Research Areas - Civic Values and Institutions


The Manager Plan in Maine

Table 1

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


 

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

-

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.

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Updated: 12 February, 2001
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