CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES FOR MAINE AND MAINE COUNTIES,  JANUARY-DECEMBER 2005   1/
		JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	AVE
STATEWIDE	Civilian Labor Force	678,300	680,600	681,300	686,500	692,700	705,200	714,800	714,000	700,400	704,000	696,600	694,500	695,700
	Employed	641,300	640,900	643,900	651,500	660,000	672,900	682,100	684,700	669,300	672,500	663,000	662,300	662,000
	Unemployed	37,000	39,800	37,400	35,000	32,700	32,300	32,800	29,300	31,100	31,500	33,600	32,200	33,700
	Unemployment Rate	5.5	5.8	5.5	5.1	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.1	4.4	4.5	4.8	4.6	4.8
ANDROSCOGGIN	Civilian Labor Force	56,110	56,060	56,160	56,400	56,800	57,020	57,520	57,410	56,470	57,710	57,830	57,490	56,920
	Employed	53,140	52,840	53,130	53,530	54,080	54,240	54,710	54,880	53,780	55,080	55,140	54,920	54,120
	Unemployed	2,960	3,220	3,030	2,870	2,730	2,780	2,810	2,540	2,690	2,630	2,690	2,580	2,790
	Unemployment Rate	5.3	5.7	5.4	5.1	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.4	4.8	4.6	4.7	4.5	4.9
AROOSTOOK	Civilian Labor Force	34,790	34,970	35,150	35,110	35,140	35,400	35,390	35,240	35,050	35,300	35,120	35,310	35,160
	Employed	32,290	32,450	32,790	32,480	32,620	33,160	33,140	33,200	32,970	33,260	32,840	32,990	32,850
	Unemployed	2,500	2,520	2,350	2,630	2,520	2,230	2,260	2,040	2,080	2,050	2,280	2,320	2,310
	Unemployment Rate	7.2	7.2	6.7	7.5	7.2	6.3	6.4	5.8	5.9	5.8	6.5	6.6	6.6
CUMBERLAND	Civilian Labor Force	151,190	151,330	151,410	153,070	154,790	157,230	160,330	159,940	155,970	157,430	155,970	155,230	155,320
	Employed	145,570	145,290	145,530	147,490	149,340	151,510	154,590	154,810	150,270	151,680	150,140	150,200	149,700
	Unemployed	5,620	6,040	5,880	5,580	5,450	5,720	5,740	5,130	5,690	5,750	5,830	5,030	5,620
	Unemployment Rate	3.7	4.0	3.9	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.2	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.2	3.6
FRANKLIN	Civilian Labor Force	14,820	15,040	15,070	14,720	14,370	14,460	14,460	14,270	14,450	14,620	14,430	14,580	14,610
	Employed	13,910	14,110	14,220	13,810	13,450	13,640	13,650	13,540	13,720	13,850	13,560	13,790	13,770
	Unemployed	910	930	850	910	920	830	810	730	730	770	870	800	840
	Unemployment Rate	6.1	6.2	5.6	6.2	6.4	5.7	5.6	5.1	5.1	5.3	6.0	5.5	5.7
HANCOCK	Civilian Labor Force	27,010	27,330	27,490	28,390	29,390	31,680	33,120	33,290	31,950	30,760	28,900	28,550	29,820
	Employed	24,860	25,020	25,360	26,650	27,940	30,330	31,760	32,110	30,690	29,490	27,210	26,730	28,180
	Unemployed	2,150	2,320	2,130	1,740	1,440	1,350	1,360	1,180	1,250	1,280	1,690	1,820	1,640
	Unemployment Rate	8.0	8.5	7.7	6.1	4.9	4.3	4.1	3.5	3.9	4.2	5.9	6.4	5.5
KENNEBEC	Civilian Labor Force	61,310	61,350	61,540	61,580	61,850	62,420	62,880	62,820	62,150	62,860	62,390	61,960	62,090
	Employed	57,930	57,720	58,050	58,380	58,890	59,410	59,790	60,080	59,250	59,930	59,380	59,130	59,000
	Unemployed	3,390	3,630	3,490	3,210	2,960	3,010	3,090	2,740	2,900	2,930	3,010	2,830	3,100
	Unemployment Rate	5.5	5.9	5.7	5.2	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.4	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.6	5.0
KNOX	Civilian Labor Force	20,390	20,550	20,740	20,830	21,170	22,160	22,650	22,550	21,880	21,540	20,810	20,710	21,330
	Employed	19,430	19,440	19,710	19,930	20,360	21,350	21,800	21,820	21,040	20,670	19,890	19,840	20,440
	Unemployed	960	1,110	1,030	900	810	810	860	740	840	870	920	870	890
	Unemployment Rate	4.7	5.4	5.0	4.3	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.3	3.8	4.0	4.4	4.2	4.2
