Lewiston, Maine (usa)

Lewiston, Maine

Lewiston, Maine ranks 4,007th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Arad County (former), Chaves, Portugal, and Oswestry. Memorable people born in Lewiston, Maine include Marsden Hartley, Clarence White, and Paul LePage. Memorable people who died in Lewiston, Maine include Alphonse Lacroix. Lewiston, Maine has been the birth place of many painters, and musicians and the death place of many religious figures. Lewiston, Maine is located in United States.

Lewiston is the second most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine, with the city's population at 37,121 as of the 2020 United States Census. The city lies halfway between Augusta, the state's capital, and Portland, the state's most populous city. It is one-half of the Lewiston–Auburn Metropolitan Statistical Area, commonly referred to as "L/A." or "L-A." Lewiston exerts a significant impact upon the diversity, religious variety, commerce, education, and economic power of Maine. It is known for having an overall low cost of living, substantial access to medical care, and a low violent-crime rate. In recent years, the city of Lewiston has also seen a spike in economic and social growth. While the dominant language spoken in the city is English, it is home to a significant Somali population as well as the largest French-speaking population in the United States while it is second to St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, in percentage of speakers. Read more on Wikipedia