Editing York County, Maine

{{short description|County in Maine, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = York County
 | state                = Maine
 | flag                 = Flag of York County, Maine.svg
 | seal                 = Seal of York County, Maine.svg
 | founded              = 1639
 | seat wl              = Alfred
 | largest city wl      = Biddeford
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 1270
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 991
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 279
 | area percentage      = 22%
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 211972
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2021
 | population_est       = 214591 {{increase}}
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | named for            = [[York]], [[England]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3aQgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FWkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1463%2C5719635 | title=Some Maine town names | work=The Lewiston Daily Sun | date=June 13, 1928 | access-date=October 17, 2015 | author=Yates, Edgar A.P. | pages=4}}</ref>
 | web                  = yorkcountymaine.gov
 | ex image             = York County Courthouse, Alfred, ME.jpg
 | ex image cap         = York County Courthouse in Alfred
 | district             = 1st
 | time zone            = Eastern 
}}

'''York County''' is both the southernmost and the westernmost [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Maine]], along the state of [[New Hampshire]]'s eastern border. It is divided from [[Strafford County, New Hampshire]], by the [[Salmon Falls River]] and the connected tidal estuary, the [[Piscataqua River]]. York County was permanently established in 1639. Several of Maine's earliest colonial settlements are found in the county, which is the state's oldest and one of the oldest in the United States. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 211,972,<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: York County, Maine|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US23031|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=November 21, 2021}}</ref> making it Maine's second-most populous county. Its [[county seat]] is [[Alfred, Maine|Alfred]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> York County is part of the [[Portland, Maine|Portland]]–[[South Portland, Maine|South Portland]], Maine [[Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==

===1622 patent===
The first patent establishing the Province of Maine was granted on August 10, 1622, to [[Ferdinando Gorges]] and [[John Mason (governor)|John Mason]] by the [[Plymouth Council for New England]], which itself had been granted a royal patent by [[James I of England|James I]] to the coast of [[North America]] between the [[40th parallel north|40th]] and the [[48th parallel north|48th parallels]] "from sea to sea". This first patent encompassed the coast between the [[Merrimack River|Merrimack]] and [[Kennebec River|Kennebec]] rivers, as well as an irregular parcel of land between the headwaters of the two rivers. In 1629, Gorges and Mason agreed to split the patent at the [[Piscataqua River]], with Mason retaining the land south of the river as the [[Province of New Hampshire]].

Gorges named his more northerly piece of territory [[New Somersetshire]]. This venture failed, however, because of lack of funds and colonial settlement. Also failed was a venture by Capt. [[Christopher Levett]], an agent for Gorges and a member of the Council for New England. With the King's blessing, Levett embarked on a scheme to found a colony on the site of present-day [[Portland, Maine|Portland]]. Levett was granted {{convert|6000|acre|km2}} of land, the first Englishman to own the soil of Portland. There he proposed to found a settlement named [[York]] after the city of his birth in England. Ultimately, the project was abandoned, the men Levett left behind disappeared, and Levett died aboard ship on his return to England from the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] in 1630. One part of Levett's scheme did survive: the name of York, which now adorns the county.

The now-decommissioned [[Fort Levett]] on [[Cushing Island, Maine|Cushing Island]] in [[Casco Bay]] is named for Capt. Levett.

===1639 patent===
In 1639, Gorges obtained a renewed patent, the [[Gorges Patent]], for the area between the [[Piscataqua River|Piscataqua]] and [[Kennebec River]]s, in the form of a royal charter from [[Charles I of England]]. The area was roughly the same as that covered in the 1622 patent after the 1629 split with Mason. The second colony also foundered for lack of money and settlers, although it survived the death of Gorges in 1647.

===Absorption by Massachusetts===
In the 1650s the nearby [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] asserted territorial claims over what is now southern Maine, and by 1658 had completely absorbed what is now southwestern Maine into [[York County, Massachusetts]].

The first known and recorded offer for a purchase of land in York County is in 1668, when Francis Small traded goods with the [[Newichewannock]] tribe of this area. Their Chief Wesumbe, also known as Captain Sandy, was friendly with Small and warned him of a plot against his life. A group of renegade tribesmen planned on murdering Small instead of paying him with the furs that were owed to him. Small escaped after watching his house in what is now Cornish, Maine, burn to the ground. Small returned and rebuilt. The Chief made up the loss by selling Small all the lands bounded by the Great and Little Ossipee Rivers, the Saco River, and the New Hampshire border. Known now as the five Ossipee towns, the tract included all of Limington, Limerick, Cornish (formerly named Francisborough), Newfield and Parsonsfield.

