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Unemployed people in Lewiston, ME

Unemployed people in Lewiston, ME was 687 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 15.7% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 11 cities in 2025.

2025, persons687
Change on 2024+15.7%
Rank2nd of 11Cities in Maine ranked
Series high2,1031991
Series low5232019

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Unemployed people in Lewiston, ME, 1990 to 2025

5001,0001,5002,0002,50019901996200220082014202020251990: 1,526 persons1991: 2,103 persons1992: 1,911 persons1993: 1,613 persons1994: 1,440 persons1995: 1,277 persons1996: 1,338 persons1997: 1,177 persons1998: 943 persons1999: 771 persons2000: 610 persons2001: 740 persons2002: 834 persons2003: 975 persons2004: 836 persons2005: 961 persons2006: 925 persons2007: 925 persons2008: 1,051 persons2009: 1,629 persons2010: 1,627 persons2011: 1,470 persons2012: 1,397 persons2013: 1,253 persons2014: 1,008 persons2015: 754 persons2016: 668 persons2017: 610 persons2018: 578 persons2019: 523 persons2020: 905 persons2021: 988 persons2022: 544 persons2023: 543 persons2024: 594 persons2025: 687 persons5001,0001,5002,0002,50019902002201420251990: 1,526 persons1991: 2,103 persons1992: 1,911 persons1993: 1,613 persons1994: 1,440 persons1995: 1,277 persons1996: 1,338 persons1997: 1,177 persons1998: 943 persons1999: 771 persons2000: 610 persons2001: 740 persons2002: 834 persons2003: 975 persons2004: 836 persons2005: 961 persons2006: 925 persons2007: 925 persons2008: 1,051 persons2009: 1,629 persons2010: 1,627 persons2011: 1,470 persons2012: 1,397 persons2013: 1,253 persons2014: 1,008 persons2015: 754 persons2016: 668 persons2017: 610 persons2018: 578 persons2019: 523 persons2020: 905 persons2021: 988 persons2022: 544 persons2023: 543 persons2024: 594 persons2025: 687 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
2025687
2024594
2023543
2022544
2021988
2020905
2019523
2018578
2017610
2016668
2015754
20141,008
20131,253
20121,397
20111,470
20101,627
20091,629
20081,051
2007925
2006925
2005961
2004836
2003975
2002834
2001740
2000610
1999771
1998943
19971,177
19961,338
19951,277
19941,440
19931,613
19921,911
19912,103
19901,526

Rankings

Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, 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. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. 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: unemployment (measure 04), 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Lewiston, 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Lewiston, 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/unemployed-people/lewiston-me. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Lewiston, 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/unemployed-people/lewiston-me.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Lewiston, 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/unemployed-people/lewiston-me (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the unemployed people in Lewiston, ME?

Unemployed people in Lewiston, ME was 687 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 15.7% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 11 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Lewiston, ME?

2,103 in 1991, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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