CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES FOR MAINE AND MAINE COUNTIES,  JANUARY-DECEMBER 2006   1/
		JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	AVE
STATEWIDE	Civilian Labor Force	687,900	689,300	691,400	693,900	698,300	713,100	719,700	720,500	704,900	710,000	704,800	704,600	703,200
	Employed	651,700	651,600	656,000	660,700	667,600	681,300	687,200	691,500	675,800	680,200	672,200	672,600	670,700
	Unemployed	36,100	37,800	35,400	33,100	30,800	31,900	32,600	29,000	29,100	29,800	32,600	32,000	32,500
	Unemployment Rate	5.3	5.5	5.1	4.8	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.6	4.5	4.6
ANDROSCOGGIN	Civilian Labor Force	57,250	57,030	57,220	57,360	57,240	58,130	58,510	58,260	57,530	58,610	58,640	58,690	57,870
	Employed	54,370	53,930	54,260	54,630	54,660	55,420	55,720	55,750	55,050	56,090	55,990	56,150	55,170
	Unemployed	2,870	3,100	2,960	2,730	2,580	2,720	2,790	2,510	2,490	2,530	2,660	2,540	2,710
	Unemployment Rate	5.0	5.4	5.2	4.8	4.5	4.7	4.8	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.5	4.3	4.7
AROOSTOOK	Civilian Labor Force	35,380	35,360	35,540	35,370	35,680	35,770	35,360	35,950	35,560	35,950	35,730	35,850	35,630
	Employed	32,950	32,970	33,250	32,730	33,100	33,320	32,920	33,790	33,480	33,950	33,410	33,630	33,290
	Unemployed	2,430	2,400	2,290	2,640	2,580	2,460	2,430	2,160	2,080	1,990	2,320	2,220	2,330
	Unemployment Rate	6.9	6.8	6.4	7.5	7.2	6.9	6.9	6.0	5.9	5.5	6.5	6.2	6.5
CUMBERLAND	Civilian Labor Force	152,640	152,600	153,000	154,040	154,680	159,290	160,810	160,570	156,600	158,310	158,010	157,910	156,540
	Employed	147,190	146,790	147,600	148,880	149,680	153,630	155,090	155,470	151,400	152,940	152,520	152,950	151,180
	Unemployed	5,460	5,810	5,400	5,160	5,000	5,660	5,730	5,100	5,210	5,370	5,490	4,960	5,360
	Unemployment Rate	3.6	3.8	3.5	3.3	3.2	3.6	3.6	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.1	3.4
FRANKLIN	Civilian Labor Force	14,660	14,820	14,900	14,430	14,270	14,250	14,170	14,250	14,220	14,360	14,220	14,630	14,430
	Employed	13,850	13,910	14,070	13,550	13,400	13,390	13,300	13,470	13,490	13,630	13,340	13,760	13,600
	Unemployed	810	910	830	880	870	860	880	780	720	730	880	870	830
	Unemployment Rate	5.5	6.1	5.6	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	5.5	5.1	5.1	6.2	5.9	5.8
HANCOCK	Civilian Labor Force	27,570	27,920	28,140	28,830	29,670	31,690	32,660	32,690	31,310	30,800	28,660	28,510	29,870
	Employed	25,390	25,640	26,040	27,080	28,250	30,390	31,400	31,580	30,150	29,600	27,080	26,730	28,280
	Unemployed	2,180	2,280	2,100	1,760	1,420	1,300	1,270	1,120	1,170	1,200	1,580	1,790	1,600
	Unemployment Rate	7.9	8.2	7.4	6.1	4.8	4.1	3.9	3.4	3.7	3.9	5.5	6.3	5.3
KENNEBEC	Civilian Labor Force	62,410	62,490	62,460	62,730	62,900	63,750	64,320	64,320	62,930	63,560	63,200	62,950	63,170
	Employed	59,220	59,080	59,360	59,930	60,290	60,970	61,450	61,770	60,400	60,920	60,410	60,220	60,340
	Unemployed	3,190	3,410	3,110	2,810	2,610	2,780	2,860	2,550	2,530	2,640	2,780	2,730	2,830
	Unemployment Rate	5.1	5.4	5.0	4.5	4.1	4.4	4.4	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.4	4.3	4.5
KNOX	Civilian Labor Force	20,470	20,450	20,590	20,760	21,310	22,280	22,770	22,820	22,070	21,800	21,200	21,170	21,470
	Employed	19,370	19,250	19,490	19,830	20,480	21,400	21,910	22,070	21,320	21,000	20,290	20,280	20,560
	Unemployed	1,100	1,200	1,090	930	840	870	870	740	750	810	910	890	920
	Unemployment Rate	5.4	5.9	5.3	4.5	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.3	3.4	3.7	4.3	4.2	4.3
