CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES FOR MAINE AND MAINE COUNTIES,  JANUARY-DECEMBER 2004   1/
		JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	AVE
STATEWIDE	Civilian Labor Force	677,300	677,400	678,300	677,700	681,600	696,000	703,700	702,300	686,400	691,100	686,200	684,000	686,800
	Employed	639,800	639,800	641,100	645,400	652,700	665,600	673,800	675,400	658,900	661,800	655,000	652,400	655,100
	Unemployed	37,500	37,600	37,200	32,300	28,900	30,400	29,900	26,900	27,500	29,200	31,200	31,600	31,700
	Unemployment Rate	5.5	5.6	5.5	4.8	4.2	4.4	4.2	3.8	4.0	4.2	4.5	4.6	4.6
ANDROSCOGGIN	Civilian Labor Force	56,640	56,630	56,330	55,770	55,690	56,220	56,240	55,600	55,020	56,100	56,030	56,090	56,030
	Employed	53,660	53,690	53,490	53,300	53,430	53,800	53,790	53,390	52,720	53,740	53,550	53,610	53,510
	Unemployed	2,980	2,950	2,840	2,480	2,260	2,430	2,440	2,210	2,300	2,360	2,480	2,480	2,520
	Unemployment Rate	5.3	5.2	5.0	4.4	4.1	4.3	4.3	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.4	4.4	4.5
AROOSTOOK	Civilian Labor Force	34,240	34,230	34,340	34,130	34,340	34,630	34,330	34,350	34,400	34,520	34,530	34,340	34,360
	Employed	31,870	31,880	32,000	31,750	32,140	32,580	32,320	32,560	32,650	32,670	32,430	32,100	32,250
	Unemployed	2,370	2,350	2,340	2,380	2,200	2,060	2,010	1,790	1,750	1,850	2,100	2,240	2,120
	Unemployment Rate	6.9	6.9	6.8	7.0	6.4	5.9	5.9	5.2	5.1	5.4	6.1	6.5	6.2
CUMBERLAND	Civilian Labor Force	150,920	150,910	150,750	151,180	151,970	155,450	158,240	157,750	153,040	155,040	154,420	154,170	153,650
	Employed	145,340	145,240	145,120	146,350	147,350	150,180	153,190	153,080	148,120	149,880	149,220	149,200	148,520
	Unemployed	5,580	5,670	5,630	4,840	4,610	5,270	5,050	4,670	4,910	5,160	5,200	4,980	5,130
	Unemployment Rate	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.2	3.0	3.4	3.2	3.0	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.2	3.3
FRANKLIN	Civilian Labor Force	14,700	14,840	14,900	14,690	14,430	14,300	14,240	14,210	14,300	14,300	14,360	14,710	14,500
	Employed	13,840	13,980	14,050	13,780	13,610	13,480	13,470	13,500	13,560	13,500	13,500	13,930	13,680
	Unemployed	860	860	850	910	820	810	780	710	730	790	870	780	810
	Unemployment Rate	5.9	5.8	5.7	6.2	5.7	5.7	5.4	5.0	5.1	5.5	6.0	5.3	5.6
HANCOCK	Civilian Labor Force	26,890	27,100	27,320	27,930	28,940	31,400	32,810	32,830	31,520	30,540	28,780	28,060	29,510
	Employed	24,850	25,020	25,290	26,320	27,680	30,160	31,630	31,780	30,470	29,390	27,240	26,280	28,010
	Unemployed	2,040	2,080	2,030	1,610	1,260	1,240	1,180	1,050	1,050	1,150	1,550	1,780	1,500
	Unemployment Rate	7.6	7.7	7.4	5.8	4.3	4.0	3.6	3.2	3.3	3.8	5.4	6.3	5.1
KENNEBEC	Civilian Labor Force	61,230	61,150	61,190	60,780	60,880	61,490	61,510	61,530	60,380	61,110	60,670	60,810	61,060
	Employed	57,630	57,580	57,660	57,820	58,290	58,730	58,710	58,990	57,850	58,410	57,910	57,950	58,130
	Unemployed	3,600	3,570	3,530	2,960	2,590	2,760	2,810	2,540	2,530	2,700	2,760	2,850	2,930
	Unemployment Rate	5.9	5.8	5.8	4.9	4.3	4.5	4.6	4.1	4.2	4.4	4.5	4.7	4.8
KNOX	Civilian Labor Force	20,180	20,260	20,500	20,710	21,220	22,310	22,840	22,950	22,110	21,720	21,180	21,060	21,420
	Employed	19,300	19,300	19,550	19,940	20,560	21,560	22,140	22,330	21,440	21,000	20,410	20,250	20,650
	Unemployed	890	970	950	760	660	750	700	620	670	730	770	800	770
	Unemployment Rate	4.4	4.8	4.6	3.7	3.1	3.3	3.0	2.7	3.0	3.3	3.6	3.8	3.6
LINCOLN	Civilian Labor Force	16,790	16,780	17,060	17,240	17,910	18,980	19,820	19,960	18,750	18,260	17,570	17,440	18,050
