Carthage, ME Unemployment Rate Report

Carthage, ME Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Carthage, Maine has ranged from 0.5% in February 1990 to 21.9% in May 2009. The current unemployment rate for Carthage is 8.3% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Carthage, ME Unemployment Rate by Month

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Carthage, ME Current Unemployment - 8.3%

Carthage, ME Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2022	9.5%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	13.1%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2022	11.8%	4.1%	3.6%
4 / 2022	9.7%	3.1%	3.6%
5 / 2022	8.3%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	9.2%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	8.8%	2.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	8.3%	2.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2021	14.8%	6.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	18.4%	5.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	14.3%	5.4%	6.0%
4 / 2021	13.7%	5.3%	6.1%
5 / 2021	14.0%	5.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	12.8%	5.1%	5.9%
7 / 2021	12.5%	4.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	14.7%	4.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	11.0%	3.8%	4.7%
10 / 2021	15.8%	3.7%	4.6%
11 / 2021	12.0%	3.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	12.1%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2020	11.6%	3.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	12.9%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	8.9%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2020	16.3%	11.3%	14.7%
5 / 2020	12.0%	9.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	7.5%	6.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	12.2%	9.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	11.7%	6.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.5%	5.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.2%	4.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	7.3%	4.7%	6.7%
12 / 2020	12.8%	5.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2019	9.3%	4.1%	4.0%
2 / 2019	9.9%	4.0%	3.8%
3 / 2019	9.0%	3.9%	3.8%
4 / 2019	10.6%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	8.1%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	7.5%	2.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	5.2%	2.7%	3.7%
8 / 2019	8.9%	2.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	7.1%	2.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.9%	2.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.8%	2.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	6.0%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2018	6.9%	3.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.9%	3.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	5.9%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2018	7.3%	3.5%	3.9%
5 / 2018	7.6%	3.2%	3.8%
6 / 2018	6.9%	3.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	6.8%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	7.8%	2.7%	3.8%
9 / 2018	8.1%	2.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	7.0%	2.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	8.6%	3.1%	3.7%
12 / 2018	8.6%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2017	10.5%	4.3%	4.7%
2 / 2017	9.1%	4.3%	4.7%
3 / 2017	7.8%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	10.1%	3.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	9.0%	3.5%	4.4%
6 / 2017	6.7%	3.3%	4.3%
7 / 2017	8.2%	3.2%	4.3%
8 / 2017	6.6%	2.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.1%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	5.7%	2.7%	4.1%
11 / 2017	5.2%	3.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	6.0%	3.0%	4.1%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2016	7.9%	4.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	9.8%	4.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.0%	4.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	12.4%	4.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	10.7%	3.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	8.4%	3.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	10.7%	3.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	9.2%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2016	10.6%	3.1%	5.0%
10 / 2016	9.4%	3.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	7.5%	3.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	7.5%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2015	11.3%	5.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	9.4%	5.7%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.6%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	7.6%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	9.9%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	12.5%	4.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	11.0%	4.0%	5.2%
8 / 2015	10.1%	3.5%	5.1%
9 / 2015	9.4%	3.4%	5.0%
10 / 2015	6.1%	3.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.7%	3.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	8.8%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2014	15.8%	7.0%	6.6%
2 / 2014	16.4%	7.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	14.9%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	16.7%	6.2%	6.2%
5 / 2014	15.8%	5.7%	6.3%
6 / 2014	13.2%	5.3%	6.1%
7 / 2014	12.5%	5.2%	6.2%
8 / 2014	11.6%	4.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	14.3%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	12.8%	4.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	14.4%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2014	13.3%	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2013	16.2%	8.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	14.4%	8.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	15.2%	7.8%	7.5%
4 / 2013	17.3%	7.2%	7.6%
5 / 2013	16.7%	6.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	15.5%	6.4%	7.5%
7 / 2013	16.6%	6.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	16.4%	5.7%	7.2%
9 / 2013	16.9%	5.7%	7.2%
10 / 2013	17.5%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	17.7%	6.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	17.6%	6.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2012	13.6%	8.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	16.1%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2012	16.2%	8.6%	8.2%
4 / 2012	16.6%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	17.1%	7.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	14.9%	7.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	14.7%	7.1%	8.2%
8 / 2012	16.3%	6.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	17.3%	6.5%	7.8%
10 / 2012	16.6%	6.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	16.6%	7.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	16.6%	7.2%	7.9%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2011	15.1%	9.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	15.0%	9.3%	9.0%
