Scott Moody at the Maine Heritage Policy Center tracks New Hampshire’s population overtaking Maine’s. This is the latest is a series of comparisons between the two states. There are charts. Merry Christmas.

Another issue that folks have been following is the population race between Maine and New Hampshire. Last year it appeared that New Hampshire’s population would exceed Maine’s sometime early in 2009.

The revised data shows that New Hampshire’s population actually exceeded Maine’s in 2007. The attached chart shows the growth in population for the two states since 1991 (click “continue reading” to view chart). In 2007, Maine’s population was 1,317,308 and New Hampshire’s was 1,317,343.