Low Unemployment Area
Strong, ME Current Unemployment - 2.4%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Strong, ME Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2022
2.7%
4.3%
4.0%
2 / 2022
2.8%
4.2%
3.8%
3 / 2022
3.2%
4.1%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.4%
3.1%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.4%
3.0%
3.6%
6 / 2022
2.7%
3.0%
3.6%
7 / 2022
1.4%
2.7%
3.5%
8 / 2022
2.4%
2.9%
3.7%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2021
4.9%
6.4%
6.3%
2 / 2021
7.1%
5.6%
6.2%
3 / 2021
4.3%
5.4%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.8%
5.3%
6.1%
5 / 2021
7.1%
5.1%
5.8%
6 / 2021
5.9%
5.1%
5.9%
7 / 2021
7.1%
4.6%
5.4%
8 / 2021
3.7%
4.2%
5.2%
9 / 2021
3.6%
3.8%
4.7%
10 / 2021
2.5%
3.7%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.9%
3.8%
4.2%
12 / 2021
3.5%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2020
4.4%
3.4%
3.6%
2 / 2020
4.2%
4.3%
3.5%
3 / 2020
3.8%
3.6%
4.4%
4 / 2020
10.9%
11.3%
14.7%
5 / 2020
8.9%
9.4%
13.3%
6 / 2020
5.7%
6.5%
11.1%
7 / 2020
8.4%
9.4%
10.2%
8 / 2020
5.3%
6.2%
8.4%
9 / 2020
4.3%
5.4%
7.9%
10 / 2020
4.2%
4.8%
6.9%
11 / 2020
3.0%
4.7%
6.7%
12 / 2020
3.7%
5.2%
6.7%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2019
4.8%
4.1%
4.0%
2 / 2019
4.8%
4.0%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.4%
3.9%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.0%
3.4%
3.6%
5 / 2019
3.8%
3.0%
3.6%
6 / 2019
1.9%
2.8%
3.7%
7 / 2019
1.9%
2.7%
3.7%
8 / 2019
2.0%
2.3%
3.7%
9 / 2019
2.3%
2.3%
3.5%
10 / 2019
2.7%
2.4%
3.6%
11 / 2019
3.1%
2.8%
3.5%
12 / 2019
3.3%
2.9%
3.5%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2018
4.5%
3.9%
4.1%
2 / 2018
4.5%
3.9%
4.1%
3 / 2018
4.1%
3.9%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.3%
3.5%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.7%
3.2%
3.8%
6 / 2018
3.9%
3.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
2.7%
3.1%
3.9%
8 / 2018
2.9%
2.7%
3.8%
9 / 2018
3.5%
2.7%
3.7%
10 / 2018
2.7%
2.7%
3.8%
11 / 2018
2.8%
3.1%
3.7%
12 / 2018
3.7%
3.1%
3.9%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2017
4.5%
4.3%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.4%
4.3%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.4%
4.2%
4.4%
4 / 2017
5.3%
3.7%
4.4%
5 / 2017
6.3%
3.5%
4.4%
6 / 2017
3.6%
3.3%
4.3%
7 / 2017
4.0%
3.2%
4.3%
8 / 2017
3.0%
2.7%
4.4%
9 / 2017
3.4%
2.7%
4.2%
10 / 2017
3.8%
2.7%
4.1%
11 / 2017
3.7%
3.0%
4.2%
12 / 2017
4.2%
3.0%
4.1%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2016
