CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES FOR MAINE AND MAINE LABOR MARKET AREAS,  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
AUGUSTA	Civilian Labor Force	42,680	43,380	43,190	43,140	43,380	44,080	44,420	43,900	43,260	43,610	43,140	42,930	43,420
	Employed	40,490	41,110	41,130	41,250	41,680	42,270	42,500	42,200	41,460	41,730	41,230	40,870	41,490
	Unemployed	2,190	2,270	2,060	1,900	1,700	1,810	1,910	1,700	1,790	1,870	1,910	2,060	1,930
	Unemployment Rate	5.1	5.2	4.8	4.4	3.9	4.1	4.3	3.9	4.1	4.3	4.4	4.8	4.4
AUGUSTA-WATERVILLE	Civilian Labor Force	65,120	65,680	65,550	65,360	65,590	66,600	66,890	66,270	65,520	66,120	65,780	65,570	65,840
COMBINED	Employed	61,680	62,120	62,290	62,330	62,810	63,670	63,830	63,550	62,640	63,160	62,740	62,300	62,760
	Unemployed	3,440	3,560	3,260	3,030	2,780	2,930	3,070	2,720	2,880	2,960	3,040	3,270	3,080
	Unemployment Rate	5.3	5.4	5.0	4.6	4.2	4.4	4.6	4.1	4.4	4.5	4.6	5.0	4.7
BANGOR	Civilian Labor Force	71,000	71,100	71,000	70,600	70,400	69,900	70,000	69,500	70,100	71,500	71,700	71,300	70,700
	Employed	67,100	67,100	67,200	67,100	67,100	66,600	66,500	66,500	67,000	68,300	68,500	68,000	67,300
	Unemployed	3,900	4,000	3,700	3,500	3,200	3,300	3,500	3,000	3,100	3,200	3,200	3,300	3,400
	Unemployment Rate	5.5	5.6	5.3	4.9	4.6	4.7	4.9	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.6	4.8
BELFAST	Civilian Labor Force	13,010	12,910	12,970	13,110	13,300	13,760	13,840	13,540	13,290	13,230	13,010	12,950	13,240
	Employed	12,130	12,010	12,120	12,350	12,650	13,070	13,140	12,920	12,670	12,590	12,330	12,120	12,510
	Unemployed	880	900	860	760	650	690	710	620	620	650	680	840	740
	Unemployment Rate	6.8	7.0	6.6	5.8	4.9	5.0	5.1	4.6	4.6	4.9	5.2	6.4	5.6
BOOTHBAY HARBOR	Civilian Labor Force	3,770	3,760	3,810	3,890	4,210	5,030	5,630	5,500	5,050	4,710	4,120	4,080	4,460
	Employed	3,480	3,470	3,560	3,680	4,040	4,860	5,460	5,370	4,910	4,560	3,910	3,830	4,260
	Unemployed	290	300	250	210	180	170	170	130	140	150	210	250	200
	Unemployment Rate	7.7	7.8	6.7	5.5	4.2	3.4	2.9	2.4	2.8	3.2	5.2	6.1	4.6
BRIDGTON-PARIS	Civilian Labor Force	14,460	14,220	14,240	13,980	14,090	14,400	14,560	14,680	14,040	13,970	14,130	14,290	14,250
	Employed	13,470	13,190	13,340	13,130	13,330	13,630	13,790	14,010	13,330	13,230	13,380	13,450	13,440
	Unemployed	990	1,030	900	840	760	770	770	670	710	740	760	830	810
	Unemployment Rate	6.8	7.2	6.3	6.0	5.4	5.4	5.3	4.5	5.1	5.3	5.3	5.8	5.7
BRUNSWICK	Civilian Labor Force	34,850	34,550	34,610	34,710	34,990	35,850	35,930	35,520	35,150	35,150	35,010	34,720	35,090
	Employed	33,280	32,920	33,130	33,320	33,720	34,480	34,480	34,330	33,890	33,840	33,670	33,310	33,700
	Unemployed	1,570	1,640	1,490	1,390	1,270	1,370	1,450	1,190	1,260	1,310	1,340	1,410	1,390
	Unemployment Rate	4.5	4.7	4.3	4.0	3.6	3.8	4.0	3.4	3.6	3.7	3.8	4.1	4.0
CALAIS	Civilian Labor Force	5,970	5,950	5,960	5,980	6,080	5,980	6,180	6,020	6,080	6,050	6,010	6,100	6,030
	Employed	5,390	5,370	5,320	5,410	5,500	5,510	5,650	5,530	5,640	5,590	5,530	5,510	5,500
	Unemployed	580	580	640	570	580	480	530	490	430	460	480	590	530
	Unemployment Rate	9.8	9.7	10.8	9.6	9.5	8.0	8.6	8.1	7.1	7.6	8.0	9.7	8.9
CAMDEN	Civilian Labor Force	7,520	7,450	7,520	7,610	7,860	8,470	8,650	8,520	8,180	8,010	7,720	7,700	7,930
	Employed	7,130	7,030	7,140	7,260	7,580	8,150	8,320	8,250	7,890	7,700	7,380	7,330	7,600
	Unemployed	400	420	380	350	290	320	330	280	290	310	340	370	340
