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Counties in Maine by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate

Oxford County had the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate of 16 counties in 2022, at 20%. Knox County had the lowest, at 12.5%. The median was 15.1%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest20Oxford County
Lowest12.5Knox County
Median15.116 counties

Map of counties, 2022

Androscoggin County: 16 %Aroostook County: 18 %Cumberland County: 12.5 %Franklin County: 14.6 %Hancock County: 13.3 %Kennebec County: 15.4 %Knox County: 12.5 %Lincoln County: 14.8 %Oxford County: 20 %Penobscot County: 16.5 %Piscataquis County: 16 %Sagadahoc County: 14.5 %Somerset County: 19.1 %Waldo County: 14.3 %Washington County: 18.1 %York County: 12.9 %
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%, 2022. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2022

Oxford County: 20 %Oxford County20Somerset County: 19.1 %Somerset County19.1Washington County: 18.1 %Washington County18.1Aroostook County: 18 %Aroostook County18Penobscot County: 16.5 %Penobscot County16.5Androscoggin County: 16 %Androscoggin County16Piscataquis County: 16 %Piscataquis County16Kennebec County: 15.4 %Kennebec County15.4Lincoln County: 14.8 %Lincoln County14.8Franklin County: 14.6 %Franklin County14.6Sagadahoc County: 14.5 %Sagadahoc County14.5Waldo County: 14.3 %Waldo County14.3Hancock County: 13.3 %Hancock County13.3York County: 12.9 %York County12.9Cumberland County: 12.5 %Cumberland County12.5Knox County: 12.5 %Knox County12.5Oxford County: 20 %Oxford County20Somerset County: 19.1 %Somerset County19.1Washington County: 18.1 %Washington County18.1Aroostook County: 18 %Aroostook County18Penobscot County: 16.5 %Penobscot County16.5Androscoggin County: 16 %Androscoggin County16Piscataquis County: 16 %Piscataquis County16Kennebec County: 15.4 %Kennebec County15.4Lincoln County: 14.8 %Lincoln County14.8Franklin County: 14.6 %Franklin County14.6Sagadahoc County: 14.5 %Sagadahoc County14.5Waldo County: 14.3 %Waldo County14.3Hancock County: 13.3 %Hancock County13.3York County: 12.9 %York County12.9Cumberland County: 12.5 %Cumberland County12.5Knox County: 12.5 %Knox County12.5
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Oxford County20+0.4 pts
2Somerset County19.1-0.9 pts
3Washington County18.1-2.1 pts
4Aroostook County18-2.3 pts
5Penobscot County16.5-1.5 pts
6Androscoggin County16-2 pts
6Piscataquis County16-3.1 pts
8Kennebec County15.4-1.8 pts
9Lincoln County14.8-0.2 pts
10Franklin County14.6-2 pts
11Sagadahoc County14.50 pts
12Waldo County14.3-2.9 pts
13Hancock County13.3-2.2 pts
14York County12.9-1.4 pts
15Cumberland County12.5+1 pts
15Knox County12.5-2.1 pts

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or on some days. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries. State and national values come from direct BRFSS estimates under adult_smoking_rate.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence (Counties in Maine by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence, Counties in Maine by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/maine-counties?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Counties in Maine by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/maine-counties?period=2022.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence, Counties in Maine by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/maine-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate?

Oxford County, with 20% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate?

Knox County, with 12.5% in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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