CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES FOR MAINE AND MAINE LABOR MARKET AREAS,  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
AUGUSTA	Civilian Labor Force	42,260	42,180	42,230	42,290	41,840	42,430	42,550	42,560	41,990	41,770	41,420	41,310	42,070
	Employed	40,040	39,910	40,060	40,220	40,060	40,430	40,530	40,770	40,100	39,780	39,430	39,380	40,060
	Unemployed	2,220	2,280	2,170	2,070	1,780	2,000	2,020	1,800	1,900	1,990	2,000	1,930	2,010
	Unemployment Rate	5.2	5.4	5.1	4.9	4.3	4.7	4.7	4.2	4.5	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.8
AUGUSTA-WATERVILLE	Civilian Labor Force	63,640	63,450	63,570	63,650	63,030	63,900	63,950	63,990	63,310	63,740	63,340	63,190	63,560
COMBINED	Employed	59,970	59,670	59,970	60,260	60,080	60,650	60,670	61,060	60,260	60,500	60,100	60,030	60,270
	Unemployed	3,670	3,780	3,600	3,390	2,950	3,250	3,280	2,930	3,050	3,240	3,240	3,160	3,290
	Unemployment Rate	5.8	6.0	5.7	5.3	4.7	5.1	5.1	4.6	4.8	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.2
BANGOR	Civilian Labor Force	68,000	69,700	69,900	69,900	69,800	68,700	68,100	67,500	68,800	70,300	69,800	69,900	69,200
	Employed	64,500	66,100	66,400	66,600	66,800	65,600	64,900	64,600	65,900	67,100	66,700	66,900	66,000
	Unemployed	3,400	3,600	3,400	3,300	2,900	3,100	3,200	2,900	2,900	3,100	3,100	3,100	3,200
	Unemployment Rate	5.0	5.2	4.9	4.8	4.2	4.6	4.6	4.3	4.2	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.6
BELFAST	Civilian Labor Force	13,840	13,850	13,750	13,890	13,900	14,330	14,300	14,270	13,990	13,810	13,610	13,440	13,920
	Employed	12,850	12,800	12,760	13,020	13,210	13,600	13,600	13,660	13,370	13,140	12,920	12,680	13,130
	Unemployed	990	1,050	990	880	700	740	700	610	610	660	700	750	780
	Unemployment Rate	7.1	7.6	7.2	6.3	5.0	5.1	4.9	4.3	4.4	4.8	5.1	5.6	5.6
BOOTHBAY HARBOR	Civilian Labor Force	3,540	3,490	3,460	3,630	4,040	4,630	5,180	5,220	4,670	4,340	3,910	3,730	4,150
	Employed	3,270	3,200	3,200	3,410	3,880	4,470	5,030	5,090	4,530	4,200	3,720	3,540	3,960
	Unemployed	260	280	260	220	160	160	140	130	140	140	190	190	190
	Unemployment Rate	7.4	8.1	7.5	6.0	3.9	3.5	2.8	2.5	2.9	3.3	4.9	5.1	4.6
BRIDGTON-PARIS	Civilian Labor Force	13,460	13,390	13,460	13,390	13,410	13,930	13,980	14,120	13,480	13,620	13,440	13,550	13,600
	Employed	12,650	12,570	12,660	12,630	12,750	13,200	13,250	13,460	12,830	12,890	12,690	12,800	12,860
	Unemployed	810	820	800	760	660	730	740	650	650	730	750	750	740
	Unemployment Rate	6.0	6.1	6.0	5.7	4.9	5.2	5.3	4.6	4.8	5.4	5.6	5.6	5.4
BRUNSWICK	Civilian Labor Force	32,640	32,810	32,970	33,230	33,220	34,120	33,800	34,080	33,530	33,740	33,640	32,590	33,370
	Employed	31,150	31,320	31,500	31,840	31,980	32,780	32,520	32,950	32,280	32,450	32,350	31,390	32,040
	Unemployed	1,490	1,500	1,470	1,390	1,250	1,340	1,280	1,130	1,260	1,290	1,290	1,200	1,320
	Unemployment Rate	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.2	3.8	3.9	3.8	3.3	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.7	4.0
CALAIS	Civilian Labor Force	6,280	6,290	6,210	6,120	6,100	6,130	6,400	6,290	6,120	6,180	6,210	6,100	6,200
	Employed	5,440	5,410	5,430	5,360	5,470	5,500	5,790	5,720	5,620	5,650	5,670	5,540	5,550
	Unemployed	840	880	780	760	640	630	620	560	510	520	540	560	650
	Unemployment Rate	13.3	14.0	12.6	12.5	10.5	10.3	9.6	9.0	8.3	8.5	8.7	9.2	10.5
CAMDEN	Civilian Labor Force	7,940	7,890	7,830	7,880	8,090	8,620	8,900	8,770	8,460	8,290	7,980	7,850	8,210
	Employed	7,550	7,480	7,430	7,530	7,810	8,310	8,610	8,520	8,190	8,010	7,690	7,560	7,890
