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Augusta (/ ə ˈ ɡ ʌ s t ə / ə-GUSS-tə) is the capital of the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of and most populous city in Kennebec County.The city's population was 18,899 at the 2020 census, [5] making it the 12th most populous city in Maine, and 3rd least populous state capital in the United States after Montpelier, Vermont, and Pierre, South Dakota.
Kennebec County is a county located in the South-central portion of the U.S. state of Maine.At the 2020 census, the population was 123,642. [1] Its county seat is Augusta, [2] the state capital.
The mean population center of Maine is located in Kennebec County, just east of Augusta. [51] The Greater Portland metropolitan area is the most densely populated with nearly 40% of Maine's population. [52] This area spans three counties and includes many farms and wooded areas; the 2016 population of Portland proper was 66,937. [53]
According to the 2020 United States census, Maine is the 9th least populous state, with 1,372,247 inhabitants, and the 12th smallest by land area, spanning 30,842.92 square miles (79,882.8 km 2). [1] Maine is divided into 16 counties and contains 482 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, and plantations. [2]
Augusta: 1799: As Kennebec County, Massachusetts, from part of Lincoln County: The Kennebec River in Maine. 127,259: 951 sq mi (2,463 km 2) Knox County: 013: Rockland: 1860: From parts of Lincoln County and Waldo County: Henry Knox (1750–1806), the first United States Secretary of War (1789 - 1794), who lived in Thomaston, Maine. 40,977: ...
Aug. 12—Maine's meager population growth over the past decade was almost entirely driven by the southern part of the state, while much of northern and western Maine lost population, new data ...
Maine's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Maine. Covering 27,326 square miles (70,770 km 2 ), it comprises nearly 92% of the state's total land area. The district comprises most of the land area north of the Portland and Augusta metropolitan areas.
A piece of local Black history was lost after the 101-year-old home of the Mays family in downtown Augusta was demolished.