5.5%
4.8%
4.9%
2 / 2016
5.8%
4.7%
4.9%
3 / 2016
5.8%
4.7%
5.0%
4 / 2016
6.6%
4.2%
5.0%
5 / 2016
5.7%
3.8%
4.8%
6 / 2016
3.2%
3.6%
4.9%
7 / 2016
2.9%
3.5%
4.8%
8 / 2016
2.9%
3.1%
4.9%
9 / 2016
3.0%
3.1%
5.0%
10 / 2016
2.3%
3.1%
4.9%
11 / 2016
2.8%
3.5%
4.7%
12 / 2016
2.9%
3.4%
4.7%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2015
5.9%
5.8%
5.7%
2 / 2015
5.9%
5.7%
5.5%
3 / 2015
5.3%
5.5%
5.4%
4 / 2015
7.0%
4.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
6.0%
4.6%
5.6%
6 / 2015
4.4%
4.2%
5.3%
7 / 2015
3.6%
4.0%
5.2%
8 / 2015
2.9%
3.5%
5.1%
9 / 2015
2.7%
3.4%
5.0%
10 / 2015
3.3%
3.4%
5.0%
11 / 2015
3.6%
3.8%
5.1%
12 / 2015
3.1%
3.8%
5.0%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2014
7.3%
7.0%
6.6%
2 / 2014
6.9%
7.1%
6.7%
3 / 2014
5.6%
6.7%
6.7%
4 / 2014
6.8%
6.2%
6.2%
5 / 2014
7.9%
5.7%
6.3%
6 / 2014
5.9%
5.3%
6.1%
7 / 2014
5.5%
5.2%
6.2%
8 / 2014
3.8%
4.7%
6.1%
9 / 2014
4.3%
4.8%
5.9%
10 / 2014
4.6%
4.7%
5.7%
11 / 2014
5.3%
5.2%
5.8%
12 / 2014
4.9%
5.1%
5.6%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2013
8.7%
8.2%
8.0%
2 / 2013
8.2%
8.2%
7.7%
3 / 2013
7.9%
7.8%
7.5%
4 / 2013
8.6%
7.2%
7.6%
5 / 2013
7.7%
6.7%
7.5%
6 / 2013
7.1%
6.4%
7.5%
7 / 2013
6.0%
6.2%
7.3%
8 / 2013
5.4%
5.7%
7.2%
9 / 2013
5.4%
5.7%
7.2%
10 / 2013
5.9%
5.6%
7.2%
11 / 2013
6.5%
6.1%
6.9%
12 / 2013
6.6%
6.0%
6.7%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2012
7.0%
8.7%
8.3%
2 / 2012
7.6%
8.9%
8.3%
3 / 2012
9.2%
8.6%
8.2%
4 / 2012
10.0%
8.0%
8.2%
5 / 2012
10.2%
7.6%
8.2%
6 / 2012
8.8%
7.3%
8.2%
7 / 2012
8.1%
7.1%
8.2%
8 / 2012
8.0%
6.5%
8.1%
9 / 2012
8.0%
6.5%
7.8%
10 / 2012
7.5%
6.6%
7.8%
11 / 2012
9.1%
7.0%
7.7%
12 / 2012
8.8%
7.2%
7.9%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2011
6.7%
9.1%
9.1%
2 / 2011
6.3%
9.3%
9.0%
3 / 2011
6.2%
9.0%
9.0%
4 / 2011
9.7%
8.5%
9.1%
5 / 2011
9.5%
8.0%
9.0%
6 / 2011
7.6%
7.7%
9.1%
7 / 2011
7.3%
7.4%
9.0%
8 / 2011
6.9%
6.9%
9.0%
9 / 2011
6.7%
7.0%
9.0%
10 / 2011
6.5%
7.0%
8.8%
11 / 2011
7.4%
7.5%
8.6%
12 / 2011
8.1%
7.6%
8.5%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2010
8.8%
9.2%
9.8%
2 / 2010
7.6%
9.5%
9.8%
3 / 2010
8.3%
9.2%
9.9%
4 / 2010
7.5%
8.5%
9.9%
5 / 2010
8.3%
8.1%
9.6%
6 / 2010
7.0%
7.9%
9.4%
7 / 2010
7.2%
7.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
5.9%
7.2%
9.5%
9 / 2010
4.7%
7.2%
9.5%
10 / 2010
5.1%
7.3%
9.4%
11 / 2010
7.2%
7.9%
9.8%
12 / 2010
5.8%
8.0%
9.3%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2009
11.1%
8.4%
7.8%
2 / 2009
11.4%
8.9%
8.3%
3 / 2009
12.1%
