New Sweden, ME Unemployment Rate Report

New Sweden, ME Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in New-Sweden, Maine has ranged from 0.7% in July 1997 to 25.8% in January 1995. The current unemployment rate for New-Sweden is 4.4% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

New Sweden, ME Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

New Sweden, ME Current Unemployment - 4.4%

New Sweden, ME Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2022	6.8%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	8.5%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2022	7.4%	4.1%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.9%	3.1%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.7%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.7%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.7%	2.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.4%	2.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2021	7.1%	6.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.9%	5.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.9%	5.4%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.7%	5.3%	6.1%
5 / 2021	3.3%	5.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.6%	5.1%	5.9%
7 / 2021	3.9%	4.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.6%	4.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.4%	3.8%	4.7%
10 / 2021	6.1%	3.7%	4.6%
11 / 2021	10.0%	3.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	10.5%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2020	6.7%	3.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	6.9%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	6.0%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2020	10.8%	11.3%	14.7%
5 / 2020	7.8%	9.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	5.5%	6.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.1%	9.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.4%	6.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.1%	5.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.7%	4.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.6%	4.7%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.6%	5.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2019	6.6%	4.1%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.6%	4.0%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.0%	3.9%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.5%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.4%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.1%	2.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.4%	2.7%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.0%	2.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.1%	2.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.1%	2.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.7%	2.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	6.0%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2018	5.9%	3.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	6.1%	3.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.9%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.3%	3.5%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.7%	3.2%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.3%	3.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.2%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.3%	2.7%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.7%	2.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.1%	2.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	6.2%	3.1%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.9%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2017	7.1%	4.3%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.5%	4.3%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.6%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.0%	3.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	2.7%	3.5%	4.4%
6 / 2017	2.6%	3.3%	4.3%
7 / 2017	2.6%	3.2%	4.3%
8 / 2017	2.3%	2.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.7%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.6%	2.7%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.9%	3.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	5.2%	3.0%	4.1%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2016	8.7%	4.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	8.1%	4.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	9.4%	4.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.0%	4.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.4%	3.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.9%	3.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.4%	3.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.8%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.2%	3.1%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.6%	3.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.2%	3.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.6%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2015	8.9%	5.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	7.7%	5.7%	5.5%
3 / 2015	7.6%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.6%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.3%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.2%	4.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	2.9%	4.0%	5.2%
8 / 2015	1.7%	3.5%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.0%	3.4%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.3%	3.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	6.2%	3.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	7.2%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2014	9.3%	7.0%	6.6%
2 / 2014	9.3%	7.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	9.5%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	8.7%	6.2%	6.2%
5 / 2014	7.6%	5.7%	6.3%
6 / 2014	7.5%	5.3%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.8%	5.2%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.2%	4.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.5%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.1%	4.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.1%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2014	7.0%	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2013	8.9%	8.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	10.0%	8.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	10.4%	7.8%	7.5%
4 / 2013	9.5%	7.2%	7.6%
5 / 2013	7.5%	6.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	6.5%	6.4%	7.5%
7 / 2013	6.4%	6.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	4.9%	5.7%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.0%	5.7%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.4%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	8.0%	6.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	10.0%	6.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2012	9.0%	8.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.2%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.8%	8.6%	8.2%
4 / 2012	9.3%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.1%	7.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	6.8%	7.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	5.8%	7.1%	8.2%
8 / 2012	5.8%	6.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	5.3%	6.5%	7.8%
10 / 2012	5.0%	6.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.5%	7.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.2%	7.2%	7.9%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2011	6.6%	9.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	6.9%	9.3%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.5%	9.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.3%	8.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.8%	8.0%	9.0%
6 / 2011	6.2%	7.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	6.1%	7.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	5.5%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	4.7%	7.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	5.3%	7.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.7%	7.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	8.3%	7.6%	8.5%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2010	7.7%	9.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	7.1%	9.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	7.6%	9.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	6.9%	8.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	6.3%	8.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	5.3%	7.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	4.1%	7.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	3.5%	7.2%	9.5%
9 / 2010	3.2%	7.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	3.5%	7.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	5.4%	7.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	5.7%	8.0%	9.3%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2009	12.1%	8.4%	7.8%
2 / 2009	11.3%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	9.6%	9.1%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.7%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	7.8%	8.3%	9.4%
6 / 2009	7.1%	8.1%	9.5%
7 / 2009	4.9%	7.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	3.9%	7.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	5.2%	7.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	8.5%	7.3%	10.0%
11 / 2009	8.5%	7.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	12.2%	8.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2008	7.0%	5.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	7.9%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.9%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.8%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.5%	5.1%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.0%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.2%	5.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.2%	4.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.8%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.1%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.2%	6.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	9.4%	6.8%	7.3%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2007	4.4%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	7.8%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	8.1%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	9.0%	4.9%	4.5%
5 / 2007	7.9%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	7.9%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	7.1%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.0%	4.0%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.4%	4.2%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.5%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.8%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.7%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2006	9.4%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	8.3%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	10.7%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	9.5%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	8.4%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	8.3%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	10.3%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2006	8.2%	4.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	7.8%	4.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.8%	4.1%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.2%	4.5%	4.5%
