# Counties in Maine by female population share, 2025

All 16 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `female_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Female residents as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by sex; states and the nation are sums of their counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/maine-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hancock County | 51.6 |
| 2 | Cumberland County | 51.5 |
| 3 | Kennebec County | 51.2 |
| 4 | York County | 51.2 |
| 5 | Franklin County | 51.2 |
| 6 | Waldo County | 51 |
| 7 | Sagadahoc County | 51 |
| 8 | Androscoggin County | 51 |
| 9 | Lincoln County | 50.9 |
| 10 | Somerset County | 50.7 |
| 11 | Oxford County | 50.5 |
| 12 | Penobscot County | 50.4 |
| 13 | Aroostook County | 50.3 |
| 14 | Washington County | 50.2 |
| 15 | Knox County | 49.9 |
| 16 | Piscataquis County | 49.6 |