9.1%
8.7%
4 / 2009
14.8%
8.5%
9.0%
5 / 2009
14.3%
8.3%
9.4%
6 / 2009
12.4%
8.1%
9.5%
7 / 2009
11.0%
7.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
11.2%
7.3%
9.6%
9 / 2009
14.8%
7.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
11.8%
7.3%
10.0%
11 / 2009
12.8%
7.9%
9.9%
12 / 2009
13.2%
8.1%
9.9%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2008
7.9%
5.7%
5.0%
2 / 2008
8.3%
5.8%
4.9%
3 / 2008
7.6%
5.7%
5.1%
4 / 2008
9.6%
5.3%
5.0%
5 / 2008
10.8%
5.1%
5.4%
6 / 2008
8.3%
5.0%
5.6%
7 / 2008
9.2%
5.1%
5.8%
8 / 2008
9.8%
4.8%
6.1%
9 / 2008
9.9%
5.1%
6.1%
10 / 2008
10.9%
5.4%
6.5%
11 / 2008
12.5%
6.2%
6.8%
12 / 2008
9.9%
6.8%
7.3%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2007
8.0%
5.2%
4.6%
2 / 2007
10.5%
5.4%
4.5%
3 / 2007
8.4%
5.2%
4.4%
4 / 2007
9.6%
4.9%
4.5%
5 / 2007
11.2%
4.6%
4.4%
6 / 2007
7.4%
4.4%
4.6%
7 / 2007
8.1%
4.5%
4.7%
8 / 2007
7.5%
4.0%
4.6%
9 / 2007
7.4%
4.2%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.6%
4.3%
4.7%
11 / 2007
8.4%
4.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
8.3%
4.7%
5.0%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2006
9.5%
5.3%
4.7%
2 / 2006
10.0%
5.4%
4.8%
3 / 2006
8.0%
5.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
10.4%
4.6%
4.7%
5 / 2006
9.0%
4.5%
4.6%
6 / 2006
7.0%
4.4%
4.6%
7 / 2006
6.1%
4.5%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.5%
4.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
5.3%
4.1%
4.5%
10 / 2006
6.0%
4.1%
4.4%
11 / 2006
7.7%
4.5%
4.5%
12 / 2006
7.8%
4.4%
4.4%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2005
12.3%
5.6%
5.3%
2 / 2005
11.6%
5.8%
5.4%
3 / 2005
11.4%
5.7%
5.2%
4 / 2005
10.4%
5.2%
5.2%
5 / 2005
9.6%
4.9%
5.1%
6 / 2005
8.4%
4.7%
5.0%
7 / 2005
6.9%
4.7%
5.0%
8 / 2005
7.3%
4.2%
4.9%
9 / 2005
5.3%
4.4%
5.0%
10 / 2005
5.6%
4.3%
5.0%
11 / 2005
6.4%
4.6%
5.0%
12 / 2005
9.3%
4.5%
4.9%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2004
11.0%
5.6%
5.7%
2 / 2004
9.4%
5.6%
5.6%
3 / 2004
9.2%
5.4%
5.8%
4 / 2004
10.9%
4.8%
5.6%
5 / 2004
9.8%
4.4%
5.6%
6 / 2004
7.7%
4.3%
5.6%
7 / 2004
6.3%
4.3%
5.5%
8 / 2004
6.8%
3.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
6.4%
4.1%
5.4%
10 / 2004
6.4%
4.2%
5.5%
11 / 2004
7.8%
4.6%
5.4%
12 / 2004
6.6%
4.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2003
8.7%
5.6%
5.8%
2 / 2003
6.7%
5.8%
5.9%
3 / 2003
7.2%
5.7%
5.9%
4 / 2003
10.0%
5.3%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.2%
4.8%
6.1%
6 / 2003
9.7%
4.8%
6.3%
7 / 2003
10.3%
4.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