12 / 2006	7.4%	4.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2005	9.5%	5.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	8.6%	5.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.5%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.6%	5.2%	5.2%
5 / 2005	6.9%	4.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.8%	4.7%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.5%	4.7%	5.0%
8 / 2005	7.1%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	6.0%	4.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.3%	4.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.6%	4.6%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.3%	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2004	6.8%	5.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.1%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	7.7%	5.4%	5.8%
4 / 2004	8.0%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.0%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.9%	4.3%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.9%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.6%	3.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.2%	4.1%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.6%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.8%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 2004	8.2%	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2003	9.4%	5.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	7.7%	5.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	9.2%	5.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	9.0%	5.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.6%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.3%	4.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.5%	4.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.1%	4.3%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.0%	4.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.8%	4.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.2%	4.8%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.3%	4.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2002	9.9%	5.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	9.9%	4.9%	5.7%
3 / 2002	9.7%	4.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	9.2%	4.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.9%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.5%	4.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	5.1%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.5%	3.6%	5.7%
9 / 2002	2.8%	3.8%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.1%	3.9%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.1%	4.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	8.4%	4.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2001	5.8%	4.0%	4.2%
2 / 2001	5.7%	4.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	7.3%	4.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	6.8%	4.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.9%	3.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.5%	3.7%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.8%	3.7%	4.6%
8 / 2001	2.4%	3.3%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.8%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.7%	3.6%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.0%	4.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	7.2%	4.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2000	10.4%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	10.6%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	9.8%	4.2%	4.0%
4 / 2000	9.8%	3.6%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.7%	3.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.0%	3.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.1%	3.0%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.8%	2.6%	4.1%
9 / 2000	1.7%	2.7%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.7%	2.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.1%	3.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.4%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1999	13.9%	4.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	14.3%	5.1%	4.4%
3 / 1999	13.0%	4.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	12.3%	4.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.7%	4.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	6.9%	3.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	4.4%	3.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	8.0%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	0.7%	3.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	7.4%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 1999	13.8%	3.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	12.5%	3.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1998	8.6%	6.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	9.0%	5.8%	4.6%
3 / 1998	8.5%	5.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	9.7%	4.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.7%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.6%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.9%	4.3%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.8%	3.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.1%	3.7%	4.6%
10 / 1998	4.2%	3.9%	4.5%
11 / 1998	7.2%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	9.6%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1997	15.4%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 1997	17.3%	6.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	15.4%	6.1%	5.2%
4 / 1997	16.1%	5.7%	5.1%
5 / 1997	6.5%	5.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	5.3%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	0.7%	4.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.3%	4.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	5.7%	4.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	2.9%	4.2%	4.7%
11 / 1997	6.7%	4.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	11.0%	4.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1996	16.1%	6.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	15.9%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 1996	13.9%	6.4%	5.5%
4 / 1996	11.2%	5.9%	5.6%
5 / 1996	7.5%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	4.3%	4.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	6.3%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1996	6.0%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	2.2%	4.2%	5.2%
10 / 1996	7.6%	4.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	11.2%	4.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	14.4%	4.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1995	25.8%	7.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	21.4%	7.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	19.8%	7.2%	5.4%
4 / 1995	16.8%	6.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	15.5%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 1995	7.0%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	9.1%	5.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.6%	4.9%	5.7%
9 / 1995	15.3%	4.9%	5.6%
10 / 1995	8.3%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	16.1%	5.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	15.1%	5.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1994	7.8%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 1994	15.9%	8.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	14.2%	8.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	14.8%	7.7%	6.4%
5 / 1994	14.2%	7.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	10.9%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	9.2%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	10.4%	5.9%	6.0%
9 / 1994	8.5%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	12.7%	5.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	13.1%	6.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	21.3%	6.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1993	17.6%	8.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	16.0%	8.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	15.6%	8.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	13.6%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	11.8%	7.3%	7.1%
6 / 1993	7.5%	7.0%	7.0%
7 / 1993	7.1%	6.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	8.1%	6.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	9.0%	6.4%	6.7%
10 / 1993	12.2%	6.4%	6.8%
11 / 1993	11.5%	7.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	11.7%	7.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1992	13.9%	9.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	13.8%	9.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	12.8%	8.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	13.0%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	12.4%	7.3%	7.6%
6 / 1992	10.1%	6.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	9.7%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	7.4%	5.9%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.0%	6.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.6%	6.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	12.8%	7.0%	7.4%
12 / 1992	15.8%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1991	11.4%	8.6%	6.4%
2 / 1991	11.8%	9.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	13.1%	9.5%	6.8%
4 / 1991	14.9%	8.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	13.3%	7.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	8.3%	7.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	8.0%	6.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	6.0%	5.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	4.0%	6.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	2.4%	6.1%	7.0%
11 / 1991	6.3%	6.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	9.0%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	New Sweden, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1990	7.5%	5.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	8.6%	5.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	9.9%	5.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	11.2%	5.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	7.2%	4.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	8.9%	4.6%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.1%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1990	7.0%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	8.2%	4.7%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.5%	5.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	6.6%	6.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	9.4%	6.8%	6.3%