Washington County
Seat
Machias
FIPS
23029
Places
48towns and cities
Rivers
2on file
Lakes
25largest 25
Federal money
$474.7 million2026-10-12
Weather alerts
02026-10-12 · None
Density
12 per sq mi2026-01-01
Land
2,563 sq mi2026-01-01
Water
695 sq mi2026-01-01
Income
$56,0242024-12-31
EPA sites
159 places2026-10-12
Climate reporters
1 places2023-12-31
Chemical reporters
8 places2026-10-12
Housing
21,726 units2024-12-31
Median age
49 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.
- Climate reporters. Factories, power plants, and landfills large enough that EPA makes them report greenhouse gases each year. Not every shop or farm — only the big ones. Latest complete year is 2023.
- 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
3412022 Census
Farm acres
121,714land in farms
Potatoes
415 farms
Blueberries
35,143191 farms · acres
Maple
83815 farms · gallons
Milk
withheld2 farms sold
Lobster
14,998,0642025 preliminary · pounds
Landed value
$77,807,308$96,624,872 in 2024
2025
15.0m
2024
18.0m
2023
18.9m
2022
18.9m
2021
20.6m
2020
19.5m
2019
20.5m
2018
22.8m
2017
21.1m
2016
23.5m
Places
PlacePop
Lakes
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Rivers
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