Very High Unemployment Area
Lee, ME Current Unemployment - 9.3%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Lee, ME Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2022
9.3%
4.3%
4.0%
2 / 2022
10.2%
4.2%
3.8%
3 / 2022
9.6%
4.1%
3.6%
4 / 2022
13.9%
3.1%
3.6%
5 / 2022
12.4%
3.0%
3.6%
6 / 2022
9.5%
3.0%
3.6%
7 / 2022
10.1%
2.7%
3.5%
8 / 2022
9.3%
2.9%
3.7%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2021
10.1%
6.4%
6.3%
2 / 2021
9.7%
5.6%
6.2%
3 / 2021
10.8%
5.4%
6.0%
4 / 2021
15.4%
5.3%
6.1%
5 / 2021
13.3%
5.1%
5.8%
6 / 2021
8.1%
5.1%
5.9%
7 / 2021
6.9%
4.6%
5.4%
8 / 2021
7.7%
4.2%
5.2%
9 / 2021
7.4%
3.8%
4.7%
10 / 2021
6.1%
3.7%
4.6%
11 / 2021
9.8%
3.8%
4.2%
12 / 2021
6.2%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2020
7.3%
3.4%
3.6%
2 / 2020
8.9%
4.3%
3.5%
3 / 2020
9.0%
3.6%
4.4%
4 / 2020
18.2%
11.3%
14.7%
5 / 2020
10.9%
9.4%
13.3%
6 / 2020
7.3%
6.5%
11.1%
7 / 2020
11.9%
9.4%
10.2%
8 / 2020
6.3%
6.2%
8.4%
9 / 2020
4.4%
5.4%
7.9%
10 / 2020
8.2%
4.8%
6.9%
11 / 2020
10.0%
4.7%
6.7%
12 / 2020
8.6%
5.2%
6.7%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2019
10.8%
4.1%
4.0%
2 / 2019
10.1%
4.0%
3.8%
3 / 2019
8.6%
3.9%
3.8%
4 / 2019
8.5%
3.4%
3.6%
5 / 2019
10.7%
3.0%
3.6%
6 / 2019
6.3%
2.8%
3.7%
7 / 2019
4.7%
2.7%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.6%
2.3%
3.7%
9 / 2019
4.3%
2.3%
3.5%
10 / 2019
5.2%
2.4%
3.6%
11 / 2019
6.1%
2.8%
3.5%
12 / 2019
6.7%
2.9%
3.5%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2018
8.1%
3.9%
4.1%
2 / 2018
7.0%
3.9%
4.1%
3 / 2018
6.2%
3.9%
4.0%
4 / 2018
9.8%
3.5%
3.9%
5 / 2018
10.6%
3.2%
3.8%
6 / 2018
6.8%
3.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
7.6%
3.1%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.9%
2.7%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.3%
2.7%
3.7%
10 / 2018
6.4%
2.7%
3.8%
11 / 2018
6.6%
3.1%
3.7%
12 / 2018
9.8%
3.1%
3.9%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2017
8.9%
4.3%
4.7%
2 / 2017
7.9%
4.3%
4.7%
3 / 2017
7.3%
4.2%
4.4%
4 / 2017
10.5%
3.7%
4.4%
5 / 2017
11.7%
3.5%
4.4%
6 / 2017
8.6%
3.3%
4.3%
7 / 2017
10.3%
3.2%
4.3%
8 / 2017
7.5%
2.7%
4.4%
9 / 2017
6.8%
2.7%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.6%
2.7%
4.1%
11 / 2017
6.9%
3.0%
4.2%
12 / 2017
6.3%
3.0%
4.1%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2016
10.6%
4.8%
4.9%
2 / 2016
11.6%
4.7%
4.9%
3 / 2016
11.7%
4.7%
5.0%
4 / 2016
14.9%
4.2%
5.0%
5 / 2016
14.1%
3.8%
4.8%
6 / 2016
10.5%
3.6%
4.9%
7 / 2016
11.4%
3.5%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.5%
3.1%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.6%
3.1%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.0%
3.1%
4.9%
11 / 2016
6.6%
3.5%
4.7%
12 / 2016
7.5%
3.4%
4.7%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2015
11.4%
5.8%
5.7%
2 / 2015
10.0%
5.7%
5.5%
3 / 2015
10.2%
5.5%
5.4%
4 / 2015
13.3%
4.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
12.9%
4.6%
5.6%
6 / 2015
9.6%
4.2%
5.3%
7 / 2015
8.5%
4.0%
5.2%
8 / 2015
6.9%
3.5%
5.1%
9 / 2015
6.7%
3.4%
5.0%
10 / 2015
5.2%
3.4%
5.0%
11 / 2015
7.6%
3.8%
5.1%
12 / 2015
8.9%
3.8%
5.0%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2014
13.1%
7.0%
6.6%
2 / 2014
13.1%
7.1%
6.7%
3 / 2014
12.7%
6.7%
6.7%
4 / 2014
13.8%
6.2%
6.2%
5 / 2014
14.0%
5.7%
6.3%
6 / 2014
11.5%
5.3%
6.1%
7 / 2014
10.5%
5.2%
6.2%
8 / 2014
9.6%
4.7%
6.1%
9 / 2014
10.4%
4.8%
5.9%
10 / 2014
9.8%
4.7%
5.7%
11 / 2014
10.5%
5.2%
5.8%
12 / 2014
9.5%
5.1%
5.6%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2013
11.9%
8.2%
8.0%
2 / 2013
11.0%
8.2%
7.7%
3 / 2013
12.6%
7.8%
7.5%
4 / 2013
13.7%
7.2%
7.6%
5 / 2013
12.8%
6.7%
7.5%
6 / 2013
11.9%
6.4%
7.5%
7 / 2013
10.6%
6.2%
7.3%
8 / 2013
9.4%
5.7%
7.2%
9 / 2013
8.9%
5.7%
7.2%
10 / 2013
10.4%
5.6%
7.2%
11 / 2013
10.1%
6.1%
6.9%
12 / 2013
10.4%
6.0%
6.7%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2012
11.4%
8.7%
8.3%
2 / 2012
12.4%
8.9%
8.3%
3 / 2012
13.1%
8.6%
8.2%
4 / 2012
13.9%
8.0%
8.2%
5 / 2012
13.6%
7.6%
8.2%
6 / 2012
11.3%
7.3%
8.2%
7 / 2012
11.0%
7.1%
8.2%
8 / 2012
9.3%
6.5%
8.1%
9 / 2012
9.7%
6.5%
7.8%
10 / 2012
8.7%
6.6%
7.8%
11 / 2012
9.1%
7.0%
7.7%
12 / 2012
10.9%
7.2%
7.9%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2011
9.9%
9.1%
9.1%
2 / 2011
12.3%
9.3%
9.0%
3 / 2011
11.7%
9.0%
9.0%
4 / 2011
13.0%
8.5%
9.1%
5 / 2011
14.0%
8.0%
9.0%
6 / 2011
10.5%
7.7%
9.1%
7 / 2011
10.5%
7.4%
9.0%
8 / 2011
8.5%
6.9%
9.0%
9 / 2011
9.4%
7.0%
9.0%
10 / 2011
8.4%
7.0%
8.8%
11 / 2011
8.8%
7.5%
8.6%
12 / 2011
9.2%
7.6%
8.5%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2010
10.7%
9.2%
9.8%
2 / 2010
10.5%
9.5%
9.8%
3 / 2010
10.7%
9.2%
9.9%
4 / 2010
13.4%
8.5%
9.9%
5 / 2010
11.1%
8.1%
9.6%
6 / 2010
9.6%
7.9%
9.4%
7 / 2010
9.5%
7.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
7.0%
7.2%
9.5%
9 / 2010
6.9%
7.2%
9.5%
10 / 2010
7.2%
7.3%
9.4%
11 / 2010
9.7%
7.9%
9.8%
12 / 2010
8.7%
8.0%
9.3%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2009
9.9%
8.4%
7.8%
2 / 2009
11.3%
8.9%
8.3%
3 / 2009
10.4%
9.1%
8.7%
4 / 2009
15.7%
8.5%
9.0%
5 / 2009
15.7%
8.3%
9.4%
6 / 2009
12.2%
8.1%
9.5%
7 / 2009
9.8%
7.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
9.9%
7.3%
9.6%
9 / 2009
10.0%
7.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
8.7%
7.3%
10.0%
11 / 2009
9.2%
7.9%
9.9%
12 / 2009
9.1%
8.1%
9.9%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2008
6.8%
5.7%
5.0%
2 / 2008
6.6%
5.8%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.8%
5.7%
5.1%
4 / 2008
9.0%
5.3%
5.0%
5 / 2008
11.7%
5.1%
5.4%
6 / 2008
9.0%
5.0%
5.6%
7 / 2008
9.2%
5.1%
5.8%
8 / 2008
8.6%
4.8%
6.1%
9 / 2008
9.7%
5.1%
6.1%
10 / 2008
9.3%
5.4%
6.5%
11 / 2008
5.1%
6.2%
6.8%
12 / 2008
8.4%
6.8%
7.3%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2007
6.0%
5.2%
4.6%
2 / 2007
7.9%
5.4%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.4%
5.2%
4.4%
4 / 2007
9.3%
4.9%
4.5%
5 / 2007
11.0%
4.6%
4.4%
6 / 2007
9.8%
4.4%
4.6%
7 / 2007
8.2%
4.5%
4.7%
8 / 2007
7.3%
4.0%
4.6%
9 / 2007
7.0%
4.2%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.2%
4.3%
4.7%
11 / 2007
6.2%
4.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
7.0%
4.7%
5.0%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2006
8.7%
5.3%
4.7%
2 / 2006
7.1%
5.4%
4.8%
3 / 2006
6.8%
5.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
8.6%
4.6%
4.7%
5 / 2006
6.6%
4.5%
4.6%
6 / 2006
6.3%
4.4%
4.6%
7 / 2006
5.6%
4.5%
4.7%
8 / 2006
6.7%
4.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
4.3%
4.1%
4.5%
10 / 2006
3.1%
4.1%
4.4%
11 / 2006
3.4%
4.5%
4.5%
12 / 2006
3.9%
4.4%
4.4%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2005
9.3%
5.6%
5.3%
2 / 2005
7.1%
5.8%
5.4%
3 / 2005
7.6%
5.7%
5.2%
4 / 2005
7.8%
5.2%
5.2%
5 / 2005
5.1%
4.9%
5.1%
6 / 2005
6.5%
4.7%
5.0%
7 / 2005
5.9%
4.7%
5.0%
8 / 2005
5.9%
4.2%
4.9%
9 / 2005
7.0%
4.4%
5.0%
10 / 2005
8.8%
4.3%
5.0%
11 / 2005
6.5%
4.6%
5.0%
12 / 2005
7.4%
4.5%
4.9%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2004
8.5%
5.6%
5.7%
2 / 2004
13.7%
5.6%
5.6%
3 / 2004
11.9%
5.4%
5.8%
4 / 2004
12.8%
4.8%
5.6%
5 / 2004
12.0%
4.4%
5.6%
6 / 2004
8.9%
4.3%
5.6%
7 / 2004
10.5%
4.3%
5.5%
8 / 2004
9.4%
3.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
10.1%
4.1%
5.4%
10 / 2004
8.7%
4.2%
5.5%
11 / 2004
8.8%
4.6%
5.4%
12 / 2004
10.6%
4.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2003
6.5%
5.6%
5.8%
2 / 2003
10.5%
5.8%
5.9%
3 / 2003
8.2%
5.7%
5.9%
4 / 2003
9.2%
5.3%
6.0%
5 / 2003
11.0%
4.8%
6.1%
6 / 2003
10.7%
4.8%
6.3%
7 / 2003
10.1%
4.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
