Maine - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Augusta March 15, 1820 the 23rd state State nickname Name for residents State motto The Pine Tree State Mainers Dirigo (I lead) Abbreviation ME LAND Total area 91,647 sq km 35,385 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 39th 79,938 sq km 30,864 sq mi Highest point Mount Katahdin 1,605 m/5,267 ft Forested land as a share of total area Federally owned land as a share of land area 89.6 percent (2002) 0.8 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 1,317,207 (2007 estimate) 40th 3.8 percent (1990-2000) 17 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 43 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population 40.2 percent (2000) Largest cities (by population) Portland 63,889 (2005 estimate) Lewiston 36,050 (2005 estimate) Bangor 31,074 (2005 estimate) South Portland 23,742 (2005 estimate) A uburn 23,602 (2005 estimate) Ethnic groups Whites 96.9 percent (2000) Asians 0.7 percent (2000) Native Americans 0.6 percent (2000) Blacks Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.5 percent (2000) less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 1.2 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 0.7 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 76.4 years (1989-1991) 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 374 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 377 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 9.3 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) Government spending per student (K-12) Share of students attending private school Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 11.5 (2003) $10,288 (2002-2003) 8.7 percent (1999) 88.7 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor John Baldacci (term ends January 2011) Legislature Senate, 35 members House of Representatives, 151 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 2 Electoral votes 4 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita $47 billion (2006) $29,973 (2004) GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 1.3 percent (2004) Industry Construction 4.7 percent (2004) Manufacturing Mining Transportation and utilities Services Finance, insurance, and real estate 11.9 percent (2004) 0 percent (2004) 4.6 percent (2004) 20.3 percent (2004) G overnment Information technology 14.2 percent (2004) 3 percent (2004) Retail trade 9.4 percent (2004) Wholesale trade 5.3 percent (2004) Other services 25.3 percent (2004) Employment Number of workers Unemployment rate Share of workers in unions 711,000 (2006 estimate) 4.6 percent (2006 estimate) 11.9 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind 23.5 percent (2005 estimate) Share from hydroelectric 21.7 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 0 percent (2004) Share from thermal 54.8 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Share of households with Internet access Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 165 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) 57.9 percent (2003 estimate) 7.1 books per person (2002) 36,703 km (2005) 22,806 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 591 km (2005) 367 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 1,848 km (2004) 1,148 mi (2004) Airports 3 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
