CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES FOR MAINE AND MAINE LABOR MARKET AREAS,  JANUARY-DECEMBER 2005   1/
		JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	AVE
STATEWIDE	Civilian Labor Force	678,300	680,600	681,300	686,500	692,700	705,200	714,800	714,000	700,400	704,000	696,600	694,500	695,700
	Employed	641,300	640,900	643,900	651,500	660,000	672,900	682,100	684,700	669,300	672,500	663,000	662,300	662,000
	Unemployed	37,000	39,800	37,400	35,000	32,700	32,300	32,800	29,300	31,100	31,500	33,600	32,200	33,700
	Unemployment Rate	5.5	5.8	5.5	5.1	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.1	4.4	4.5	4.8	4.6	4.8
AUGUSTA	Civilian Labor Force	42,330	42,380	42,530	42,680	42,890	43,190	43,660	43,530	42,890	43,270	42,870	42,390	42,890
	Employed	40,050	39,940	40,180	40,570	40,930	41,190	41,600	41,740	40,940	41,320	40,840	40,480	40,820
	Unemployed	2,280	2,440	2,350	2,110	1,950	2,000	2,060	1,790	1,950	1,960	2,030	1,910	2,070
	Unemployment Rate	5.4	5.7	5.5	4.9	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.1	4.5	4.5	4.7	4.5	4.8
AUGUSTA-WATERVILLE	Civilian Labor Force	63,860	63,890	64,050	64,090	64,410	65,030	65,480	65,400	64,740	65,500	65,030	64,640	64,680
COMBINED	Employed	60,290	60,050	60,380	60,730	61,300	61,850	62,230	62,560	61,700	62,440	61,890	61,650	61,420
	Unemployed	3,580	3,840	3,670	3,360	3,120	3,180	3,250	2,840	3,040	3,070	3,150	2,990	3,260
	Unemployment Rate	5.6	6.0	5.7	5.2	4.8	4.9	5.0	4.3	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.6	5.0
BANGOR	Civilian Labor Force	69,500	69,700	69,300	70,100	69,800	69,400	69,600	69,100	69,700	71,400	71,000	70,600	69,900
	Employed	65,900	65,800	65,700	66,800	66,700	66,300	66,400	66,300	66,700	68,300	67,800	67,500	66,700
	Unemployed	3,600	3,800	3,600	3,300	3,100	3,100	3,200	2,900	3,000	3,100	3,200	3,000	3,200
	Unemployment Rate	5.2	5.5	5.2	4.7	4.4	4.5	4.6	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.5	4.3	4.6
BELFAST	Civilian Labor Force	13,120	13,200	13,250	13,460	13,670	14,130	14,320	14,070	13,880	14,040	13,710	13,580	13,700
	Employed	12,240	12,250	12,350	12,710	13,020	13,480	13,660	13,510	13,280	13,420	13,040	12,880	12,990
	Unemployed	890	950	900	750	640	650	660	560	600	620	670	700	720
	Unemployment Rate	6.8	7.2	6.8	5.6	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.0	4.3	4.4	4.9	5.2	5.2
BOOTHBAY HARBOR	Civilian Labor Force	3,410	3,460	3,590	3,670	4,100	4,980	5,300	5,300	4,820	4,460	3,920	3,970	4,250
	Employed	3,140	3,160	3,320	3,450	3,930	4,810	5,140	5,170	4,660	4,290	3,700	3,760	4,040
	Unemployed	280	300	270	230	180	160	160	130	150	170	220	220	210
	Unemployment Rate	8.1	8.7	7.6	6.2	4.3	3.3	3.0	2.5	3.2	3.7	5.6	5.4	4.8
BRIDGTON-PARIS	Civilian Labor Force	13,650	13,700	13,670	13,670	13,790	14,140	14,460	14,520	13,810	13,830	14,010	14,170	13,950
	Employed	12,810	12,790	12,810	12,910	13,100	13,450	13,760	13,880	13,120	13,100	13,250	13,400	13,200
	Unemployed	840	910	860	760	690	690	700	640	690	720	760	770	750
	Unemployment Rate	6.2	6.7	6.3	5.6	5.0	4.9	4.8	4.4	5.0	5.2	5.4	5.4	5.4
BRUNSWICK	Civilian Labor Force	33,240	33,240	33,370	33,700	34,040	34,480	34,480	34,590	34,110	34,070	33,580	33,370	33,860
	Employed	31,710	31,570	31,760	32,230	32,650	33,020	33,010	33,300	32,680	32,630	32,100	32,080	32,390
	Unemployed	1,540	1,680	1,610	1,470	1,400	1,470	1,470	1,290	1,430	1,440	1,470	1,290	1,460
	Unemployment Rate	4.6	5.0	4.8	4.4	4.1	4.3	4.2	3.7	4.2	4.2	4.4	3.9	4.3
CALAIS	Civilian Labor Force	6,060	6,130	6,090	6,030	6,110	6,200	6,210	6,030	6,040	6,110	6,210	6,160	6,110
	Employed	5,390	5,410	5,400	5,370	5,490	5,620	5,650	5,510	5,530	5,590	5,680	5,620	5,520
	Unemployed	660	720	700	660	620	570	570	530	510	520	530	530	590