The large size of the county led to its division in 1760, with [[Cumberland County, Maine|Cumberland]] and [[Lincoln County, Maine|Lincoln]] counties carved out of its eastern portions. When Massachusetts adopted its state government in 1780, it created the [[District of Maine]] to manage its eastern territories. In 1805 the northern portion of York County was separated to form part of [[Oxford County, Maine|Oxford County]]. When Maine achieved statehood in 1820 all of the counties of the District of Maine became [[List of counties in Maine|counties of Maine]].

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1270|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|991|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|279|sqmi}} (22%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_23.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 7, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909034104/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_23.txt|archive-date=September 9, 2014}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" margin:0 0 1em 1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ '''Community High Points'''
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Mountain Name
! Elevation (feet)
! Community
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Clark Mountain 
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|1,320
| [[Cornish, Maine|Cornish]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Wiggin Mountain
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|1,300
| [[Parsonsfield, Maine|Parsonsfield]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Sawyer Mountain, main summit
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|1,200
| [[Limington, Maine|Limington]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Sawyer Mountain, north summit
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|1,200
| [[Limerick, Maine|Limerick]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Province Mountain
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|1,176
| Newfield
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Fort Ridge, main summit
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|1,114
| Shapleigh
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Ossipee Hill
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|1,058
| Waterboro
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Hussey Hill
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|1,051
| Acton
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Fort Ridge, south slope
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|1,000
| Alfred
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Prospect Hill
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|880
| Lebanon
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Bauneg Beg Hill
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|866
| North Berwick
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Agamenticus|Mount Agamenticus]]
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|692
| York
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Mount Hope
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|680
| Sanford
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Whitehouse Hill
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|581
| Hollis
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Grant Hill
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|502
| Lyman
|- style="text-align:center;"
| No name (hill)
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|385
| Buxton
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Welch Hill
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|370
| South Berwick
|- style="text-align:center;"
| No name (hill)
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|360
| Wells
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Clark Hill
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|360
| Dayton
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Third Hill
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|360
| Eliot
|- style="text-align:center;"
| No name (hill)
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|300
| Biddeford
|- style="text-align:center;"
| No name (hill)
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|240
| Arundel
|- style="text-align:center;"
| No name (hill)
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|230
| Saco
|- style="text-align:center;"
| No name (hill)
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|223
| [[Kennebunk]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 6 unnamed locations
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|200
| [[Kennebunkport]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 5 unnamed locations
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|160
| [[Ogunquit]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Cutts Ridge
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|140
| [[Kittery]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| No name (hill)
| style="background:#f0f0ff;"|138
| Old Orchard Beach
|}

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Oxford County, Maine|Oxford County]] – north
*[[Cumberland County, Maine|Cumberland County]] – northeast
*[[Rockingham County, New Hampshire]] – southwest
*[[Strafford County, New Hampshire]] – west
*[[Carroll County, New Hampshire]] – northwest

===National protected area===
* [[Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 29078
|1800= 37896
|1810= 41877
|1820= 46283
|1830= 51722
|1840= 54034
|1850= 60098
|1860= 62107
|1870= 60174
|1880= 62257
|1890= 62829
|1900= 64885
|1910= 68526
|1920= 70696
|1930= 72934
|1940= 82550
|1950= 93541
|1960= 99402
|1970= 111576
|1980= 139666
|1990= 164587
|2000= 186742
|2010= 197131
|2020= 211972
|estyear=2023
|estimate=218586
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 3, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 7, 2014}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=September 7, 2014}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/me190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 7, 2014}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 7, 2014}}</ref> 2010–2019<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/23/23031.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 19, 2013}}</ref>
}}

===2000 census===
At the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 186,742 people, 74,563 households and 50,851 families living in the county. The population density was {{convert|188|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 94,234 housing units at an average density of {{convert|95|/mi2|/km2|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 97.56% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.42% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.24% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.73% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.17% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.85% from two or more races. 0.70% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. The most cited ethnicities were [[English people|English]] (17.9%), [[French people|French]] (14.5%), [[French Canadian]] (13.9%), [[Irish people|Irish]] (12.5%), [[United States]] or American (9.6%) and [[Italian people|Italian]] (5.1%). 90.84% of the population spoke [[English language|English]] and 6.92% spoke [[French language|French]] as their first language.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=23&county_id=31&mode=geographic&zip=&place_id=&cty_id=&ll=all&a=&ea=&order=r|title=Language Map Data Center|website=www.mla.org|access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref>

There were 74,563 households, of which 32.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.00% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.80% were non-families. 24.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.96.

Age distribution was 24.80% under the age of 18, 6.90% from 18 to 24, 30.00% from 25 to 44, 24.80% from 45 to 64, and 13.60% who were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 94.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.40 males. The median age was 38 years.

The median household income was $43,630, and the median family income was $51,419. Males had a median income of $36,317 versus $26,016 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $21,225. About 5.90% of families and 8.20% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.90% of those under age 18 and 8.50% of those age 65 or over.

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 197,131&nbsp;people, 81,009&nbsp;households, and 53,136&nbsp;families living in the county.<ref name="census-dp1">{{cite web
 |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US23031
 |title=DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data
 |access-date=January 21, 2016
 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213011406/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US23031
 |archive-date=February 13, 2020
 |url-status=dead
 }}</ref> The population density was {{convert|199.0|PD/sqmi}}. There were 105,773 housing units at an average density of {{convert|106.8|/sqmi}}.<ref name="census-density">{{cite web
 |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY07/0500000US23031
 |access-date=January 21, 2016
 |title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County
 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213183124/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY07/0500000US23031
 |archive-date=February 13, 2020
 |url-status=dead
 }}</ref> The racial makeup of the county was 96.4% white, 1.1% Asian, 0.6% black or African American, 0.3% American Indian, 0.3% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.3% of the population.<ref name="census-dp1"/> In terms of ancestry, 22.3% were [[English people|English]], 19.3% were [[Irish people|Irish]], 9.8% were [[French Canadian]], 8.1% were [[Germans|German]], 7.9% were [[Italians|Italian]], 5.8% were [[Americans|American]], and 5.6% were [[Scottish people|Scottish]].<ref name="census-dp2">{{cite web
 |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0500000US23031
 |title=DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
 |access-date=January 21, 2016
 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213031155/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0500000US23031
 |archive-date=February 13, 2020
 |url-status=dead
 }}</ref>

Of the 81,009&nbsp;households, 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.4% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 34.4% were non-families, and 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.89. The median age was 43.0 years.<ref name="census-dp1"/>

The median income for a household in the county was $55,008 and the median income for a family was $65,077. Males had a median income of $47,117 versus $34,001 for females. The per capita income for the county was $27,137. About 5.6% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.4% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="census-dp3">{{cite web
 |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US23031
 |title=DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
 |access-date=January 21, 2016
 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213011945/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US23031
 |archive-date=February 13, 2020
 |url-status=dead
 }}</ref>

==Politics==
Historically, York County was one of the more Democratic counties in Maine, a solid Republican state for much of the 19th and 20th centuries. York backed Democrat [[Woodrow Wilson]] in both [[1912 United States presidential election|1912]] and [[1916 United States presidential election|1916]], and voted for the Democratic nominee in each election from [[1936 United States presidential election|1936]] to [[1948 United States presidential election|1948]], even as the state as a whole backed the Republican in each of those elections. It was also one of only two counties in Maine to back Democrat [[John F. Kennedy]] in [[1960 United States presidential election|1960]] ([[Androscoggin County, Maine|Androscoggin]] was the other). Since [[1952 United States presidential election|1952]], it has voted for the statewide winner in each presidential election, except for [[1976 United States presidential election|1976]] when Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] won York County while the state as a whole voted for Republican [[Gerald Ford]]. Although home to the [[Bush compound|Bush family compound]], it only supported the [[Bush family]] in one of its four presidential runs (that of [[George H. W. Bush]] in [[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]). Democrat [[Joe Biden]] became the first candidate from any party to break 70,000 votes in the county, doing so in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]].

At the same time, it has voted for Republican Senator [[Susan Collins]] in all of her reelection campaigns, most recently in [[2020 United States Senate election in Maine|2020]].
{{PresHead|place=York County, Maine|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|54,817|71,189|3,653|Maine}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|50,403|55,844|8,027|Maine}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|43,900|61,551|2,606|Maine}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|42,389|64,799|1,973|Maine}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|49,526|58,702|1,805|Maine}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|42,304|46,618|5,628|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|26,594|42,317|14,068|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|32,241|35,507|26,815|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|46,334|30,262|653|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|43,554|28,241|275|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|31,412|28,279|8,146|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|27,380|31,996|1,540|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|30,452|22,464|20|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|18,931|28,817|904|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|13,339|34,083|45|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|25,763|26,171|3|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|29,256|17,910|0|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|27,045|20,524|95|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|17,819|20,554|364|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|18,122|21,386|39|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|16,547|22,276|32|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|17,827|18,017|1,226|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|17,301|14,760|258|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|18,671|10,030|119|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|16,244|6,004|1,580|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|13,536|6,852|192|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|6,375|6,854|206|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|3,960|5,121|4,008|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|6,700|4,090|445|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|7,096|2,866|411|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|6,949|4,046|300|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|7,532|3,456|348|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|6,387|5,237|382|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|7,255|5,576|311|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|7,127|5,939|906|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1880|Republican|7,700|7,090|239|Maine}}
|}

