Southwest Harbor Map
Southwest Harbor is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. Located on Mount Desert Island, the population was 1,966 at the 2000 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 22.6 square miles (58.7 km²), of which, 13.5 square miles (35.0 km²) of it is land and 9.1 square miles (23.7 km²) of it (40.35%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,966 people, 899 households, and 534 families residing in the town. The population density was 145.6 people per square mile (56.2/km²). There were 1,288 housing units at an average density of 95.4 per square mile (36.8/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.37% White, 0.31% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.31% from other races, and 0.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.56% of the population.
Nearby cities include Winter Harbor, Blue Hill, Ellsworth, Bar Harbor.