Editing Loring Air Force Base (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1970=6266
| 1980=6572
| 1990=7829
| 2000=225
| 2010=<!--not listed-->
| footnote=source:<ref name=Place>{{cite web|title=Loring AFB Census Designated Place, ME|url=http://place.mar.cx/places/us/me/loring_afb_census_designated_place/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130707051239/http://place.mar.cx/places/us/me/loring_afb_census_designated_place/|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2013|publisher=place.mar.cx|access-date=7 July 2013}}</ref><ref name=Cen2000>{{cite web|title=Population and Housing Units: 1980 to 2000; and Area Measurements and Density: 2000|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-21.pdf|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=7 July 2013|page=18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Gazetteer: 2010, 2000, and 1990|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=9 February 2013}}</ref>
}}
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During the 1970s, the population of the base declined due to the possible closure of the base and the draw down in personnel from the [[Vietnam War]]. In 1972, the base's population was around 12,000, while in 1975 the population was 10,758. In 1978, 9,233 persons resided on the base, which declined to 8,116 the next year.<ref name="Higgins">{{cite news|last=Higgins|first=A. Jay|title=Loring census down 27 percent since 1972|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19810130&id=BZ5hAAAAIBAJ&pg=6354,4707475|access-date=16 March 2014|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=30 January 1981|page=1}}</ref>

As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 225 people, 82 households, and 57 families residing on the former base. The population density was 27.4/mi<sup>2</sup> (10.6/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 355 housing units at an average density of 43.2/mi<sup>2</sup> (16.7/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the base was 81.33% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 10.22% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.22% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 5.33% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.89% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 13.78% of the population.<ref name="Cen2000" />