Health
Who's covered by MaineCare, the conditions Mainers live with county by county, and the state's drug-overdose toll. County prevalence is the CDC's model-based estimate; overdose counts are provisional 12-month rolling totals.
391,995
covered by MaineCare — more than 1 in 4 Mainers
MaineCare coverage
More than a quarter of Mainers are covered by MaineCare, the state’s Medicaid program — about 391,995 as of June 2025. Enrollment climbed through the 2018–19 expansion and the pandemic to a peak in 2023, then fell as pandemic-era continuous coverage “unwound.”
Medicaid & CHIP enrollment over time
Total Mainers enrolled, monthly — the expansion-and-pandemic rise, then the post-pandemic decline
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| Period | Total | Child |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-01 | 368,390 | 142,698 |
| 2024-08-01 | 368,709 | 143,165 |
| 2024-09-01 | 366,995 | 142,543 |
| 2024-10-01 | 353,074 | 140,418 |
| 2024-11-01 | 348,418 | 140,172 |
| 2024-12-01 | 345,763 | 140,219 |
| 2025-01-01 | 345,420 | 140,275 |
| 2025-02-01 | 345,419 | 140,494 |
| 2025-03-01 | 346,294 | 141,167 |
| 2025-04-01 | 345,544 | 141,243 |
| 2025-05-01 | 344,515 | 141,279 |
| 2025-06-01 | 343,303 | 141,046 |
| 2025-07-01 | 343,220 | 141,215 |
| 2025-08-01 | 343,306 | 141,304 |
| 2025-09-01 | 342,717 | 141,103 |
| 2025-10-01 | 341,564 | 140,508 |
| 2025-11-01 | 341,522 | 140,469 |
| 2025-12-01 | 339,610 | 139,930 |
| 2026-01-01 | 337,718 | 139,481 |
| 2026-02-01 | 336,821 | 139,324 |
| 2026-03-01 | 335,766 | 139,117 |
| 2026-04-01 | 334,065 | 138,735 |
| 2026-05-01 | 331,453 | 138,171 |
| 2026-06-01 | 327,698 | 137,261 |
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MaineCare members by county
People enrolled in MaineCare (Medicaid), point-in-time
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| County | Value |
|---|---|
| Androscoggin | 40,010 |
| Aroostook | 25,617 |
| Cumberland | 64,042 |
| Franklin | 9,920 |
| Hancock | 13,659 |
| Kennebec | 36,924 |
| Knox | 10,968 |
| Lincoln | 9,012 |
| Oxford | 21,116 |
| Penobscot | 48,098 |
| Piscataquis | 6,329 |
| Sagadahoc | 7,712 |
| Somerset | 20,364 |
| Waldo | 12,792 |
| Washington | 13,115 |
| York | 45,118 |
MaineCare by age
Members by age group, June 2025
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| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| Adults (19-64) | 195,079 |
| Children (0-18) | 131,868 |
| Seniors (65+) | 65,048 |
By eligibility group
Members by group, 12-month basis
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| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| Traditional | 229,039 |
| Expansion Adult | 140,415 |
| Blind / Aged / Disabled | 129,574 |
Spending by eligibility group
MaineCare expenditures over 12 months ($4.6B total) — expansion adults are 28% of enrollment but 19% of spending
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| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| Traditional | 2,430,000,000 |
| Blind / Aged / Disabled | 1,270,000,000 |
| Expansion Adult | 900,000,000 |
The federal monthly count (CMS) runs a bit below the state’s all-member snapshot, which includes partial-benefit members — so the two figures track each other but don’t match exactly.
Children & MaineCare
MaineCare covers more than half of Maine’s children — about 142,773 in 2025, or 54.5% of everyone under 19. It varies widely by county, from 39.7% in Cumberland to 77.6% in Washington.
