Freedom, ME Unemployment Rate Report

Freedom, ME Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Freedom, Maine has ranged from 1.5% in October 2018 to 26.2% in February 1994. The current unemployment rate for Freedom is 4.3% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Freedom, ME Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Freedom, ME Current Unemployment - 4.3%

Freedom, ME Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2022	6.5%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	6.2%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2022	5.2%	4.1%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.1%	3.1%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.1%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.0%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.4%	2.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.3%	2.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2021	5.2%	6.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	4.3%	5.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.9%	5.4%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.3%	5.3%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.4%	5.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.5%	5.1%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.9%	4.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.3%	4.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.1%	3.8%	4.7%
10 / 2021	2.9%	3.7%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.7%	3.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.0%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2020	4.7%	3.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.1%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	2.6%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2020	10.5%	11.3%	14.7%
5 / 2020	7.2%	9.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	5.1%	6.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	9.4%	9.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	7.7%	6.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.9%	5.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.4%	4.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	2.4%	4.7%	6.7%
12 / 2020	3.3%	5.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2019	4.4%	4.1%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.1%	4.0%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.6%	3.9%	3.8%
4 / 2019	1.8%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.3%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.3%	2.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.9%	2.7%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.5%	2.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.1%	2.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	1.6%	2.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.1%	2.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.3%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2018	4.5%	3.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.5%	3.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.3%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.5%	3.5%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.0%	3.2%	3.8%
6 / 2018	2.9%	3.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	2.9%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.2%	2.7%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.2%	2.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	1.5%	2.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	1.8%	3.1%	3.7%
12 / 2018	4.7%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2017	5.5%	4.3%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.5%	4.3%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.7%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.5%	3.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.9%	3.5%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.4%	3.3%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.5%	3.2%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.2%	2.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.1%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.6%	2.7%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.7%	3.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.0%	3.0%	4.1%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2016	10.4%	4.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	8.3%	4.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	7.0%	4.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.8%	4.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.0%	3.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	3.2%	3.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	3.3%	3.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	2.9%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2016	1.7%	3.1%	5.0%
10 / 2016	2.5%	3.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	2.0%	3.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	2.5%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2015	5.6%	5.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.6%	5.7%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.9%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.3%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.5%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.4%	4.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.9%	4.0%	5.2%
8 / 2015	3.7%	3.5%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.5%	3.4%	5.0%
10 / 2015	7.6%	3.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	6.4%	3.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	7.8%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2014	7.1%	7.0%	6.6%
2 / 2014	7.6%	7.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	7.2%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.5%	6.2%	6.2%
5 / 2014	4.0%	5.7%	6.3%
6 / 2014	4.2%	5.3%	6.1%
7 / 2014	4.1%	5.2%	6.2%
8 / 2014	3.6%	4.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	3.2%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	3.7%	4.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	3.8%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.9%	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2013	7.0%	8.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	7.9%	8.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	7.4%	7.8%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.3%	7.2%	7.6%
5 / 2013	5.0%	6.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	5.3%	6.4%	7.5%
7 / 2013	5.4%	6.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	5.2%	5.7%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.1%	5.7%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.1%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.2%	6.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.3%	6.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2012	9.8%	8.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	10.6%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.4%	8.6%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.2%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	6.7%	7.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	6.2%	7.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	6.5%	7.1%	8.2%
8 / 2012	4.9%	6.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	4.6%	6.5%	7.8%
10 / 2012	4.6%	6.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	5.7%	7.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	7.1%	7.2%	7.9%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2011	9.3%	9.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	10.1%	9.3%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.9%	9.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	8.1%	8.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.0%	8.0%	9.0%
6 / 2011	6.3%	7.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	5.5%	7.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	6.4%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	5.7%	7.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	6.1%	7.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	6.0%	7.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	8.2%	7.6%	8.5%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2010	10.1%	9.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.2%	9.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	8.9%	9.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	6.3%	8.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	5.8%	8.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	4.9%	7.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	5.3%	7.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	3.8%	7.2%	9.5%
9 / 2010	4.2%	7.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	4.2%	7.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	6.0%	7.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	6.5%	8.0%	9.3%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2009	14.2%	8.4%	7.8%
2 / 2009	14.3%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	12.1%	9.1%	8.7%
4 / 2009	10.2%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	7.4%	8.3%	9.4%
6 / 2009	10.1%	8.1%	9.5%
7 / 2009	10.8%	7.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	11.6%	7.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.4%	7.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	8.3%	7.3%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.8%	7.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	13.1%	8.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2008	9.9%	5.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	11.1%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	11.0%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	10.5%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2008	7.6%	5.1%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.0%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.3%	5.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.3%	4.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.7%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.7%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.8%	6.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	12.0%	6.8%	7.3%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2007	9.3%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	9.6%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	9.3%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	9.7%	4.9%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.8%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.7%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	5.6%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.0%	4.0%	4.6%
9 / 2007	6.3%	4.2%	4.7%
