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V O L . X X X I N O. X I X 102 Fact Book / Doing Business in Maine WO R K F O R C E Percent women Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 15.4% Construction 12.4% Manufacturing 21.9% Wholesale trade 23.6% Retail trade 42.0% Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 19.4% Information 28.5% Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 57.0% Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 40.2% Educational services, and health care and social assistance 71.1% Arts, entertainment and recreation, and accommodation and food services 47.1% Other services, except public administration 47.0% Public administration 42.4% Maine 44.2% Women in Maine's work force, by industry, 2023 1 1 Full-time, year-round civillian employed population 16 years and over. S O U R C E : U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates Percent women Estimated total civilian work force ages 16 and up Androscoggin 51.2% 91,454 Aroostook 50.3% 56,264 Cumberland 51.8% 256,849 Franklin 51.2% 25,716 Hancock 51.5% 48,125 Kennebec 51.4% 104,198 Knox 50.3% 34,955 Lincoln 51.5% 30,534 Oxford 50.5% 49,847 Penobscot 50.6% 129,869 Pistacaquis 49.0% 14,787 Sagadahoc 51.7% 31,322 Somerset 50.4% 42,642 Waldo 51.0% 33,666 Washington 51.0% 26,133 York 51.4% 180,837 MAINE 51.2% 1,157,198 Women in Maine's work force, by county, 2023 S O U R C E : UU.S. Census Bureau, 2023 American Community 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 S O U R C E : Maine Department of Labor, Center for Workforce Research and Information Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 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% 8.7% Dec. 2009 9.5% May 2020