designated place in the town of Waterboro in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,264 at the 2000 census...
  
  

• Little Falls-South Windham
  Little Falls-South Windham, Maine
  Little Falls-South Windham was a census-designated place in Cumberland County, Maine, United States defined for the 2000 census. The population of the CDP was 1,792 at the time...
  
  
• North Berwick
  North Berwick (CDP), Maine
  North Berwick is a census-designated place in the town of North Berwick in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,580 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• North Windham
  North Windham, Maine
  North Windham is a census-designated place within the town of Windham in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,568 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Old Orchard Beach
  Old Orchard Beach, Maine
  Old Orchard Beach is a town and census-designated place in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 8,856 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  
• Richmond
  Richmond (CDP), Maine
  Richmond is a census-designated place in the town of Richmond in Sagadahoc County, Maine. The population was 1,864 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
  
• Sanford
  Sanford, Maine
  Sanford is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 20,798 in the 2010 census, the highest of the York County towns, and the 8th largest in the state. Situated on the Mousam River, Sanford includes the village of Springvale...
  
  
• Scarborough
  Scarborough (CDP), Maine
  Scarborough is a census-designated place in the town of Scarborough in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,867 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• South Eliot
  South Eliot, Maine
  South Eliot is a census-designated place in the town of Eliot in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,445 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• South Sanford
  South Sanford, Maine
  South Sanford is a census-designated place in the town of Sanford in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,173 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Springvale
  Springvale, Maine
  Springvale is a census-designated place in the town of Sanford in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,488 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Topsham
  Topsham (CDP), Maine
  Topsham is a census-designated place in the town of Topsham in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The population was 6,271 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• West Kennebunk
  West Kennebunk, Maine
  West Kennebunk, often referred to as "West K" by locals, is a census-designated place in the town of Kennebunk in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 809 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Yarmouth
  Yarmouth (CDP), Maine
  Yarmouth is a census-designated place in the town of Yarmouth in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,560 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• York Harbor
  York Harbor, Maine
  York Harbor is a census-designated place in the town of York in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,321 at the 2000 census. York Harbor is a distinguished former Gilded Age summer colony noted for its resort architecture...
  
  

Demographics

As of the census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

of 2000, there were 487,568 people, 196,669 households, and 128,201 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 96.49% White, 0.80% African American, 0.27% Native American, 1.09% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.28% from other races

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, and 1.03% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.87% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $43,195, and the median income for a family was $51,873. Males had a median income of $35,402 versus $26,213 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

 for the MSA was $21,851.

Combined Statistical Area

The Portland–Lewiston

Lewiston, Maine

Lewiston is a city in Androscoggin County in Maine, and the second-largest city in the state. The population was 41,592 at the 2010 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included within the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine...

–South Portland Combined Statistical Area is made up of four counties in Maine. The statistical area includes two metropolitan areas

United States metropolitan area

In the United States a metropolitan statistical area is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the area. Such regions are not legally incorporated as a city or town would be, nor are they legal administrative divisions like...

. As of the 2000 Census, the CSA had a population of 591,361 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 623,365).

• Components
  • Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
    • Portland-South Portland-Biddeford (Cumberland, Sagadahoc, and York counties)
    • Lewiston-Auburn
      Auburn, Maine
      Auburn is a city in and the county seat of Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. The population was 23,055 at the 2010 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan...
      
       (Androscoggin County
      Androscoggin County, Maine
      Androscoggin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the county's population was 107,702. Its county seat is Auburn...
      
      )