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Background • Federal Census Summary • State Map with County Boundaries • Counties • Links to State Resources Background
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.
| Capital: Augusta | Total Area: 33,414 sq mi | ||
| Latitude: 43°4'N to 47°28'N | Longitude: 66°57'W to 71°7'W | ||
| Last Significant Boundary Change: 1850 | |||
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 |
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Androscoggin Aroostook Cumberland Franklin |
Hancock Kennebec Knox Lincoln |
Oxford Penobscot Piscataquis Sagadahoc |
Somerset Waldo Washington York |