Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit Program

Maine Labor Market Area Unemployment Rates
Average for 12-month period 11/1/09- 10/31/10
[For calendar year 2011 investments only]

Labor Market Area by Rate Unemployment Rate
Statewide 8.0

Portsmouth, NH-ME Metropolitan (Maine portion)

  • Eliot
  • Kittery
6.0

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford Metropolitan

  • Alfred
  • Arundel
  • Baldwin
  • Biddeford
  • Buxton
  • Cape Elizabeth
  • Casco
  • Cornish
  • Cumberland
  • Dayton
  • Falmouth
  • Freeport
  • Frye Island
  • Gorham
  • Gray
  • Hiram
  • Hollis
  • Kennebunk
  • Kennebunkport
  • Limerick
  • Limington
  • Long Island
  • Lyman
  • Naples
  • New Gloucester
  • North Yarmouth
  • Old Orchard Beach
  • Parsonsfield
  • Porter
  • Portland
  • Pownal
  • Raymond
  • Saco
  • Scarborough
  • Sebago
  • South Portland
  • Standish
  • Waterboro
  • Westbrook
  • Windham
  • Yarmouth
6.6

Brunswick

  • Arrowsic
  • Bath
  • Bowdoin
  • Bowdoinham
  • Brunswick
  • Dresden
  • Georgetown
  • Harpswell
  • Perkins - unorganized
  • Phippsburg
  • Richmond
  • Topsham
  • West Bath
  • Westport
  • Wiscasset
  • Woolwich

6.9

Augusta Micropolitan

  • Augusta
  • Belgrade
  • Chelsea
  • China
  • Farmingdale
  • Gardiner
  • Hallowell
  • Litchfield
  • Manchester
  • Mount Vernon
  • Palermo
  • Pittston
  • Randolph
  • Readfield
  • Rome
  • Sidney
  • Somerville
  • Vassalboro
  • Wayne
  • West Gardiner
  • Whitefield
  • Windsor
  • Winthrop
7.0

York

  • North Berwick
  • Ogunquit
  • Wells
  • York
 7.1

Saint George

  • Criehaven
  • Isle Au Haut
  • Mantinicus Isle Plantation
  • Saint George Town
7.2

Waldoboro

  • Alna
  • Bremen
  • Bristol
  • Damariscotta
  • Friendship
  • Jefferson
  • Monhegan Plantation
  • Newcastle
  • Nobleboro
  • South Bristol
  • Waldoboro
7.2

Conway, NH-ME (Maine portion)

  • Brownfield
  • Denmark
  • Fryeburg
  • Lovell
  • Stowe
  • Sweden
7.3

Bangor Metropolitan Area

  • Alton
  • Amherst
  • Argyle Township-unorganized
  • Aurora
  • Bangor
  • Bradford
  • Bradley
  • Brewer
  • Carmel
  • Charleston
  • Clifton
  • Corinth
  • Dedham
  • Dixmont
  • East Central Penobscot - unorganized
  • Eddington
  • Edinburg
  • Enfield
  • Etna
  • Exeter
  • Frankfort
  • Garland
  • Glenburn
  • Greenbush
  • Hampden
  • Hermon
  • Holden
  • Howland
  • Hudson
  • Kenduskeag
  • Lagrange
  • Levant
  • Lowell
  • Maxfield
  • Milford
  • Newburg
  • Newport
  • Old Town
  • Orono
  • Orrington
  • Passadumkeag
  • Penobscot Indian Island Reservation
  • Plymouth
  • Stetson
  • Veazie
  • Winterport
7.5

Rockland Micropolitan

  • Cushing
  • Owl's Head
  • Rockland
  • Rockport
  • South Thomaston
  • Thomaston
  • Warren
7.6

Camden

  • Appleton
  • Camden
  • Hibberts Gore
  • Hope
  • Lincolnville
  • North Haven
  • Union
  • Vinalhaven
  • Washington
7.7

Boothbay Harbor

  • Boothbay
  • Boothbay Harbor
  • Edgecomb
  • Southport
7.8

Rochester-Dover, NH-ME Metropolitan (Maine portion)

