30,902 people (2024 Census estimate, +4.9% since 2020)
1,697 square miles of land · 18 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.
13 active community water systems list Franklin County in the area they serve, reporting 14,566 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| FARMINGTON VILLAGE CORP WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · ME0090540 | 4,050 served |
| WILTON WATER DEPARTMENT surface water · local government · ME0091620 | 2,800 served |
| SUGARLOAF WATER ASSOCIATION surface water · private · ME0091690 | 1,730 served |
| RANGELEY WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · ME0091330 | 1,378 served |
| JAY VILLAGE WATER DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · ME0090740 | 975 served |
| KINGFIELD WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · ME0090780 | 950 served |
| MT BLUE STANDARD WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · ME0091260 | 650 served |
| NORTH JAY WATER DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · ME0091160 | 500 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 21 people were held in Franklin County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 109 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2009 it was about 2.
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.
4 school districts have their office in Franklin County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $42.9 million — $40.6 million to run schools, about $17,937 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.9 million local (mostly property tax), $26.9 million state, $5.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $32.4 million.
Spent $11.5 million — $11.2 million to run schools, about $19,164 per student, plus $235,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.9 million local (mostly property tax), $4.6 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.3 million.
Spent $5.3 million — $5 million to run schools, about $25,333 per student, plus $198,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.9 million local (mostly property tax), $645,000 state, $438,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3.3 million.
Spent $2.5 million — $2.3 million to run schools, about $23,545 per student, plus $22,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.2 million local (mostly property tax), $285,000 state, $147,000 federal.
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 Franklin County about $13.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
129 bridges in Franklin County: 33 in good condition, 67 fair, and 29 poor (22.5%). “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.
| LUCY KNOWLES RD over WILSON STREAM · built 1937 | 6,000 vehicles a day |
| RILEY RD over ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER · built 1966 | 4,890 vehicles a day |
| RILEY RD over Androscoggin River · built 1966 | 4,890 vehicles a day |
| MAIN ST over WILSON STREAM · built 1958 | 2,854 vehicles a day |
| RIVERSIDE RD over CARRABASSET RIVER · built 1916 | 2,515 vehicles a day |
| CARRABASSET DR over STONEY BROOK · built 1953 | 2,440 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $28.5 million of work in Franklin County in fiscal 2025, about $968 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Oxford County (37 mi) · Somerset County (43 mi) · Coos County, NH (48 mi) · Kennebec County (50 mi) · Androscoggin County (57 mi) · Essex County, VT (67 mi).