Maine’s Demographic Winter by County  Maine County Map Showing
Net Natural Population Change for 2012  As I blogged recently,
Maine is now one of only two states in 2012 with a negative net
natural population growth rate meaning there are more deaths in
the state than births (West Virginia is the other state).
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released their 2012 data by
county. I have created the chart above to show the counties in
Maine based on their net natural population growth. As you can
see, the overwhelming majority of counties have more deaths than
births including: Hancock (-153), Aroostook (-151), Lincoln
(-119), Oxford (-119), Washington (-118), Piscataquis (-65),
Franklin (-47), Knox (-42), Kennebec (-35), and Waldo (-6).
Three counties just missed going negative: Somerset (5),
Sagadahoc (29), and Penobscot (40).  Only three counties have a
somewhat comfortable positive net natural population growth:
York (113), Cumberland (249), and Androscoggin (316).  When
factoring in net-migration to get tota