Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Maine

Title Unemployed Persons in Maine
Series ID LAUST230000000000004A
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2024-01-01
Last Updated 2025-03-05 2:44 PM CST
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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DATE VALUE
1976-01-01 41166
1977-01-01 40251
1978-01-01 31132
1979-01-01 33031
1980-01-01 37780
1981-01-01 37157
1982-01-01 44332
1983-01-01 44088
1984-01-01 33586
1985-01-01 31002
1986-01-01 29855
1987-01-01 25385
1988-01-01 21791
1989-01-01 24459
1990-01-01 33579
1991-01-01 49725
1992-01-01 47137
1993-01-01 42781
1994-01-01 41308
1995-01-01 37578
1996-01-01 34796
1997-01-01 34119
1998-01-01 29337
1999-01-01 26552
2000-01-01 22411
2001-01-01 25349
2002-01-01 30016
2003-01-01 35094
2004-01-01 32054
2005-01-01 34272
2006-01-01 33034
2007-01-01 33071
2008-01-01 37843
2009-01-01 58284
2010-01-01 58640
2011-01-01 54344
2012-01-01 50635
2013-01-01 47205
2014-01-01 39123
2015-01-01 30468
2016-01-01 26418
2017-01-01 23902
2018-01-01 22211
2019-01-01 20147
2020-01-01 33942
2021-01-01 32880
2022-01-01 19477
2023-01-01 18214
2024-01-01 22000

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