Farmingdale is a

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(CDP) in the

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of Farmingdale in Kennebec County,

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, United States. The population was 1,970 at the 2010 census, out of 2,956 in the entire town.

Geography

Farmingdale is located in southern Kennebec County at (44.254253, −69.778199). It occupies the eastern part of the town of Farmingdale and is bordered to the north by the city of Hallowell, to the south by the city of Gardiner, and to the east across the

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by the towns of

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and Randolph. The western boundary of the CDP follows Blaine Road, Bowman Street, and Peacock Road.

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and

Maine State Route 27 State Route 27 (abbreviated SR 27) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways, running from the village of Newagen in Southport at SR 238 to the Coburn Gore-Woburn Border Crossing, where it continues into Quebec as Route 161. SR ...

run through the community as Maine Avenue, leading north into Hallowell and to Augusta, the state capital. To the southwest US 201 leads through Gardiner and to Brunswick, while SR 27 crosses the Kennebec to pass through Randolph and leads southeast to Wiscasset. According to the

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, the Farmingdale CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 7.93%, are water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,935 people, 864 households, and 529 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 914 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.00%

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, 0.93%

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, 0.41% Native American, 0.67%

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, 0.10% from

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, and 0.88% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.57% of the population. There were 864 households, out of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.3% were married couples living together, 14.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.7% were non-families. 33.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.78. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 23.7% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.3 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,240, and the median income for a family was $39,750. Males had a median income of $36,548 versus $24,973 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $18,948. About 11.2% of families and 11.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.3% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.

References

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