Maine by the numbers
Maine by the numbers:
Population: 1,274,923
Largest city, by population: Portland, 64,249
Population of the state capital, Augusta: 18,560
Smallest municipality, by population: Hibberts Gore, 1
Size, in square miles: 33,215
Miles of public highways: 21,000
Number of coastal islands: 2,000
Length of coastline, in miles: 3,500
Acres of forest: 17 million
Height of Katahdin, Maine’s tallest mountain, in feet above sea level: 5,268
Number of people who visited Maine state parks, in 2000: 2.3 million
Need to know:
Capital: Augusta
Governor: John Baldacci
Sales tax: 5 percent
Lodging tax: 7 percent
At 33,215 square miles, Maine is nearly as big as the other five New England states combined.
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