12.4%
4.3%
6.1%
9 / 2003
12.7%
4.5%
6.1%
10 / 2003
11.4%
4.5%
6.0%
11 / 2003
12.2%
4.8%
5.8%
12 / 2003
10.6%
4.8%
5.7%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2002
5.6%
5.0%
5.7%
2 / 2002
5.5%
4.9%
5.7%
3 / 2002
6.3%
4.9%
5.7%
4 / 2002
8.7%
4.5%
5.9%
5 / 2002
9.3%
4.2%
5.8%
6 / 2002
10.8%
4.2%
5.8%
7 / 2002
7.8%
4.1%
5.8%
8 / 2002
9.3%
3.6%
5.7%
9 / 2002
9.3%
3.8%
5.7%
10 / 2002
7.0%
3.9%
5.7%
11 / 2002
5.4%
4.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
5.9%
4.6%
6.0%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2001
7.4%
4.0%
4.2%
2 / 2001
7.9%
4.3%
4.2%
3 / 2001
7.7%
4.1%
4.3%
4 / 2001
9.8%
4.0%
4.4%
5 / 2001
9.2%
3.8%
4.3%
6 / 2001
10.6%
3.7%
4.5%
7 / 2001
9.8%
3.7%
4.6%
8 / 2001
8.4%
3.3%
4.9%
9 / 2001
8.2%
3.5%
5.0%
10 / 2001
6.4%
3.6%
5.3%
11 / 2001
9.4%
4.0%
5.5%
12 / 2001
6.1%
4.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2000
6.9%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2000
5.3%
4.4%
4.1%
3 / 2000
5.1%
4.2%
4.0%
4 / 2000
8.7%
3.6%
3.8%
5 / 2000
10.3%
3.3%
4.0%
6 / 2000
6.0%
3.1%
4.0%
7 / 2000
7.2%
3.0%
4.0%
8 / 2000
7.3%
2.6%
4.1%
9 / 2000
6.5%
2.7%
3.9%
10 / 2000
7.1%
2.7%
3.9%
11 / 2000
10.9%
3.2%
3.9%
12 / 2000
8.1%
3.1%
3.9%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1999
7.0%
4.9%
4.3%
2 / 1999
8.0%
5.1%
4.4%
3 / 1999
5.4%
4.8%
4.2%
4 / 1999
12.6%
4.1%
4.3%
5 / 1999
11.3%
4.0%
4.2%
6 / 1999
11.1%
3.9%
4.3%
7 / 1999
11.8%
3.6%
4.3%
8 / 1999
11.6%
3.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
13.8%
3.3%
4.2%
10 / 1999
8.5%
3.3%
4.1%
11 / 1999
14.2%
3.6%
4.1%
12 / 1999
8.2%
3.7%
4.0%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1998
5.5%
6.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
5.0%
5.8%
4.6%
3 / 1998
6.5%
5.5%
4.7%
4 / 1998
7.5%
4.6%
4.3%
5 / 1998
10.3%
4.2%
4.4%
6 / 1998
9.6%
4.1%
4.5%
7 / 1998
10.0%
4.3%
4.5%
8 / 1998
5.5%
3.7%
4.5%
9 / 1998
7.2%
3.7%
4.6%
10 / 1998
6.0%
3.9%
4.5%
11 / 1998
7.0%
4.1%
4.4%
12 / 1998
6.0%
4.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1997
7.9%
6.1%
5.3%
2 / 1997
6.9%
6.4%
5.2%
3 / 1997
6.9%
6.1%
5.2%
4 / 1997
9.6%
5.7%
5.1%
5 / 1997
17.6%
5.0%
4.9%
6 / 1997
16.1%
4.8%
5.0%
7 / 1997
14.8%
4.7%
4.9%
8 / 1997
10.4%
4.0%
4.8%
9 / 1997
9.8%
4.1%
4.9%
10 / 1997
11.2%
4.2%
4.7%
11 / 1997
7.1%
4.7%
4.6%
12 / 1997
7.0%
4.9%
4.7%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1996
7.1%
6.5%
5.6%
2 / 1996
6.0%
6.8%
5.5%
3 / 1996
5.9%
6.4%
5.5%
4 / 1996
11.9%
5.9%
5.6%
5 / 1996
15.2%
5.2%
5.6%
6 / 1996
