Maine

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Background • Federal Census Summary • Counties • Links to State ResourcesBackground

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Although geographically separate, Maine was legally part of Massachusetts from early Colonial times until March 15, 1820, when it was admitted as a separate State. The far northern portion of Maine was in dispute with Canada until the present boundary was agreed to in 1842.

Federal Census Summary

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Census coverage included virtually all settled portions of Maine from 1790 on, with the Maine counties reported separately from those of Massachusetts proper.

1790: 96,540	1800: 151,719	1810: 228,705	1820: 298,335	1830: 399,455	1840: 501,793	1850: 583,169	1860: 628,279
1870: 626,915	1880: 648,936	1890: 661,086	1900: 694,466	1910: 742,371	1920: 768,014	1930: 797,423	1940: 847,226
1950: 913,774	1960: 969,265	1970: 992,048	1980: 1,124,660	1990: 1,227,928	2000: 1,274,923

Counties
Androscoggin Aroostook Cumberland Franklin	Hancock Kennebec Knox Lincoln	Oxford Penobscot Piscataquis Sagadahoc	Somerset Waldo Washington York

State Resources

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Maine Poorhouse History
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References

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Forstall, Richard L., Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 1996.

Perry, Marc J., et. al., Population Change and Distribution: Census 2000 Brief, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 2001.