Prentiss, ME Unemployment Rate Report

Prentiss, ME Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Prentiss, Maine has ranged from 1.4% in December 1999 to 23.2% in May 1992. The current unemployment rate for Prentiss is 3.3% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Prentiss, ME Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Prentiss, ME Current Unemployment - 3.3%

Prentiss, ME Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2022	12.1%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	6.3%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2022	6.3%	4.1%	3.6%
4 / 2022	11.9%	3.1%	3.6%
5 / 2022	16.9%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	13.0%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	1.6%	2.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.3%	2.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2021	6.6%	6.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	1.7%	5.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.5%	5.4%	6.0%
4 / 2021	15.2%	5.3%	6.1%
5 / 2021	16.2%	5.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	10.6%	5.1%	5.9%
7 / 2021	3.2%	4.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.2%	4.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.0%	3.8%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.3%	3.7%	4.6%
11 / 2021	9.5%	3.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	8.1%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2020	9.4%	3.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	6.3%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	6.5%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2020	10.5%	11.3%	14.7%
5 / 2020	6.9%	9.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	4.9%	6.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	3.3%	9.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	1.6%	6.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.0%	5.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.5%	4.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.5%	4.7%	6.7%
12 / 2020	6.6%	5.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2019	7.8%	4.1%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.2%	4.0%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.3%	3.9%	3.8%
4 / 2019	9.4%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	15.9%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	7.7%	2.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.2%	2.7%	3.7%
8 / 2019	1.6%	2.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.3%	2.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.3%	2.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.3%	2.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	6.3%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2018	3.3%	3.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.2%	3.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.2%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2018	14.5%	3.5%	3.9%
5 / 2018	18.1%	3.2%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.2%	3.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.2%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.2%	2.7%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.4%	2.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.3%	2.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.3%	3.1%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.3%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2017	3.3%	4.3%	4.7%
2 / 2017	3.2%	4.3%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.2%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.2%	3.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.2%	3.5%	4.4%
6 / 2017	6.2%	3.3%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.1%	3.2%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.2%	2.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.3%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	1.6%	2.7%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.3%	3.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.3%	3.0%	4.1%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2016	6.5%	4.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	7.8%	4.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	7.7%	4.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	11.9%	4.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	13.2%	3.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	7.5%	3.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	3.2%	3.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.1%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.3%	3.1%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.2%	3.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.3%	3.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.3%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2015	7.4%	5.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	7.2%	5.7%	5.5%
3 / 2015	7.2%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	16.0%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	12.5%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	9.7%	4.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	2.9%	4.0%	5.2%
8 / 2015	2.9%	3.5%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.1%	3.4%	5.0%
10 / 2015	3.0%	3.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.1%	3.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.8%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2014	13.0%	7.0%	6.6%
2 / 2014	14.3%	7.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	11.5%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	13.8%	6.2%	6.2%
5 / 2014	17.3%	5.7%	6.3%
6 / 2014	10.1%	5.3%	6.1%
7 / 2014	12.0%	5.2%	6.2%
8 / 2014	8.6%	4.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	9.0%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	8.8%	4.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	8.2%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2014	12.3%	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2013	13.5%	8.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	17.7%	8.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	18.2%	7.8%	7.5%
4 / 2013	17.5%	7.2%	7.6%
5 / 2013	16.9%	6.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	14.1%	6.4%	7.5%
7 / 2013	12.3%	6.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	11.9%	5.7%	7.2%
9 / 2013	13.4%	5.7%	7.2%
10 / 2013	13.6%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	15.5%	6.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	14.6%	6.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2012	11.3%	8.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	10.0%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2012	12.5%	8.6%	8.2%
4 / 2012	14.7%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	15.4%	7.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	12.8%	7.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	11.0%	7.1%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.0%	6.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.1%	6.5%	7.8%
10 / 2012	13.4%	6.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	13.8%	7.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	12.7%	7.2%	7.9%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2011	9.5%	9.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.5%	9.3%	9.0%
3 / 2011	10.8%	9.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	17.5%	8.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	15.4%	8.0%	9.0%
6 / 2011	14.8%	7.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.1%	7.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.8%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	9.2%	7.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	10.5%	7.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.6%	7.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	10.8%	7.6%	8.5%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2010	6.8%	9.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	8.0%	9.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	9.2%	9.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	10.4%	8.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	6.9%	8.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	7.9%	7.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	5.2%	7.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	5.3%	7.2%	9.5%
9 / 2010	5.2%	7.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	3.9%	7.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	6.8%	7.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	6.8%	8.0%	9.3%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2009	12.2%	8.4%	7.8%
2 / 2009	11.1%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	13.5%	9.1%	8.7%
4 / 2009	18.4%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	17.1%	8.3%	9.4%
6 / 2009	16.5%	8.1%	9.5%
7 / 2009	13.3%	7.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	7.1%	7.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	8.5%	7.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	5.8%	7.3%	10.0%
11 / 2009	5.8%	7.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.6%	8.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2008	8.3%	5.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.7%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.7%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	9.6%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2008	14.1%	5.1%	5.4%
6 / 2008	6.8%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	9.5%	5.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	12.0%	4.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	9.6%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.3%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.9%	6.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	12.2%	6.8%	7.3%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2007	5.6%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	2.9%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	5.6%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.6%	4.9%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.6%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.2%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.2%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	2.9%	4.0%	4.6%
