CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES FOR MAINE AND MAINE COUNTIES,  JANUARY-DECEMBER 2003   1/
		JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	AVE
STATEWIDE	Civilian Labor Force	672,700	674,800	675,800	678,100	680,200	694,700	700,000	699,300	685,800	690,000	683,800	681,100	684,700
	Employed	634,800	635,600	637,900	641,500	647,600	660,100	666,200	669,300	654,700	657,900	650,700	649,200	650,500
	Unemployed	37,800	39,200	37,900	36,600	32,600	34,600	33,800	30,000	31,100	32,100	33,100	32,000	34,200
	Unemployment Rate	5.6	5.8	5.6	5.4	4.8	5.0	4.8	4.3	4.5	4.7	4.8	4.7	5.0
ANDROSCOGGIN	Civilian Labor Force	55,990	56,010	56,440	56,320	56,090	56,820	56,430	56,130	55,650	56,550	56,350	56,130	56,240
	Employed	52,910	52,820	53,370	53,390	53,430	53,960	53,550	53,530	53,020	53,840	53,690	53,570	53,420
	Unemployed	3,070	3,190	3,080	2,930	2,660	2,860	2,880	2,600	2,630	2,720	2,660	2,550	2,820
	Unemployment Rate	5.5	5.7	5.4	5.2	4.7	5.0	5.1	4.6	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.6	5.0
AROOSTOOK	Civilian Labor Force	34,670	34,850	34,580	34,350	34,400	34,950	34,500	34,150	34,160	34,730	34,230	34,200	34,480
	Employed	32,540	32,630	32,460	31,950	32,110	32,710	32,410	32,350	32,310	32,790	32,140	32,030	32,370
	Unemployed	2,130	2,220	2,110	2,400	2,290	2,250	2,100	1,790	1,850	1,940	2,090	2,170	2,110
	Unemployment Rate	6.1	6.4	6.1	7.0	6.7	6.4	6.1	5.3	5.4	5.6	6.1	6.3	6.1
CUMBERLAND	Civilian Labor Force	147,780	147,770	148,570	150,130	150,670	153,740	156,090	155,640	151,350	153,190	153,030	152,450	151,700
	Employed	142,360	142,250	143,020	144,680	145,510	148,110	150,670	150,710	146,000	147,690	147,620	147,640	146,350
	Unemployed	5,420	5,520	5,550	5,450	5,150	5,630	5,420	4,930	5,350	5,500	5,410	4,810	5,350
	Unemployment Rate	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.4	3.7	3.5	3.2	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.2	3.5
FRANKLIN	Civilian Labor Force	14,720	14,790	14,800	14,370	13,940	13,960	13,950	13,850	14,040	14,300	14,250	14,670	14,300
	Employed	13,890	13,960	13,960	13,410	13,060	13,100	13,110	13,030	13,260	13,490	13,380	13,870	13,460
	Unemployed	830	830	830	970	880	860	840	820	780	820	870	800	840
	Unemployment Rate	5.6	5.6	5.6	6.7	6.3	6.1	6.0	5.9	5.5	5.7	6.1	5.5	5.9
HANCOCK	Civilian Labor Force	26,750	27,000	26,860	27,800	29,190	31,140	32,530	32,470	31,130	30,280	28,440	27,860	29,290
	Employed	24,760	24,920	24,930	26,120	27,950	29,900	31,360	31,450	30,080	29,160	26,950	26,210	27,820
	Unemployed	1,990	2,080	1,930	1,680	1,240	1,250	1,170	1,020	1,050	1,130	1,490	1,650	1,470
	Unemployment Rate	7.4	7.7	7.2	6.0	4.3	4.0	3.6	3.1	3.4	3.7	5.2	5.9	5.0
KENNEBEC	Civilian Labor Force	61,080	60,920	61,050	61,100	60,490	61,300	61,380	61,370	60,750	61,110	60,720	60,590	60,990
	Employed	57,650	57,380	57,650	57,890	57,700	58,240	58,270	58,640	57,860	58,030	57,630	57,600	57,880
	Unemployed	3,430	3,540	3,390	3,210	2,790	3,070	3,100	2,740	2,880	3,080	3,090	2,990	3,110
	Unemployment Rate	5.6	5.8	5.6	5.3	4.6	5.0	5.1	4.5	4.7	5.0	5.1	4.9	5.1
KNOX	Civilian Labor Force	20,540	20,480	20,380	20,640	21,020	22,210	22,730	22,520	21,740	21,560	20,840	20,520	21,260
	Employed	19,490	19,350	19,290	19,640	20,180	21,300	21,880	21,780	20,950	20,740	20,040	19,720	20,360
	Unemployed	1,050	1,130	1,090	990	840	910	850	740	790	820	800	790	900
	Unemployment Rate	5.1	5.5	5.4	4.8	4.0	4.1	3.7	3.3	3.6	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.2
LINCOLN	Civilian Labor Force	16,960	16,840	16,770	17,030	17,540	18,770	19,400	19,550	18,590	18,060	17,340	16,920	17,810
	Employed	16,030	15,900	15,860	16,220	16,880	18,060	18,730	18,940	17,940	17,390	16,620	16,220	17,070
