West Bath, Maine
Demographics
Table:
Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±

1850	603	—
1860	400	−33.7%
1870	373	−6.7%
1880	315	−15.5%
1890	307	−2.5%
1900	291	−5.2%
1910	230	−21.0%
1920	313	36.1%
1930	277	−11.5%
1940	353	27.4%
1950	578	63.7%
1960	766	32.5%
1970	836	9.1%
1980	1,309	56.6%
1990	1,716	31.1%
2000	1,798	4.8%
2010	1,877	4.4%
2014 (est.)	1,886	[6]	0.5%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

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