Economics & Demographics Program

Publications

Natural Resources

Assessment of the Current Situation and Economic Impact of Maine's Dairy Industry
Full Report (PDF 208KB) Appendices (PDF 168KB)
March 2003

Fishing, Farming and Forestry Resources for the Future (PDF 2.3MB)
February 2001

Maine Agricultural Land Loss (PDF 70KB)
1999

Demographics and Social Policy

Maine's Aging Population - A Survey of Potential Economic Implications
(PDF 98KB)
July 2007

"Aging Maine Population Affects Economy"
Bangor Daily News (PDF 17KB)
March 12, 2007

"2000 Missing Mainers"
Bangor Daily News (PDF 12KB)
February 19, 2005

On Aging, Productivity, and Labor Shortages
Notes from a panel presentation to the Maine Gerontological Society (PDF 11KB)
February 2, 2005

Maine Youth Migration Profiles 1995-2000
Report for REALIZE!Maine (PDF 125KB)
April 2004

Maine's Changing Population: A Summary of Structural Changes, Mobility and Regional Variations
Report for REALIZE!Maine (PDF 108KB)
April 2004

Ending Hunger in Maine

Final Report of the Maine Millennium Commission on Hunger and Food Security
April 2002

Download the Full Ending Hunger in Maine Report (67 pages, PDF 330KB)

Executive Summary (PDF 138 KB)

Chapters I through III (PDF 50 KB)

Chapter IV (PDF 91KB)

Appendices (PDF 53KB)

2008 Report on Poverty (PDF 793KB) February 2008

2007 Report on Poverty (PDF 878kB) February 2007

Report Card on Poverty in Maine

2004 - Published Apr. 2005 (PDF 133kB)
2003 - Published May 2004 (PDF 119kB)
2002 - Published Apr. 2003 (PDF 318kB)
2001 - Published Apr. 2002 (PDF 5.7MB)
2000 - Published Mar. 2001(PDF 5.9MB)
1999 - Published Jan. 2000 (PDF 143KB)
1998 - Published Jan. 1999 (PDF 236KB)
Supplemental Report: Basic Needs Budget 2002 (PDF 135KB)
Supplemental Report: 1999 Budget (PDF 1MB)
2000 Census Supplement #1 (PDF 4.1MB)

Economic and Community Development

An Analysis of the Employment Patterns of Somali Immigrants to Lewiston from 2001 through 2006 (PDF 310KB) April 2008

"Place and Prosperity" (PDF 180KB)
Report for the Governor’s Council on Maine’s Quality of Place
June 2007

"Understanding the Impact of Closing Naval Air Station Brunswick" (PDF 706KB)
January 2007

“The Economy in Motion: Rural Maine’s Past, Present, and Emerging Future”
Essay and discussion guide in Changing Maine, 1960-2010: Teaching Guide Edited by Richard Barringer (PDF 518KB)
2006

"From Local to Global and Back: Rural Maine's Economic Future"
Maine Sunday Telegram (PDF 16KB)
April 23, 2006

"Higher Education and the Knowledge Economy"
Slides (PDF 17KB) Text (PDF 19KB)
Presentation to the Maine Development Foundation Legislative Policy Forum
March 11, 2005

30 and 1000 Strategy: How To Build A Knowledge-based Economy in Maine and Raise Incomes to the National Average By 2010
November, 2001 (PDF 487K)

30 & 1000 Progress Report
March, 2003 (PDF 253KB)

Fiscal Policy

LD 1 Progress Report 2006 (SPO's LD1 website)
Report to the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation
January 2007

LD 1 Progress Report 2005 (SPO's LD1 website)
Report to the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation
January 2006

Establishing a Process for the Collection of Municipal and County Data for the US Census Bureau
Report to the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government
(PDF 51KB)
January 2006

Overviews of Maine Economy

“Maine’s Economy: Peering into the Crystal Ball”
(2007 Economic Outlook)
Maine Policy Review (611KB)
Fall 2006

"Maine Economic and Demographic Trends"
PowerPoint (11MB) PDF (468KB)
December 2005

Maine's Biggest Industries: Structural Overview of the Maine Economy (PDF 29KB)
July 2004

A Brief History of the Maine Economy (PDF 61KB)
June 2003

Regulatory Fairness Board

Regulatory Fairness Board 2006 Annual Report