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Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area


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2022 population: 561,576   ( 47,478 from 2010 , 9,820 from 2020)
Land area: 2081.4 square miles
Population density: 269.8 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:510,961 90.99% 6.3%
Black:14,1342.52% 80.1%
Indian:1,5110.27% 2.5%
Asian:11,5042.05% 40.8%
2+ races:10,4301.86% 37.1%
Hispanic:13,0362.32% 63.4%
Total non-White:50,6159.01% 50.9%

2020-2022 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:11,045 10.0
Deaths:13,33112.1
Net Migration: 9,8829.0
Net Immigration: 2,2892.1
Change in White population:30,408 5.9
Change in Non-White pop.:17,070 3.3



Historical Presidential Election Results for Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US)
PUSV
2020 76% Joe Biden (D) 213,476 61.4% Donald Trump* (R) 124,156 35.7% 9,830 [+] 2.8% 347,462 -11 0.22%
2016 71% Hillary Clinton (D) 169,489 55.1% Donald Trump (R) 117,416 38.2% 20,803 [+] 6.8% 307,708 -8 0.22%
2012 71% Barack Obama* (D) 175,322 59.9% Mitt Romney (R) 110,150 37.6% 7,165 [+] 2.4% 292,637 -10 0.23%
2008 74% Barack Obama (D) 182,169 61.8% John McCain (R) 107,296 36.4% 5,148 [+] 1.7% 294,613 -9 0.22%
2004 76% John Kerry (D) 164,655 56.0% George W. Bush* (R) 124,407 42.3% 5,012 [+] 1.7% 294,074 -8 0.24%
2000 69% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 129,665 50.7% George W. Bush (R) 108,899 42.6% 17,012 [+] 6.7% 255,576 -5 0.24%
1996 65% Bill Clinton* (D) 120,230 52.4% Robert Dole (R) 74,560 32.5% 34,723 [+] 15.1% 229,513 -8 0.24%
1992 75% Bill Clinton (D) 103,116 40.5% George Bush* (R) 83,910 33.0% 67,572 [+] 26.5% 254,598 -4 0.24%
1988 66% George Bush (R) 118,187 55.9% Michael Dukakis (D) 91,694 43.4% 1,601 [+] 0.8% 211,482 2 0.23%
1984 68% Ronald Reagan* (R) 118,618 58.5% Walter Mondale (D) 83,343 41.1% 655 0.3% 202,616 0 0.22%
1980 68% Ronald Reagan (R) 83,178 44.1% Jimmy Carter* (D) 81,279 43.1% 23,986 [+] 12.7% 188,443 -7 0.22%
1976 69% Jimmy Carter (D) 84,532 49.3% Gerald Ford* (R) 82,327 48.0% 4,559 [+] 2.7% 171,418 0 0.21%
1972 64% Richard Nixon* (R) 88,183 59.8% George McGovern (D) 59,204 40.2% 56 [+] 0.0% 147,443 -1 0.19%
1968 69% Hubert Humphrey (D) 79,067 57.9% Richard Nixon (R) 55,332 40.5% 2,189 [+] 1.6% 136,588 -3 0.19%
1964 68% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 91,933 70.5% Barry Goldwater (R) 38,437 29.5% 109 0.1% 130,479 -9 0.18%
1960 77% Richard Nixon (R) 79,420 55.5% John Kennedy (D) 63,689 44.5% 0 0.0% 143,109 6 0.21%
1956 67% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 85,153 68.2% Adlai Stevenson (D) 39,649 31.8% 0 0.0% 124,802 11 0.20%
1952 68% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 79,801 64.2% Adlai Stevenson (D) 44,205 35.6% 224 0.2% 124,230 9 0.20%
1948 55% Thomas Dewey (R) 51,848 54.6% Harry Truman* (D) 42,023 44.2% 1,123 [+] 1.2% 94,994 9 0.19%
1944 63% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 52,246 50.4% Thomas Dewey (R) 51,354 49.5% 114 0.1% 103,714 4 0.22%
1940 66% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 53,762 51.8% Wendell Willkie (R) 49,846 48.1% 121 0.1% 103,729 3 0.21%
1936 67% Alf Landon (R) 51,555 52.5% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 44,185 45.0% 2,490 [+] 2.5% 98,230 16 0.22%
1932 67% Herbert Hoover* (R) 54,385 58.2% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 38,178 40.9% 826 [+] 0.9% 93,389 19 0.23%
1928 61% Herbert Hoover (R) 56,466 67.2% Al Smith (D) 27,261 32.4% 297 [+] 0.4% 84,024 9 0.23%
1924 47% Calvin Coolidge (R) 45,949 71.4% John Davis (D) 14,166 22.0% 4,234 [+] 6.6% 64,349 17 0.22%
1920 46% Warren Harding (R) 42,016 68.0% James Cox (D) 19,045 30.8% 746 [+] 1.2% 61,807 8 0.23%
1916 30% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 19,971 51.0% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 18,440 47.1% 715 [+] 1.8% 39,126 5 0.21%
1912 29% Woodrow Wilson (D) 14,932 40.1% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 11,417 30.7% 10,878 [+] 29.2% 37,227 4 0.25%
1908 26% William Taft (R) 19,069 61.2% William J. Bryan (D) 10,663 34.2% 1,416 [+] 4.5% 31,148 10 0.21%
1904 24% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 18,400 64.9% Alton Parker (D) 8,609 30.4% 1,336 [+] 4.7% 28,345 9 0.21%
1900 26% William McKinley* (R) 18,018 60.4% William J. Bryan (D) 10,841 36.3% 977 [+] 3.3% 29,836 9 0.21%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote



2020 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Joe Biden (D) 213,476 61.4%
Donald Trump* (R) 124,156 35.7%
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 5,619 1.6%
Other 4,211 1.2%
TOTAL 347,462
Turnout: 76% Diff (US): -11


2016 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Hillary Clinton (D) 169,489 55.1%
Donald Trump (R) 117,416 38.2%
Gary Johnson (Lbt) 14,280 4.6%
Jill Stein (Grn) 5,754 1.9%
Evan McMullin (I) 594 0.2%
Other 175 0.1%
TOTAL 307,708
Turnout: 71% Diff (US): -8


2012 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Barack Obama* (D) 175,322 59.9%
Mitt Romney (R) 110,150 37.6%
Gary Johnson (Lbt) 3,408 1.2%
Other 3,757 1.3%
TOTAL 292,637
Turnout: 71% Diff (US): -10


2008 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Barack Obama (D) 182,169 61.8%
John McCain (R) 107,296 36.4%
Ralph Nader (I) 3,952 1.3%
Other 1,196 0.4%
TOTAL 294,613
Turnout: 74% Diff (US): -9


2004 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
George W. Bush* (R) 124,407 42.3%
John Kerry (D) 164,655 56.0%
Ralph Nader (I) 3,001 1.0%
Other 2,011 0.7%
TOTAL 294,074
Turnout: 76% Diff (US): -8


2000 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
George W. Bush (R) 108,899 42.6%
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 129,665 50.7%
Ralph Nader (Grn) 14,485 5.7%
Pat Buchanan (Ref) 1,346 0.5%
Other 1,181 0.5%
TOTAL 255,576
Turnout: 69% Diff (US): -5


1996 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Bill Clinton* (D) 120,230 52.4%
Robert Dole (R) 74,560 32.5%
Ross Perot (Ref) 26,727 11.6%
Ralph Nader (Grn) 5,931 2.6%
Harry Browne (Lbt) 1,264 0.6%
Other 801 0.3%
TOTAL 229,513
Turnout: 65% Diff (US): -8


1992 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Bill Clinton (D) 103,116 40.5%
George Bush* (R) 83,910 33.0%
Ross Perot (I) 66,570 26.1%
Other 1,002 0.4%
TOTAL 254,598
Turnout: 75% Diff (US): -4


1988 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
George Bush (R) 118,187 55.9%
Michael Dukakis (D) 91,694 43.4%
Ron Paul (Lbt) 1,095 0.5%
Other 506 0.2%
TOTAL 211,482
Turnout: 66% Diff (US): 2


1984 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Ronald Reagan* (R) 118,618 58.5%
Walter Mondale (D) 83,343 41.1%
Other 655 0.3%
TOTAL 202,616
Turnout: 68% Diff (US): 0


1980 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Ronald Reagan (R) 83,178 44.1%
Jimmy Carter* (D) 81,279 43.1%
John Anderson (I) 20,634 10.9%
Edward Clark (Lbt) 1,536 0.8%
Other 1,816 1.0%
TOTAL 188,443
Turnout: 68% Diff (US): -7


1976 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Jimmy Carter (D) 84,532 49.3%
Gerald Ford* (R) 82,327 48.0%
Eugene McCarthy (I) 3,895 2.3%
Other 664 0.4%
TOTAL 171,418
Turnout: 69% Diff (US): 0