===Voter registration===

{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Voter registration and party enrollment as of March 2024<ref name="Maine SOS">{{cite web |author1=Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions |title=Registered & Enrolled Voters Statewide |url=https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/data/data-pdf/r-e-active.pdf |website=Maine SOS |access-date=April 9, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 54897}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |54897 |150630 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Unenrolled
| align = center | {{formatnum: 47915}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |47915 |150630 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 41260}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |41260 |150630 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Green Party (United States)}}
| [[Maine Green Independent Party|Green Independent]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 4736}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |4736 |150630 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|No Labels}}
| [[No Labels]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 1166}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |1166 |150630 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}
| [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 656}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |656 |150630 |2}}
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! align = center | {{formatnum: 150630}}
! align = center | {{Percentage |100}}
|}
{{clear}}

==Communities==

===Cities===
* [[Biddeford, Maine|Biddeford]]
* [[Saco, Maine|Saco]]
* [[Sanford, Maine|Sanford]]

===Towns===
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
* [[Acton, Maine|Acton]]
* [[Alfred, Maine|Alfred]] (county seat)
* [[Arundel, Maine|Arundel]]
* [[Berwick, Maine|Berwick]]
* [[Buxton, Maine|Buxton]]
* [[Cornish, Maine|Cornish]]
* [[Dayton, Maine|Dayton]]
* [[Eliot, Maine|Eliot]]
* [[Hollis, Maine|Hollis]]
* [[Kennebunk, Maine|Kennebunk]]
* [[Kennebunkport, Maine|Kennebunkport]]
* [[Kittery, Maine|Kittery]]
* [[Lebanon, Maine|Lebanon]]
* [[Limerick, Maine|Limerick]]
* [[Limington, Maine|Limington]]
* [[Lyman, Maine|Lyman]]
* [[Newfield, Maine|Newfield]]
* [[North Berwick, Maine|North Berwick]]
* [[Ogunquit]]
* [[Old Orchard Beach, Maine|Old Orchard Beach]]
* [[Parsonsfield, Maine|Parsonsfield]]
* [[Shapleigh, Maine|Shapleigh]]
* [[South Berwick, Maine|South Berwick]]
* [[Waterboro, Maine|Waterboro]]
* [[Wells, Maine|Wells]]
* [[York, Maine|York]]
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===Census-designated places===
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* [[Alfred (CDP), Maine|Alfred]]
* [[Berwick (CDP), Maine|Berwick]]
* [[Cape Neddick, Maine|Cape Neddick]]
* [[Cornish (CDP), Maine|Cornish]]
* [[Kennebunk (CDP), Maine|Kennebunk]]
* [[Kennebunkport (CDP), Maine|Kennebunkport]]
* [[Kezar Falls, Maine|Kezar Falls]]
* [[Kittery (CDP), Maine|Kittery]]
* [[Kittery Point, Maine|Kittery Point]]
* [[Lake Arrowhead, Maine|Lake Arrowhead]]
* [[North Berwick (CDP), Maine|North Berwick]]
* [[South Berwick (CDP), Maine|South Berwick]]
* [[South Eliot, Maine|South Eliot]]
* [[West Kennebunk, Maine|West Kennebunk]]
* [[York Harbor, Maine|York Harbor]]
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===Unincorporated villages or neighborhoods===
* [[Bald Head, Maine|Bald Head]]
* [[Bar Mills, Maine|Bar Mills]]
* [[Bedell Crossing, Maine|Bedell Crossing]]
* [[Cape Porpoise, Maine|Cape Porpoise]]
* [[East Parsonsfield, Maine|East Parsonsfield]]
* [[East Waterboro, Maine|East Waterboro]]
* [[Felch Corner, Maine|Felch Corner]]
* [[Ocean Park, Maine|Ocean Park]]
* [[Springvale, Maine|Springvale]]
* [[York Beach, Maine|York Beach]]
* [[York Cliffs, Maine|York Cliffs]]