	Unemployed	390	410	400	350	290	300	280	250	270	280	290	290	320
	Unemployment Rate	4.9	5.2	5.1	4.4	3.5	3.5	3.2	2.8	3.2	3.4	3.6	3.7	3.9
CONWAY, NH-ME	Civilian Labor Force	3,700	3,700	3,650	3,570	3,600	3,860	4,110	4,100	3,820	3,660	3,520	3,670	3,750
	Employed	3,520	3,500	3,470	3,400	3,450	3,680	3,950	3,950	3,660	3,550	3,350	3,520	3,590
	Unemployed	180	200	180	170	150	180	160	150	160	110	170	150	160
	Unemployment Rate	4.8	5.5	4.9	4.7	4.1	4.7	3.9	3.6	4.1	2.9	4.7	4.1	4.3
DOVER-FOXCROFT	Civilian Labor Force	9,480	9,460	9,430	9,330	9,410	9,630	9,390	9,440	9,380	9,350	9,230	9,260	9,400
	Employed	8,650	8,590	8,590	8,450	8,650	8,890	8,690	8,810	8,770	8,690	8,520	8,530	8,650
	Unemployed	830	870	840	880	760	740	700	620	610	660	710	740	750
	Unemployment Rate	8.8	9.2	8.9	9.4	8.0	7.6	7.5	6.6	6.5	7.1	7.7	7.9	7.9
ELLSWORTH	Civilian Labor Force	26,630	26,870	26,720	27,690	29,150	31,180	32,630	32,550	31,150	30,250	28,330	27,730	29,240
	Employed	24,600	24,750	24,760	25,980	27,870	29,900	31,430	31,510	30,080	29,110	26,840	26,060	27,740
	Unemployed	2,040	2,120	1,960	1,710	1,280	1,280	1,200	1,040	1,060	1,140	1,500	1,660	1,500
	Unemployment Rate	7.6	7.9	7.3	6.2	4.4	4.1	3.7	3.2	3.4	3.8	5.3	6.0	5.1
FARMINGTON	Civilian Labor Force	17,320	17,410	17,410	16,890	16,370	16,420	16,410	16,280	16,510	16,820	16,770	17,270	16,820
	Employed	16,290	16,370	16,380	15,740	15,330	15,380	15,390	15,300	15,570	15,840	15,720	16,280	15,800
	Unemployed	1,030	1,040	1,030	1,150	1,040	1,040	1,020	990	940	980	1,050	1,000	1,030
	Unemployment Rate	6.0	6.0	5.9	6.8	6.4	6.4	6.2	6.1	5.7	5.8	6.3	5.8	6.1
HOULTON	Civilian Labor Force	8,430	8,500	8,360	8,390	8,500	8,750	8,400	8,390	8,430	8,370	8,270	8,220	8,420
	Employed	7,870	7,860	7,770	7,650	7,740	8,080	7,840	7,900	7,930	7,870	7,730	7,700	7,830
	Unemployed	560	640	590	740	760	670	570	490	500	500	540	530	590
	Unemployment Rate	6.7	7.6	7.0	8.8	9.0	7.6	6.7	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.5	6.4	7.0
LEWISTON-AUBURN	Civilian Labor Force	55,100	55,100	55,500	55,400	55,200	55,900	55,500	55,200	54,800	55,700	55,500	55,200	55,300
	Employed	52,100	52,000	52,500	52,600	52,600	53,200	52,700	52,700	52,200	53,000	52,900	52,700	52,600
	Unemployed	3,000	3,100	3,000	2,800	2,600	2,800	2,800	2,500	2,600	2,700	2,600	2,500	2,800
	Unemployment Rate	5.4	5.6	5.4	5.1	4.7	5.0	5.1	4.6	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.5	5.0
LINCOLN	Civilian Labor Force	3,590	3,660	3,630	3,640	3,670	3,710	3,630	3,600	3,660	3,650	3,610	3,630	3,640
	Employed	3,320	3,320	3,300	3,260	3,300	3,380	3,330	3,340	3,400	3,390	3,340	3,350	3,340
	Unemployed	270	350	330	380	370	330	300	260	250	260	280	280	310
	Unemployment Rate	7.5	9.5	9.2	10.4	10.1	8.8	8.3	7.3	6.9	7.2	7.6	7.6	8.4
MACHIAS	Civilian Labor Force	7,980	8,110	8,060	7,960	7,810	8,000	8,370	9,820	8,590	8,030	8,840	8,680	8,360
	Employed	7,190	7,250	7,250	7,210	7,260	7,430	7,820	9,350	8,110	7,530	8,350	8,140	7,740
	Unemployed	800	860	820	750	560	570	560	470	480	510	500	530	620
	Unemployment Rate	10.0	10.6	10.1	9.4	7.2	7.2	6.7	4.8	5.5	6.3	5.6	6.1	7.4
MADAWASKA	Civilian Labor Force	3,010	3,090	3,080	3,060	3,050	3,120	3,050	2,970	2,950	2,980	2,910	2,900	3,010
	Employed	2,830	2,920	2,920	2,890	2,900	2,950	2,900	2,840	2,800	2,800	2,710	2,700	2,850
	Unemployed	170	170	170	170	150	170	160	140	150	180	190	190	170
	Unemployment Rate	5.8	5.3	5.4	5.6	5.0	5.4	5.1	4.6	5.1	6.0	6.7	6.7	5.5
MILLINOCKET	Civilian Labor Force	4,040	4,340	4,330	4,230	4,520	4,450	4,700	4,630	4,550	4,490	4,470	4,300	4,420
	Employed	3,420	3,120	3,110	3,020