# Cities in Maine by foreign-born share of the population, 2024

All 11 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `foreign_born_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People born outside the country where they live, as a percentage of the total population. United States: people who were not US citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, temporary migrants and unauthorized immigrants; American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span. EU countries: residents on 1 January whose country of birth is not the reporting country (Eurostat). England and Wales: usual residents born outside the United Kingdom, Census 2021.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/maine-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Portland, ME | 11.8 |
| 2 | Lewiston, ME | 11.5 |
| 3 | South Portland, ME | 10.5 |
| 4 | Westbrook, ME | 10.1 |
| 5 | Saco, ME | 7.7 |
| 6 | Bangor, ME | 6 |
| 7 | Auburn, ME | 4.6 |
| 8 | Sanford, ME | 4.4 |
| 9 | Waterville, ME | 4 |
| 10 | Biddeford, ME | 3.5 |
| 11 | Augusta, ME | 2.7 |