{| class="wikitable"
|+ York County's most populous cities and towns at the 2010 US Census
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:125pt;"| [[Biddeford, Maine|Biddeford]]<br /> (21,277)<br />
| style="width:125pt;"| [[Sanford, Maine|Sanford]]<br /> (20,798)<br />
| style="width:125pt;"| [[Saco, Maine|Saco]]<br /> (18,482)<br />
| style="width:125pt;"| [[York, Maine|York]]<br /> (12,529) <br />
| style="width:125pt;"| [[Kennebunk, Maine|Kennebunk]]<br /> (10,798) <br />
| style="width:125pt;"| [[Wells, Maine|Wells]]<br /> (9,589)<br />
| style="width:125pt;"| [[Kittery, Maine|Kittery]]<br /> (9,490) <br />
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Old Orchard Beach, Maine|Old&nbsp;Orchard&nbsp;Beach]]<br /> (8,624) <br />
| [[Buxton, Maine|Buxton]]<br /> (8,034) <br />
| [[Waterboro, Maine|Waterboro]]<br /> (7,693)<br />
| [[Berwick, Maine|Berwick]]<br /> (7,246)<br />
| [[South Berwick, Maine|South&nbsp;Berwick]]<br /> (7,220) <br />
| [[Eliot, Maine|Eliot]]<br /> (6,204)<br />
| [[Lebanon, Maine|Lebanon]]<br /> (6,031)<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[North Berwick, Maine|North Berwick]]<br /> (4,576)<br />
| [[Lyman, Maine|Lyman]]<br /> (4,344)<br />
| [[Hollis, Maine|Hollis]]<br /> (4,281)<br />
| [[Arundel, Maine|Arundel]]<br /> (4,022)<br />
| [[Limington, Maine|Limington]]<br /> (3,713)<br />
| [[Kennebunkport, Maine|Kennebunkport]]<br /> (3,474)<br />
| [[Alfred, Maine|Alfred]]<br /> (3,019)<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Limerick, Maine|Limerick]]<br /> (2,892)<br />
| [[Shapleigh, Maine|Shapleigh]]<br /> (2,668)<br />
| [[Acton, Maine|Acton]]<br /> (2,447)<br />
| [[Dayton, Maine|Dayton]]<br /> (1,965)<br />
| [[Parsonsfield, Maine|Parsonsfield]]<br /> (1,898)<br />
| [[Newfield, Maine|Newfield]]<br /> (1,522)<br />
| [[Cornish, Maine|Cornish]]<br /> (1,403)<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Ogunquit]]<br /> (892)<br />
|}

==Education==
School districts are:<ref>{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st23_me/schooldistrict_maps/c23031_york/DC20SD_C23031.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: York County, ME|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|date=January 14, 2021|access-date=2025-04-12}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st23_me/schooldistrict_maps/c23031_york/DC20SD_C23031_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
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* [[Acton School District]]
* [[Biddeford School District]]
* [[Dayton Public Schools (Maine)|Dayton Public Schools]]
* [[Kittery School District]]
* [[Saco Public Schools]]
* [[Sanford School District]]
* [[School Administrative District 35]]
* [[School Administrative District 06]]
* [[Wells-Ogunquit Community School District]]
* [[York School District]]
* [[School Administrative District 55]]
* [[School Administrative District 57]]
* [[School Administrative District 60]]
* [[Regional School Unit 21]]
* [[Regional School Unit 23]]
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==See also==
*[[History of Maine]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Maine]]
*[[York County, Maine Tercentenary half dollar]], 1936 commemorative coin

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* W. Woodford Clayton, [https://archive.org/details/historyofyorkcou00clay ''History of York County, Maine: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers.''] Philadelphia: Everts and Peck, 1880.

==External links==
* [http://www.yorkcountymaine.gov// Official Website of York County]
* [http://www.mainegenealogy.net/individual_place_record.asp?place=york_county Maine Genealogy: York County, Maine]

{{Geographic Location
| Centre = York County, Maine
| North = [[Oxford County, Maine|Oxford County]]
| Northeast = [[Cumberland County, Maine|Cumberland County]]
| East = 
| Southeast = ''[[Atlantic Ocean]]''
| South = 
| Southwest = [[Rockingham County, New Hampshire]]
| West = [[Strafford County, New Hampshire]]
| Northwest = [[Carroll County, New Hampshire]]
}} 
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