[2] At the 2000 census there were 207 people, 74 households, and 58 families living in the plantation.

The racial makeup of the plantation was 96.14% White, 1.93% Asian, and 1.93% from two or more races.

About 16.4% of families and 16.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.7% of those under the age of 18 and 11.1% of those 65 or over.

Reed Plantation was first settled in the early 1830s by four families, Clifford, Rollins, Prouty, and Plummer.

Many of their descendants still live in Reed or the village of Wytopitlock today.