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1009:, Conners Emerson School, Trenton Elementary School, Pemetic Elementary School, Frenchboro Elementary School, Tremont Consolidated School, Mount Desert Elementary School, Swan's Island Elementary School and Islesford Elementary School.
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1004:
1001:
993:
984:poverty line
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925:
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908:
894:, 0.1% from
869:
469:Demographics
460:
423:Mount Desert
422:
421:
407:mtdesert.org
140:Mount Desert
107:Mount Desert
29:
1640:East Orland
1625:Bass Harbor
1534:territories
1532:Unorganized
1372:Brooksville
1292:County seat
1174:January 31,
1102:January 17,
953:other races
922:2000 census
896:other races
866:2010 census
443:2020 census
181: /
60:Village of
1717:Categories
1675:Somesville
1645:Harborside
1575:Bar Harbor
1482:Stonington
1437:Mariaville
1422:Great Pond
1417:Gouldsboro
1412:Frenchboro
1357:Bar Harbor
1055:References
926:As of the
870:As of the
451:Somesville
395:feature ID
303:Population
260:Somesville
166:44°19′50″N
1650:Islesford
1585:Bucksport
1580:Blue Hill
1462:Penobscot
1402:Eastbrook
1397:Deer Isle
1377:Bucksport
1362:Blue Hill
1317:Ellsworth
1299:Ellsworth
1215:August 6,
998:Education
457:Geography
383:FIPS code
371:Area code
325:Time zone
295:Elevation
169:68°19′4″W
1617:villages
1487:Sullivan
1472:Sorrento
1467:Sedgwick
1407:Franklin
1367:Brooklin
1038:See also
957:Hispanic
947:, 0.14%
943:, 0.09%
939:, 0.09%
935:, 0.19%
900:Hispanic
387:23-47630
359:ZIP code
244:Villages
1655:Minturn
1590:Castine
1517:Waltham
1507:Trenton
1502:Tremont
1432:Lamoine
1427:Hancock
1382:Castine
1347:Amherst
1124:June 4,
990:Housing
890:, 0.7%
886:, 0.1%
882:, 0.3%
403:Website
398:0582611
228:Settled
222:Hancock
195:Country
1680:Sunset
1452:Osborn
1447:Orland
1392:Dedham
1352:Aurora
961:Latino
928:census
904:Latino
872:census
749:−13.2%
599:−58.6%
479:Census
217:County
1615:Other
1492:Surry
1339:Towns
945:Asian
933:White
892:Asian
880:White
849:2,146
839:−2.7%
834:2,053
824:11.1%
819:2,109
809:−7.9%
804:1,899
794:24.4%
789:2,063
779:−0.2%
774:1,659
764:−6.4%
759:1,663
744:1,776
729:2,047
719:35.1%
714:2,022
704:−4.6%
699:1,497
689:−1.9%
684:1,569
674:18.1%
669:1,600
659:33.2%
654:1,355
644:10.8%
639:1,017
614:17.1%
584:17.7%
579:1,887
569:18.8%
564:1,603
554:28.8%
549:1,349
539:45.2%
534:1,047
524:−3.1%
439:Maine
425:is a
364:04660
353:(EDT)
351:UTC-4
330:UTC-5
311:2,146
210:Maine
205:State
1567:CDPs
1457:Otis
1309:City
1217:2012
1176:2008
1151:2012
1126:2015
1104:2022
1083:2012
854:4.5%
845:2020
830:2010
815:2000
800:1990
785:1980
770:1970
755:1960
740:1950
734:1.2%
725:1940
710:1930
695:1920
680:1910
665:1900
650:1890
635:1880
629:0.2%
620:1870
605:1860
590:1850
575:1840
560:1830
545:1820
530:1810
515:1800
500:1790
488:Note
483:Pop.
427:town
393:GNIS
266:Area
231:1762
78:Seal
47:Town
959:or
902:or
624:918
609:916
594:782
519:721
504:744
433:in
429:on
376:207
344:DST
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