31,383 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.9% since 2020)
2,563 square miles of land · 12 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.
22 active community water systems list Washington County in the area they serve, reporting 12,154 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CALAIS WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · ME0090290 | 2,775 served |
| PASSAMAQUODDY WATER DISTRICT surface water · local government · ME0090510 | 2,125 served |
| LUBEC WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · ME0090900 | 1,775 served |
| BAILEYVILLE UTILITIES DISTRICT groundwater · local government · ME0090100 | 1,688 served |
| MACHIAS WATER COMPANY groundwater · private · ME0090910 | 1,390 served |
| INDIAN TOWNSHIP TRIBAL WATER SYSTEM groundwater · tribal · ME0090719 | 535 served |
| MILBRIDGE WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · ME0090980 | 405 served |
| DANFORTH WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · ME0090420 | 313 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 42 people were held in Washington County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 226 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 39.
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.
29 school districts have their office in Washington County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $14.4 million — $14 million to run schools, about $20,282 per student, plus $200,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6 million local (mostly property tax), $4.3 million state, $2.8 million federal.
Spent $12.2 million — $11.6 million to run schools, about $19,955 per student, plus $399,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.2 million local (mostly property tax), $6.7 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.8 million.
Spent $9.8 million — $8.1 million to run schools, about $16,183 per student, plus $438,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $2 million state, $798,000 federal. Long-term debt: $687,000.
Spent $6.3 million — $5.8 million to run schools, about $19,797 per student, plus $114,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.3 million local (mostly property tax), $849,000 state, $602,000 federal. Long-term debt: $5.3 million.
Spent $3.6 million — $3.6 million to run schools, about $14,834 per student. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $1.9 million state, $294,000 federal. Long-term debt: $335,000.
Spent $7.8 million — $6.8 million to run schools, about $40,855 per student, plus $31,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $100,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.2 million state, $4.7 million federal.
Spent $3.8 million — $3.7 million to run schools, about $22,472 per student, plus $109,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.5 million local (mostly property tax), $565,000 state, $336,000 federal.
Spent $7.8 million — $5.8 million to run schools, about $42,750 per student, plus $28,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $47,000 local (mostly property tax), $2.9 million state, $4.1 million federal.
And 21 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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Washington County about $10.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
111 bridges in Washington County: 41 in good condition, 48 fair, and 22 poor (19.8%). “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 MIDDLE RIVER · built 1930 | 9,731 vehicles a day |
| ROUTE 1 over CHANDLER RIVER · built 1934 | 4,513 vehicles a day |
| ROUTE 1 over TUNK STREAM · built 1962 | 3,819 vehicles a day |
| MAIN ST over CROSS COVE · built 1936 | 2,861 vehicles a day |
| MILBRIDGE RD over NARRAGUAGUS RV · built 1935 | 2,493 vehicles a day |
| WASHINGTON ST over LUBEC NARROWS · built 1962 | 992 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $113.9 million of work in Washington County in fiscal 2025, about $3,664 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 Washington 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 Washington County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Hancock County (46 mi) · Penobscot County (60 mi) · Waldo County (81 mi) · Knox County (95 mi) · Piscataquis County (98 mi) · Kennebec County (112 mi).