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Lewiston, ME
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Living in Lewiston



Lewiston is a medium-sized city located in the state of Maine. With a population of 36,617 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Lewiston is the second largest community in Maine.

Also of interest is that Lewiston has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.79% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The population of Lewiston overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Lewiston, 21.27% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lewiston in 2018 was $27,856, which is lower middle income relative to Maine, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,424 for a family of four. However, Lewiston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lewiston is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lewiston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lewiston residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lewiston include French Canadian, French, Irish, English, and German.

The most common language spoken in Lewiston is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and African languages.