Maine: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity
Maine recorded 11,609 births in 2024 across 16 counties, served by 16 hospitals confirmed to provide inpatient labour and delivery, with 5 more whose status CMS does not report. There are 585 Offices of Lawyers establishments statewide, across all practice areas.
- Births, 2024
- 11,609+0.2% since 2021
- Delivering hospitals
- 165 more not reported
- Offices of Lawyers
- 585CBP 2023, NAICS 541110, all practice areas
- Births per lawyer office
- 19.8national median for 500+ birth counties: 34.3
Births by county
Figure 1. Hover any county for births, lawyer offices and delivering hospitals. Projected at build time; no mapping library on this page.
Every county
| County | Population 2024 | Births 2024 | Lawyer offices | Births per office | Delivering hospitals | Status unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland County | 313,809 | 2,863 | 212 | 13.5 | 3 | 0 |
| York County | 220,143 | 1,621 | 74 | 21.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Penobscot County | 156,840 | 1,314 | 50 | 26.3 | 1 | 1 |
| Androscoggin County | 115,272 | 1,165 | 45 | 25.9 | 1 | 0 |
| Kennebec County | 128,461 | 1,077 | 53 | 20.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Aroostook County | 66,776 | 549 | 27 | 20.3 | 2 | 1 |
| Oxford County | 60,039 | 492 | 14 | 35.1 | 1 | 0 |
| Somerset County | 51,338 | 427 | 12 | 35.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Hancock County | 56,946 | 403 | 25 | 16.1 | 2 | 0 |
| Sagadahoc County | 37,582 | 303 | 13 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Waldo County | 40,617 | 293 | 8 | 36.6 | 1 | 0 |
| Knox County | 40,981 | 276 | 20 | 13.8 | 1 | 0 |
| Washington County | 31,383 | 260 | 4 | 65.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lincoln County | 36,491 | 254 | 19 | 13.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Franklin County | 30,902 | 211 | 6 | 35.2 | 1 | 0 |
| Piscataquis County | 17,432 | 101 | 3 | 33.7 | 1 | 0 |
2 counties record births with no confirmed delivering hospital, covering 1,924 births. As on the national page, this describes where facilities sit relative to where births are recorded by residence, not access to care.
Hospitals with obstetric services
| Hospital | City | County | Ownership | Labour & delivery | Birthing Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calais Community Hospital | Calais | Washington | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Not reported | , |
| Cary Medical Center | Caribou | Aroostook | Government - Local | Yes | Designated |
| Central Maine Medical Center | Lewiston | Androscoggin | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Down East Community Hospital | Machias | Washington | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Not reported | , |
| Houlton Regional Hospital | Houlton | Aroostook | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Not reported | , |
| Lincolnhealth | Damariscotta | Lincoln | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Maine General Medical Center | Augusta | Kennebec | Voluntary non-profit - Other | Yes | Designated |
| Mainehealth Franklin Hospital | Farmington | Franklin | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Mainehealth Maine Medical Center | Portland | Cumberland | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital | Brunswick | Cumberland | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital | Rockport | Knox | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Mainehealth Stephens Hospital | Norway | Oxford | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Mainehealth Waldo Hospital | Belfast | Waldo | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Millinocket Regional Hospital | Millinocket | Penobscot | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Not reported | , |
| Mount Desert Island Hospital | Bar Harbor | Hancock | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Northern Light A R Gould Hospital | Presque Isle | Aroostook | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center | Bangor | Penobscot | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital | Ellsworth | Hancock | Voluntary non-profit - Other | Yes | Designated |
| Northern Light Mayo Hospital | Dover Foxcroft | Piscataquis | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Yes | Designated |
| Northern Light Mercy Hospital | Portland | Cumberland | Voluntary non-profit - Church | Yes | Designated |
| Redington Fairview General Hospital | Skowhegan | Somerset | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Not reported | , |
Birthing Friendly is a CMS designation reflecting a hospital's attestation to participating in a perinatal quality improvement collaborative and implementing recommended safety practices. It records reported structure and participation. It is not an outcome measure, and CMS published no obstetric outcome scores at all for 2024, see the blackout.
Clinical measures and legal measures are never joined on this site. Adverse-event rates describe medicine; litigation describes a legal process. Where both appear together it is to describe a market, not to suggest that one predicts the other.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau: County Population Totals and Components of Change, 2024: births by county, 2021–2024
- U.S. Census Bureau: County Business Patterns, 2023: NAICS 541110, Offices of Lawyers; establishment counts by county
- CMS Care Compare: Maternal Health · Hospital: PC-02, PC-07a, PC-07b, SM-7; 2024 reporting period
- CMS Care Compare: Hospital General Information: ownership, facility type, Birthing Friendly designation
- U.S. Census Bureau: Cartographic Boundary Files, 2023 (1:20,000,000): county and state polygons; projected to Albers equal-area at build time
Cite this analysis
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Birth Injury Marketing. “Maine: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity.” 25 August 2026. https://birthinjurymarketing.com/intelligence/maine/
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- Kevin Schwaner, Founder; Chief Marketing Officer. Credentials.
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