1972 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Richard Nixon* (R) 88,183 59.8%
George McGovern (D) 59,204 40.2%
Other 56 0.0%
TOTAL 147,443
Turnout: 64% Diff (US): -1


1968 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Richard Nixon (R) 55,332 40.5%
Hubert Humphrey (D) 79,067 57.9%
George Wallace (AIP) 2,189 1.6%
TOTAL 136,588
Turnout: 69% Diff (US): -3


1964 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Lyndon Johnson* (D) 91,933 70.5%
Barry Goldwater (R) 38,437 29.5%
Other 109 0.1%
TOTAL 130,479
Turnout: 68% Diff (US): -9


1956 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 85,153 68.2%
Adlai Stevenson (D) 39,649 31.8%
TOTAL 124,802
Turnout: 67% Diff (US): 11


1952 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Dwight Eisenhower (R) 79,801 64.2%
Adlai Stevenson (D) 44,205 35.6%
Other 224 0.2%
TOTAL 124,230
Turnout: 68% Diff (US): 9


1948 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Harry Truman* (D) 42,023 44.2%
Thomas Dewey (R) 51,848 54.6%
Henry Wallace (Prog) 850 0.9%
Other 273 0.3%
TOTAL 94,994
Turnout: 55% Diff (US): 9


1944 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 52,246 50.4%
Thomas Dewey (R) 51,354 49.5%
Other 114 0.1%
TOTAL 103,714
Turnout: 63% Diff (US): 4


1940 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 53,762 51.8%
Wendell Willkie (R) 49,846 48.1%
Other 121 0.1%
TOTAL 103,729
Turnout: 66% Diff (US): 3


1936 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 44,185 45.0%
Alf Landon (R) 51,555 52.5%
William Lemke (Union) 2,089 2.1%
Norman Thomas (Soc) 205 0.2%
Other 196 0.2%
TOTAL 98,230
Turnout: 67% Diff (US): 16


1932 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Franklin Roosevelt (D) 38,178 40.9%
Herbert Hoover* (R) 54,385 58.2%
Norman Thomas (Soc) 733 0.8%
Other 93 0.1%
TOTAL 93,389
Turnout: 67% Diff (US): 19


1928 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Herbert Hoover (R) 56,466 67.2%
Al Smith (D) 27,261 32.4%
Norman Thomas (Soc) 296 0.4%
Other 1 0.0%
TOTAL 84,024
Turnout: 61% Diff (US): 9


1924 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Calvin Coolidge (R) 45,949 71.4%
John Davis (D) 14,166 22.0%
Robert LaFollette (Prog) 4,118 6.4%
Other 116 0.2%
TOTAL 64,349
Turnout: 47% Diff (US): 17


1920 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Warren Harding (R) 42,016 68.0%
James Cox (D) 19,045 30.8%
Eugene Debs (Soc) 684 1.1%
Other 62 0.1%
TOTAL 61,807
Turnout: 46% Diff (US): 8


1916 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Woodrow Wilson* (D) 18,440 47.1%
Charles Evans Hughes (R) 19,971 51.0%
Allan Benson (Soc) 554 1.4%
James Hanly (Proh) 161 0.4%
TOTAL 39,126
Turnout: 30% Diff (US): 5


1912 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Woodrow Wilson (D) 14,932 40.1%
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 11,417 30.7%
William Taft* (R) 9,999 26.9%
Eugene Debs (Soc) 626 1.7%
Eugene Chafin (Proh) 253 0.7%
TOTAL 37,227
Turnout: 29% Diff (US): 4


1908 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
William Taft (R) 19,069 61.2%
William J. Bryan (D) 10,663 34.2%
Eugene Debs (Soc) 552 1.8%
Eugene Chafin (Proh) 550 1.8%
Thomas Hisgen (I) 314 1.0%
TOTAL 31,148
Turnout: 26% Diff (US): 10


1904 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Theodore Roosevelt (R) 18,400 64.9%
Alton Parker (D) 8,609 30.4%
Eugene Debs (Soc) 818 2.9%
Silas Swallow (Proh) 473 1.7%
Thomas Watson (Pop) 45 0.2%
TOTAL 28,345
Turnout: 24% Diff (US): 9


1900 President, Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
William McKinley* (R) 18,018 60.4%
William J. Bryan (D) 10,841 36.3%
Other 977 3.3%
TOTAL 29,836
Turnout: 26% Diff (US): 9
* incumbent