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Caribou is a city in Aroostook County, Maine, and the second largest city in the county, with a population of 7,396 at the 2020 census.

The 2020 census counted 3,361 households in Caribou, and the city covers 80.09 square miles in total, of which 79.29 square miles is land.

Caribou was incorporated as a town in 1859 and later became a city, and its population peaked at 12,464 at the 1960 census before declining to 7,396 in 2020.

Caribou is a service center for the agricultural and tourism industries of northern Maine, and it is the location of a National Weather Service Forecast Office.

Caribou has a humid continental climate with very cold, snowy winters, and its average annual snowfall is approximately 118.2 inches.

The coldest temperature ever recorded in Caribou was minus 41 degrees Fahrenheit on February 1, 1955, and the hottest was 96 degrees Fahrenheit, most recently on June 19, 2024.

On average there are 38 nights annually in Caribou that drop to zero degrees Fahrenheit or below, and 91 days a year when the temperature stays below freezing.

Caribou is served by Regional School Unit 39, whose schools are Caribou Community School for prekindergarten through eighth grade and Caribou High School for grades 9 through 12.

U.S. Senator Susan Collins is from Caribou, and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, who flew to the International Space Station, is also a native of the city.

Caribou's median age was 48.4 years at the 2020 census, with 24.7 percent of residents 65 years of age or older.