	Unemployment Rate	10.9	11.8	11.4	10.9	10.2	9.3	9.1	8.7	8.4	8.5	8.6	8.6	9.7
CAMDEN	Civilian Labor Force	7,540	7,570	7,660	7,680	7,860	8,350	8,600	8,530	8,240	8,040	7,690	7,710	7,960
	Employed	7,180	7,180	7,280	7,350	7,580	8,070	8,320	8,270	7,950	7,740	7,360	7,400	7,640
	Unemployed	360	400	380	330	290	290	290	260	290	300	330	310	320
	Unemployment Rate	4.7	5.2	4.9	4.3	3.7	3.4	3.3	3.0	3.5	3.7	4.3	4.0	4.0
CONWAY, NH-ME	Civilian Labor Force	3,660	3,660	3,590	3,520	3,620	3,860	4,090	4,080	3,900	3,840	3,600	3,710	3,760
	Employed	3,550	3,500	3,440	3,400	3,450	3,720	3,950	3,970	3,780	3,730	3,440	3,580	3,630
	Unemployed	110	160	150	130	160	140	140	110	120	110	160	130	140
	Unemployment Rate	3.1	4.4	4.1	3.6	4.5	3.6	3.5	2.8	3.2	2.9	4.3	3.5	3.6
DOVER-FOXCROFT	Civilian Labor Force	9,310	9,300	9,300	9,320	9,310	9,490	9,410	9,380	9,360	9,400	9,380	9,400	9,360
	Employed	8,580	8,520	8,570	8,550	8,620	8,860	8,770	8,820	8,780	8,810	8,750	8,710	8,700
	Unemployed	730	780	740	770	690	630	640	560	580	590	630	690	670
	Unemployment Rate	7.9	8.4	7.9	8.2	7.4	6.7	6.8	6.0	6.2	6.3	6.7	7.3	7.1
ELLSWORTH	Civilian Labor Force	26,800	27,140	27,320	28,240	29,290	31,660	33,140	33,330	31,940	30,690	28,740	28,380	29,720
	Employed	24,660	24,820	25,170	26,490	27,830	30,300	31,780	32,150	30,680	29,400	27,050	26,560	28,070
	Unemployed	2,140	2,330	2,150	1,750	1,460	1,360	1,370	1,180	1,260	1,290	1,690	1,820	1,650
	Unemployment Rate	8.0	8.6	7.9	6.2	5.0	4.3	4.1	3.6	3.9	4.2	5.9	6.4	5.6
FARMINGTON	Civilian Labor Force	17,470	17,740	17,790	17,330	16,930	17,080	17,070	16,850	17,060	17,250	17,000	17,190	17,230
	Employed	16,370	16,610	16,740	16,260	15,840	16,060	16,070	15,940	16,160	16,320	15,970	16,220	16,210
	Unemployed	1,100	1,130	1,050	1,070	1,090	1,020	1,000	910	900	930	1,030	970	1,020
	Unemployment Rate	6.3	6.4	5.9	6.2	6.4	6.0	5.9	5.4	5.3	5.4	6.0	5.6	5.9
HOULTON	Civilian Labor Force	8,280	8,330	8,380	8,600	8,680	8,770	8,640	8,680	8,690	8,620	8,590	8,620	8,570
	Employed	7,690	7,700	7,820	7,840	7,920	8,140	8,030	8,120	8,120	8,070	7,980	7,980	7,950
	Unemployed	590	630	570	760	770	630	610	560	570	550	610	640	620
	Unemployment Rate	7.2	7.5	6.8	8.9	8.8	7.2	7.1	6.5	6.6	6.4	7.1	7.4	7.3
LEWISTON-AUBURN	Civilian Labor Force	55,000	55,000	55,000	55,300	55,700	55,900	56,400	56,300	55,300	56,600	56,800	56,500	55,800
	Employed	52,100	51,800	52,100	52,500	53,100	53,200	53,600	53,800	52,700	54,100	54,200	53,900	53,100
	Unemployed	2,900	3,200	3,000	2,800	2,700	2,700	2,700	2,500	2,600	2,600	2,600	2,500	2,700
	Unemployment Rate	5.3	5.8	5.4	5.1	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.4	4.7	4.5	4.7	4.5	4.9
LINCOLN	Civilian Labor Force	3,570	3,580	3,560	3,600	3,590	3,700	3,640	3,600	3,660	3,700	3,680	3,670	3,630
	Employed	3,260	3,270	3,290	3,290	3,300	3,450	3,380	3,380	3,430	3,480	3,450	3,450	3,370
	Unemployed	310	310	280	310	290	260	260	220	220	220	240	220	260
	Unemployment Rate	8.6	8.6	7.7	8.7	8.0	7.0	7.1	6.0	6.1	6.0	6.4	6.0	7.2
MACHIAS	Civilian Labor Force	7,710	7,920	7,950	8,070	8,150	8,360	8,110	9,380	8,370	8,130	9,120	9,020	8,360
	Employed	6,920	7,050	7,120	7,350	7,590	7,800	7,530	8,880	7,850	7,610	8,570	8,480	7,730
	Unemployed	790	870	840	720	560	560	580	490	520	520	550	550	630
	Unemployment Rate	10.3	11.0	10.5	8.9	6.8	6.7	7.1	5.3	6.3	6.4	6.1	6.1	7.5
MADAWASKA	Civilian Labor Force	2,960	2,960	2,990	2,950	2,920	2,990	2,970	2,950	2,930	2,940	2,930	2,950	2,950
	Employed	2,720	2,730	2,770	2,740	2,740	2,830	2,800	2,800	2,770	2,770	2,760	2,780	2,770
	Unemployed	240	230	230	210	180	170	170	150	160	170	170	170	190
	Unemployment Rate	8.1	7.8	7.6	7.2	6.2	5.6	5.6	5.1	5.4	5.8	5.8	5.6	6.3
MILLINOCKET	Civilian Labor Force	3,970	3,940	3,940	3,960	4,040	4,140	4,070	4,040	4,150	4,030	4,040	3,990	4,030
	Employed	3,520	3,510	3,540	3,550	3,630