North Yarmouth, Maine
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North Yarmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,210 at the 2000 census.
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[edit] North Yarmouth/Yarmouth Confusion
North Yarmouth, despite a similar name, shares no relation with adjacent Yarmouth. Many newcomers to the area figure that North Yarmouth is an area within Yarmouth, but the two are completely different towns. In fact, North Yarmouth is much more associated with Cumberland. The two towns share many departments, as well as organizations and SAD 51, the public school system. Yarmouth, however, operates its own school system.
[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 55.2 km² (21.3 mi²). 54.8 km² (21.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (0.89%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 3,210 people, 1,118 households, and 924 families residing in the town. The population density was 58.6/km² (151.9/mi²). There were 1,142 housing units at an average density of 20.9/km² (54.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.66% White, 0.09% African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.59% Asian, 0.12% from other races, and 0.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.47% of the population.
There were 1,118 households out of which 45.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.2% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.3% were non-families. 12.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.13.
In the town the population was spread out with 30.2% under the age of 18, 3.6% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 7.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $60,850, and the median income for a family was $65,000. Males had a median income of $42,986 versus $29,179 for females. The per capita income for the town was $25,180. About 0.6% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.2% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Notable residents
- Rufus Anderson, born in North Yarmouth, missionary[1]
[edit] References
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- ^ (1967) Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Marquis Who's Who.
