17,432 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.8% since 2020)
3,961 square miles of land · 4 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.
9 active community water systems list Piscataquis County in the area they serve, reporting 8,292 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| DOVER-FOXCROFT WATER DISTRICT surface water · local government · ME0090470 | 2,400 served |
| MILO WATER DISTRICT surface water · local government · ME0091000 | 1,720 served |
| GUILFORD-SANGERVILLE UTILITIES DISTRICT groundwater · local government · ME0090640 | 1,535 served |
| MAINE WATER COMPANY GREENVILLE DIVISION groundwater · private · ME0090630 | 1,335 served |
| BROWNVILLE JCT WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · ME0090240 | 663 served |
| MONSON UTILITIES DISTRICT groundwater · local government · ME0091030 | 298 served |
| BROWNVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater · local government · ME0090250 | 253 served |
| THREE RIVERS M H COMMUNITY groundwater · private · ME0008251 | 63 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 30 people were held in Piscataquis County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 300 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 32.
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.
3 school districts have their office in Piscataquis County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $14.7 million — $13.9 million to run schools, about $14,052 per student, plus $212,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6 million local (mostly property tax), $7.8 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.1 million.
Spent $10 million — $9.8 million to run schools, about $19,500 per student, plus $193,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.2 million local (mostly property tax), $3.8 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.3 million.
Spent $4.6 million — $4.4 million to run schools, about $23,600 per student, plus $33,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.2 million local (mostly property tax), $260,000 state, $174,000 federal. Long-term debt: $459,000.
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 Piscataquis County about $16.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
80 bridges in Piscataquis County: 16 in good condition, 47 fair, and 17 poor (21.3%). “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.
| E MAIN ST over PISCATAQUIS RIVER · built 1912 | 10,496 vehicles a day |
| W MAIN ST over SEBEC RIVER · built 1931 | 6,037 vehicles a day |
| MAIN ST over SEBEC RIVER · built 1915 | 6,037 vehicles a day |
| MAIN ST over SEBEC RIVER · built 1915 | 6,037 vehicles a day |
| ESSEX ST over PISCATAQUIS RIVER · built 1930 | 2,296 vehicles a day |
| NORTH ST over DAVEE BROOK · built 1940 | 1,035 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $30.8 million of work in Piscataquis County in fiscal 2025, about $1,836 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 Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Penobscot County (41 mi) · Somerset County (50 mi) · Aroostook County (60 mi) · Franklin County (90 mi) · Washington County (97 mi) · Waldo County (99 mi).