I live here in Maine and closely follow the demographics of the state. The article is rife with errors.
It refers vto a three year net positive natural growth that did not happen. Preliminary data showed a one year to positive, But it has been an ever widening dealt a between births and deaths since 2011.
And stop with the trope about the Somalis. Although they have been migrating to Portland and Lewiston,thier numbers in aggregate are minor in terms of overall migration into and out of Maine.
“The Pine Tree State has joined West Virginia as the only two to have more people dying annually than being born.”
I also think this is misleading; many states have more AMERICANS dying annually than being born. Here in NJ we had a Dem governor (Corzine) admit over 10 years ago that we’d lost population without factoring in ILLEGAL immigrants.