	Unemployment Rate	5.3	5.7	5.0	4.5	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.3	3.6	3.9	4.4	4.7	4.3
CONWAY, NH-ME	Civilian Labor Force	3,860	3,860	3,830	3,620	3,700	4,010	4,300	4,330	4,010	3,920	3,710	3,820	3,920
	Employed	3,710	3,680	3,670	3,440	3,560	3,880	4,170	4,190	3,870	3,800	3,560	3,650	3,760
	Unemployed	150	180	170	180	150	130	140	140	140	130	150	170	150
	Unemployment Rate	3.9	4.6	4.3	5.0	4.0	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.4	3.2	4.1	4.4	3.9
DOVER-FOXCROFT	Civilian Labor Force	9,460	9,320	9,370	9,290	9,390	9,520	9,410	9,390	9,490	9,380	9,420	9,490	9,410
	Employed	8,710	8,530	8,590	8,510	8,670	8,850	8,750	8,780	8,840	8,740	8,750	8,730	8,700
	Unemployed	750	790	780	790	720	670	670	610	650	640	670	760	710
	Unemployment Rate	7.9	8.5	8.3	8.5	7.7	7.1	7.1	6.5	6.8	6.9	7.1	8.0	7.5
ELLSWORTH	Civilian Labor Force	27,480	27,520	27,630	28,130	28,980	31,640	32,670	32,320	31,020	30,280	28,340	28,010	29,500
	Employed	25,260	25,220	25,530	26,350	27,520	30,270	31,300	31,140	29,830	29,040	26,770	26,080	27,860
	Unemployed	2,220	2,300	2,110	1,790	1,460	1,370	1,370	1,180	1,190	1,250	1,580	1,930	1,640
	Unemployment Rate	8.1	8.4	7.6	6.3	5.0	4.3	4.2	3.6	3.8	4.1	5.6	6.9	5.6
FARMINGTON	Civilian Labor Force	16,900	17,260	17,310	16,780	16,500	16,530	16,570	16,380	16,500	16,710	16,680	17,140	16,770
	Employed	15,840	16,170	16,320	15,740	15,400	15,500	15,500	15,460	15,580	15,770	15,620	16,040	15,740
	Unemployed	1,060	1,090	990	1,050	1,090	1,040	1,070	920	910	940	1,060	1,100	1,030
	Unemployment Rate	6.3	6.3	5.7	6.2	6.6	6.3	6.5	5.6	5.5	5.6	6.4	6.4	6.1
HOULTON	Civilian Labor Force	8,490	8,440	8,470	8,530	8,690	8,710	8,490	8,630	8,640	8,590	8,580	8,630	8,570
	Employed	7,900	7,870	7,940	7,760	7,910	8,080	7,900	8,100	8,130	8,080	8,010	8,020	7,980
	Unemployed	580	560	540	770	780	630	590	530	520	510	560	610	600
	Unemployment Rate	6.9	6.7	6.3	9.0	8.9	7.3	6.9	6.2	6.0	6.0	6.6	7.0	7.0
LEWISTON-AUBURN	Civilian Labor Force	57,800	57,200	57,300	57,100	57,100	57,700	57,600	57,500	57,100	57,800	58,100	58,000	57,500
	Employed	54,700	54,100	54,400	54,400	54,500	55,100	54,900	55,100	54,600	55,200	55,400	55,200	54,800
	Unemployed	3,000	3,100	2,900	2,700	2,500	2,600	2,700	2,400	2,600	2,500	2,700	2,800	2,700
	Unemployment Rate	5.2	5.5	5.1	4.7	4.4	4.6	4.7	4.2	4.5	4.4	4.6	4.8	4.7
LINCOLN	Civilian Labor Force	3,700	3,670	3,680	3,680	3,750	3,750	3,670	3,600	3,650	3,650	3,700	3,670	3,680
	Employed	3,420	3,380	3,450	3,390	3,450	3,470	3,410	3,360	3,420	3,430	3,470	3,430	3,420
	Unemployed	290	280	240	300	300	280	260	230	230	220	230	250	260
	Unemployment Rate	7.7	7.7	6.5	8.1	7.9	7.5	7.1	6.5	6.2	6.0	6.2	6.8	7.0
MACHIAS	Civilian Labor Force	7,620	7,680	7,870	7,840	7,920	7,770	7,730	8,540	7,610	7,470	8,240	8,150	7,870
	Employed	6,970	6,970	7,200	7,230	7,410	7,230	7,230	8,130	7,180	7,040	7,780	7,610	7,330
	Unemployed	650	710	670	610	510	530	500	410	430	430	460	540	540
	Unemployment Rate	8.6	9.3	8.5	7.8	6.5	6.9	6.4	4.8	5.6	5.7	5.6	6.6	6.8
MADAWASKA	Civilian Labor Force	3,090	3,070	3,110	3,050	3,090	3,110	3,010	2,950	2,880	2,920	2,920	2,930	3,010
	Employed	2,880	2,880	2,940	2,870	2,910	2,930	2,830	2,810	2,710	2,740	2,730	2,740	2,830
	Unemployed	200	190	170	180	180	190	180	140	170	190	190	200	180
	Unemployment Rate	6.6	6.2	5.5	5.9	5.8	6.0	5.8	4.7	6.0	6.3	6.5	6.6	6.0
MILLINOCKET	Civilian Labor Force	3,910	3,870	3,860	3,880	4,000	4,070	4,020	3,960