Piscataquis County, Maine

Piscataquis County population, land area and income

Piscataquis County had 17,432 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 3,960.9 square miles of land. It ranks 16th of 16 in Maine by population and 2nd by land area. That works out to 4.4 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Maine has 54,142 residents, so Piscataquis County has 32% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $51,787 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Piscataquis County's population changed since 2020

Piscataquis County gained 631 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 3.8%. That ranks 2nd of 16 in Maine for growth. The median Maine county changed by +3.0%, and the state as a whole by +3.0%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Piscataquis County recorded 489 births and 1,199 deaths, a natural change of -710. Net international migration added +49 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,302. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 1,302 people.

Where Piscataquis County is

The Census internal point of Piscataquis County is at 45.915600, -69.102200. It sits in UTM zone 19N. The map shades Maine's 16 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Piscataquis County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Piscataquis County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Piscataquis County. Its 17,432 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Piscataquis County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 3 neighbors for Piscataquis County. The most populous is Penobscot County, ME, with 156,840 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Penobscot County

  156,840 people

  41 mi SSE

• Aroostook County

  66,776 people

  60 mi NNE

• Somerset County

  51,338 people

  50 mi SW

Distance to Augusta and the nearest big city

Augusta is 116.0 miles SSW of Piscataquis County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Manchester, NH (population 116,386), 233.1 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Bangor, ME (population 32,446), 76.6 miles away.

Piscataquis County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Piscataquis County is 23021: state code 23 for Maine plus county code 021. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $51,787.