Maine / Counties / Lincoln

Lincoln County

Seat

Wiscasset

FIPS

23015

Places

21towns and cities

Rivers

1on file

Lakes

25largest 25

Federal money

$339.8 million2026-10-12

Weather alerts

02026-10-12 · None

Density

80 per sq mi2026-01-01

Land

456 sq mi2026-01-01

Water

244 sq mi2026-01-01

Income

$76,8752024-12-31

EPA sites

115 places2026-10-12

Chemical reporters

4 places2026-10-12

Housing

23,922 units2024-12-31

Median age

51 years2024-12-31

What these figures mean

Federal money. Federal awards whose work was listed in this county for fiscal year 2025.
Weather alerts. Flood, wind, winter storm, and similar warnings for Maine from the weather service. Zero means none were in effect when we last checked.
Density. People divided by land square miles. Downtown Portland is dense; an unorganized township is not.
Land. Square miles of land, from the Census Gazetteer. Water is counted separately.
Income. American Community Survey 5-year estimate. Half of households earn more, half earn less.
EPA sites. Sites EPA tracks for air, water, or hazardous waste rules. A count is not a violation score.
Chemical reporters. Workplaces that use certain chemicals and file a yearly Toxics Release Inventory form. A count is not the same as “this county is dirty.” It means those sites exist and have not been marked closed.
Housing. Houses, apartments, and other units, occupied or empty. ACS 5-year.
Median age. Half the people are older than this age, half younger. ACS 5-year.

Farms

3062022 Census

Farm acres

26,499land in farms

Potatoes

withheld3 farms

Blueberries

57528 farms · acres

Maple

3008 farms · gallons

Milk

withheld8 farms sold

2022 Census of Agriculture, USDA NASS. Withheld means NASS hid the number to protect a farm. It is not zero. Potato and blueberry figures are acres. Maple is gallons. Milk is dollars sold.

Lobster

5,735,0332025 preliminary · pounds

Landed value

$33,656,675$38,183,176 in 2024

2025 5.7m

2024 5.9m

2023 6.2m

2022 6.0m

2021 6.6m

2020 5.4m

2019 5.6m

2018 6.9m

2017 6.1m

2016 7.1m

Maine DMR commercial lobster landings by county. Pounds and boat price. The chips are millions of pounds, newest first. 2025 is preliminary. County totals can miss landings DMR could not assign.

Places

PlacePop

Alnatown 732

Boothbaytown 3,155

Boothbay Harbortown 2,103

Brementown 842

Bristoltown 2,969

Damariscottatown 2,296

Dresdentown 1,792

Edgecombtown 1,214

Hibberts goreother 0

Jeffersontown 2,728

Louds Islandut 2

Monheganplantation 62

Newcastletown 1,915

Nobleborotown 1,909

Somervilletown 623

South Bristoltown 1,137

Southporttown 634

Waldoborotown 5,324

Westport Islandtown 750

Whitefieldtown 2,410

Wiscassettown 3,998

Lakes

Great Ponds in this county, largest first.

LakeAcresDrains toward

Damariscotta Lake 4,666 acres —

Pemaquid Pond 1,560 acres —

Clary Lake 674 acres —

Long Pond 504 acres —

Dyer Long Pond 425 acres —

Biscay Pond 381 acres —

Dresden Bog 337 acres —

Duckpuddle Pond 295 acres —

Medomak Pond 239 acres —

Webber Pond 220 acres —

Sherman Lake 215 acres —

McCurdy Pond 194 acres —

Paradise Pond 168 acres —

Sidensparker Pond 155 acres —

Little Dyer Pond 112 acres —

Knickerbocker Ponds 109 acres —

Boyd Pond 94 acres —

Travel Pond 92 acres —

Kalers Pond 89 acres —

Havener Pond 84 acres —

Little Pond 83 acres —

West Harbor Pond 80 acres —

Gardiner Pond 79 acres —

Adams Pond 78 acres —

Little Medomak Pond 77 acres —

Rivers

Major rivers that run through this county.

RiverMilesFlow

Sheepscot River 66 miles —