51,338 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.7% since 2020)
3,924 square miles of land · 13 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.
17 active community water systems list Somerset County in the area they serve, reporting 20,933 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MAINE WATER COMPANY SKOWHEGAN DIVISION surface water · private · ME0091450 | 6,105 served |
| ANSON AND MADISON WATER DISTRICT surface water · local government · ME0090930 | 5,568 served |
| PITTSFIELD WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · ME0091280 | 3,228 served |
| JACKMAN UTILITY DISTRICT surface water · local government · ME0090730 | 1,125 served |
| BINGHAM WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · ME0090180 | 1,075 served |
| NORRIDGEWOCK WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · ME0091110 | 1,055 served |
| MAINE WATER COMPANY HARTLAND DIVISION groundwater · private · ME0090680 | 1,043 served |
| SOLON WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · ME0091460 | 475 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 165 people were held in Somerset County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 521 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 140.
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.
8 school districts have their office in Somerset County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $57.2 million — $49.8 million to run schools, about $22,335 per student, plus $6.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.6 million local (mostly property tax), $24.8 million state, $10.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.8 million.
Spent $34.1 million — $31.1 million to run schools, about $16,431 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.8 million local (mostly property tax), $17.8 million state, $3.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $459,000.
Spent $14.6 million — $14.4 million to run schools, about $17,046 per student, plus $201,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.8 million local (mostly property tax), $7.7 million state, $1.9 million federal.
Spent $12.9 million — $12.7 million to run schools, about $21,668 per student, plus $47,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6 million local (mostly property tax), $5.1 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.6 million.
Spent $12.9 million — $12.5 million to run schools, about $21,722 per student, plus $353,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.2 million local (mostly property tax), $5.3 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.9 million.
Spent $4.4 million — $4.2 million to run schools, about $23,298 per student, plus $168,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.8 million local (mostly property tax), $1.3 million state, $523,000 federal. Long-term debt: $606,000.
Spent $3.2 million — $3.1 million to run schools, about $19,777 per student, plus $60,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $821,000 state, $195,000 federal. Long-term debt: $202,000.
Spent $2.7 million — $2.2 million to run schools, about $18,826 per student, plus $53,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $1.2 million state, $176,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.2 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 Somerset County about $26.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
173 bridges in Somerset County: 36 in good condition, 97 fair, and 40 poor (23.1%). “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.
| OXBOW RD over INTERSTATE 95 NB & SB · built 1963 | 10,232 vehicles a day |
| I 95 SB over WEBB ROAD · built 1964 | 9,250 vehicles a day |
| I 95 SB over ROUTE 152 & MCRR · built 1964 | 8,970 vehicles a day |
| I 95 NB over WEBB ROAD · built 1964 | 8,530 vehicles a day |
| I 95 SB over SOMERSET AVENUE · built 1964 | 8,190 vehicles a day |
| MAIN ST over MILL CANAL · built 1931 | 7,854 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $32 million of work in Somerset County in fiscal 2025, about $633 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 Somerset 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 Somerset County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Franklin County (43 mi) · Piscataquis County (50 mi) · Penobscot County (63 mi) · Kennebec County (76 mi) · Oxford County (79 mi) · Waldo County (82 mi).