Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy

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Whither Maines Population Implications for
Policy Deirdre M. Mageean
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Source US Census Bureau
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Population in Maine by County 1990 and 2000
Source US Census Bureau
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Population for the 15 Largest Cities and Towns in
Maine1990 and 2000
Source US Census Bureau
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Population Density (1998)
Source Maine Vital Statistics and MCSC
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Source Maine Vital Statistics and MCSC
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Components of Population Growth (1990-1999)
Source US Census Bureau
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Changes in Proportion of State Population for
Selected Counties
Source US Census Bureau
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Source 2001 US Census Bureau
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Source 2001 US Census Bureau
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Source Maine Vital Statistics
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract
of the United States
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(1997)
Source Bureau of Health
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Source NPA Data Services
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Age/Sex Pyramid -1960
MALE
FEMALE
Source US Census Bureau
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Age/Sex Pyramid -1990
MALE
FEMALE
Source US Census Bureau
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Age/Sex Pyramid -2025
MALE
FEMALE
Source US Census Bureau
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Residents by Age
Source Maine State Planning Office
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Source Maine State Planning Office
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Source NPA Data Services
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Source NPA Data Services
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Source US Census Bureau and ME DHS, Vital
Statistics
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Aroostook Cohort Expansion or Depletion
'80-'90/'90-'00
Source US Census Bureau and ME DHS, Vital
Statistics
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Expansion and Depletion 10 14 Cohort
Source U.S. Census Bureau and ME DHS, Vital
Statistics
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Expansion and Depletion 10 14 Cohort
Source U.S. Census Bureau and ME DHS, Vital
Statistics
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Source US Census Bureau
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Source US Census Bureau
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Source US Census Bureau
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Source National Center for Education Statistics
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Source National Center for Education Statistics
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Source NPA Data Services
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How do you want it the crystal mumbo-jumbo or
statistical probability? Source Harris
(1992, p.27)
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Policy Implications

• Continued Aging of Population
• Increase in demand for services
• rural elderly twice national average
• Reduction in School Age Population
• Consolidation and reorganization
• Decline in Labor Force
• Emphasis on quality not quantity
• Continued Out-Migration of Youth
• National recession may dampen brain drain
• Uncertain Future for Rural Communities