Counties in Maine by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)

Franklin County had the highest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI) of 14 counties in 1993, at 100%. Sagadahoc County had the lowest, at 70.5%. The median was 90.3%. Source: EPA.

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Highest100Franklin County
Median90.314 counties

Map of counties, 1993

Androscoggin County: 95 %Aroostook County: 91.5 %Cumberland County: 83.3 %Franklin County: 100 %Hancock County: 87.6 %Kennebec County: 89 %Knox County: 84.4 %Oxford County: 96.3 %Penobscot County: 87.1 %Piscataquis County: 98.3 %Sagadahoc County: 70.5 %Somerset County: 94.8 %Washington County: 92.2 %York County: 75.6 %
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  • 96 and over
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%, 1993. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 1993

Franklin County: 100 %Franklin County100Piscataquis County: 98.3 %Piscataquis County98.3Oxford County: 96.3 %Oxford County96.3Androscoggin County: 95 %Androscoggin County95Somerset County: 94.8 %Somerset County94.8Washington County: 92.2 %Washington County92.2Aroostook County: 91.5 %Aroostook County91.5Kennebec County: 89 %Kennebec County89Hancock County: 87.6 %Hancock County87.6Penobscot County: 87.1 %Penobscot County87.1Knox County: 84.4 %Knox County84.4Cumberland County: 83.3 %Cumberland County83.3York County: 75.6 %York County75.6Sagadahoc County: 70.5 %Sagadahoc County70.5Franklin County: 100 %Franklin County100Piscataquis County: 98.3 %Piscataquis County98.3Oxford County: 96.3 %Oxford County96.3Androscoggin County: 95 %Androscoggin County95Somerset County: 94.8 %Somerset County94.8Washington County: 92.2 %Washington County92.2Aroostook County: 91.5 %Aroostook County91.5Kennebec County: 89 %Kennebec County89Hancock County: 87.6 %Hancock County87.6Penobscot County: 87.1 %Penobscot County87.1Knox County: 84.4 %Knox County84.4Cumberland County: 83.3 %Cumberland County83.3York County: 75.6 %York County75.6Sagadahoc County: 70.5 %Sagadahoc County70.5
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties1993 (%)Change on 1992
1Franklin County100+1.1 pts
2Piscataquis County98.3n/a
3Oxford County96.3+2.3 pts
4Androscoggin County95+0.1 pts
5Somerset County94.8+1.6 pts
6Washington County92.2+4.2 pts
7Aroostook County91.5+3.2 pts
8Kennebec County89+1.3 pts
9Hancock County87.6+3.2 pts
10Penobscot County87.1-3.4 pts
11Knox County84.4+3.6 pts
12Cumberland County83.3-2.2 pts
13York County75.6-2.3 pts
14Sagadahoc County70.5n/a

Other periods

About this ranking

Days with a daily Air Quality Index of 0 to 50 (good) as a percentage of the days of the year with an AQI in a US county. Calculated by Invokely from the day counts in the EPA AirData annual summaries; both counts are stored with each value.

United States counties with air quality monitors only, about 1,000 of some 3,100 in recent years; a county without monitors has no value. The number of days with an AQI differs between counties because some monitors run only in the ozone season.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 1993 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2026). EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts (Counties in Maine by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 1993) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual

MLA 9

EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts, Counties in Maine by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 1993. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 13 July 2026, https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/maine-counties?period=1993. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2026. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. Counties in Maine by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 1993. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/maine-counties?period=1993.

Harvard

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2026) EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts, Counties in Maine by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 1993 [Dataset]. Available at: https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/maine-counties?period=1993 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which county has the highest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)?

Franklin County, with 100% in 1993, according to EPA.

Which county has the lowest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)?

Sagadahoc County, with 70.5% in 1993.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 counties have no value for 1993 and are not ranked.

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