CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES FOR MAINE AND MAINE LABOR MARKET AREAS,  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
AUGUSTA	Civilian Labor Force	42,700	42,840	42,800	43,080	43,170	43,790	44,520	44,550	43,310	43,750	43,330	43,150	43,420
	Employed	40,550	40,520	40,710	41,210	41,470	41,990	42,640	42,870	41,640	42,040	41,520	41,350	41,540
	Unemployed	2,160	2,320	2,090	1,870	1,710	1,800	1,880	1,680	1,670	1,710	1,810	1,800	1,880
	Unemployment Rate	5.0	5.4	4.9	4.3	4.0	4.1	4.2	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.2	4.2	4.3
AUGUSTA-WATERVILLE	Civilian Labor Force	65,060	65,150	65,100	65,440	65,600	66,480	67,030	67,010	65,620	66,240	65,910	65,650	65,860
COMBINED	Employed	61,730	61,570	61,840	62,470	62,860	63,580	64,030	64,350	62,950	63,490	63,000	62,770	62,890
	Unemployed	3,330	3,580	3,260	2,970	2,740	2,900	3,000	2,660	2,670	2,750	2,910	2,870	2,970
	Unemployment Rate	5.1	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.2	4.4	4.5	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.4	4.4	4.5
BANGOR	Civilian Labor Force	70,000	70,600	70,600	70,700	70,500	69,600	69,400	69,400	69,900	71,600	71,800	71,700	70,500
	Employed	66,500	67,000	67,200	67,500	67,600	66,500	66,100	66,300	66,700	68,500	68,500	68,400	67,200
	Unemployed	3,500	3,600	3,400	3,200	2,900	3,100	3,300	3,100	3,100	3,200	3,300	3,300	3,300
	Unemployment Rate	5.0	5.1	4.9	4.5	4.1	4.5	4.7	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.7	4.6	4.6
BELFAST	Civilian Labor Force	13,530	13,590	13,580	13,760	13,880	14,060	14,280	14,140	13,880	13,890	13,550	13,540	13,810
	Employed	12,640	12,670	12,740	13,040	13,260	13,330	13,570	13,500	13,280	13,260	12,870	12,840	13,080
	Unemployed	890	920	840	730	630	730	710	640	600	630	680	700	720
	Unemployment Rate	6.6	6.7	6.2	5.3	4.5	5.2	5.0	4.5	4.4	4.6	5.0	5.2	5.2
BOOTHBAY HARBOR	Civilian Labor Force	3,720	3,760	3,800	4,030	4,340	5,050	5,500	5,480	5,010	4,680	4,110	4,050	4,460
	Employed	3,460	3,480	3,550	3,810	4,160	4,870	5,330	5,330	4,860	4,520	3,900	3,820	4,260
	Unemployed	250	270	250	220	180	180	170	150	150	160	220	240	200
	Unemployment Rate	6.8	7.2	6.6	5.4	4.1	3.5	3.1	2.8	3.0	3.4	5.3	5.8	4.6
BRIDGTON-PARIS	Civilian Labor Force	14,010	13,990	13,880	13,810	14,010	14,470	14,740	14,810	14,070	14,120	14,310	14,380	14,220
	Employed	13,110	13,050	13,030	13,040	13,310	13,720	14,000	14,150	13,400	13,390	13,530	13,590	13,440
	Unemployed	900	940	850	770	700	750	740	650	670	730	770	790	770
	Unemployment Rate	6.4	6.7	6.1	5.6	5.0	5.1	5.0	4.4	4.8	5.2	5.4	5.5	5.4
BRUNSWICK	Civilian Labor Force	33,690	33,880	34,060	34,140	34,380	35,110	35,120	34,890	34,530	34,680	34,560	34,420	34,460
	Employed	32,180	32,230	32,540	32,770	33,100	33,690	33,720	33,680	33,280	33,370	33,210	33,120	33,070
	Unemployed	1,520	1,660	1,520	1,370	1,280	1,420	1,410	1,210	1,250	1,310	1,350	1,310	1,380
	Unemployment Rate	4.5	4.9	4.5	4.0	3.7	4.0	4.0	3.5	3.6	3.8	3.9	3.8	4.0
CALAIS	Civilian Labor Force	5,980	5,970	6,000	6,000	6,070	6,050	6,080	5,990	6,040	6,000	6,120	5,990	6,030
	Employed	5,430	5,420	5,440	5,460	5,590	5,580	5,620	5,570	5,590	5,520	5,590	5,490	5,530
	Unemployed	550	550	560	540	480	470	460	430	450	480	520	500	500
	Unemployment Rate	9.2	9.2	9.4	9.0	7.9	7.8	7.6	7.1	7.5	8.0	8.5	8.3	8.3
CAMDEN	Civilian Labor Force	7,500	7,520	7,550	7,620	7,950	8,380	8,610	8,690	8,320	8,120	7,810	7,830	7,990
	Employed	7,100	7,080	7,150	7,280	7,640	8,060	8,300	8,420	8,050	7,840	7,490	7,520	7,660
	Unemployed	410	440	410	340	310	330	310	270	270	280	320	310	330
