CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES FOR MAINE AND MAINE LABOR MARKET AREAS,  JANUARY-DECEMBER 2004   1/
		JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	AVE
STATEWIDE	Civilian Labor Force	677,300	677,400	678,300	677,700	681,600	696,000	703,700	702,300	686,400	691,100	686,200	684,000	686,800
	Employed	639,800	639,800	641,100	645,400	652,700	665,600	673,800	675,400	658,900	661,800	655,000	652,400	655,100
	Unemployed	37,500	37,600	37,200	32,300	28,900	30,400	29,900	26,900	27,500	29,200	31,200	31,600	31,700
	Unemployment Rate	5.5	5.6	5.5	4.8	4.2	4.4	4.2	3.8	4.0	4.2	4.5	4.6	4.6
AUGUSTA	Civilian Labor Force	42,320	42,330	42,280	42,090	42,170	42,570	42,710	42,790	41,900	42,340	41,870	41,840	42,270
	Employed	39,900	39,910	39,910	40,120	40,470	40,730	40,850	41,090	40,180	40,590	40,070	39,940	40,310
	Unemployed	2,420	2,420	2,370	1,960	1,700	1,840	1,860	1,700	1,710	1,760	1,800	1,900	1,950
	Unemployment Rate	5.7	5.7	5.6	4.7	4.0	4.3	4.4	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.3	4.5	4.6
AUGUSTA-WATERVILLE	Civilian Labor Force	63,770	63,690	63,720	63,320	63,440	64,110	64,100	64,090	62,900	63,650	63,180	63,350	63,610
COMBINED	Employed	59,980	59,910	60,010	60,170	60,670	61,160	61,110	61,400	60,210	60,800	60,310	60,350	60,510
	Unemployed	3,790	3,770	3,720	3,150	2,770	2,960	2,990	2,690	2,700	2,840	2,870	3,000	3,100
	Unemployment Rate	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.0	4.4	4.6	4.7	4.2	4.3	4.5	4.5	4.7	4.9
BANGOR	Civilian Labor Force	68,900	69,100	69,200	69,000	68,500	68,100	68,400	67,900	68,100	70,000	70,000	69,000	68,800
	Employed	65,200	65,200	65,300	65,700	65,500	65,000	65,300	65,100	65,200	66,900	66,800	65,800	65,600
	Unemployed	3,700	3,900	3,800	3,300	3,000	3,100	3,100	2,800	2,900	3,100	3,200	3,200	3,300
	Unemployment Rate	5.3	5.6	5.6	4.8	4.3	4.5	4.5	4.1	4.2	4.4	4.6	4.6	4.7
BELFAST	Civilian Labor Force	13,550	13,520	13,620	13,580	13,620	14,120	14,200	14,010	13,690	13,610	13,400	13,180	13,680
	Employed	12,640	12,630	12,720	12,870	13,050	13,500	13,590	13,470	13,140	13,030	12,760	12,460	12,990
	Unemployed	910	890	890	710	580	620	610	540	550	580	640	720	690
	Unemployment Rate	6.7	6.6	6.6	5.2	4.2	4.4	4.3	3.8	4.0	4.3	4.8	5.4	5.0
BOOTHBAY HARBOR	Civilian Labor Force	3,480	3,470	3,560	3,680	4,040	4,740	5,260	5,310	4,610	4,270	3,770	3,770	4,160
	Employed	3,240	3,220	3,300	3,480	3,900	4,590	5,120	5,190	4,470	4,120	3,550	3,530	3,980
	Unemployed	250	240	260	200	150	150	140	130	140	160	220	240	190
	Unemployment Rate	7.0	7.0	7.2	5.4	3.6	3.2	2.6	2.4	2.9	3.6	5.8	6.4	4.5
BRIDGTON-PARIS	Civilian Labor Force	13,790	13,650	13,500	13,380	13,400	13,870	14,120	13,960	13,330	13,520	13,520	13,780	13,650
	Employed	12,870	12,720	12,590	12,610	12,710	13,150	13,390	13,310	12,690	12,830	12,820	13,070	12,900
	Unemployed	910	930	910	770	680	720	730	650	640	690	700	710	750
	Unemployment Rate	6.6	6.8	6.8	5.8	5.1	5.2	5.2	4.7	4.8	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.5
BRUNSWICK	Civilian Labor Force	33,600	33,670	33,850	33,850	34,000	34,280	34,540	34,610	33,900	33,900	33,620	33,350	33,930
	Employed	32,140	32,220	32,400	32,610	32,900	33,030	33,370	33,550	32,790	32,720	32,370	32,090	32,680
	Unemployed	1,450	1,450	1,450	1,240	1,100	1,250	1,170	1,060	1,110	1,180	1,250	1,260	1,250
	Unemployment Rate	4.3	4.3	4.3	3.7	3.2	3.6	3.4	3.1	3.3	3.5	3.7	3.8	3.7
CALAIS	Civilian Labor Force	6,200	6,200	6,200	6,190	6,220	6,340	6,130	6,100	6,070	6,140	6,120	6,100	6,170
	Employed	5,540	5,500	5,510	5,600	5,730	5,850	5,620	5,680	5,640	5,700	5,640	5,630	5,640
	Unemployed	660	700	700	600	490	490	510	430	420	450	470	470	530
