Historical U.S. Census Totals for Barnstable County, Massachusetts

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This article shows U.S. Census totals for Barnstable County, Massachusetts, broken down by municipality, from 1900 to 2000.

Like most areas of New England, Barnstable County is (and has been at all times since well before the 20th century) entirely divided into incorporated municipalities. There is no unincorporated territory. For any census, adding up the totals for each municipality should yield the county total.

There are two types of municipalities in Massachusetts, towns and cities. The tables in the New England Historical U.S. Census Totals series differentiate between towns and cities; however, there have never been any cities in Barnstable County.

For more information on the New England municipal system, see New England town.

1 Corporate changes since 1900
2 1900
3 1910
4 1920
5 1930
6 1940
7 1950
8 1960
9 1970
10 1980
11 1990
12 2000
13 Notes
- 13.1 Special note regarding the town of Barnstable
14 See also

[edit] Corporate changes since 1900

There have been no changes in Barnstable County's municipality roster since 1900.

[edit] 1900

County Total: 27,826

Barnstable 4,364
Provincetown 4,247
Falmouth 3,500
Harwich 2,334
Dennis 2,333
Chatham 1,749
Yarmouth 1,682
Bourne 1,657
Sandwich 1,448
Orleans 1,123
Wellfleet 988
Brewster 829
Truro 767
Eastham 502
Mashpee 303

[edit] 1910

County Total: 27,542

Barnstable 4,676
Provincetown 4,369
Falmouth 3,144
Bourne 2,474
Harwich 2,115
Dennis 1,919
Sandwich 1,688
Chatham 1,564
Yarmouth 1,420
Orleans 1,077
Wellfleet 1,022
Truro 655
Brewster 631
Eastham 518
Mashpee 270

[edit] 1920

County Total: 26,670

Barnstable 4,836
Provincetown 4,246
Falmouth 3,500
Bourne 2,530
Harwich 1,846
Chatham 1,737
Dennis 1,536
Sandwich 1,458
Yarmouth 1,229
Orleans 1,012
Wellfleet 826
Brewster 688
Truro 554
Eastham 430
Mashpee 242

[edit] 1930

County Total: 32,305

Barnstable 7,271
Falmouth 4,821
Provincetown 3,808
Bourne 2,895
Harwich 2,329
Chatham 1,931
Dennis 1,829
Yarmouth 1,794
Sandwich 1,437
Orleans 1,181
Wellfleet 823
Brewster 769
Truro 513
Eastham 543
Mashpee 361

[edit] 1940

County Total: 37,295

Barnstable 8,333
Falmouth 6,878
Provincetown 3,668
Bourne 3,315
Harwich 2,535
Yarmouth 2,286
Chatham 2,136
Dennis 2,015
Orleans 1,451
Sandwich 1,360
Wellfleet 890
Brewster 827
Truro 585
Eastham 582
Mashpee 434

[edit] 1950

County Total: 46,805

Barnstable 10,480
Falmouth 8,662
Bourne 4,720
Provincetown 3,795
Yarmouth 3,297
Harwich 2,649
Dennis 2,499
Chatham 2,457
Sandwich 2,418
Orleans 1,759
Wellfleet 1,123
Brewster 987
Eastham 860
Truro 661
Mashpee 438

[edit] 1960

County Total: 70,286

Bourne 14,011
Barnstable 13,465
Falmouth 13,037
Yarmouth 5,504
Harwich 3,747
Dennis 3,727
Provincetown 3,389
Chatham 3,273
Orleans 2,342
Sandwich 2,082
Wellfleet 1,404
Brewster 1,236
Eastham 1,200
Truro 1,002
Mashpee 867

[edit] 1970

County Total: 96,656

Barnstable 19,842
Falmouth 15,942
Bourne 12,636
Yarmouth 12,033
Harwich 5,892
Dennis 6,454
Sandwich 5,239
Chatham 4,554
Orleans 3,055
Provincetown 2,911
Eastham 2,043
Brewster 1,790
Wellfleet 1,743
Mashpee 1,288
Truro 1,234

[edit] 1980

County Total: 147,925

Barnstable 30,898
Falmouth 23,640
Yarmouth 18,449
Bourne 13,874
Dennis 12,360
Harwich 8,971
Sandwich 8,727
Chatham 6,071
Orleans 5,306
Brewster 5,226
Mashpee 3,700
Provincetown 3,536
Eastham 3,472
Wellfleet 2,209
Truro 1,486

[edit] 1990

County Total: 186,605

Barnstable 40,949
Falmouth 27,960
Yarmouth 21,174
Bourne 16,064
Sandwich 15,489
Dennis 13,864
Harwich 10,275
Brewster 8,440
Mashpee 7,884
Chatham 6,579
Orleans 5,838
Eastham 4,462
Provincetown 3,561
Wellfleet 2,493
Truro 1,573

[edit] 2000

County Total: 222,230

Barnstable 47,821
Falmouth 32,660
Yarmouth 24,807
Sandwich 20,136
Bourne 18,721
Dennis 15,973
Mashpee 12,946
Harwich 12,386
Brewster 10,094
Chatham 6,625
Orleans 6,341
Eastham 5,453
Provincetown 3,431
Wellfleet 2,749
Truro 2,087

[edit] Notes

[edit] Special note regarding the town of Barnstable

Sources will sometimes quote varying numbers of cities in Massachusetts; certain municipalities which typically identify themselves as “towns” are sometimes shown as being cities. In particular, there are ten “towns” in Massachusetts which have been determined by the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s office to have forms of government that legally make them cities, at least for purposes of certain state laws that draw a distinction between the two forms of government. Barnstable is among the affected communities. It adopted its present form of government in 1989.

These municipalities, including Barnstable, are considered to be towns for purposes of the “New England town” wikipedia article and its associated pages. This is done because these municipalities are most commonly referred to as towns (the towns themselves, and even other branches of state government besides the Secretary of State, usually refer to them as “towns”), and to maintain consistency with the other New England states (while there are undoubtedly municipalities in other New England states that call themselves towns but would be considered cities under the standard applied by the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s office, this attempt to classify such towns as cities has not been undertaken in other states). The reader should be aware, however, that some sources will identify these municipalities, including Barnstable, as cities.

The Census Bureau has been inconsistent in its handling of these municipalities. The Census Bureau listed all of the communities affected by the Secretary of State’s determination as towns up through the 1990 Census; in 2000, it listed some, but not all, as cities. In the 2000 Census, Barnstable was one of those listed as a city, but under the name “Barnstable Town”.

[edit] See also

	Historical U.S. census figures for Massachusetts
	Barnstable County · Berkshire County · Bristol County · Dukes County · Essex County · Franklin County · Hampden County · Hampshire County · Middlesex County · Nantucket County · Norfolk County · Plymouth County · Suffolk County · Worcester County