Places/ME/Piscataquis County, ME
County profile

Piscataquis County, ME

United States · GDP 2024
#2061 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 16% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$765.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,041
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
465
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,409
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$61.3k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
21.6%±2.1%
Poverty rate
15.5%±2.0%
Business applications
172 · 2025
Retail establishments
79
45.2/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing38%
Health care23%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation9%
Construction5%
Admin & support4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
17,409
residents · 2025 · +3.5% since 2020
Income per capita $54.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+1,374
International migration+44
Natural change815

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$576.0M
2019
$659.3M
2020
$716.4M
2021
$788.2M
2022
$803.1M
2023
$765.7M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$170.2k±$8.3k
Median gross rent
$837/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
42.9%±2.0%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$38.7M
140 units · 8.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
52.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 93Ice storm 92Winter weather 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
135
2016
133
2017
143
2018
150
2019
156
2020
179
2021
213
2022
244
2023
265
2024
267
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
233% since 2021
42
2021
125
2022
110
2023
108
2024
140
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
63.7 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
43.3 km
CPKC
Nearest port
123.0 km
BARRETT PAVING MATERIALS BANGOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
119.6 km
BANGOR INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$46.4k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rank
Lincoln$1.8BFranklin$1.5BWashington$1.5B
The read

What is the GDP of Piscataquis?

Piscataquis's economy produced $765.7M in 2024, contracting 4.7% year over yearslower than 90% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.