Historical United States Census totals for York County, Maine

This article shows U.S. Census totals for York County, Maine, broken down by municipality, from 1900 to 2000.

Like most areas of New England, York County is (and has been at all times since well before the 20th century) entirely divided into incorporated municipalities. There is no unincorporated territory. For any census, adding up the totals for each municipality should yield the county total.

There are two types of incorporated municipalities in Maine, towns and cities. The tables below differentiate between towns and cities.

For more information on the New England municipal system, see New England town.

Corporate changes since 1900

1915 – New town of North Kennebunk formed from Kennebunkport
1929 – Old Orchard changed its name to Old Orchard Beach
1957 – North Kennebunk changed its name to Arundel
1980 – New town of Ogunquit formed from Wells

1900

County Total: 64,885

Biddeford (city) 16,145
Saco (city) 6,122
Sanford 6,078
Kennebunk 3,228
South Berwick 3,188
Kittery 2,872
York 2,668
Berwick 2,280
Kennebunkport 2,123
Wells 2,007
Buxton 1,838
North Berwick 1,748
Eliot 1,458
Lebanon 1,335
Hollis 1,274
Waterboro 1,169
Parsonsfield 1,131
Limington 1,001
Cornish 984
Old Orchard 964
Alfred 937
Limerick 874
Shapleigh 847
Acton 778
Lyman 687
Newfield 676
Dayton 473

1910

County Total: 68,526

Biddeford (city) 17,079
Sanford 9,049
Saco (city) 6,583
Kittery 3,533
Kennebunk 3,099
South Berwick 2,935
York 2,802
Kennebunkport 2,130
Berwick 2,098
Wells 1,908
North Berwick 1,777
Buxton 1,675
Eliot 1,530
Lebanon 1,316
Hollis 1,284
Parsonsfield 1,057
Waterboro 997
Limington 980
Limerick 965
Old Orchard 961
Cornish 954
Alfred 890
Shapleigh 691
Newfield 620
Lyman 615
Acton 603
Dayton 395

1920

County Total: 70,696

Biddeford (city) 18,008
Sanford 10,691
Saco (city) 6,817
Kittery 4,763
Kennebunk 3,138
South Berwick 2,955
York 2,727
Berwick 2,057
Wells 1,943
North Berwick 1,652
Buxton 1,560
Eliot 1,530
Kennebunkport 1,431
Lebanon 1,192
Old Orchard 1,164
Hollis 1,092
Parsonsfield 1,062
Waterboro 942
Cornish 813
Limington 803
Limerick 761
Alfred 738
North Kennebunkport 564
Newfield 531
Acton 499
Shapleigh 457
Lyman 415
Dayton 391

1930

County Total: 72,934

Biddeford (city) 17,633
Sanford 13,392
Saco (city) 7,233
Kittery 4,400
Kennebunk 3,302
South Berwick 2,650
York 2,532
Wells 2,047
Berwick 1,961
Old Orchard Beach 1,620
Buxton 1,574
North Berwick 1,540
Eliot 1,462
Kennebunkport 1,284
Limerick 1,199
Lebanon 1,148
Hollis 1,034
Waterboro 914
Parsonsfield 897
Alfred 883
Cornish 753
Limington 747
North Kennebunk 545
Shapleigh 530
Newfield 456
Acton 449
Dayton 379
Lyman 370

1940

County Total: 82,550

Biddeford (city) 19,790
Sanford 14,886
Saco (city) 8,631
Kittery 5,374
Kennebunk 3,698
York 3,283
Old Orchard Beach 2,557
South Berwick 2,546
Wells 2,144
Berwick 1,971
Eliot 1,932
Buxton 1,708
North Berwick 1,455
Lebanon 1,452
Kennebunkport 1,448
Hollis 1,111
Limerick 1,080
Alfred 1,039
Waterboro 947
Parsonsfield 946
North Kennebunk 866
Limington 864
Cornish 826
Newfield 475
Dayton 454
Acton 392
Lyman 385
Shapleigh 290