10 / 2007	7.2%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 2007	6.8%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	8.9%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2006	10.6%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	10.6%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	10.1%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	8.0%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	6.5%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.5%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.5%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.3%	4.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.4%	4.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.0%	4.1%	4.4%
11 / 2006	6.1%	4.5%	4.5%
12 / 2006	6.4%	4.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2005	6.6%	5.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.8%	5.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.9%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.7%	5.2%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.7%	4.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	3.3%	4.7%	5.0%
7 / 2005	2.4%	4.7%	5.0%
8 / 2005	2.7%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.6%	4.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.1%	4.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.3%	4.6%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.0%	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2004	10.8%	5.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	9.5%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	7.8%	5.4%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.8%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 2004	3.4%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.4%	4.3%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.7%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.1%	3.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.0%	4.1%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.2%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.0%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.3%	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2003	10.3%	5.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	9.8%	5.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	10.6%	5.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	9.4%	5.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.3%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 2003	6.2%	4.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.2%	4.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	3.4%	4.3%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.7%	4.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.1%	4.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.4%	4.8%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.5%	4.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2002	7.6%	5.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	8.8%	4.9%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.6%	4.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.5%	4.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.6%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	5.4%	4.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.9%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.2%	3.6%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.3%	3.8%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.6%	3.9%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.4%	4.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.3%	4.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2001	8.3%	4.0%	4.2%
2 / 2001	8.3%	4.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	7.4%	4.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	7.0%	4.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.7%	3.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.5%	3.7%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.5%	3.7%	4.6%
8 / 2001	8.0%	3.3%	4.9%
9 / 2001	7.2%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	7.0%	3.6%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.0%	4.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.3%	4.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2000	7.7%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	9.0%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	7.1%	4.2%	4.0%
4 / 2000	6.3%	3.6%	3.8%
5 / 2000	6.3%	3.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	6.6%	3.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.2%	3.0%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.5%	2.6%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.6%	2.7%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.6%	2.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.9%	3.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.9%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1999	17.0%	4.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	18.1%	5.1%	4.4%
3 / 1999	14.8%	4.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	9.9%	4.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	7.2%	4.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	9.8%	3.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	7.5%	3.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	9.0%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	5.8%	3.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	11.7%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 1999	10.8%	3.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	9.4%	3.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1998	23.1%	6.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	18.5%	5.8%	4.6%
3 / 1998	18.1%	5.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	7.8%	4.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	5.3%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	7.5%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	7.5%	4.3%	4.5%
8 / 1998	6.5%	3.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.7%	3.7%	4.6%
10 / 1998	12.1%	3.9%	4.5%
11 / 1998	12.3%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	14.8%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1997	14.6%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 1997	17.1%	6.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	18.5%	6.1%	5.2%
4 / 1997	19.0%	5.7%	5.1%
5 / 1997	11.7%	5.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	8.4%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	11.4%	4.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	7.7%	4.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	2.1%	4.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.7%	4.2%	4.7%
11 / 1997	10.1%	4.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	16.5%	4.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1996	16.9%	6.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	14.5%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 1996	13.5%	6.4%	5.5%
4 / 1996	15.4%	5.9%	5.6%
5 / 1996	13.7%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	12.6%	4.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	12.6%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1996	10.0%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.2%	4.2%	5.2%
10 / 1996	7.4%	4.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	14.3%	4.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	14.8%	4.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1995	18.6%	7.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	19.7%	7.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	17.1%	7.2%	5.4%
4 / 1995	16.9%	6.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	10.3%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 1995	12.0%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	12.8%	5.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	12.1%	4.9%	5.7%
9 / 1995	11.2%	4.9%	5.6%
10 / 1995	16.6%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	13.7%	5.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	16.5%	5.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1994	24.8%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 1994	26.2%	8.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	23.9%	8.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	18.1%	7.7%	6.4%
5 / 1994	16.1%	7.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	18.2%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	18.7%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	18.5%	5.9%	6.0%
9 / 1994	13.4%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	16.1%	5.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	13.7%	6.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	17.2%	6.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1993	17.2%	8.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	19.7%	8.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	24.7%	8.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	19.9%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	14.0%	7.3%	7.1%
6 / 1993	17.0%	7.0%	7.0%
7 / 1993	19.1%	6.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	20.5%	6.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	12.5%	6.4%	6.7%
10 / 1993	15.5%	6.4%	6.8%
11 / 1993	18.3%	7.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	21.4%	7.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1992	18.8%	9.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	20.1%	9.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	20.1%	8.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	14.4%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	16.9%	7.3%	7.6%
6 / 1992	18.0%	6.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	13.3%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	12.5%	5.9%	7.6%
9 / 1992	8.2%	6.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.3%	6.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	9.3%	7.0%	7.4%
12 / 1992	12.0%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1991	20.5%	8.6%	6.4%
2 / 1991	20.1%	9.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	21.5%	9.5%	6.8%
4 / 1991	22.2%	8.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	16.5%	7.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	15.4%	7.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	15.1%	6.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	13.1%	5.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	12.3%	6.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	13.3%	6.1%	7.0%
11 / 1991	14.8%	6.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	16.7%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Freedom, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1990	15.8%	5.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	14.3%	5.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	14.1%	5.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	12.5%	5.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.2%	4.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	7.2%	4.6%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.9%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1990	7.9%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.7%	4.7%	5.9%
10 / 1990	9.4%	5.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	17.6%	6.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	16.8%	6.8%	6.3%