LINCOLN	Civilian Labor Force	17,300	17,340	17,430	17,840	18,440	19,460	20,250	20,150	19,210	19,010	18,110	17,930	18,540
	Employed	16,360	16,370	16,530	17,040	17,730	18,700	19,490	19,470	18,560	18,310	17,290	17,110	17,750
	Unemployed	930	970	900	800	720	760	760	680	650	700	830	830	790
	Unemployment Rate	5.4	5.6	5.2	4.5	3.9	3.9	3.7	3.4	3.4	3.7	4.6	4.6	4.3
OXFORD	Civilian Labor Force	29,090	28,990	28,850	27,600	27,590	28,640	29,260	29,310	28,160	28,210	28,220	28,880	28,570
	Employed	27,330	27,160	27,130	25,920	25,970	27,010	27,620	27,830	26,710	26,740	26,540	27,260	26,940
	Unemployed	1,770	1,830	1,720	1,680	1,610	1,630	1,640	1,470	1,450	1,470	1,680	1,620	1,630
	Unemployment Rate	6.1	6.3	6.0	6.1	5.8	5.7	5.6	5.0	5.2	5.2	5.9	5.6	5.7
PENOBSCOT	Civilian Labor Force	77,090	77,680	77,710	77,850	77,850	77,110	76,840	76,910	77,340	78,930	79,080	79,020	77,780
	Employed	72,940	73,440	73,680	73,970	74,270	73,330	72,900	73,220	73,600	75,170	75,040	74,980	73,880
	Unemployed	4,140	4,240	4,030	3,880	3,580	3,780	3,940	3,690	3,730	3,760	4,040	4,040	3,900
	Unemployment Rate	5.4	5.5	5.2	5.0	4.6	4.9	5.1	4.8	4.8	4.8	5.1	5.1	5.0
PISCATAQUIS	Civilian Labor Force	7,470	7,470	7,480	7,580	7,580	7,660	7,510	7,610	7,570	7,670	7,530	7,570	7,560
	Employed	6,900	6,870	6,910	7,000	7,080	7,200	7,050	7,180	7,130	7,210	7,000	7,040	7,050
	Unemployed	570	590	560	570	500	460	450	430	440	450	530	540	510
	Unemployment Rate	7.6	7.9	7.5	7.6	6.6	6.0	6.0	5.6	5.8	5.9	7.0	7.1	6.7
SAGADAHOC	Civilian Labor Force	18,340	18,480	18,580	18,610	18,730	19,100	19,120	19,000	18,800	18,880	18,800	18,750	18,770
	Employed	17,520	17,550	17,720	17,840	18,030	18,340	18,360	18,340	18,120	18,170	18,080	18,030	18,010
	Unemployed	820	940	860	770	700	760	760	660	680	710	720	720	760
	Unemployment Rate	4.5	5.1	4.6	4.1	3.8	4.0	4.0	3.5	3.6	3.8	3.8	3.8	4.0
SOMERSET	Civilian Labor Force	24,930	24,990	25,110	25,200	25,540	25,740	25,410	25,510	25,270	25,150	25,070	25,110	25,250
	Employed	22,900	22,920	23,190	23,310	23,870	24,150	23,820	24,110	23,760	23,670	23,380	23,300	23,530
	Unemployed	2,040	2,070	1,920	1,890	1,670	1,590	1,590	1,400	1,510	1,480	1,700	1,810	1,720
	Unemployment Rate	8.2	8.3	7.7	7.5	6.5	6.2	6.3	5.5	6.0	5.9	6.8	7.2	6.8
WALDO	Civilian Labor Force	19,190	19,290	19,310	19,480	19,620	19,900	20,160	20,030	19,680	19,730	19,310	19,310	19,590
	Employed	17,920	17,980	18,090	18,450	18,760	18,890	19,160	19,140	18,820	18,840	18,360	18,320	18,560
	Unemployed	1,270	1,310	1,220	1,040	870	1,000	1,000	900	860	890	960	990	1,020
	Unemployment Rate	6.6	6.8	6.3	5.3	4.4	5.0	4.9	4.5	4.4	4.5	5.0	5.1	5.2
WASHINGTON	Civilian Labor Force	14,670	14,730	14,980	15,070	15,260	15,150	15,260	16,270	15,250	15,070	15,730	15,150	15,220
	Employed	13,350	13,310	13,570	13,760	14,140	14,030	14,150	15,350	14,290	14,090	14,650	14,100	14,070
	Unemployed	1,330	1,420	1,400	1,310	1,120	1,120	1,100	920	960	980	1,080	1,050	1,150
	Unemployment Rate	9.1	9.6	9.4	8.7	7.4	7.4	7.2	5.7	6.3	6.5	6.9	6.9	7.6
YORK	Civilian Labor Force	109,410	109,690	110,120	111,100	111,970	115,230	117,330	116,790	113,370	113,970	113,290	113,110	112,950
	Employed	104,190	104,380	105,120	106,810	107,890	111,110	112,820	112,940	109,530	109,890	108,850	108,730	108,520
	Unemployed	5,230	5,310	5,000	4,290	4,080	4,120	4,510	3,860	3,840	4,080	4,450	4,380	4,430
	Unemployment Rate	4.8	4.8	4.5	3.9	3.6	3.6	3.8	3.3	3.4	3.6	3.9	3.9	3.9
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.