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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 77 Fact Book / Doing Business in Maine WO R K F O R C E Percent women Health care and social assistance 77.4% Finance and insurance 60.2% Educational services 66.3% Accommodation and food services 58.1% Other services 57.9% Professional, scientific and technical services 46.0% Retail trade 45.7% Public administration 42.6% Arts, entertainment and recreation 53.9% Information 49.2% All other industries 22.4% MAINE 48.6% Women in Maine's work force, by industry, 2019 S O U R C E : U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates Percent women Estimated total civilian work force ages 16 and up Androscoggin 49.2% 54,573 Aroostook 46.9% 29,593 Cumberland 49.5% 163,077 Franklin 50.0% 14,474 Hancock 50.9% 27,238 Kennebec 49.7% 59,678 Knox 49.9% 19,979 Lincoln 48.6% 16,426 Oxford 48.6% 26,073 Penobscot 49.2% 72,962 Pistacaquis 46.8% 6,403 Sagadahoc 48.4% 18,674 Somerset 48.2% 21,939 Waldo 49.7% 18,889 Washington 47.8% 12,571 York 48.8% 107,868 MAINE 49.2% 670,417 Women in Maine's work force, by county, 2019 S O U R C E : U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American Commu- nity Survey 5-Year Estimates 2014 2024 Percentage change 2014–2024 Health care and social assistance 101,070 109,923 8.8% Professional and business services 63,479 68,325 7.6% Educational services 12,318 12,848 4.3% Leisure and hospitality 63,191 65,641 3.9% Other services 22,916 23,286 1.6% Construction 26,008 26,233 0.9% Retail trade 81,666 81,983 0.4% Transportation and warehousing 16,467 16,505 0.2% Financial activities 31,146 31,123 -0.1% Wholesale trade 19,770 19,194 -2.9% Natural resources and mining 6,420 6,212 -3.2% Government 95,510 91,930 -3.7% Information 7,403 6,715 -9.3% Utilities 1,551 1,400 -9.7% Manufacturing 50,180 43,695 -12.9% Total employment 661,444 666,763 0.8% Employment growth by industry Ranked by percentage change, 2014–2024 S O U R C E : Maine Department of Labor, Center for Workforce Research & Information, Job Outlook to 2024 Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 10.4% April 2020 10% 5.0% 5.5% 6.0% 6.5% 7.0% 7.5% 8.0% 8.5% 9.0% 9.5% 2.5% 3.0% 3.5% 4.0% 4.5% 0% 0.5% 1.0% 1.5% 2.0% 8.3% June 2009