220,143 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.7% since 2020)
991 square miles of land · 222 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.
50 active community water systems list York County in the area they serve, reporting 141,056 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MAINE WATER COMPANY BIDDEFORD SACO DIV surface water · private · ME0090170 | 42,508 served |
| KENNEBUNK, KENNEBUNKPORT & WELLS WD surface water · local government · ME0090760 | 35,663 served |
| KITTERY WATER DISTRICT surface water · local government · ME0090790 | 14,478 served |
| SANFORD WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · ME0091410 | 14,328 served |
| YORK WATER DISTRICT surface water · local government · ME0091680 | 13,675 served |
| SOUTH BERWICK WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · ME0091470 | 3,722 served |
| LAKE ARROWHEAD COMMUNITY INC groundwater · private · ME0090811 | 3,500 served |
| BERWICK WATER DEPARTMENT surface water · local government · ME0090150 | 2,845 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 175 people were held in York County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 129 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 224.
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.
14 school districts have their office in York County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $59.7 million — $58.1 million to run schools, about $17,684 per student, plus $787,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $33.2 million local (mostly property tax), $25.6 million state, $4 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.7 million.
Spent $64.8 million — $57.5 million to run schools, about $17,900 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $17.2 million local (mostly property tax), $45.3 million state, $8.4 million federal.
Spent $48.9 million — $47.2 million to run schools, about $16,152 per student, plus $826,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $30 million local (mostly property tax), $19 million state, $3.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.6 million.
Spent $53.7 million — $52.6 million to run schools, about $18,082 per student, plus $617,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $22.2 million local (mostly property tax), $25.1 million state, $4.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.1 million.
Spent $52.9 million — $51.8 million to run schools, about $18,587 per student, plus $832,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $29.7 million local (mostly property tax), $20.5 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $203,000.
Spent $61 million — $51.2 million to run schools, about $21,115 per student, plus $8.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $45.1 million local (mostly property tax), $9.3 million state, $4.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $40.5 million.
Spent $48.3 million — $45.2 million to run schools, about $19,516 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $24.6 million local (mostly property tax), $19.1 million state, $5.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $31.6 million.
Spent $39.3 million — $38.7 million to run schools, about $18,128 per student, plus $275,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $21.8 million local (mostly property tax), $15 million state, $1.7 million federal.
And 6 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost York County about $55.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
236 bridges in York County: 77 in good condition, 137 fair, and 22 poor (9.3%). “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.
| ALFRED RD over MOUSAM RIVER · built 1958 | 14,260 vehicles a day |
| ONE ST over PISCATAQUA RIVER · built 1938 | 10,523 vehicles a day |
| NARRAGANSETT TRL over SACO RIVER · built 1948 | 8,158 vehicles a day |
| DOVER-ELIOT RD over SALMON FALLS RIVER · built 1969 | 5,800 vehicles a day |
| BUXTON ROAD over SACO RIVER · built 1936 | 4,526 vehicles a day |
| ALEWIVE RD over KENNEBUNK RIVER · built 1932 | 4,490 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $52 million of work in York County in fiscal 2025, about $245 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 York 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 York County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Strafford County, NH (21 mi) · Cumberland County (31 mi) · Rockingham County, NH (37 mi) · Belknap County, NH (38 mi) · Carroll County, NH (41 mi) · Merrimack County, NH (51 mi).