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 |
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Decade |
Maine |
U.S. Total |
Maine as Percent of Total |
Maine |
U.S. Total |
Maine as Percent of Total |
1900-09 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
| 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.