Seasonally-Adjusted Civilian Labor Force Estimates, 1978-2008
Source: Maine Department of Labor, Division of Labor Market Information Services, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
2008	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	709,579	706,422	707,948	708,753	708,936	710,175	711,959	711,054
Resident Employed	674,511	672,847	672,279	675,174	670,686	672,565	671,632	671,632
Unemployed	35,068	33,575	35,669	35,579	38,250	37,610	39,422	39,422
Unemployment Rate	4.9	4.8	5.0	4.7	5.4	5.3	5.5	5.5
2007	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	705,679	704,559	704,147	703,570	703,627	703,976	704,550	704,243	704,526	705,437	705,504	706,495	704,693
Resident Employed	674,057	672,358	671,842	670,657	670,476	671,051	670,879	670,345	670,215	671,016	671,279	671,866	671,337
Unemployed	31,622	32,201	32,305	32,913	33,151	32,925	33,671	33,898	34,311	34,421	34,225	34,629	33,356
Unemployment Rate	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.7%
2006	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	699,413	699,223	700,154	701,401	702,275	703,403	703,382	705,842	705,399	705,717	706,030	706,114	703,196
Resident Employed	667,402	667,939	669,097	671,033	670,270	670,381	669,903	672,053	671,861	672,098	672,711	673,649	670,700
Unemployed	32,011	31,284	31,057	30,368	32,005	33,022	33,479	33,789	33,538	33,619	33,319	32,465	32,496
Unemployment Rate	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.6	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.6%
2005	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	689,598	690,813	691,135	693,114	695,049	695,417	697,483	698,285	699,294	699,448	699,321	699,935	695,741
Resident Employed	657,055	657,569	657,565	659,621	660,888	661,757	663,120	663,471	664,471	665,196	666,253	667,309	662,023
Unemployed	32,543	33,244	33,570	33,493	34,161	33,660	34,363	34,814	34,823	34,252	33,068	32,626	33,718
Unemployment Rate	4.7	4.8	4.9	4.8	4.9	4.8	4.9	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.7	4.7	4.8%
2004	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	685,165	685,718	685,181	684,577	685,182	685,865	686,313	687,832	688,385	688,755	689,493	689,448	686,826
Resident Employed	653,026	653,623	653,549	654,130	654,944	655,137	655,402	655,764	655,752	656,246	657,122	656,880	655,131
Unemployed	32,139	32,095	31,632	30,447	30,238	30,728	30,911	32,068	32,633	32,509	32,371	32,568	31,695
Unemployment Rate	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6%
2003	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	681,461	682,546	682,849	683,960	683,116	683,270	685,318	686,125	687,641	687,055	686,631	686,294	684,689
Resident Employed	648,771	649,132	649,011	648,721	649,230	649,066	650,233	651,503	652,207	652,142	652,720	652,760	650,458
Unemployed	32,690	33,414	33,838	35,239	33,886	34,204	35,085	34,622	35,434	34,913	33,911	33,534	34,231
Unemployment Rate	4.8	4.9	5.0	5.2	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.0	5.2	5.1	4.9	4.9	5.0%
2002	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	674,647	674,724	677,191	678,703	679,351	681,584	682,363	682,266	682,705	683,876	684,039	685,379	680,569
Resident Employed	646,938	647,826	649,002	649,958	650,623	651,757	652,499	652,184	651,983	653,101	652,239	653,206	650,943
Unemployed	27,709	26,898	28,189	28,745	28,728	29,827	29,864	30,082	30,722	30,775	31,800	32,173	29,626
Unemployment Rate	4.1	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.4%
2001	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	671,020	671,592	671,326	674,679	676,098	676,795	676,951	677,483	679,074	679,569	679,400	677,786	675,981
Resident Employed	650,977	650,689	650,701	650,657	650,684	651,264	650,576	650,504	650,837	650,671	651,070	649,753	650,699
Unemployed	20,043	20,903	20,625	24,022	25,414	25,531	26,375	26,979	28,237	28,898	28,330	28,033	25,283
Unemployment Rate	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.6	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.1	3.7%
2000	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	673,438	672,598	673,137	672,865	674,279	673,232	672,758	672,190	671,768	669,705	671,852	671,456	672,440
Resident Employed	649,804	650,550	651,765	651,885	652,290	651,301	651,332	650,022	648,754	647,118	649,610	650,189	650,385
Unemployed	23,634	22,048	21,372	20,980	21,989	21,931	21,426	22,168	23,014	22,587	22,242	21,267	22,055
Unemployment Rate	3.5	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.3%
1999	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	659,700	661,800	662,600	662,100	664,700	667,400	668,100	670,000	673,200	675,800	673,000	673,700	668,000
