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V O L . X X X N O. X I X 76 Fact Book / Doing Business in Maine WO R K F O R C E Percent women Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 13.5% Construction 8.9% Manufacturing 26.5% Wholesale trade 27.0% Retail trade 40.3% Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 25.3% Information 41.3% Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 55.7% Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 38.6% Educational services, and health care and social assistance 72.8% Arts, entertainment and recreation, and accommodation and food services 54.8% Other services, except public administration 43.8% Public administration 41.4% Maine 44.6% Women in Maine's work force, by industry, 2022 1 1 Full-time, year-round civillian employed population 16 years and over. S O U R C E : U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates Percent women Estimated total civilian work force ages 16 and up Androscoggin 45.4% 38,206 Aroostook 42.3% 20,101 Cumberland 45.1% 111,331 Franklin 43.6% 8,562 Hancock 45.6% 18,457 Kennebec 47.1% 41,191 Knox 42.9% 12,178 Lincoln 43.7% 10,349 Oxford 44.3% 16,847 Penobscot 44.7% 48,697 Pistacaquis 44.3% 4,205 Sagadahoc 45.3% 12,947 Somerset 42.0% 14,020 Waldo 42.0% 12,545 Washington 43.7% 7,773 York 44.0% 77,128 MAINE 44.6% 454,537 Women in Maine's work force, by county, 2020 S O U R C E : U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 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 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 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% 9.5% May 2020 8.7% Dec. 2009