Federal Urban Areas

Small Urban:

An urban place as designated by U. S. Bureau of the Census having a population of 5,000 or more and not contained in any urbanized area. There are presently sixteen small Federal urban areas in Maine.

Augusta, Bath, Belfast, Brunswick, Caribou, Gardiner, Houlton, Millinocket, Presque Isle, Rockland, Rumford, Sanford, Skowhegan, Topsham, Waterville and Winslow.

Urbanized:

A continuous urban area as designated by U. S. Bureau of the Census having a population of 50,000 or more. There are presently four urbanized areas in Maine.

1. Bangor-Brewer Area Comprehensive Transportation Study (BACTS): includes Bangor, Brewer, parts of Hampden, Old Town, Orono and Veazie.

2. Kittery Area Comprehensive Transportation Study (KACTS): includes parts of Berwick, Eliot, Lebanon, Kittery and South Berwick (tied in with Portsmouth, Dover and Rochester N.H. area).

3. Lewiston-Auburn Area Comprehensive Transportation Study (LACTS) now named Androscoggin Transportation Resource Center (ATRC): includes Auburn, Lewiston, Lisbon and parts of Sabattus.

4. Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation Study (PACTS): includes Cape Elizabeth, Portland, South Portland, Westbrook and parts of Biddeford, Cumberland, Falmouth, Freeport, Gorham, North Yarmouth, Old Orchard Beach, Saco, Scarborough, Windham and Yarmouth.

Federal Urban Areas vs State Urban Compact Areas:  

In comparing Federal Urban Areas (FUA) in Maine to State Urban Compact Areas, there is different criteria that defines the boundaries of each Area. All of the above-mentioned FUA's are also state urban compact areas except for the following towns which are NOT State Urban compact areas: Berwick, Cumberland, Eliot, Hampden, Lebanon, North Yarmouth, Sabattus, South Berwick, and Veazie.

Last updated 02/26/09