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V O L . X X V I N O. X V I 72 Fact Book / Doing Business in Maine WO R K F O R C E Percent of working population holding multiple jobs 1 1 Reflected as a percentage of total employment. S O U R C E : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 Maine U.S. Percent women Health care and social assistance 79.9% Finance and insurance 65.8% Educational services 65.7% Accommodation and food services 59.9% Other services 53.4% Professional, scientific and technical services 46.1% Retail trade 49.6% Public administration 38.3% Arts, entertainment and recreation 43.5% Information 49.5% All other industries 21.9% MAINE 49.5% Women in Maine's work force, by industry, 2016 S O U R C E : U.S. Census Bureau, 2016 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates Percent women Estimated total civilian work force ages 16 and up Androscoggin 49.3% 53,635 Aroostook 47.8% 30,644 Cumberland 49.5% 155,014 Franklin 49.5% 14,342 Hancock 50.4% 26,467 Kennebec 50.5% 56,869 Knox 50.3% 19,328 Lincoln 49.2% 16,638 Oxford 47.5% 25,039 Penobscot 48.9% 72,513 Piscataquis 48.9% 6,661 Sagadahoc 48.5% 18,081 Somerset 49.1% 22,270 Waldo 49.7% 18,386 Washington 47.6% 12,917 York 48.7% 103,834 MAINE 49.2% 652,638 Women in Maine's work force, by county, 2016 S O U R C E : U.S. Census Bureau, 2012–2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates Maine unemployment rates, by county Not seasonally adjusted S O U R C E : Maine Department of Labor, Center for Workforce Research & Information UNEMPLOYMENT RATE PERSONS UNEMPLOYED CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE March 2018 March 2017 March 2018 March 2017 March 2018 March 2017 1 Androscoggin 2.9% 3.5% 1,604 1,950 55,625 55,456 2 Aroostook 4.2% 5.3% 1,327 1,704 31,774 31,942 3 Cumberland 2.3% 2.8% 3,705 4,481 163,062 161,930 4 Franklin 3.3% 4.3% 497 636 14,974 14,885 5 Hancock 4.3% 5.6% 1,195 1,549 27,831 27,739 6 Kennebec 2.9% 3.7% 1,811 2,313 62,728 62,483 7 Knox 3.4% 4.1% 682 826 20,149 20,115 8 Lincoln 3.5% 4.3% 571 700 16,483 16,454 9 Oxford 3.4% 4.2% 938 1,221 27,202 26,997 10 Penobscot 3.3% 4.2% 2,536 3,212 76,284 76,980 11 Piscataquis 3.9% 4.7% 294 354 7,556 7,480 12 Sagadahoc 2.6% 3.1% 495 589 19,293 19,201 13 Somerset 4.4% 5.9% 1,015 1,373 23,234 23,233 14 Waldo 3.4% 4.4% 704 922 20,713 20,742 15 Washington 4.6% 6.3% 647 888 14,065 14,129 16 York 3.0% 3.5% 3,306 3,872 111,988 111,057 MAINE 3.1% 3.8% 21,335 26,494 692,974 690,824 In the early 1900s, Belfast's prosperity is built on shipbuilding and commerce in cargoes like hay, ice, apples and fertilizer. Great Northern Paper Co.'s plant in Millinocket produces first roll of newsprint in 1900 and becomes world's largest paper mill. Charlie Lamey and Dan Wellehan open Lamey Wellehan Shoes in Lewiston in 1914. Today it has six stores. 200 200 IDEAS FOR MAINE'S BICENTENNIAL Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted S O U R C E : U.S. Census 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 8.3% June 2009 10.4% April 2020 10% 5% 5% 7.5% 7.5% 2.5% 0%