	Unemployment Rate	5.4	5.8	5.4	4.4	3.9	3.9	3.6	3.1	3.3	3.5	4.1	3.9	4.2
CONWAY, NH-ME	Civilian Labor Force	3,800	3,790	3,780	3,550	3,620	3,960	4,340	4,400	4,040	3,920	3,700	3,780	3,890
	Employed	3,680	3,660	3,620	3,420	3,480	3,830	4,170	4,240	3,900	3,800	3,550	3,640	3,750
	Unemployed	130	130	160	130	140	130	170	160	140	120	150	140	140
	Unemployment Rate	3.4	3.5	4.2	3.7	3.9	3.3	3.9	3.7	3.4	3.1	4.1	3.6	3.6
DOVER-FOXCROFT	Civilian Labor Force	9,350	9,350	9,350	9,450	9,450	9,570	9,410	9,520	9,480	9,580	9,410	9,470	9,450
	Employed	8,630	8,600	8,640	8,760	8,850	9,000	8,820	8,980	8,920	9,020	8,760	8,800	8,810
	Unemployed	720	750	700	690	600	570	590	540	560	560	660	670	630
	Unemployment Rate	7.7	8.1	7.5	7.3	6.4	5.9	6.3	5.6	5.9	5.8	7.0	7.1	6.7
ELLSWORTH	Civilian Labor Force	27,360	27,720	27,940	28,680	29,550	31,690	32,710	32,730	31,280	30,720	28,490	28,320	29,770
	Employed	25,190	25,430	25,850	26,920	28,120	30,350	31,400	31,580	30,100	29,500	26,910	26,540	28,160
	Unemployed	2,170	2,280	2,090	1,760	1,430	1,340	1,320	1,150	1,180	1,220	1,580	1,790	1,610
	Unemployment Rate	7.9	8.2	7.5	6.1	4.8	4.2	4.0	3.5	3.8	4.0	5.5	6.3	5.4
FARMINGTON	Civilian Labor Force	17,280	17,430	17,550	16,980	16,820	16,780	16,690	16,790	16,750	16,900	16,720	17,190	16,990
	Employed	16,270	16,340	16,530	15,940	15,770	15,740	15,630	15,840	15,870	16,030	15,690	16,180	15,990
	Unemployed	1,010	1,090	1,020	1,040	1,050	1,040	1,050	950	880	870	1,030	1,010	1,000
	Unemployment Rate	5.8	6.2	5.8	6.1	6.3	6.2	6.3	5.7	5.2	5.2	6.2	5.9	5.9
HOULTON	Civilian Labor Force	8,510	8,420	8,530	8,560	8,690	8,690	8,450	8,760	8,640	8,600	8,590	8,630	8,590
	Employed	7,900	7,820	7,930	7,820	7,940	8,010	7,780	8,200	8,120	8,090	7,980	8,020	7,970
	Unemployed	610	590	590	740	750	680	670	570	520	510	610	620	620
	Unemployment Rate	7.1	7.1	7.0	8.6	8.6	7.8	7.9	6.4	6.0	5.9	7.1	7.1	7.2
LEWISTON-AUBURN	Civilian Labor Force	56,300	56,000	56,200	56,400	56,200	57,100	57,500	57,200	56,500	57,600	57,700	57,700	56,900
	Employed	53,400	52,900	53,300	53,700	53,700	54,400	54,800	54,800	54,100	55,100	55,100	55,200	54,200
	Unemployed	2,800	3,100	2,900	2,700	2,500	2,600	2,700	2,400	2,400	2,500	2,600	2,500	2,700
	Unemployment Rate	5.0	5.5	5.1	4.7	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.6	4.4	4.7
LINCOLN	Civilian Labor Force	3,680	3,670	3,690	3,690	3,720	3,740	3,750	3,740	3,750	3,740	3,770	3,760	3,730
	Employed	3,440	3,430	3,460	3,410	3,440	3,490	3,510	3,510	3,520	3,510	3,510	3,490	3,480
	Unemployed	240	240	230	280	280	260	250	230	230	240	260	270	250
	Unemployment Rate	6.5	6.6	6.3	7.6	7.5	6.8	6.6	6.3	6.1	6.4	6.8	7.2	6.7
MACHIAS	Civilian Labor Force	7,920	7,970	8,170	8,220	8,320	8,160	8,250	9,380	8,370	8,230	8,820	8,370	8,350
	Employed	7,210	7,190	7,420	7,570	7,790	7,650	7,720	8,950	7,910	7,780	8,320	7,880	7,780
	Unemployed	710	780	750	650	540	520	530	430	460	450	500	490	570
	Unemployment Rate	9.0	9.8	9.2	8.0	6.4	6.3	6.4	4.6	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.8	6.8
MADAWASKA	Civilian Labor Force	2,920	2,920	2,930	2,930	2,940	2,990	2,990	3,020	3,020	3,020	3,010	3,040	2,980
	Employed	2,730	2,750	2,760	2,750	2,770	2,820	2,820	2,870	2,870	2,870	2,860	2,880	2,810
	Unemployed	190	180	170	180	170	170	170	150	150	150	150	160	170
	Unemployment Rate	6.5	6.0	5.8	6.2	5.7	5.7	5.7	4.8	4.9	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.5
MILLINOCKET	Civilian Labor Force	3,870	3,890	3,870	3,910	4,030	4,100	4,090	4,050	4,070	3,950	3,960	4,000	3,980
	Employed	3,490	3,510	3,510	3,530