Census Data for Sunshine
As far as we can tell, Sunshine has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Sunshine, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Brooklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Deer Isle
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stonington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sedgwick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Swans Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Isle Au Haut
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brooksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tremont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tremont is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremont
- Frenchboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Southwest Harbor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Desert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (207 more) ...
- North Haven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cranberry Isles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cranberry Isles is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Isles
- Vinalhaven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Hancock County ...
Sunshine is located in Hancock County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Hancock County.
Miscellaneous Information for Sunshine ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Hancock County or the community of Sunshine:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Sunshine:
- GNIS ID for Sunshine: 576560
- GNIS ID for Hancock County: 581290
- GNIS ID for State of Maine: 1779787
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 23 (Maine)
- County Code: 009 (Hancock County)
- Place Code: 75175 (Sunshine)
- State & County Code: 23/009 (Maine / Hancock County)
- State & Place Code: 23/75175 (Maine / Sunshine)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Sunshine is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and Division #1 (the New England Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Sunshine.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Hancock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |