RANKING · 2024 ACS · 16 SHOWN OF 16

Highest Medicaid coverage, Maine counties

Maine counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicaid or other means-tested public insurance, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). This list covers the 16 counties in Maine that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 16 is 24.3%.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAIDVS 2020

01Washington County, MEME31,33432.2%+2.7 pts

02Somerset County, MEME51,62029.9%+0.5 pts

03Aroostook County, MEME66,60929.3%+2.8 pts

04▲2Franklin County, MEME30,82426.6%+4.9 pts

05▼1Oxford County, MEME60,34626.1%−0.1 pts

06▲2Androscoggin County, MEME116,48725.9%+4.4 pts

07▼2Piscataquis County, MEME17,40925.6%−0.2 pts

08▼1Penobscot County, MEME157,96724.3%+2.6 pts

09Kennebec County, MEME129,06722.4%+2.7 pts

10▲1Waldo County, MEME40,69322.0%+2.8 pts

11▲1Knox County, MEME41,11718.6%0.0 pts

12▲1Hancock County, MEME57,17117.3%+2.2 pts

13▼3Lincoln County, MEME36,59517.0%−2.3 pts

14▲1Sagadahoc County, MEME37,97916.4%+2.6 pts

15▼1York County, MEME222,43414.2%−0.2 pts

16Cumberland County, MEME317,22213.8%+1.6 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES