Table 1

Maine Manager Plan and U.S. Manager Plan Adoptions
by Decade*

This document is reprinted with permission from "The Manager Plan in Maine" published by the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy. Copies of the complete book may be obtained by calling the Center at (207) 581-1646.


 

By Decade

Cumulative By Decade

Decade

Maine

U.S. Total

Maine as Percent of Total

Maine

U.S. Total

Maine as Percent of Total

1900-09

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1

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1

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1910-19 1 115 0.9 1 116 0.9
1920-29 4 235 1.7 5 351 1.4
1930-39 17 141 12.1 22 492 4.5
1940-49 81 384 21.1 103 876 11.8
1950-59 28 732 3.8 131 1,608 8.1
1960-69 26 576 4.5 157 2,184 7.2
1970-79 15 198 7.6 172 2,382 7.2
1980-89 15 229 6.6 187 2,611 7.2
Total 187 2,611 7.2 - - -

*SOURCES: U.S. data are recognized ICMA council-manager municipalities, Municipal Yearbooks, 1970-1989; Maine data are municipalities with the council-manager or town meeting-selectmen-manager forms of government, from Bureau of Public Administration and Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy, self-reported municipality survey.

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