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This is a list of the 16 counties in the U.S. state of Maine. Before statehood, Maine was officially part of the state of Massachusetts and was called the District of Maine. Maine was granted statehood on March 15, 1820, as part of the Missouri Compromise. Nine of the 16 counties had their borders defined while Maine was still part of ...
Maine has 16 counties. Subcategories. This category has the following 29 subcategories, out of 29 total. ...
The five United States statistical areas and 16 counties of the State of Maine; Core-based statistical area [1] 2023 population (est.) [3] County 2023 population (est ...
Maine (/ m eɪ n / ⓘ MAYN) [9] is a state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeastern most state in the Lower 48.It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, and shares a maritime border with Nova Scotia.
The following is a list of counties and county-equivalents showing the average size of each state/territory's counties, the smallest county (or equivalent) in each state/territory, and the largest county (or equivalent) in each state/territory. States/territories on the list are arranged by the average land area of their counties.
According to the 2020 United States census, Maine is the 9th least populous state, with 1,372,247 inhabitants, and the 12th smallest by land area, spanning 30,842.92 square miles (79,882.8 km 2). [1] Maine is divided into 16 counties and contains 482 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, and plantations. [2]
Known in Maine as "The County", [7] [8] it is the largest county in Maine by total area, the second-largest in the United States east of the Mississippi River by total area [9] [10] [7] (behind St. Louis County, Minnesota), and the 31st-largest county in the entire contiguous U.S.
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