Bangor, Maine Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Bangor fell 0.1 percentage points in December 2011 to 6.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points lower than the Maine rate. The unemployment rate in Bangor peaked in January 2010 at 7.9% and is now 1.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Bangor unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Maine	7.0%	0.0	-0.5
Bangor	6.6%	-0.1	-0.8

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Bangor, Maine, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Bangor, Maine Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Bangor peaked in January 2010 at 5,601. There are now 828 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Bangor employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Bangor, Maine) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Bangor	4,773	-56	-483

Number of Unemployed Persons

Bangor, Maine Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Maine Unemployment Rate	Bangor Unemployment Rate	Bangor Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	7.0%	6.6%	4,773
November 2011	8.7%	7.0%	6.7%	4,829
October 2011	8.9%	7.3%	6.9%	4,991
September 2011	9.0%	7.5%	7.0%	5,090
August 2011	9.1%	7.6%	7.1%	5,132
July 2011	9.1%	7.7%	7.2%	5,166
June 2011	9.1%	7.8%	7.3%	5,217
May 2011	9.0%	7.7%	7.4%	5,201
April 2011	9.0%	7.6%	7.2%	5,102
March 2011	8.9%	7.6%	7.2%	5,085
February 2011	9.0%	7.5%	7.2%	5,067
January 2011	9.1%	7.5%	7.3%	5,164