  • Berwick
  • Lebanon
  • South Berwick  
8.0

 

High Unemployment Areas

Labor Market Area by Rate Unemployment Rate

Lewiston-Auburn

  • Auburn
  • Buckfield
  • Greene
  • Hartford
  • Hebron
  • Leeds
  • Lewiston
  • Lisbon
  • Livermore
  • Mechanic Falls
  • Minot
  • Poland
  • Sabattus
  • Sumner
  • Turner
  • Wales
8.2

Waterville

  • Albion
  • Benton
  • Clinton
  • Fairfield
  • Oakland
  • Unity - unorganized
  • Waterville
  • Winslow
8.5

Belfast

  • Belfast
  • Belmont
  • Brooks
  • Freedom
  • Islesboro
  • Jackson
  • Knox
  • Liberty
  • Monroe
  • Montville
  • Morrill
  • Northport
  • Searsmont
  • Searsport
  • Stockton Springs
  • Swanville
  • Thorndike
  • Unity
  • Waldo
9.0

Ellsworth

  • Bar Harbor
  • Beddington
  • Blue Hill
  • Brooklin
  • Brooksville
  • Bucksport
  • Castine
  • Central Hancock - unorganized
  • Cranberry Isles
  • Deer Isle
  • Eastbrook
  • East Hancock - unorganized
  • Ellsworth
  • Franklin
  • Frenchboro
  • Gouldsboro
  • Great Pond
  • Hancock
  • Lamoine
  • Mariaville
  • Mount Desert
  • Northwest Hancock - unorganized
  • Orland
  • Osborn
  • Otis
  • Penobscot
  • Prospect
  • Sedgwick
  • Sorrento
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Steuben
  • Stonington
  • Sullivan
  • Surry
  • Swans Isle
  • Tremont
  • Trenton
  • Verona
  • Waltham
  • Winter Harbor
9.0

Madawaska

  • Frenchville
  • Grand Isle
  • Madawaska
  • Saint Agatha
9.3

Presque Isle

  • Allagash
  • Ashland
  • Blaine
  • Bridgewater
  • Caribou
  • Castle Hill
  • Caswell Plantation
  • Central Aroostook - unorganized
  • Chapman
  • Conner
  • Cyr
  • Eagle Lake
  • Easton
  • Fort Fairfield
  • Fort Kent
  • Garfield
  • Hamlin
  • Limestone
  • Mapleton
  • Mars Hill
  • Masardis
  • Merrill
  • Nashville Plantation
  • New Canada Plantation
  • New Sweden
  • Northwest Aroostook - unorganized
  • Oxbow Plantation
  • Perham
  • Portage Lake
  • Presque Isle
  • Saint Francis
  • Saint John
  • Square Lake - unorganized
  • Stockholm
  • Van Buren
  • Wade
  • Wallagrass Plantation
  • Washburn
  • Westfield
  • Westmanland
  • Winterville Plantation
  • Woodland
9.3

Bridgton-Paris

  • Bridgton
  • Harrison
  • Norway
  • Otisfield
  • Oxford
  • Paris
  • South Oxford - unorganized
  • Stoneham
  • Waterford
  • West Paris
9.7

Machias

  • Addison
  • Beals
  • Centerville
  • Cherryfield
  • Columbia
  • Columbia Falls
  • Cutler
  • Deblois
  • Dennysville
  • East Central Washington - unorganized
  • East Machias
  • Harrington
  • Jonesboro
  • Jonesport
  • Lubec
  • Machias
  • Machiasport
  • Marshfield
  • Milbridge
  • Northfield
  • Roque Bluffs
  • Wesley
  • Whiting
  • Whitneyville
9.7

