Map of Maine Counties and Baxter Park

Map of Maine Counties and Baxter Park

is the eleventh most populous of the sixteen counties, located in mid-coast Maine, and was formed on July 3, 1827 from portions of Hancock, Kennebec, and Lincoln counties.

Several adjustments were made in the 19th century, resulting in the current boundary containing the City of Belfast and the towns of Belmont, Brooks, Burnham, Frankfort, Freedom, Islesboro, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Lincolnville, Monroe, Montville, Morrill, Northport, Palermo, Prospect, Searsmont, Searsport, Stockton Springs, Swanville, Thorndike, Troy, Unity, Waldo, Winterport.

See an 1859 map of the county in the Map Cabinet.

The county contains a deep-water port on Sears Island in Searsport and a historic fort at Fort Point State Park on Cape Jellison in Stockton Springs.  Its eastern boundary is defined by the Penobscot River from Winterport to Penobscot Bay.

Waldo County Courthouse (2003)

Waldo County Courthouse (2003)

The City of Belfast is the County Seat, hosting the county government, courthouse, and the county jail.

In 2010, Waldo County’s population represented 2.9% of the state’s total, with a census count of 38,786 a 2.9% increase over 2000.

People QuickFacts (updated November 4, 2010)
Waldo County Maine
Population, 2009 estimate 38,287 1,318,301
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 5.5% 3.4%
Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 36,280 1,274,915
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2009 5.4% 5.4%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2009 20.6% 20.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2009 15.5% 15.6%
Female persons, percent, 2009 51.0% 51.2%
White persons, percent, 2009 (a) 97.5% 96.1%
Black persons, percent, 2009 (a) 0.4% 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2009 (a) 0.4% 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2009 (a) 0.3% 1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2009 (a) Z Z
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2009 1.3% 1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2009 (b) 0.9% 1.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2009 96.8% 94.9%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 63.4% 59.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 1.7% 2.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 3.3% 7.8%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 84.6% 85.4%
Bachelor’s degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 22.3% 22.9%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 6,741 237,910
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 26.4 22.7
Housing units, 2009 20,508 704,578
Homeownership rate, 2000 79.8% 71.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 8.5% 20.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $90,100 $98,700
Households, 2000 14,726 518,200
Persons per household, 2000 2.43 2.39
Median household income, 2008 $43,597 $46,419
Per capita money income, 1999 $17,438 $19,533
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008 12.6% 12.6%
Business QuickFacts Waldo County Maine
Private nonfarm establishments, 2008 1,004 41,7551
Private nonfarm employment, 2008 9,525 509,0931
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2008 2.4% 3.5%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2008 3,941 113,522
Total number of firms, 2002 4,413 135,410
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 F S
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.5%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 28.1% 24.0%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 147,162 13,851,915
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) D 10,371,084
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 263,451 16,053,515
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $6,984 $12,370
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 33,319 2,045,841
Building permits, 2009 76 3,1211
Federal spending, 2008 278,243 11,974,3611
Geography QuickFacts Waldo County Maine
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 729.73 30,861.55
Persons per square mile, 2000 49.7 41.3
FIPS Code 027 23
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None
1: Includes data not distributed by county.
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
F: Fewer than 100 firms
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
X: Not applicable
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
Source: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/27/23027.html (accessed May 1, 2011)

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