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Employed residents in South Portland, ME

Employed residents in South Portland, ME was 16,402 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.7% from 2024. That is the 3rd highest of 11 cities in 2025.

2025, persons16,402
Change on 2024+0.7%
Rank3rd of 11Cities in Maine ranked
Series high16,4022025
Series low11,7181994

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Employed residents in South Portland, ME, 1990 to 2025

11K12K13K14K15K16K17K19901996200220082014202020251990: 12,665 persons1991: 12,161 persons1992: 12,196 persons1993: 11,793 persons1994: 11,718 persons1995: 12,131 persons1996: 12,725 persons1997: 12,946 persons1998: 12,962 persons1999: 13,098 persons2000: 13,392 persons2001: 13,215 persons2002: 13,056 persons2003: 13,262 persons2004: 13,448 persons2005: 13,613 persons2006: 13,749 persons2007: 13,794 persons2008: 13,706 persons2009: 13,241 persons2010: 13,314 persons2011: 13,528 persons2012: 13,685 persons2013: 13,855 persons2014: 13,866 persons2015: 13,911 persons2016: 15,730 persons2017: 15,919 persons2018: 15,998 persons2019: 15,956 persons2020: 15,066 persons2021: 15,776 persons2022: 15,839 persons2023: 16,056 persons2024: 16,291 persons2025: 16,402 persons10K12K14K16K18K19902002201420251990: 12,665 persons1991: 12,161 persons1992: 12,196 persons1993: 11,793 persons1994: 11,718 persons1995: 12,131 persons1996: 12,725 persons1997: 12,946 persons1998: 12,962 persons1999: 13,098 persons2000: 13,392 persons2001: 13,215 persons2002: 13,056 persons2003: 13,262 persons2004: 13,448 persons2005: 13,613 persons2006: 13,749 persons2007: 13,794 persons2008: 13,706 persons2009: 13,241 persons2010: 13,314 persons2011: 13,528 persons2012: 13,685 persons2013: 13,855 persons2014: 13,866 persons2015: 13,911 persons2016: 15,730 persons2017: 15,919 persons2018: 15,998 persons2019: 15,956 persons2020: 15,066 persons2021: 15,776 persons2022: 15,839 persons2023: 16,056 persons2024: 16,291 persons2025: 16,402 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
202516,402
202416,291
202316,056
202215,839
202115,776
202015,066
201915,956
201815,998
201715,919
201615,730
201513,911
201413,866
201313,855
201213,685
201113,528
201013,314
200913,241
200813,706
200713,794
200613,749
200513,613
200413,448
200313,262
200213,056
200113,215
200013,392
199913,098
199812,962
199712,946
199612,725
199512,131
199411,718
199311,793
199212,196
199112,161
199012,665

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Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, South Portland, ME, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, South Portland, ME, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/south-portland-me. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, South Portland, ME, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/south-portland-me.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, South Portland, ME, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/south-portland-me (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Employed residents in South Portland, ME was 16,402 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.7% from 2024. That is the 3rd highest of 11 cities in 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in South Portland, ME?

16,402 in 2025, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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