1950

County Total: 93,541

Biddeford (city) 20,836
Sanford 15,177
Saco (city) 10,324
Kittery 8,380
Old Orchard Beach 4,707
Kennebunk 4,273
York 3,256
South Berwick 2,646
Eliot 2,509
Wells 2,321
Berwick 2,166
Buxton 2,009
North Berwick 1,655
Kennebunkport 1,522
Lebanon 1,499
Hollis 1,214
Alfred 1,112
Waterboro 1,071
Limerick 961
Parsonsfield 958
North Kennebunk 939
Limington 851
Cornish 795
Shapleigh 531
Dayton 502
Lyman 499
Acton 473
Newfield 355

1960

County Total: 99,402

Biddeford (city) 19,255
Sanford 14,962
Kittery 10,689
Saco (city) 10,515
York 4,663
Old Orchard Beach 4,580
Kennebunk 4,551
Wells 3,528
Eliot 3,133
South Berwick 3,112
Berwick 2,738
Buxton 2,339
Kennebunkport 1,851
North Berwick 1,844
Lebanon 1,534
Alfred 1,201
Hollis 1,195
Waterboro 1,059
Arundel 907
Limerick 907
Parsonsfield 869
Limington 839
Cornish 816
Lyman 529
Shapleigh 515
Acton 501
Dayton 451
Newfield 319

1970

County Total: 111,576

Biddeford (city) 19,983
Sanford 15,812
Saco (city) 11,678
Kittery 11,028
York 5,690
Kennebunk 5,646
Old Orchard Beach 5,404
Wells 4,448
Eliot 3,497
South Berwick 3,488
Berwick 3,136
Buxton 3,135
North Berwick 2,224
Kennebunkport 2,160
Lebanon 1,983
Hollis 1,560
Arundel 1,322
Alfred 1,211
Waterboro 1,208
Limington 1,066
Parsonsfield 971
Limerick 963
Lyman 864
Cornish 839
Acton 697
Shapleigh 559
Dayton 546
Newfield 458

1980

County Total: 139,739

Biddeford (city) 19,638
Sanford 18,020
Saco (city) 12,921
Kittery 9,314
York 8,465
Wells 8,211
Kennebunk 6,621
Old Orchard Beach 6,291
Buxton 5,775
Eliot 4,948
Berwick 4,149
South Berwick 4,046
Lebanon 3,234
Kennebunkport 2,952
Waterboro 2,943
Hollis 2,892
North Berwick 2,878
Lyman 2,509
Limington 2,203
Arundel 2,150
Alfred 1,890
Shapleigh 1,370
Limerick 1,356
Acton 1,228
Parsonsfield 1,162
Cornish 1,047
Dayton 882
Newfield 644

1990

County Total: 164,587

Biddeford (city) 20,710
Sanford 20,463
Saco (city) 15,181
York 9,818
Kittery 9,372
Kennebunk 8,004
Old Orchard Beach 7,789
Wells 7,778
Buxton 6,494
Berwick 5,995
South Berwick 5,877
Eliot 5,329
Waterboro 4,510
Lebanon 4,263
North Berwick 3,793
Hollis 3,573
Lyman 3,390
Kennebunkport 3,356
Limington 2,796
Arundel 2,669
Alfred 2,238
Shapleigh 1,911
Limerick 1,688
Acton 1,727
Parsonsfield 1,472
Dayton 1,197
Cornish 1,178
Newfield 1,042
Ogunquit 974

2000

County Total: 186,742

Biddeford (city) 20,942
Sanford 20,806
Saco (city) 16,822
York 12,854
Kennebunk 10,476
Kittery 9,543
Wells 9,400
Old Orchard Beach 8,856
Buxton 7,452
South Berwick 6,671
Berwick 6,353
Waterboro 6,214
Eliot 5,954
Lebanon 5,083
North Berwick 4,293
Hollis 4,114
Lyman 3,795
Kennebunkport 3,720
Arundel 3,571
Limington 3,403
Alfred 2,497
Shapleigh 2,326
Limerick 2,240
Acton 2,145
Dayton 1,805
Parsonsfield 1,584
Newfield 1,328
Cornish 1,269
Ogunquit 1,226

Notes

1980 Census

The Census Bureau made a number of revisions to 1980 census totals subsequent to their initial release. The 1980 total for York County was originally reported as 139,666; and for the town of Parsonsfield, 1,089. The totals were later revised to those shown in the list above.