36,491 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.5% since 2020)
456 square miles of land · 80 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.
12 active community water systems list Lincoln County in the area they serve, reporting 14,158 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BOOTHBAY REGION WATER DISTRICT surface water · local government · ME0090200 | 8,448 served |
| GREAT SALT BAY SANITARY DISTRICT surface water · local government · ME0090410 | 2,143 served |
| WISCASSET WATER DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · ME0091660 | 1,970 served |
| WALDOBORO WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · ME0091560 | 1,065 served |
| INDIAN RUN ESTATES LLC groundwater · private · ME0095530 | 103 served |
| WHIPPOORWILL HILL MOBILE HOME groundwater · private · ME0008716 | 85 served |
| MAPLEWOOD MOBILE HOME PARK groundwater · private · ME0014643 | 70 served |
| EAST RIDGE MOBILE HOME PARK groundwater · private · ME0092325 | 70 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 76 people were held in Lincoln County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 368 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 68.
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.
12 school districts have their office in Lincoln County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $25.5 million — $22.2 million to run schools, about $17,548 per student, plus $156,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.1 million local (mostly property tax), $12.5 million state, $2.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.2 million.
Spent $14.8 million — $13.2 million to run schools, about $26,356 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.7 million local (mostly property tax), $1.6 million state, $661,000 federal. Long-term debt: $4.2 million.
Spent $9.9 million — $9.8 million to run schools, about $21,163 per student, plus $126,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.8 million local (mostly property tax), $2.6 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $30,000.
Spent $7.4 million — $7.1 million to run schools, about $17,400 per student, plus $139,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.1 million local (mostly property tax), $1.6 million state, $423,000 federal.
Spent $6 million — $5.2 million to run schools, about $15,790 per student, plus $162,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.1 million local (mostly property tax), $2.4 million state, $235,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3.7 million.
Spent $6.3 million — $5.7 million to run schools, about $20,638 per student, plus $300,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.9 million local (mostly property tax), $683,000 state, $82,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.2 million.
Spent $4.4 million — $3.9 million to run schools, about $18,181 per student, plus $27,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.5 million local (mostly property tax), $669,000 state, $134,000 federal. Long-term debt: $5,000.
Spent $3.7 million — $2.8 million to run schools, about $22,238 per student, plus $4,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.5 million local (mostly property tax), $563,000 state, $206,000 federal.
And 4 more.
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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Lincoln County about $10.7 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.
63 bridges in Lincoln County: 15 in good condition, 41 fair, and 7 poor (11.1%). “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.
| GRAND ARMY RD over SHEEPSCOT RIVER · built 1935 | 2,241 vehicles a day |
| PATTERSON RD over EASTERN RIVER · built 1936 | 1,550 vehicles a day |
| JONES WOODS RD over DYER RIVER · built 1955 | 1,181 vehicles a day |
| DOCK RD over SHEEPSCOT RIVER · built 1936 | 356 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY RD over DYER BROOK · built 2009 | 98 vehicles a day |
| GORE RD over DEADWATER STREAM · built 2005 | 62 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $20.8 million of work in Lincoln County in fiscal 2025, about $589 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Sagadahoc County (17 mi) · Knox County (24 mi) · Kennebec County (32 mi) · Androscoggin County (36 mi) · Waldo County (39 mi) · Cumberland County (43 mi).