11.9%
4.3%
6.1%
9 / 2003
7.0%
4.5%
6.1%
10 / 2003
7.8%
4.5%
6.0%
11 / 2003
5.7%
4.8%
5.8%
12 / 2003
7.4%
4.8%
5.7%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2002
4.3%
5.0%
5.7%
2 / 2002
3.9%
4.9%
5.7%
3 / 2002
4.6%
4.9%
5.7%
4 / 2002
7.3%
4.5%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.6%
4.2%
5.8%
6 / 2002
4.8%
4.2%
5.8%
7 / 2002
5.1%
4.1%
5.8%
8 / 2002
4.7%
3.6%
5.7%
9 / 2002
3.4%
3.8%
5.7%
10 / 2002
2.1%
3.9%
5.7%
11 / 2002
2.9%
4.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
4.9%
4.6%
6.0%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2001
4.7%
4.0%
4.2%
2 / 2001
5.0%
4.3%
4.2%
3 / 2001
4.5%
4.1%
4.3%
4 / 2001
6.0%
4.0%
4.4%
5 / 2001
7.5%
3.8%
4.3%
6 / 2001
6.8%
3.7%
4.5%
7 / 2001
7.1%
3.7%
4.6%
8 / 2001
5.5%
3.3%
4.9%
9 / 2001
3.6%
3.5%
5.0%
10 / 2001
2.9%
3.6%
5.3%
11 / 2001
2.9%
4.0%
5.5%
12 / 2001
2.1%
4.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 2000
6.7%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2000
6.2%
4.4%
4.1%
3 / 2000
3.7%
4.2%
4.0%
4 / 2000
5.5%
3.6%
3.8%
5 / 2000
3.9%
3.3%
4.0%
6 / 2000
4.1%
3.1%
4.0%
7 / 2000
3.6%
3.0%
4.0%
8 / 2000
2.6%
2.6%
4.1%
9 / 2000
2.3%
2.7%
3.9%
10 / 2000
1.8%
2.7%
3.9%
11 / 2000
2.1%
3.2%
3.9%
12 / 2000
2.4%
3.1%
3.9%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1999
5.7%
4.9%
4.3%
2 / 1999
5.9%
5.1%
4.4%
3 / 1999
7.4%
4.8%
4.2%
4 / 1999
7.3%
4.1%
4.3%
5 / 1999
11.2%
4.0%
4.2%
6 / 1999
9.3%
3.9%
4.3%
7 / 1999
10.9%
3.6%
4.3%
8 / 1999
11.1%
3.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
3.0%
3.3%
4.2%
10 / 1999
6.0%
3.3%
4.1%
11 / 1999
4.7%
3.6%
4.1%
12 / 1999
6.7%
3.7%
4.0%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1998
6.8%
6.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
4.8%
5.8%
4.6%
3 / 1998
7.8%
5.5%
4.7%
4 / 1998
10.5%
4.6%
4.3%
5 / 1998
8.4%
4.2%
4.4%
6 / 1998
10.5%
4.1%
4.5%
7 / 1998
8.7%
4.3%
4.5%
8 / 1998
8.4%
3.7%
4.5%
9 / 1998
6.1%
3.7%
4.6%
10 / 1998
5.1%
3.9%
4.5%
11 / 1998
4.9%
4.1%
4.4%
12 / 1998
6.6%
4.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1997
8.5%
6.1%
5.3%
2 / 1997
9.0%
6.4%
5.2%
3 / 1997
9.2%
6.1%
5.2%
4 / 1997
6.6%
5.7%
5.1%
5 / 1997
12.9%
5.0%
4.9%
6 / 1997
9.5%
4.8%
5.0%
7 / 1997
7.3%
4.7%
4.9%
8 / 1997
5.5%
4.0%
4.8%
9 / 1997
6.1%
4.1%
4.9%
10 / 1997
7.1%
4.2%
4.7%
11 / 1997
10.8%
4.7%
4.6%
12 / 1997
8.5%
4.9%
4.7%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1996
9.5%
6.5%
5.6%
2 / 1996
8.3%
6.8%
5.5%
3 / 1996
7.0%
6.4%
5.5%
4 / 1996
8.1%
5.9%
5.6%
5 / 1996
