New data from the U.S. Census Bureau on population growth among Maine’s municipalities indicate a growing urban-rural divide, with population growth limited to Greater Portland.
Christian MilNeil
Christian MilNeil is a data reporter and online content producer. A graduate of Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, he studied math and economics at Reed College in Portland, Oregon and joined the Press Herald in 2012. He’s especially interested in design, city politics, cartography and climate change. If you’re in Portland, you might see him bicycling to work, or just for fun.
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