Counties in Maine by unemployment rate

Name: Counties in Maine by unemployment rate, August 2025
Creator: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)

Piscataquis County had the highest unemployment rate of 16 counties in August 2025, at 4.1%. Cumberland County had the lowest, at 2.5%. The median was 3.2% and the figure for Maine was 3.3%. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Highest4.1Piscataquis County

Lowest2.5Cumberland County

Median3.216 counties

Maine3.3History

All counties, August 2025

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%. Source: BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	August 2025 (%)	Change on August 2024
1	Piscataquis County	4.1	-0.1 pts
1	Washington County	4.1	+0.2 pts
3	Aroostook County	3.9	+0.5 pts
3	Somerset County	3.9	+0.5 pts
5	Franklin County	3.6	+0.3 pts
6	Oxford County	3.5	+0.2 pts
7	Androscoggin County	3.2	+0.2 pts
7	Penobscot County	3.2	+0.2 pts
7	Waldo County	3.2	+0.1 pts
10	Kennebec County	3	+0.2 pts
11	Knox County	2.8	-0.2 pts
12	Lincoln County	2.7	0 pts
12	York County	2.7	+0.3 pts
14	Hancock County	2.6	+0.2 pts
14	Sagadahoc County	2.6	+0.2 pts
16	Cumberland County	2.5	+0.2 pts

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About this ranking

Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.

Survey-based. Available for Spain, regions, provinces, EU countries, US states and US counties, not Spanish municipalities. For municipalities use registered_unemployment_rate. US national and state rates are seasonally adjusted; county rates are not. Countries without a national or Eurostat series get the annual ILO modelled estimate, a model output rather than a survey result.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which county has the highest unemployment rate?

Piscataquis County, with 4.1% in August 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which county has the lowest unemployment rate?

Cumberland County, with 2.5% in August 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. Retrieved 2026-10-08.