Resident Employed	633,500	635,500	637,000	637,700	637,700	639,700	641,900	642,800	645,800	649,000	647,400	648,100	641,000
Unemployed	26,200	26,300	25,600	24,400	26,900	27,700	26,200	27,100	27,400	26,800	25,600	25,600	26,000
Unemployment Rate	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.7	4.1	4.1	3.9	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.9
1998	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	657,900	655,600	654,800	653,800	654,600	655,400	656,900	657,700	658,500	661,300	661,800	660,700	657,000
Resident Employed	623,600	625,200	625,100	626,100	626,800	626,900	626,600	627,600	629,100	631,200	633,100	633,800	628,000
Unemployed	34,300	30,400	29,700	27,800	27,800	28,600	30,300	30,100	29,300	30,100	28,700	26,900	29,000
Unemployment Rate	5.2	4.6	4.5	4.2	4.2	4.4	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.6	4.3	4.1	4.5
1997	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	658,900	658,900	659,200	659,500	658,000	657,600	657,900	657,800	657,700	656,800	656,900	658,600	658,000
Resident Employed	624,300	623,500	624,300	623,500	624,100	624,300	624,400	625,200	625,200	624,400	624,700	625,100	624,000
Unemployed	34,600	35,400	35,000	36,100	33,900	33,300	33,400	32,600	32,500	32,400	32,200	33,400	34,000
Unemployment Rate	5.3	5.4	5.3	5.5	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.1	5.1
1996	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	646,300	648,100	648,600	648,900	648,200	650,100	653,000	654,000	654,300	654,500	656,500	657,700	652,000
Resident Employed	610,600	611,500	612,800	613,500	614,000	616,200	618,900	620,500	621,200	621,800	624,200	624,600	617,000
Unemployed	35,700	36,600	35,800	35,400	34,200	33,900	34,000	33,500	33,000	32,800	32,300	33,000	34,000
Unemployment Rate	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	5.0	5.2
1995	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	633,700	634,900	635,300	635,600	638,000	639,100	637,200	639,900	641,600	642,000	643,400	643,700	639,000
Resident Employed	594,500	596,300	597,100	597,900	600,900	601,700	600,500	603,200	605,300	606,400	607,200	607,700	602,000
Unemployed	39,200	38,600	38,100	37,700	37,100	37,400	36,700	36,700	36,300	35,500	36,200	36,000	37,000
Unemployment Rate	6.2	6.1	6.0	5.9	5.8	5.9	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.8
1994	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	630,200	631,500	631,000	630,000	629,800	628,300	628,200	627,200	628,300	629,300	630,400	632,000	630,000
Resident Employed	587,900	588,200	588,000	588,000	587,400	587,100	587,700	587,800	589,700	590,300	592,700	594,100	589,000
Unemployed	42,300	43,300	43,100	42,000	42,400	41,100	40,500	39,400	38,600	38,900	37,700	37,900	41,000
Unemployment Rate	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.5	6.4	6.3	6.1	6.2	6.0	6.0	6.4
1993	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	632,500	630,600	631,400	632,100	632,300	631,500	629,600	630,700	631,000	631,900	631,900	631,300	631,000
Resident Employed	590,900	589,800	590,000	590,100	590,000	589,100	589,500	589,700	589,400	590,900	589,400	588,700	590,000
Unemployed	41,600	40,900	41,400	42,000	42,300	42,500	40,100	41,000	41,600	41,000	42,400	42,600	42,000
Unemployment Rate	6.6	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.4	6.5	6.6	6.5	6.7	6.7	6.6
1992	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	641,900	642,000	642,800	642,200	641,200	638,900	639,200	638,500	637,300	637,600	637,700	636,100	640,000
Resident Employed	591,300	591,200	591,900	593,300	594,400	594,100	596,500	596,100	596,100	595,600	595,000	593,300	594,000
Unemployed	50,600	50,800	50,900	48,900	46,800	44,800	42,700	42,400	41,100	41,900	42,700	42,800	46,000
Unemployment Rate	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.6	7.3	7.0	6.7	6.6	6.5	6.6	6.7	6.7	7.1
1991	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	642,900	646,700	646,400	645,700	640,000	636,600	634,400	634,100	633,000	633,300	635,000	638,500	639,000
Resident Employed	594,900	592,700	590,400	589,500	588,600	589,000	588,900	590,300	590,100	590,700	591,200	591,100	591,000
Unemployed	48,000	54,000	56,000	56,100	51,400	47,600	45,500	43,800	42,900	42,600	43,800	47,400	48,000
Unemployment Rate	7.5	8.3	8.7	8.7	8.0	7.5	7.2	6.9	6.8	6.7	6.9	7.4	7.6
1990	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Civilian Labor Force	623,700	625,000	628,100	629,200	631,600	633,200	632,100	630,200	631,800	634,300	636,200	638,300	631,000
Resident Employed	595,300	595,800	597,900	599,300	601,300	601,800	599,500