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Outcomes

10.6% of people in Maine live below the poverty line.

Children below the poverty line, 2024
12.3%
Country: 15.5%
Median household income, 2024
$76,372
Country: $81,604
real output grew over five years
15.6%
bills traced into law in 24 months
0
Real output, year by year.
1997: $46Bchained 2017 dollars, adjusted for inflation2025: $78B

What became law

Enacted bills traced to their place on the books, latest first.

No enacted bill has been traced to its statute for Maine.

Coverage is partial, and nothing here says a law moved a number.

Counties by poverty rate: 8 counties
Counties by poverty rate
Washington County$55,6114.7%16.2%
Aroostook County$54,9654.1%14.9%
Somerset County$60,3143.9%14.5%
Penobscot County$66,1583.2%14.2%
Piscataquis County$61,7065.0%14.0%
Franklin County$60,2813.7%13.3%
Androscoggin County$68,6423.1%12.0%
Oxford County$65,4873.4%11.3%