	Unemployment Rate	10.7	11.3	11.2	9.7	7.9	7.7	8.3	7.0	7.0	7.3	7.7	7.7	8.6
CAMDEN	Civilian Labor Force	7,690	7,740	7,850	7,740	8,010	8,550	8,680	8,720	8,400	8,160	7,890	7,880	8,110
	Employed	7,360	7,370	7,490	7,470	7,780	8,290	8,450	8,500	8,160	7,900	7,610	7,590	7,830
	Unemployed	330	370	360	280	230	260	240	220	240	260	280	290	280
	Unemployment Rate	4.3	4.7	4.6	3.6	2.9	3.0	2.7	2.5	2.9	3.2	3.5	3.7	3.4
CONWAY, NH-ME	Civilian Labor Force	3,670	3,650	3,600	3,450	3,520	3,810	4,120	4,120	3,770	3,820	3,600	3,650	3,730
	Employed	3,480	3,490	3,460	3,320	3,400	3,670	3,980	4,000	3,650	3,730	3,480	3,550	3,600
	Unemployed	180	160	140	140	120	140	140	120	110	100	110	110	130
	Unemployment Rate	5.0	4.3	4.0	3.9	3.5	3.7	3.4	3.0	3.0	2.5	3.1	2.9	3.5
DOVER-FOXCROFT	Civilian Labor Force	9,240	9,170	9,210	9,170	9,210	9,450	9,260	9,220	9,160	9,210	9,130	9,060	9,210
	Employed	8,470	8,410	8,430	8,430	8,580	8,850	8,710	8,720	8,660	8,680	8,520	8,410	8,570
	Unemployed	770	760	780	740	630	590	560	500	500	540	610	650	640
	Unemployment Rate	8.3	8.3	8.4	8.1	6.8	6.3	6.0	5.4	5.4	5.8	6.7	7.2	6.9
ELLSWORTH	Civilian Labor Force	26,720	26,930	27,170	27,790	28,860	31,420	32,880	32,900	31,550	30,500	28,660	27,890	29,440
	Employed	24,670	24,840	25,120	26,170	27,590	30,160	31,670	31,830	30,480	29,330	27,110	26,130	27,920
	Unemployed	2,050	2,090	2,050	1,620	1,270	1,260	1,210	1,070	1,070	1,170	1,560	1,760	1,520
	Unemployment Rate	7.7	7.8	7.5	5.8	4.4	4.0	3.7	3.3	3.4	3.8	5.4	6.3	5.1
FARMINGTON	Civilian Labor Force	17,320	17,480	17,540	17,250	16,990	16,830	16,790	16,730	16,830	16,810	16,870	17,320	17,060
	Employed	16,240	16,420	16,500	16,190	16,000	15,850	15,830	15,860	15,940	15,870	15,860	16,370	16,080
	Unemployed	1,080	1,070	1,040	1,060	990	990	970	870	890	940	1,010	960	990
	Unemployment Rate	6.2	6.1	5.9	6.1	5.8	5.9	5.8	5.2	5.3	5.6	6.0	5.5	5.8
HOULTON	Civilian Labor Force	8,260	8,180	8,270	8,410	8,520	8,600	8,260	8,330	8,340	8,270	8,240	8,210	8,320
	Employed	7,700	7,610	7,710	7,710	7,860	8,030	7,740	7,880	7,910	7,790	7,750	7,670	7,780
	Unemployed	570	580	560	700	660	570	510	450	430	480	500	530	540
	Unemployment Rate	6.9	7.0	6.7	8.3	7.7	6.6	6.2	5.4	5.2	5.8	6.0	6.5	6.5
LEWISTON-AUBURN	Civilian Labor Force	55,700	55,600	55,400	54,800	54,700	55,200	55,200	54,500	54,000	55,100	55,000	55,100	55,000
	Employed	52,800	52,800	52,600	52,400	52,500	52,900	52,800	52,400	51,800	52,800	52,600	52,600	52,600
	Unemployed	2,900	2,900	2,800	2,400	2,200	2,400	2,400	2,100	2,200	2,300	2,400	2,400	2,400
	Unemployment Rate	5.2	5.2	5.0	4.4	4.0	4.3	4.3	3.9	4.1	4.2	4.4	4.4	4.4
LINCOLN	Civilian Labor Force	3,470	3,510	3,530	3,540	3,620	3,670	3,560	3,520	3,590	3,600	3,590	3,580	3,570
	Employed	3,190	2,990	3,030	3,040	3,130	3,320	3,250	3,230	3,290	3,280	3,280	3,270	3,190
	Unemployed	280	520	500	510	490	340	310	290	300	320	310	310	370
	Unemployment Rate	8.0	14.8	14.2	14.3	13.6	9.4	8.8	8.3	8.4	8.9	8.7	8.7	10.5
MACHIAS	Civilian Labor Force	7,720	7,710	7,770	7,860	7,850	7,950	7,920	8,950	8,100	7,810	8,670	8,600	8,080
	Employed	7,030	7,000	7,070	7,260	7,390	7,460	7,440	8,510	7,640	7,320	8,150	8,030	7,520
	Unemployed	690	710	700	600	460	490	470	440	460	500	520	580	550
	Unemployment Rate	8.9	9.2	9.0	7.6	5.9	6.1	6.0	4.9	5.7	6.4	6.0	6.7	6.8
MADAWASKA	Civilian Labor Force	2,940	2,940	2,970	2,920	2,940	3,000	3,080	3,070	3,030	2,890	2,860	2,890	2,960
	Employed	2,710	2,720	2,760	2,730	2,760	2,830	2,920	2,930	2,880	2,730	2,690	2,690	2,780
	Unemployed	230	220	210	200	180	170	170	140	160	170	170	200	180
	Unemployment Rate	7.8	7.5	7.2	6.7	6.1	5.8	5.4	4.7	5.1	5.7	5.9	6.8	6.2
MILLINOCKET	Civilian Labor Force	4,110	4,080	4,080	3,990	4,170	4,280	3,960	3,910