	Unemployed	930	950	920	810	660	710	670	610	660	670	710	700	750
	Unemployment Rate	5.5	5.6	5.5	4.7	3.8	3.8	3.4	3.1	3.5	3.7	4.1	4.1	4.2
OXFORD	Civilian Labor Force	28,410	28,180	28,160	27,130	26,840	27,860	28,130	28,180	27,190	27,310	27,030	27,880	27,690
	Employed	26,660	26,420	26,480	25,470	25,350	26,170	26,460	26,650	25,720	25,810	25,410	26,290	26,070
	Unemployed	1,750	1,770	1,680	1,660	1,500	1,690	1,670	1,520	1,470	1,500	1,620	1,590	1,620
	Unemployment Rate	6.2	6.3	6.0	6.1	5.6	6.1	6.0	5.4	5.4	5.5	6.0	5.7	5.8
PENOBSCOT	Civilian Labor Force	75,400	77,450	77,540	77,480	77,720	76,800	76,170	75,560	76,740	78,060	77,520	77,460	76,990
	Employed	71,000	72,190	72,470	72,440	72,900	72,030	71,510	71,350	72,630	73,690	73,190	73,310	72,390
	Unemployed	4,400	5,260	5,080	5,030	4,820	4,770	4,660	4,210	4,110	4,360	4,330	4,150	4,600
	Unemployment Rate	5.8	6.8	6.5	6.5	6.2	6.2	6.1	5.6	5.4	5.6	5.6	5.4	6.0
PISCATAQUIS	Civilian Labor Force	7,540	7,530	7,500	7,450	7,480	7,670	7,480	7,500	7,460	7,420	7,350	7,350	7,480
	Employed	6,890	6,830	6,830	6,710	6,870	7,070	6,920	7,020	6,980	6,920	6,790	6,790	6,880
	Unemployed	650	700	680	740	610	600	560	480	480	500	550	560	590
	Unemployment Rate	8.6	9.4	9.0	9.9	8.1	7.8	7.4	6.4	6.4	6.7	7.5	7.6	7.9
SAGADAHOC	Civilian Labor Force	17,900	18,020	18,090	18,220	18,210	18,710	18,550	18,730	18,400	18,520	18,480	17,910	18,310
	Employed	17,100	17,200	17,290	17,480	17,560	18,000	17,860	18,090	17,720	17,820	17,760	17,240	17,600
	Unemployed	800	830	790	740	650	710	690	640	680	700	720	680	720
	Unemployment Rate	4.5	4.6	4.4	4.0	3.6	3.8	3.7	3.4	3.7	3.8	3.9	3.8	3.9
SOMERSET	Civilian Labor Force	24,730	24,680	24,530	24,590	24,600	25,130	24,480	25,070	24,520	24,760	24,350	24,130	24,630
	Employed	22,520	22,420	22,380	22,430	22,710	23,270	22,640	23,430	22,910	23,030	22,510	22,280	22,710
	Unemployed	2,210	2,270	2,150	2,160	1,890	1,860	1,840	1,640	1,610	1,720	1,840	1,850	1,920
	Unemployment Rate	8.9	9.2	8.8	8.8	7.7	7.4	7.5	6.5	6.6	7.0	7.5	7.7	7.8
WALDO	Civilian Labor Force	19,570	19,660	19,520	19,640	19,680	20,210	20,230	20,160	19,850	19,680	19,370	19,180	19,730
	Employed	18,190	18,190	18,150	18,460	18,730	19,200	19,230	19,260	18,940	18,710	18,360	18,100	18,630
	Unemployed	1,390	1,480	1,370	1,190	950	1,010	1,000	900	910	980	1,010	1,090	1,110
	Unemployment Rate	7.1	7.5	7.0	6.0	4.8	5.0	4.9	4.5	4.6	5.0	5.2	5.7	5.6
WASHINGTON	Civilian Labor Force	15,040	15,190	15,050	14,900	14,790	15,040	15,690	17,010	15,560	15,030	15,840	15,530	15,390
	Employed	13,340	13,370	13,380	13,290	13,480	13,740	14,440	15,920	14,540	13,970	14,760	14,400	14,050
	Unemployed	1,700	1,820	1,670	1,610	1,300	1,290	1,250	1,090	1,030	1,070	1,080	1,130	1,340
	Unemployment Rate	11.3	12.0	11.1	10.8	8.8	8.6	8.0	6.4	6.6	7.1	6.8	7.3	8.7
YORK	Civilian Labor Force	105,610	105,400	105,940	106,950	107,520	110,400	112,280	111,450	108,710	109,470	108,690	108,350	108,400
	Employed	99,520	99,770	100,350	101,880	103,200	105,240	107,140	107,160	103,880	104,860	103,880	103,890	103,400
	Unemployed	6,090	5,640	5,580	5,080	4,320	5,160	5,130	4,290	4,830	4,610	4,800	4,460	5,000
	Unemployment Rate	5.8	5.3	5.3	4.7	4.0	4.7	4.6	3.9	4.4	4.2	4.4	4.1	4.6
1/   These data, which are not seasonally adjusted, are developed by the Maine Department of Labor, Division of Labor Market Information Services, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Data presented here are rounded, with the exception of the unemployment rate which is based on unrounded civilian labor force and unemployment estimates. Employment and unemployment may not add to the civilian labor force due to rounding.