	Employed	15,920	15,930	16,230	16,550	17,300	18,310	19,200	19,380	18,170	17,630	16,830	16,660	17,340
	Unemployed	870	850	840	690	610	670	620	570	590	630	740	780	700
	Unemployment Rate	5.2	5.0	4.9	4.0	3.4	3.5	3.1	2.9	3.1	3.5	4.2	4.5	3.9
OXFORD	Civilian Labor Force	28,590	28,440	28,230	27,210	26,890	27,800	28,220	27,990	26,930	27,350	27,230	28,000	27,740
	Employed	26,730	26,620	26,430	25,580	25,450	26,270	26,640	26,610	25,610	25,940	25,730	26,510	26,180
	Unemployed	1,860	1,820	1,800	1,640	1,440	1,540	1,580	1,370	1,320	1,410	1,490	1,490	1,560
	Unemployment Rate	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.0	5.3	5.5	5.6	4.9	4.9	5.2	5.5	5.3	5.6
PENOBSCOT	Civilian Labor Force	76,070	76,310	76,340	76,140	75,860	75,760	75,450	74,910	75,210	77,230	77,200	76,140	76,050
	Employed	71,400	71,180	71,340	71,680	71,810	71,790	71,600	71,400	71,600	73,330	73,190	72,220	71,880
	Unemployed	4,670	5,130	5,000	4,460	4,060	3,980	3,860	3,500	3,610	3,900	4,020	3,920	4,170
	Unemployment Rate	6.1	6.7	6.6	5.9	5.3	5.2	5.1	4.7	4.8	5.0	5.2	5.1	5.5
PISCATAQUIS	Civilian Labor Force	7,350	7,300	7,340	7,320	7,360	7,530	7,370	7,340	7,290	7,340	7,280	7,240	7,340
	Employed	6,750	6,700	6,730	6,720	6,850	7,060	6,940	6,950	6,910	6,920	6,800	6,710	6,840
	Unemployed	600	600	610	600	510	470	430	390	380	420	480	530	500
	Unemployment Rate	8.1	8.2	8.3	8.2	6.9	6.2	5.8	5.3	5.2	5.7	6.6	7.3	6.8
SAGADAHOC	Civilian Labor Force	18,370	18,410	18,510	18,510	18,550	18,710	18,870	18,930	18,530	18,550	18,380	18,230	18,550
	Employed	17,570	17,610	17,710	17,820	17,980	18,050	18,240	18,340	17,920	17,880	17,690	17,540	17,860
	Unemployed	800	800	800	680	570	660	640	590	600	670	690	690	680
	Unemployment Rate	4.3	4.4	4.3	3.7	3.1	3.5	3.4	3.1	3.3	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.7
SOMERSET	Civilian Labor Force	24,170	24,020	24,010	24,060	24,440	24,920	24,970	25,000	24,660	24,310	24,080	24,100	24,400
	Employed	22,100	21,940	21,960	22,170	22,730	23,210	23,190	23,470	23,110	22,680	22,420	22,260	22,600
	Unemployed	2,070	2,080	2,050	1,890	1,710	1,710	1,780	1,530	1,550	1,630	1,660	1,840	1,790
	Unemployment Rate	8.6	8.6	8.5	7.9	7.0	6.9	7.1	6.1	6.3	6.7	6.9	7.6	7.3
WALDO	Civilian Labor Force	19,220	19,200	19,330	19,220	19,280	19,890	20,030	19,820	19,440	19,410	19,090	18,860	19,400
	Employed	17,940	17,920	18,040	18,210	18,450	19,010	19,140	19,040	18,640	18,550	18,180	17,820	18,410
	Unemployed	1,290	1,280	1,290	1,010	830	880	890	780	800	860	910	1,050	990
	Unemployment Rate	6.7	6.7	6.7	5.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	3.9	4.1	4.4	4.8	5.5	5.1
WASHINGTON	Civilian Labor Force	14,690	14,670	14,750	14,870	14,900	15,170	14,930	15,930	15,030	14,790	15,560	15,460	15,060
	Employed	13,270	13,190	13,280	13,580	13,870	14,130	13,900	15,020	14,100	13,800	14,540	14,370	13,920
	Unemployed	1,420	1,480	1,470	1,290	1,030	1,040	1,040	910	930	990	1,020	1,080	1,140
	Unemployment Rate	9.7	10.1	9.9	8.6	6.9	6.8	6.9	5.7	6.2	6.7	6.6	7.0	7.6
YORK	Civilian Labor Force	107,280	107,170	107,340	107,900	108,920	111,400	113,830	113,240	109,780	110,510	109,780	109,350	109,710
	Employed	101,660	101,990	102,230	103,790	105,180	107,260	109,750	109,540	105,990	106,510	105,320	105,000	105,350
	Unemployed	5,620	5,190	5,110	4,110	3,740	4,150	4,090	3,690	3,800	4,000	4,470	4,350	4,360
	Unemployment Rate	5.2	4.8	4.8	3.8	3.4	3.7	3.6	3.3	3.5	3.6	4.1	4.0	4.0
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.