3 / 2011	15.1%	9.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	19.0%	8.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	17.9%	8.0%	9.0%
6 / 2011	18.3%	7.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	15.5%	7.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	15.0%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	16.1%	7.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	15.9%	7.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	15.2%	7.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	13.4%	7.6%	8.5%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2010	9.2%	9.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	8.7%	9.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	9.2%	9.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	11.2%	8.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	11.3%	8.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	10.1%	7.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	10.8%	7.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	11.9%	7.2%	9.5%
9 / 2010	13.3%	7.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	12.3%	7.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	13.8%	7.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	13.3%	8.0%	9.3%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2009	14.3%	8.4%	7.8%
2 / 2009	16.8%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	19.7%	9.1%	8.7%
4 / 2009	21.0%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	21.9%	8.3%	9.4%
6 / 2009	18.8%	8.1%	9.5%
7 / 2009	17.3%	7.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	16.1%	7.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	10.1%	7.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	12.1%	7.3%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.6%	7.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	12.8%	8.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2008	10.7%	5.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	10.0%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	10.1%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	14.7%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2008	11.0%	5.1%	5.4%
6 / 2008	9.8%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	9.9%	5.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	9.4%	4.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.4%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.0%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	11.2%	6.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	12.8%	6.8%	7.3%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2007	12.4%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	10.0%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	9.6%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	13.3%	4.9%	4.5%
5 / 2007	11.8%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	10.2%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	7.9%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	8.7%	4.0%	4.6%
9 / 2007	6.9%	4.2%	4.7%
10 / 2007	8.4%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 2007	11.8%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	8.6%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2006	9.4%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	14.4%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	13.3%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	13.3%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	6.3%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.5%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	7.5%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.5%	4.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	6.6%	4.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	6.6%	4.1%	4.4%
11 / 2006	10.1%	4.5%	4.5%
12 / 2006	10.8%	4.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2005	9.1%	5.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	9.6%	5.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	11.7%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 2005	12.6%	5.2%	5.2%
5 / 2005	10.6%	4.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	7.5%	4.7%	5.0%
7 / 2005	8.6%	4.7%	5.0%
8 / 2005	8.1%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.1%	4.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	7.1%	4.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	7.6%	4.6%	5.0%
12 / 2005	14.0%	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2004	3.5%	5.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	2.6%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.5%	5.4%	5.8%
4 / 2004	7.9%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 2004	7.1%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.4%	4.3%	5.6%
7 / 2004	6.6%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.5%	3.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	9.1%	4.1%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.0%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.4%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 2004	7.6%	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2003	3.5%	5.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	3.5%	5.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	3.5%	5.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.9%	5.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.1%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.5%	4.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	3.9%	4.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	2.2%	4.3%	6.1%
9 / 2003	3.4%	4.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	3.4%	4.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	3.4%	4.8%	5.8%
12 / 2003	2.1%	4.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2002	2.5%	5.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	3.0%	4.9%	5.7%
3 / 2002	2.5%	4.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	3.3%	4.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	3.4%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	3.8%	4.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	3.3%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	1.7%	3.6%	5.7%
9 / 2002	2.8%	3.8%	5.7%
10 / 2002	2.8%	3.9%	5.7%
11 / 2002	2.8%	4.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	2.1%	4.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2001	3.8%	4.0%	4.2%
2 / 2001	2.0%	4.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	2.0%	4.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.1%	4.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.8%	3.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	2.7%	3.7%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.2%	3.7%	4.6%
8 / 2001	2.2%	3.3%	4.9%
9 / 2001	2.7%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	2.7%	3.6%	5.3%
