Lowest poverty rate in Maine

Maine counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Maine by poverty rate — which have the lowest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Cumberland County leads at 7.1%.

Among cities & places, Cousins Island leads at 0.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Cumberland County	7.1%
2	York County	7.8%
3	Lincoln County	8.5%
4	Knox County	8.8%
5	Hancock County	10.2%
6	Sagadahoc County	11.1%
7	Franklin County	11.8%
8	Kennebec County	12.3%
9	Waldo County	12.8%
10	Androscoggin County	13.0%
11	Penobscot County	13.5%
12	Oxford County	14.2%
13	Aroostook County	14.4%
14	Somerset County	15.6%
15	Piscataquis County	16.5%
16	Washington County	17.8%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Cousins Island	0.0%
2	Littlejohn Island	0.0%
3	Standish	0.0%
4	Turner	0.0%
5	Little Falls	0.4%
6	Castine	0.8%
7	Naples	1.8%
8	Kittery Point	1.8%
9	Gorham	1.9%
10	Clinton	2.0%
11	Falmouth Foreside	2.2%
12	Rangeley	2.3%
13	North Berwick	2.8%
14	Newcastle	2.9%
15	Oak Hill	3.3%
16	Veazie	3.3%
17	Gray	3.5%
18	Sabattus	3.6%
19	South Berwick	3.7%
20	South Eliot	4.2%
21	Winter Harbor	4.4%
22	Blaine	4.4%
23	Falmouth	4.6%
24	Dunstan	4.9%
25	Lisbon Falls	4.9%
26	Berwick	5.2%
27	Oakfield	5.4%
28	North Windham	5.5%
29	Waldoboro	5.5%
30	Vanceboro	5.7%
31	Hampden	5.8%
32	South Portland	6.0%
33	Milford	6.1%
34	York Harbor	6.1%
35	Kittery	6.7%
36	Wilton	6.7%
37	Bradley	6.8%
38	Saco	6.8%
39	Brunswick	7.3%
40	Cornish	7.5%
41	Wiscasset	7.5%
42	Fort Fairfield	7.6%
43	Lisbon	7.8%
44	Ellsworth	8.5%
45	Topsham	8.5%
46	Mapleton	8.9%
47	Winslow	9.0%
48	Camden	9.0%
49	Northeast Harbor	9.0%
50	Rockland	9.1%
51	Westbrook	9.1%
52	Greenville	9.2%
53	Fort Kent	9.3%
54	Richmond	9.3%
55	North Anson	9.8%
56	Cape Neddick	10.1%
57	Kennebunk	10.6%
58	Sanford	10.6%
59	Eastport	10.8%
60	Chisholm	11.1%
61	Portland	11.2%
62	Gardiner	11.3%
63	Cumberland Center	11.4%
64	Thomaston	11.5%
65	Caribou	11.8%
66	South Windham	11.9%
67	Eagle Lake	12.0%
68	Hallowell	12.0%
69	Kennebunkport	12.1%
70	West Kennebunk	12.3%
71	Yarmouth	12.4%
72	Auburn	12.6%
73	Kezar Falls	12.7%
74	Southwest Harbor	12.8%
75	Mechanic Falls	13.0%
76	Blue Hill	13.2%
77	Fryeburg	13.3%
78	Winterport	13.6%
79	Alfred	13.6%
80	Bucksport	13.9%
81	Old Orchard Beach	14.1%
82	Lake Arrowhead	14.3%
83	Bath	14.6%
84	Bingham	14.7%
85	Corinna	14.8%
86	Washburn	14.9%
87	Bangor	14.9%
88	Bar Harbor	15.1%
89	Grand Isle	15.2%
90	Biddeford	15.3%
91	Presque Isle	15.6%
92	Mars Hill	15.9%
93	Searsport	16.1%
94	Steep Falls	16.1%
95	Dixfield	16.1%
96	Skowhegan	16.1%
97	Guilford	16.5%
98	Limestone	16.7%
99	Milo	17.2%
100	Brewer	17.2%

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