Maine Vital Statistics
Divorce as
% of
Year Population Births Deaths Marriages Divorces Marriages
1900 694,466 14,095 11,389 5,482 801 14.6%
1905 719,000 15,294 11,381 6,264 848 13.5%
1910 742,371 15,798 12,439 5,900 911 15.4%
1915 757,000 16,671 11,541 6,672 1,006 15.1%
1920 768,014 17,495 11,850 7,784 1,364 17.5%
1925 782,700 17,706 10,874 6,226 1,228 19.7%
1930 797,423 16,199 11,084 6,438 1,466 22.8%
1935 822,300 15,715 11,042 7,089 1,474 20.8%
1940 847,226 15,285 10,640 8,475 1,537 18.1%
1945 880,500 16,647 9,966 7,569 2,497 33.0%
1950 914,950 21,239 9,962 8,617 2,162 25.1%
1955 940,841 22,753 10,140 8,263 1,954 23.6%
1960 970,689 23,282 10,752 7,860 2,025 25.8%
1965 993,236 19,796 10,778 8,726 2,502 28.7%
1970 997,357 17,837 11,066 10,975 3,841 35.0%
1975 1,062,640 15,232 10,253 11,190 5,526 49.4%
1980 1,125,027 16,474 10,768 12,040 6,189 51.4%
1985 1,163,850 16,905 11,392 12,248 6,070 49.6%
1990 1,227,928 17,314 11,023 11,914 5,164 43.3%
1994 1,240,280 14,396 11,596 10,978 5,701 51.9%
Infant Annual 5 Year
Birth Death Death Natural Total
Year Rate* Rate* Rate** Increase Increase
1900 20.3 16.6 267.5 2,706
1905 21.3 15.8 234.2 3,913 24,534
1910 21.3 16.8 249.2 3,359 23,371
1915 22.0 15.2 135.7 5,130 14,629
1920 22.8 15.4 102.8 5,645 11,014
1925 22.6 13.9 75.6 6,832 14,686
1930 20.3 13.9 75.4 5,115 14,723
1935 19.1 13.4 62.3 4,673 24,877
1940 18.0 12.6 52.9 4,645 24,926
1945 18.9 11.3 46.6 6,681 33,274
1950 23.2 10.9 31.2 11,277 34,450
1955 24.2 10.8 24.5 12,613 25,891
1960 24.0 11.1 25.2 12,530 29,848
1965 19.9 10.9 22.4 9,018 22,547
1970 17.9 11.1 20.9 6,771 4,121
1975 14.3 9.6 13.2 4,979 65,283
1980 14.6 9.6 9.3 5,706 62,387
1985 14.5 9.8 8.9 5,513 38,823
1990 14.1 9.0 5.9 6,291 64,078
1994 11.6 9.3 6.1 2,800
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Source: Maine Vital Statistics, Maine Department of Human Services,
various years. Notes: * per 1,000 population; ** per 1,000 live births.
Natural Increase = Live Births - All Deaths
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