9 / 2007	2.9%	4.2%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.2%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.2%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	2.9%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2006	5.5%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.5%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.5%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.6%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	8.1%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.8%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.1%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2006	2.8%	4.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	2.8%	4.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	6.7%	4.1%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.8%	4.5%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.5%	4.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2005	2.9%	5.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	2.9%	5.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	2.9%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 2005	13.2%	5.2%	5.2%
5 / 2005	11.8%	4.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	13.8%	4.7%	5.0%
7 / 2005	11.5%	4.7%	5.0%
8 / 2005	2.8%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.1%	4.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.1%	4.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.1%	4.6%	5.0%
12 / 2005	2.8%	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2004	8.5%	5.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	9.0%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	10.3%	5.4%	5.8%
4 / 2004	9.0%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 2004	7.4%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 2004	8.2%	4.3%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.7%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	7.1%	3.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	7.0%	4.1%	5.4%
10 / 2004	7.0%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	2.9%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 2004	2.9%	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2003	8.1%	5.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	11.7%	5.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	11.7%	5.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	21.2%	5.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	9.3%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 2003	11.5%	4.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.8%	4.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	2.9%	4.3%	6.1%
9 / 2003	11.4%	4.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	12.5%	4.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.8%	4.8%	5.8%
12 / 2003	9.2%	4.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2002	11.3%	5.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	8.0%	4.9%	5.7%
3 / 2002	7.9%	4.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	17.9%	4.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	16.7%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	5.4%	4.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	5.4%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	1.4%	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	12.5%	4.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2001	2.9%	4.0%	4.2%
2 / 2001	2.9%	4.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	2.9%	4.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.2%	4.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	6.9%	3.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.4%	3.7%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.8%	3.7%	4.6%
8 / 2001	2.9%	3.3%	4.9%
9 / 2001	7.9%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	9.2%	3.6%	5.3%
11 / 2001	10.4%	4.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	14.8%	4.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2000	2.9%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	2.9%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.9%	4.2%	4.0%
4 / 2000	6.8%	3.6%	3.8%
5 / 2000	6.8%	3.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	7.8%	3.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.3%	3.0%	4.0%
8 / 2000	1.4%	2.6%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.7%	2.7%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.8%	2.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.8%	3.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	1.4%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1999	1.5%	4.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	1.5%	5.1%	4.4%
3 / 1999	1.5%	4.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.9%	4.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.9%	4.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	2.8%	3.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	2.9%	3.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	1.5%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.9%	3.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.9%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.9%	3.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	1.4%	3.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1998	1.5%	6.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	1.5%	5.8%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.9%	5.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	8.6%	4.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	9.7%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	8.3%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	6.9%	4.3%	4.5%
8 / 1998	5.8%	3.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	7.1%	3.7%	4.6%
10 / 1998	1.5%	3.9%	4.5%
11 / 1998	1.5%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	1.5%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1997	1.5%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 1997	1.5%	6.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	3.0%	6.1%	5.2%
4 / 1997	6.1%	5.7%	5.1%
5 / 1997	12.5%	5.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	9.9%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	5.9%	4.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	1.5%	4.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	1.6%	4.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.1%	4.2%	4.7%
11 / 1997	1.6%	4.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	1.6%	4.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1996	4.5%	6.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	1.6%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 1996	1.6%	6.4%	5.5%
4 / 1996	12.7%	5.9%	5.6%
5 / 1996	13.7%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.8%	4.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.9%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1996	6.0%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	1.5%	4.2%	5.2%
10 / 1996	1.5%	4.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	1.6%	4.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	1.5%	4.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1995	1.6%	7.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.3%	7.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	4.8%	7.2%	5.4%
4 / 1995	11.9%	6.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	14.1%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 1995	3.0%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	1.5%	5.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	1.6%	4.9%	5.7%
9 / 1995	1.6%	4.9%	5.6%
10 / 1995	1.6%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	1.6%	5.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	1.6%	5.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1994	8.0%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 1994	6.1%	8.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	6.1%	8.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	6.4%	7.7%	6.4%
5 / 1994	18.5%	7.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	4.2%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	2.1%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	2.1%	5.9%	6.0%
9 / 1994	4.2%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.2%	5.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	2.1%	6.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	2.2%	6.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1993	2.1%	8.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	2.1%	8.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	2.2%	8.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	13.7%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	13.7%	7.3%	7.1%
6 / 1993	10.0%	7.0%	7.0%
7 / 1993	16.4%	6.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	11.5%	6.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	13.5%	6.4%	6.7%
10 / 1993	4.3%	6.4%	6.8%
11 / 1993	4.4%	7.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	8.5%	7.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1992	2.3%	9.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	2.3%	9.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	2.3%	8.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	14.0%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	23.2%	7.3%	7.6%
6 / 1992	8.2%	6.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	6.3%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	2.1%	5.9%	7.6%
9 / 1992	2.3%	6.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	2.3%	6.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	2.3%	7.0%	7.4%
12 / 1992	10.4%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1991	11.7%	8.6%	6.4%
2 / 1991	13.1%	9.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	11.7%	9.5%	6.8%
4 / 1991	20.3%	8.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	18.8%	7.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	15.4%	7.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	14.1%	6.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	9.8%	5.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	7.0%	6.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	1.9%	6.1%	7.0%
11 / 1991	1.9%	6.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	5.4%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Prentiss, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1990	1.9%	5.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	3.6%	5.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	6.9%	5.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	7.3%	5.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	7.0%	4.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	8.3%	4.6%	5.2%
7 / 1990	6.7%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.2%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.2%	4.7%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.3%	5.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.4%	6.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	11.5%	6.8%	6.3%