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Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of 2000, the population was 265,612. Its county seat is Portland6, and is the most populous of the sixteen Maine counties, as well as the most affluent.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1790 | 26,105
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| 1800 | 38,208
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| 1810 | 42,831
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| 1820 | 49,445
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| 1830 | 60,102
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| 1840 | 68,658
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| 1850 | 79,538
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| 1860 | 75,591
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| 1870 | 82,021
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| 1880 | 86,359
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| 1890 | 90,949
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| 1900 | 100,689
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| 1910 | 112,014
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| 1920 | 124,376
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| 1930 | 134,645
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| 1940 | 146,000
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| 1950 | 169,201
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| 1960 | 182,751
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| 1970 | 192,528
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| 1980 | 215,789
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| 1990 | 243,135
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Note: Otisfield town (1970 pop. 589) was transferred from Cumberland County to Oxford County in 1978.
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External links
www.cumberlandcounty.org/
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