Share of children on MaineCare by county
Percent of children under 19 covered by MaineCare, 2025
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| County | Value |
|---|---|
| Androscoggin | 66.8 |
| Aroostook | 65.2 |
| Cumberland | 39.7 |
| Franklin | 65.4 |
| Hancock | 54.2 |
| Kennebec | 55.9 |
| Knox | 55.9 |
| Lincoln | 54.2 |
| Oxford | 67.5 |
| Penobscot | 55.1 |
| Piscataquis | 67.8 |
| Sagadahoc | 45.1 |
| Somerset | 69.7 |
| Waldo | 61.8 |
| Washington | 77.6 |
| York | 44.6 |
Children on MaineCare over time
Maine children under 19 covered by MaineCare, by year
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| Year | Children |
|---|---|
| 2,010 | 137,998 |
| 2,011 | 141,292 |
| 2,012 | 144,198 |
| 2,013 | 140,606 |
| 2,014 | 139,021 |
| 2,015 | 133,382 |
| 2,016 | 131,287 |
| 2,017 | 126,239 |
| 2,018 | 121,350 |
| 2,019 | 118,137 |
| 2,020 | 118,603 |
| 2,021 | 122,083 |
| 2,022 | 128,221 |
| 2,023 | 133,431 |
| 2,024 | 140,666 |
| 2,025 | 142,773 |
How child coverage shifted, by county
Share of children on MaineCare, 2010 vs. 2025 — every county rose
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| Label | A | B |
|---|---|---|
| Penobscot | 49.1 | 55.1 |
| Androscoggin | 55.8 | 66.8 |
| Aroostook | 58.6 | 65.2 |
| Cumberland | 32.8 | 39.7 |
| Franklin | 54.9 | 65.4 |
| Hancock | 44.5 | 54.2 |
| Kennebec | 49 | 55.9 |
| Knox | 48.6 | 55.9 |
| Lincoln | 46.4 | 54.2 |
| Oxford | 60.9 | 67.5 |
| Piscataquis | 60.1 | 67.8 |
| Sagadahoc | 34.1 | 45.1 |
| Somerset | 61.3 | 69.7 |
| Waldo | 53.8 | 61.8 |
| Washington | 67.5 | 77.6 |
| York | 35.7 | 44.6 |
From the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Data Center, which republishes Maine DHHS administrative counts. This is a separate child-specific series from the all-member MaineCare figures above.
Overdose
Drug-overdose deaths
Provisional 12-month-ending totals — synthetic opioids (fentanyl) drive the trend
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| Date | Fentanyl | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-01 | 448 | 571 |
| 2024-06-01 | 430 | 555 |
| 2024-07-01 | 419 | 542 |
| 2024-08-01 | 404 | 532 |
| 2024-09-01 | 383 | 512 |
| 2024-10-01 | 368 | 492 |
| 2024-11-01 | 356 | 483 |
| 2024-12-01 | 346 | 478 |
| 2025-01-01 | 327 | 463 |
| 2025-02-01 | 315 | 452 |
| 2025-03-01 | 292 | 425 |
| 2025-04-01 | 284 | 417 |
| 2025-05-01 | 274 | 409 |
| 2025-06-01 | 269 | 406 |
| 2025-07-01 | 260 | 403 |
| 2025-08-01 | 257 | 400 |
| 2025-09-01 | 248 | 391 |
| 2025-10-01 | 240 | 385 |
| 2025-11-01 | 227 | 378 |
| 2025-12-01 | 222 | 376 |
| 2026-01-01 | 229 | 377 |
| 2026-02-01 | 224 | 373 |
| 2026-03-01 | 213 | 362 |
| 2026-04-01 | 211 | 355 |
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Source: CDC VSRR
Synthetic opioids' share of overdose deaths
Synthetic opioid (fentanyl) deaths as a percent of all drug-overdose deaths
Source: CDC VSRR
Conditions & access
Obesity
Adults with obesity, by county
Source: CDC PLACES
Diabetes
Adults with diagnosed diabetes, by county
Source: CDC PLACES
Frequent mental distress
Adults reporting 14+ bad mental-health days/month
Source: CDC PLACES
Depression
Adults with diagnosed depression, by county
Source: CDC PLACES
Cigarette smoking
Adults who currently smoke, by county
Source: CDC PLACES
Uninsured adults
Adults 18–64 without health insurance, by county
Source: CDC PLACES
Any disability
Adults living with any disability, by county
Source: CDC PLACES
Fair or poor health
Adults reporting fair or poor general health, by county
Source: CDC PLACES
High blood pressure
Adults ever told they have high blood pressure, by county
Source: CDC PLACES
Routine checkup
Adults who saw a doctor for a checkup in the past year, by county — higher is better
Source: CDC PLACES
No physical activity
Adults reporting no leisure-time physical activity, by county
Source: CDC PLACES
Insufficient sleep
Adults sleeping less than 7 hours a night, by county
Source: CDC PLACES
Binge drinking
Adults reporting binge drinking, by county
Source: CDC PLACES
County prevalence figures are CDC PLACES model-based estimates, not direct counts. Overdose deaths are provisional and revised as investigations close.