CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES FOR MAINE AND MAINE COUNTIES,  JANUARY-DECEMBER 2007   1/
		JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	AVE
STATEWIDE	Civilian Labor Force	697,700	695,600	697,100	695,400	700,100	714,700	722,000	717,100	705,000	707,200	702,900	701,400	704,700
	Employed	660,200	657,300	661,400	661,200	668,500	682,600	689,100	688,300	674,800	676,100	670,200	666,400	671,300
	Unemployed	37,500	38,300	35,700	34,200	31,600	32,100	33,000	28,800	30,200	31,100	32,700	35,100	33,400
	Unemployment Rate	5.4	5.5	5.1	4.9	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.0	4.3	4.4	4.7	5.0	4.7
ANDROSCOGGIN	Civilian Labor Force	58,680	58,170	58,280	58,040	58,000	58,720	58,680	58,520	58,070	58,730	58,990	58,940	58,480
	Employed	55,670	55,030	55,370	55,310	55,440	56,030	55,920	56,110	55,500	56,160	56,310	56,120	55,750
	Unemployed	3,010	3,140	2,910	2,730	2,560	2,690	2,760	2,410	2,570	2,570	2,680	2,810	2,740
	Unemployment Rate	5.1	5.4	5.0	4.7	4.4	4.6	4.7	4.1	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.8	4.7
AROOSTOOK	Civilian Labor Force	35,450	35,480	35,660	35,410	35,780	35,570	35,150	35,050	35,090	35,320	35,250	35,560	35,400
	Employed	33,020	33,150	33,470	32,810	33,230	33,260	32,960	33,140	33,100	33,370	33,080	33,130	33,140
	Unemployed	2,430	2,320	2,200	2,600	2,550	2,310	2,190	1,910	1,990	1,950	2,170	2,430	2,250
	Unemployment Rate	6.9	6.5	6.2	7.3	7.1	6.5	6.2	5.5	5.7	5.5	6.1	6.8	6.4
CUMBERLAND	Civilian Labor Force	156,490	155,150	155,610	155,690	156,550	160,320	162,940	161,580	157,800	158,780	158,260	157,260	158,040
	Employed	150,970	149,460	150,130	150,410	151,390	154,620	156,970	156,430	152,320	153,060	152,550	151,770	152,510
	Unemployed	5,520	5,690	5,480	5,280	5,170	5,700	5,960	5,150	5,480	5,720	5,710	5,490	5,530
	Unemployment Rate	3.5	3.7	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.6	3.7	3.2	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5
FRANKLIN	Civilian Labor Force	14,390	14,700	14,720	14,280	14,040	14,070	14,080	13,930	14,010	14,210	14,200	14,570	14,270
	Employed	13,490	13,770	13,890	13,380	13,100	13,180	13,180	13,150	13,250	13,410	13,280	13,640	13,390
	Unemployed	900	940	820	900	940	890	900	780	760	800	920	920	870
	Unemployment Rate	6.2	6.4	5.6	6.3	6.7	6.3	6.4	5.6	5.5	5.6	6.5	6.3	6.1
HANCOCK	Civilian Labor Force	27,700	27,740	27,850	28,310	29,110	31,660	32,670	32,320	31,090	30,390	28,530	28,200	29,630
	Employed	25,470	25,430	25,730	26,520	27,660	30,310	31,300	31,150	29,890	29,140	26,950	26,280	27,990
	Unemployed	2,230	2,310	2,120	1,790	1,460	1,350	1,370	1,160	1,200	1,240	1,580	1,920	1,640
	Unemployment Rate	8.0	8.3	7.6	6.3	5.0	4.3	4.2	3.6	3.9	4.1	5.5	6.8	5.5
KENNEBEC	Civilian Labor Force	62,410	63,010	62,890	62,700	62,940	63,890	64,180	63,570	62,860	63,410	63,030	62,850	63,150
	Employed	59,150	59,630	59,780	59,810	60,260	61,080	61,260	60,970	60,100	60,590	60,150	59,740	60,210
	Unemployed	3,260	3,380	3,110	2,890	2,680	2,810	2,920	2,600	2,760	2,820	2,890	3,110	2,940
	Unemployment Rate	5.2	5.4	4.9	4.6	4.3	4.4	4.6	4.1	4.4	4.5	4.6	5.0	4.6
KNOX	Civilian Labor Force	20,530	20,470	20,770	20,790	21,420	22,510	22,810	22,470	21,690	21,490	20,920	20,750	21,390
	Employed	19,430	19,320	19,740	19,840	20,590	21,630	21,900	21,670	20,870	20,620	20,000	19,750	20,440
	Unemployed	1,100	1,160	1,030	950	830	880	910	800	820	870	930	1,010	940
	Unemployment Rate	5.4	5.7	5.0	4.6	3.9	3.9	4.0	3.6	3.8	4.1	4.4	4.8	4.4
