115,272 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.7% since 2020)
468 square miles of land · 246 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
20 active community water systems list Androscoggin County in the area they serve, reporting 55,753 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| LEWISTON WATER & SEWER DIVISION surface water · local government · ME0090830 | 23,720 served |
| AUBURN WATER DISTRICT surface water · local government · ME0090070 | 17,245 served |
| LISBON WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater · local government · ME0090870 | 6,643 served |
| LIVERMORE FALLS WATER DISTRICT surface water · local government · ME0090880 | 2,995 served |
| MECHANIC FALLS WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · ME0090960 | 2,010 served |
| SABATTUS SANITARY DISTRICT groundwater · local government · ME0091580 | 1,688 served |
| PINE RIDGE HUNTON BROOK ASSOCIATION groundwater · private · ME0095585 | 298 served |
| BEGIN TRAILER PARK groundwater · private · ME0009244 | 170 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 170 people were held in Androscoggin County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 240 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 158.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
7 school districts have their office in Androscoggin County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $108.9 million — $102 million to run schools, about $20,042 per student, plus $2.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $24.9 million local (mostly property tax), $76.2 million state, $18.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $26.6 million.
Spent $108.6 million — $51 million to run schools, about $15,844 per student, plus $52.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $21.4 million local (mostly property tax), $38.5 million state, $5.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $115.3 million.
Spent $32.9 million — $31.9 million to run schools, about $16,005 per student, plus $398,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.6 million local (mostly property tax), $18.7 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.4 million.
Spent $28.8 million — $28.2 million to run schools, about $16,382 per student, plus $235,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.9 million local (mostly property tax), $15.2 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.5 million.
Spent $26.3 million — $25.2 million to run schools, about $17,511 per student, plus $374,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.4 million local (mostly property tax), $13.9 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.7 million.
Spent $19.5 million — $19 million to run schools, about $14,528 per student, plus $44,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.6 million local (mostly property tax), $12 million state, $1 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.8 million.
Spent $24.9 million — $24.1 million to run schools, about $18,563 per student, plus $250,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.4 million local (mostly property tax), $12.6 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.1 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Androscoggin County about $22.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
136 bridges in Androscoggin County: 57 in good condition, 62 fair, and 17 poor (12.5%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| MAIN ST over PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY · built 1975 | 19,242 vehicles a day |
| AUBURN RD over MARTIN STREAM · built 1970 | 9,883 vehicles a day |
| SABATTUS RD over SABBATTUS RIVER · built 1951 | 9,521 vehicles a day |
| VMB RAMP W over M C RR · built 1973 | 7,825 vehicles a day |
| BRIDGE ST over ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER · built 1959 | 6,291 vehicles a day |
| LINCOLN ST over MAIN CANAL · built 1958 | 6,236 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $46.4 million of work in Androscoggin County in fiscal 2025, about $417 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Maine are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Androscoggin County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Androscoggin County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Sagadahoc County (25 mi) · Cumberland County (26 mi) · Kennebec County (28 mi) · Oxford County (34 mi) · Lincoln County (36 mi) · Carroll County, NH (53 mi).