13.1%
4.9%
5.3%
7 / 1996
11.8%
4.8%
5.5%
8 / 1996
8.9%
4.2%
5.1%
9 / 1996
7.5%
4.2%
5.2%
10 / 1996
5.3%
4.2%
5.2%
11 / 1996
15.1%
4.7%
5.4%
12 / 1996
6.1%
4.8%
5.4%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1995
5.8%
7.7%
5.6%
2 / 1995
7.4%
7.5%
5.4%
3 / 1995
6.6%
7.2%
5.4%
4 / 1995
11.0%
6.6%
5.8%
5 / 1995
13.8%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 1995
8.9%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 1995
12.2%
5.5%
5.7%
8 / 1995
9.8%
4.9%
5.7%
9 / 1995
9.9%
4.9%
5.6%
10 / 1995
11.6%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 1995
12.2%
5.5%
5.6%
12 / 1995
9.3%
5.5%
5.6%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1994
6.8%
8.5%
6.6%
2 / 1994
9.5%
8.8%
6.6%
3 / 1994
8.2%
8.4%
6.5%
4 / 1994
14.4%
7.7%
6.4%
5 / 1994
16.4%
7.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
8.2%
6.8%
6.1%
7 / 1994
14.5%
6.5%
6.1%
8 / 1994
7.5%
5.9%
6.0%
9 / 1994
4.7%
5.8%
5.9%
10 / 1994
5.7%
5.9%
5.8%
11 / 1994
6.6%
6.3%
5.6%
12 / 1994
6.3%
6.3%
5.5%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1993
10.1%
8.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
8.3%
8.4%
7.1%
3 / 1993
7.4%
8.2%
7.0%
4 / 1993
12.2%
7.7%
7.1%
5 / 1993
11.8%
7.3%
7.1%
6 / 1993
12.6%
7.0%
7.0%
7 / 1993
9.7%
6.6%
6.9%
8 / 1993
11.9%
6.2%
6.8%
9 / 1993
9.7%
6.4%
6.7%
10 / 1993
6.4%
6.4%
6.8%
11 / 1993
10.5%
7.2%
6.6%
12 / 1993
8.1%
7.3%
6.5%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1992
13.4%
9.0%
7.3%
2 / 1992
13.5%
9.2%
7.4%
3 / 1992
13.6%
8.9%
7.4%
4 / 1992
15.5%
8.0%
7.4%
5 / 1992
14.9%
7.3%
7.6%
6 / 1992
11.7%
6.8%
7.8%
7 / 1992
12.2%
6.4%
7.7%
8 / 1992
9.2%
5.9%
7.6%
9 / 1992
7.2%
6.0%
7.6%
10 / 1992
10.7%
6.2%
7.3%
11 / 1992
10.4%
7.0%
7.4%
12 / 1992
10.3%
7.2%
7.4%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1991
11.4%
8.6%
6.4%
2 / 1991
16.8%
9.5%
6.6%
3 / 1991
14.1%
9.5%
6.8%
4 / 1991
14.8%
8.9%
6.7%
5 / 1991
17.4%
7.9%
6.9%
6 / 1991
16.7%
7.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
14.8%
6.7%
6.8%
8 / 1991
10.5%
5.9%
6.9%
9 / 1991
11.7%
6.0%
6.9%
10 / 1991
11.1%
6.1%
7.0%
11 / 1991
8.7%
6.8%
7.0%
12 / 1991
9.6%
7.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Strong, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1990
7.5%
5.5%
5.4%
2 / 1990
7.7%
5.8%
5.3%
3 / 1990
8.1%
5.6%
5.2%
4 / 1990
9.1%
5.1%
5.4%
5 / 1990
9.3%
4.7%
5.4%
6 / 1990
6.9%
4.6%
5.2%
7 / 1990
10.3%
4.8%
5.5%
8 / 1990
5.4%
4.3%
5.7%
9 / 1990
5.5%
4.7%
5.9%
10 / 1990
5.0%
5.3%
5.9%
11 / 1990
6.3%
6.4%
6.2%
12 / 1990
6.6%
6.8%
6.3%