11 / 2001	2.7%	4.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	2.2%	4.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2000	2.3%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	2.3%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.3%	4.2%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.1%	3.6%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.2%	3.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.1%	3.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.2%	3.0%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.6%	2.6%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.2%	2.7%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.2%	2.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.2%	3.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.0%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1999	3.3%	4.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	6.5%	5.1%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.2%	4.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.2%	4.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.8%	4.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	1.6%	3.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	1.1%	3.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	1.1%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	1.1%	3.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	1.1%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 1999	1.1%	3.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	1.0%	3.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1998	1.9%	6.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	2.9%	5.8%	4.6%
3 / 1998	2.9%	5.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	3.1%	4.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	1.1%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	1.1%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	1.1%	4.3%	4.5%
8 / 1998	0.5%	3.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	1.1%	3.7%	4.6%
10 / 1998	1.1%	3.9%	4.5%
11 / 1998	1.1%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	4.0%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1997	3.3%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 1997	4.3%	6.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	4.2%	6.1%	5.2%
4 / 1997	4.2%	5.7%	5.1%
5 / 1997	2.8%	5.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	2.8%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	2.8%	4.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	1.1%	4.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	1.1%	4.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	1.1%	4.2%	4.7%
11 / 1997	1.1%	4.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	1.1%	4.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1996	5.1%	6.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	6.1%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 1996	6.1%	6.4%	5.5%
4 / 1996	7.3%	5.9%	5.6%
5 / 1996	2.3%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	1.1%	4.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	1.1%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1996	2.2%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	1.1%	4.2%	5.2%
10 / 1996	1.1%	4.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	1.1%	4.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	1.0%	4.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1995	7.2%	7.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.8%	7.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	6.8%	7.2%	5.4%
4 / 1995	8.9%	6.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.5%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 1995	5.3%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	2.2%	5.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.8%	4.9%	5.7%
9 / 1995	4.9%	4.9%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.8%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.8%	5.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.4%	5.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1994	6.7%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 1994	5.3%	8.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	6.3%	8.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.1%	7.7%	6.4%
5 / 1994	3.2%	7.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	3.2%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	4.2%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	1.2%	5.9%	6.0%
9 / 1994	1.3%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	1.2%	5.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	3.6%	6.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	6.5%	6.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1993	3.9%	8.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	2.0%	8.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	2.1%	8.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	4.3%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	5.1%	7.3%	7.1%
6 / 1993	3.8%	7.0%	7.0%
7 / 1993	3.4%	6.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	3.9%	6.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	4.4%	6.4%	6.7%
10 / 1993	4.4%	6.4%	6.8%
11 / 1993	3.4%	7.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	2.1%	7.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1992	2.1%	9.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	2.1%	9.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	2.1%	8.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	5.4%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.6%	7.3%	7.6%
6 / 1992	3.9%	6.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	2.3%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	2.3%	5.9%	7.6%
9 / 1992	3.3%	6.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	1.1%	6.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	3.3%	7.0%	7.4%
12 / 1992	4.1%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1991	3.9%	8.6%	6.4%
2 / 1991	4.0%	9.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	5.5%	9.5%	6.8%
4 / 1991	6.6%	8.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.3%	7.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	4.8%	7.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	4.7%	6.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	0.5%	5.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	2.1%	6.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	2.1%	6.1%	7.0%
11 / 1991	2.2%	6.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	3.0%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Carthage, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1990	1.6%	5.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	0.5%	5.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	1.6%	5.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	2.2%	5.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	2.8%	4.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.3%	4.6%	5.2%
7 / 1990	1.6%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1990	0.6%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	2.2%	4.7%	5.9%
10 / 1990	2.2%	5.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	3.4%	6.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	2.7%	6.8%	6.3%