Farmington

  • Avon
  • Carrabasset Valley
  • Central Somerset - unorganized
  • Chesterville
  • Coplin Plantation
  • Dallas Plantation
  • East Central Franklin - unorganized
  • Eustis
  • Farmington
  • Fayette
  • Industry
  • Jay
  • Kingfield
  • Livermore Falls
  • Madrid
  • New Portland
  • New Sharon
  • New Vineyard
  • North Franklin - unorganized
  • Phillips
  • Rangeley
  • Rangeley Plantation
  • Sandy River Plantation
  • South Franklin - unorganized
  • Strong
  • Temple
  • Vienna
  • Weld
  • West Central Franklin - unorganized
  • Wilton
  • Wyman
10.0

Lincoln

  • Burlington
  • Carroll Plantation
  • Chester
  • Drew
  • Lakeville
  • Lee
  • Lincoln
  • Prentiss
  • Springfield
  • Twombly - unorganized
  • Webster
  • Whitney - unorganized
  • Winn
10.1

Skowhegan

  • Anson
  • Athens
  • Bingham
  • Brighton Plantation
  • Canaan
  • Caratunk Plantation
  • Cornville
  • Dennistown
  • Embden
  • Highland Plantation
  • Jackman
  • Madison
  • Mercer
  • Moose River
  • Moscow
  • Norridgewock
  • Northeast Somerset - unorganized
  • Northwest Somerset - unorganized
  • Pleasant Ridge Plantation
  • Seboomook Lake - unorganized
  • Skowhegan
  • Smithfield
  • Solon
  • Starks
  • The Forks Plantation
  • West Forks Plantation
10.7

Houlton

  • Amity
  • Bancroft
  • Cary Plantation
  • Crystal
  • Danforth
  • Dyer Brook
  • Hammond Plantation
  • Haynesville
  • Hersey
  • Hodgdon
  • Houlton
  • Island Falls
  • Kingman - unorganized
  • Linneus
  • Littleton
  • Ludlow
  • Macwahoc Plantation
  • Monticello
  • Moro Plantation
  • Mount Chase Plantation
  • New Limerick
  • Oakfield
  • Orient
  • Patten
  • Reed Plantation
  • Sherman
  • Smyrna
  • Stacyville
  • Weston
10.8

Sanford

  • Sanford
  • Shapleigh
10.8

Dover-Foxcroft

  • Abbot
  • Atkinson
  • Beaver Cove
  • Blanchard - unorganized
  • Bowerbank
  • Brownville
  • Cambridge
  • Dexter
  • Dover-Foxcroft
  • Greenville
  • Guilford
  • Lake View Plantation
  • Medford
  • Milo
  • Monson
  • Northeast Piscataquis - unorganized
  • Parkman
  • Ripley
  • Sangerville
  • Sebec
  • Shirley
  • Southeast Piscataquis - unorganized
  • Willimantic
11.4

Pittsfield

  • Burnham
  • Corinna
  • Detroit
  • Harmony
  • Hartland
  • Kingsbury Plantation
  • Palmyra
  • Pittsfield
  • Saint Albans
  • Troy
  • Wellington
12.0

Calais

  • Alexander
  • Baileyville
  • Baring
  • Calais
  • Charlotte
  • Codyville Plantation
  • Cooper
  • Crawford
  • Eastport
  • Grand Lake Stream Plantation
  • Meddybemps
  • North Washington - unorganized
  • Passamaquoddy Indian Township
  • Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Indian Reservation
  • Pembroke
  • Perry
  • Princeton
  • Robbinston
  • Talmadge
  • Topsfield
  • Vanceboro
  • Waite
12.5

Rumford

  • Andover
  • Bethel
  • Byron
  • Canton
  • Carthage
  • Dixfield
  • Gilead
  • Greenwood
  • Hanover
  • Lincoln Plantation
  • Magalloway Plantation
  • Mexico
  • Milton - unorganized
  • Newry
  • North Oxford - unorganized
  • Peru
  • Roxbury
  • Rumford
  • Upton
  • Woodstock
12.6

Millinocket

  • East Millinocket
  • Glenwood Plantation
  • Mattawamkeag
  • Medway
  • Millinocket
  • Northeast Piscataquis - unorganized
  • North Penobscot - unorganized
  • Seboeis Plantation
  • South Aroostook - unorganized
  • Woodville
14.6
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