9.1%
5.2%
5.6%
6 / 1996
8.2%
4.9%
5.3%
7 / 1996
7.1%
4.8%
5.5%
8 / 1996
6.6%
4.2%
5.1%
9 / 1996
4.5%
4.2%
5.2%
10 / 1996
5.9%
4.2%
5.2%
11 / 1996
5.0%
4.7%
5.4%
12 / 1996
3.3%
4.8%
5.4%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1995
8.2%
7.7%
5.6%
2 / 1995
6.7%
7.5%
5.4%
3 / 1995
5.7%
7.2%
5.4%
4 / 1995
8.1%
6.6%
5.8%
5 / 1995
7.4%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 1995
7.7%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 1995
6.3%
5.5%
5.7%
8 / 1995
6.8%
4.9%
5.7%
9 / 1995
6.2%
4.9%
5.6%
10 / 1995
4.7%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 1995
5.5%
5.5%
5.6%
12 / 1995
8.4%
5.5%
5.6%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1994
8.8%
8.5%
6.6%
2 / 1994
9.4%
8.8%
6.6%
3 / 1994
8.0%
8.4%
6.5%
4 / 1994
10.1%
7.7%
6.4%
5 / 1994
12.6%
7.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
10.9%
6.8%
6.1%
7 / 1994
13.1%
6.5%
6.1%
8 / 1994
10.5%
5.9%
6.0%
9 / 1994
6.6%
5.8%
5.9%
10 / 1994
10.4%
5.9%
5.8%
11 / 1994
8.1%
6.3%
5.6%
12 / 1994
4.9%
6.3%
5.5%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1993
8.8%
8.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
9.4%
8.4%
7.1%
3 / 1993
9.5%
8.2%
7.0%
4 / 1993
10.4%
7.7%
7.1%
5 / 1993
12.2%
7.3%
7.1%
6 / 1993
9.5%
7.0%
7.0%
7 / 1993
7.5%
6.6%
6.9%
8 / 1993
10.0%
6.2%
6.8%
9 / 1993
8.6%
6.4%
6.7%
10 / 1993
7.7%
6.4%
6.8%
11 / 1993
8.9%
7.2%
6.6%
12 / 1993
8.3%
7.3%
6.5%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1992
11.5%
9.0%
7.3%
2 / 1992
13.6%
9.2%
7.4%
3 / 1992
11.6%
8.9%
7.4%
4 / 1992
14.6%
8.0%
7.4%
5 / 1992
12.8%
7.3%
7.6%
6 / 1992
12.1%
6.8%
7.8%
7 / 1992
13.2%
6.4%
7.7%
8 / 1992
9.1%
5.9%
7.6%
9 / 1992
5.9%
6.0%
7.6%
10 / 1992
3.4%
6.2%
7.3%
11 / 1992
8.6%
7.0%
7.4%
12 / 1992
12.2%
7.2%
7.4%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1991
12.3%
8.6%
6.4%
2 / 1991
11.9%
9.5%
6.6%
3 / 1991
11.1%
9.5%
6.8%
4 / 1991
13.7%
8.9%
6.7%
5 / 1991
11.8%
7.9%
6.9%
6 / 1991
10.5%
7.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
8.3%
6.7%
6.8%
8 / 1991
5.3%
5.9%
6.9%
9 / 1991
5.6%
6.0%
6.9%
10 / 1991
8.6%
6.1%
7.0%
11 / 1991
8.1%
6.8%
7.0%
12 / 1991
7.6%
7.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Lee, ME%
Maine%
National %
1 / 1990
8.8%
5.5%
5.4%
2 / 1990
10.0%
5.8%
5.3%
3 / 1990
7.8%
5.6%
5.2%
4 / 1990
9.9%
5.1%
5.4%
5 / 1990
8.5%
4.7%
5.4%
6 / 1990
6.8%
4.6%
5.2%
7 / 1990
6.2%
4.8%
5.5%
8 / 1990
7.8%
4.3%
5.7%
9 / 1990
5.8%
4.7%
5.9%
10 / 1990
5.3%
5.3%
5.9%
11 / 1990
8.4%
6.4%
6.2%
12 / 1990
8.0%
6.8%
6.3%