Learn About Maine

AUGUSTA, MAINE

State bird: Chickadee State flower: Whitepine cone and tassel State insect: Honeybee
Population: 1,274,923 people Nickname: Pine Tree State Economy: Seafood, poultry and eggs, potatoes, dairy products, cattle, blueberries, apples, paper, lumber, and wood products
Fun facts: Maine is the only state in the United States whose name has one syllable.
Approximately 40 millions pounds (nearly 90%) of the nation’s lobster supply is caught off the coast of Maine. Maine producers 99% of all the blueberries in the country making it the single largest producer of blueberries in the United States. 90% of the country’s toothpick supply is produced in Maine. Portland is the birthplace of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Maine contains 542,629 acres of state and national parks. In Wilton, Maine, there is a cannery that imports and cans only dandelion greens. Bath, Maine is known as the City of Ships.