LINCOLN	Civilian Labor Force	17,410	17,330	17,480	17,550	18,170	19,520	20,360	20,110	19,130	18,760	17,930	17,690	18,450
	Employed	16,400	16,330	16,580	16,750	17,480	18,810	19,620	19,500	18,490	18,050	17,120	16,820	17,660
	Unemployed	1,000	1,000	900	800	690	710	740	610	650	710	810	870	790
	Unemployment Rate	5.8	5.7	5.1	4.6	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.0	3.4	3.8	4.5	4.9	4.3
OXFORD	Civilian Labor Force	29,660	29,430	29,250	27,920	27,890	28,530	28,910	28,830	27,900	27,930	27,910	28,790	28,580
	Employed	27,740	27,420	27,470	26,160	26,220	26,900	27,280	27,380	26,410	26,400	26,300	26,970	26,890
	Unemployed	1,920	2,000	1,780	1,770	1,670	1,630	1,630	1,450	1,490	1,530	1,610	1,820	1,690
	Unemployment Rate	6.5	6.8	6.1	6.3	6.0	5.7	5.6	5.0	5.3	5.5	5.8	6.3	5.9
PENOBSCOT	Civilian Labor Force	78,200	78,130	78,010	77,700	77,700	77,370	77,300	76,680	77,390	78,640	78,970	78,520	77,880
	Employed	73,590	73,510	73,710	73,520	73,750	73,370	73,160	73,060	73,690	74,820	75,060	74,530	73,810
	Unemployed	4,620	4,620	4,300	4,180	3,950	4,010	4,140	3,620	3,710	3,820	3,920	3,990	4,070
	Unemployment Rate	5.9	5.9	5.5	5.4	5.1	5.2	5.4	4.7	4.8	4.9	5.0	5.1	5.2
PISCATAQUIS	Civilian Labor Force	7,560	7,460	7,510	7,460	7,530	7,620	7,530	7,520	7,570	7,510	7,530	7,600	7,530
	Employed	6,970	6,820	6,870	6,810	6,940	7,080	7,000	7,030	7,070	6,990	7,000	6,980	6,960
	Unemployed	590	640	640	660	590	540	530	490	500	520	530	620	570
	Unemployment Rate	7.8	8.6	8.5	8.8	7.9	7.1	7.0	6.5	6.6	6.9	7.0	8.1	7.6
SAGADAHOC	Civilian Labor Force	19,000	18,840	18,880	18,930	19,040	19,520	19,540	19,320	19,110	19,120	19,070	18,940	19,110
	Employed	18,120	17,920	18,040	18,150	18,360	18,780	18,780	18,690	18,450	18,430	18,330	18,140	18,350
	Unemployed	880	910	840	780	680	740	760	630	660	700	730	800	760
	Unemployment Rate	4.6	4.9	4.4	4.1	3.6	3.8	3.9	3.2	3.5	3.6	3.8	4.2	4.0
SOMERSET	Civilian Labor Force	25,130	25,020	25,160	24,960	25,200	25,490	25,360	25,340	25,130	25,070	24,900	24,930	25,140
	Employed	23,000	22,950	23,220	23,030	23,470	23,900	23,760	23,900	23,630	23,490	23,240	23,040	23,390
	Unemployed	2,130	2,070	1,930	1,930	1,730	1,590	1,590	1,440	1,500	1,590	1,660	1,890	1,750
	Unemployment Rate	8.5	8.3	7.7	7.7	6.9	6.2	6.3	5.7	6.0	6.3	6.7	7.6	7.0
WALDO	Civilian Labor Force	18,730	18,650	18,700	18,820	19,030	19,630	19,740	19,390	19,080	19,030	18,740	18,690	19,020
	Employed	17,460	17,330	17,470	17,730	18,120	18,640	18,740	18,500	18,190	18,130	17,790	17,530	17,970
	Unemployed	1,270	1,320	1,220	1,090	910	980	1,000	890	890	900	950	1,160	1,050
	Unemployment Rate	6.8	7.1	6.5	5.8	4.8	5.0	5.0	4.6	4.7	4.7	5.0	6.2	5.5
WASHINGTON	Civilian Labor Force	14,350	14,390	14,600	14,640	14,850	14,630	14,770	15,410	14,520	14,320	15,030	15,060	14,710
	Employed	13,060	13,040	13,230	13,350	13,660	13,540	13,690	14,480	13,620	13,400	14,050	13,850	13,580
	Unemployed	1,290	1,350	1,370	1,300	1,200	1,090	1,070	930	900	920	990	1,210	1,140
	Unemployment Rate	9.0	9.4	9.4	8.9	8.0	7.5	7.3	6.0	6.2	6.4	6.6	8.0	7.7
YORK	Civilian Labor Force	112,070	111,670	111,730	112,190	112,840	115,660	118,070	117,090	114,600	114,520	113,630	113,120	113,930
	Employed	106,690	106,180	106,690	107,690	108,830	111,470	113,580	113,130	110,260	110,060	108,940	108,110	109,300
	Unemployed	5,380	5,490	5,040	4,510	4,020	4,190	4,490	3,960	4,340	4,450	4,680	5,010	4,630
	Unemployment Rate	4.8	4.9	4.5	4.0	3.6	3.6	3.8	3.4	3.8	3.9	4.1	4.4	4.1
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.