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                                   EXHIBIT 27

                            FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE

<ARTICLE>            9
<LEGEND>
This  Schedule  contains  summary  financial  information  extracted  from the
unaudited financial  statements for the nine-month period ending September 30,
1999,  and is  qualified  in its  entirety  by  reference  to  such  financial
statements.
</LEGEND>
<CIK>                                     0001077762
<NAME>                                    First Bancorp, Inc.
<MULTIPLIER>                              1,000
<CURRENCY>                                U.S.Dollars


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<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                         DEC-31-1999
<PERIOD-START>                            JAN-01-1999
<PERIOD-END>                              SEP-30-1999
<EXCHANGE-RATE>                           1.0
<CASH>                                    10,597
<INT-BEARING-DEPOSITS>                    0
<FED-FUNDS-SOLD>                          1,627
<TRADING-ASSETS>                          0
<INVESTMENTS-HELD-FOR-SALE>               108,990
<INVESTMENTS-CARRYING>                    0
<INVESTMENTS-MARKET>                      0
<LOANS>                                   131,865
<ALLOWANCE>                               1,572
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                            261,827
<DEPOSITS>                                240,617
<SHORT-TERM>                              0
<LIABILITIES-OTHER>                       1,263
<LONG-TERM>                               3,000
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                     0
<PREFERRED>                               0
<COMMON>                                  876
<OTHER-SE>                                16,071
<TOTAL-LIABILITIES-AND-EQUITY>            261,827
<INTEREST-LOAN>                           9,571
<INTEREST-INVEST>                         4,245
<INTEREST-OTHER>                          201
<INTEREST-TOTAL>                          14,017
<INTEREST-DEPOSIT>                        5,855
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                        5,956
<INTEREST-INCOME-NET>                     8,061
<LOAN-LOSSES>                             192
<SECURITIES-GAINS>                        14
<EXPENSE-OTHER>                           7,078
<INCOME-PRETAX>                           2,491
<INCOME-PRE-EXTRAORDINARY>                2,491
<EXTRAORDINARY>                           0
<CHANGES>                                 0
<NET-INCOME>                              1,622
<EPS-BASIC>                             8.39
<EPS-DILUTED>                             8.39
<YIELD-ACTUAL>                            4.61
<LOANS-NON>                               7
<LOANS-PAST>                              19
<LOANS-TROUBLED>                          194
<LOANS-PROBLEM>                           0
<ALLOWANCE-OPEN>                          1,421
<CHARGE-OFFS>                             60
<RECOVERIES>                              19
<ALLOWANCE-CLOSE>                         1,572
<ALLOWANCE-DOMESTIC>                      0
<ALLOWANCE-FOREIGN>                       0
<ALLOWANCE-UNALLOCATED>                   1,572



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