LINCOLN	Civilian Labor Force	16,770	16,910	17,110	17,520	18,170	19,460	19,990	20,040	19,070	18,490	17,620	17,540	18,220
	Employed	15,820	15,910	16,200	16,710	17,450	18,710	19,240	19,380	18,340	17,730	16,740	16,730	17,410
	Unemployed	950	1,000	910	800	710	750	750	670	730	760	880	820	810
	Unemployment Rate	5.6	5.9	5.3	4.6	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.3	3.8	4.1	5.0	4.6	4.5
OXFORD	Civilian Labor Force	28,420	28,390	28,210	27,530	27,420	28,140	28,560	28,530	27,570	27,740	27,680	28,600	28,070
	Employed	26,740	26,570	26,530	25,870	25,800	26,550	26,970	27,100	26,060	26,220	26,010	26,980	26,450
	Unemployed	1,680	1,830	1,680	1,650	1,620	1,590	1,590	1,430	1,500	1,520	1,670	1,620	1,620
	Unemployment Rate	5.9	6.4	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.6	5.6	5.0	5.4	5.5	6.0	5.7	5.8
PENOBSCOT	Civilian Labor Force	76,470	76,660	76,320	77,180	76,930	76,870	76,890	76,420	77,130	78,690	78,240	77,740	77,130
	Employed	72,160	72,120	72,090	73,140	73,180	73,110	73,010	72,980	73,540	74,980	74,360	74,100	73,230
	Unemployed	4,320	4,540	4,230	4,050	3,750	3,760	3,870	3,440	3,590	3,710	3,880	3,640	3,900
	Unemployment Rate	5.6	5.9	5.5	5.2	4.9	4.9	5.0	4.5	4.7	4.7	5.0	4.7	5.1
PISCATAQUIS	Civilian Labor Force	7,450	7,430	7,440	7,470	7,480	7,610	7,540	7,530	7,490	7,520	7,500	7,530	7,500
	Employed	6,850	6,810	6,840	6,840	6,900	7,090	7,020	7,050	7,020	7,050	7,000	6,960	6,950
	Unemployed	600	630	590	640	590	520	530	470	460	480	500	570	550
	Unemployment Rate	8.0	8.4	8.0	8.5	7.9	6.9	7.0	6.3	6.2	6.4	6.7	7.5	7.3
SAGADAHOC	Civilian Labor Force	18,150	18,190	18,240	18,430	18,620	18,850	18,850	18,920	18,640	18,610	18,300	18,200	18,500
	Employed	17,320	17,240	17,350	17,610	17,830	18,040	18,030	18,190	17,850	17,820	17,540	17,520	17,700
	Unemployed	830	950	890	820	790	820	820	720	790	790	760	680	800
	Unemployment Rate	4.6	5.2	4.9	4.5	4.2	4.3	4.3	3.8	4.2	4.2	4.2	3.7	4.3
SOMERSET	Civilian Labor Force	24,230	24,300	24,220	24,400	24,690	25,170	25,070	25,090	25,100	24,880	24,730	24,820	24,720
	Employed	22,050	22,010	22,120	22,330	22,800	23,450	23,300	23,500	23,470	23,260	22,980	22,930	22,850
	Unemployed	2,180	2,290	2,100	2,070	1,890	1,720	1,770	1,590	1,630	1,620	1,740	1,890	1,870
	Unemployment Rate	9.0	9.4	8.7	8.5	7.6	6.8	7.1	6.3	6.5	6.5	7.1	7.6	7.6
WALDO	Civilian Labor Force	18,830	18,920	18,970	19,200	19,410	19,990	20,200	19,930	19,670	19,870	19,430	19,310	19,480
	Employed	17,500	17,500	17,640	18,080	18,460	19,050	19,260	19,130	18,820	18,980	18,480	18,300	18,430
	Unemployed	1,330	1,420	1,330	1,120	940	950	940	810	840	890	950	1,020	1,040
	Unemployment Rate	7.1	7.5	7.0	5.8	4.9	4.7	4.6	4.0	4.3	4.5	4.9	5.3	5.4
WASHINGTON	Civilian Labor Force	14,500	14,820	14,840	14,950	15,130	15,440	15,220	16,300	15,280	15,080	16,140	15,980	15,310
	Employed	13,000	13,160	13,220	13,450	13,840	14,240	14,010	15,230	14,190	14,000	14,990	14,840	14,010
	Unemployed	1,510	1,670	1,620	1,500	1,300	1,210	1,200	1,060	1,090	1,090	1,150	1,150	1,290
	Unemployment Rate	10.4	11.3	10.9	10.0	8.6	7.8	7.9	6.5	7.1	7.2	7.1	7.2	8.5
YORK	Civilian Labor Force	107,800	108,360	108,420	109,710	111,370	113,290	116,170	115,760	112,550	112,910	111,480	110,900	111,560
	Employed	102,660	102,690	103,160	105,170	107,050	109,020	111,790	111,730	108,270	108,550	106,710	106,350	106,930
	Unemployed	5,140	5,670	5,260	4,540	4,320	4,270	4,380	4,020	4,290	4,360	4,770	4,550	4,630
	Unemployment Rate	4.8	5.2	4.8	4.1	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.5	3.8	3.9	4.3	4.1	4.2
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.