Van Buren, ME Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1990 | 1,151 | - | 13.1 | - |
| 1991 | 1,203 | 4.5 | 15.8 | 2.7 |
| 1992 | 1,199 | -0.4 | 15.9 | 0.0 |
| 1993 | 1,148 | -4.2 | 17.2 | 1.4 |
| 1994 | 1,186 | 3.3 | 15.6 | -1.6 |
| 1995 | 1,227 | 3.4 | 13.9 | -1.7 |
| 1996 | 1,295 | 5.6 | 10.7 | -3.2 |
| 1997 | 1,197 | -7.5 | 11.9 | 1.1 |
| 1998 | 1,169 | -2.3 | 8.9 | -2.9 |
| 1999 | 1,197 | 2.3 | 7.4 | -1.6 |
| 2000 | 1,186 | -0.9 | 6.2 | -1.2 |
| 2001 | 1,087 | -8.4 | 6.7 | 0.5 |
| 2002 | 1,110 | 2.2 | 7.1 | 0.4 |
| 2003 | 1,109 | -0.2 | 7.0 | -0.1 |
| 2004 | 1,121 | 1.1 | 6.4 | -0.5 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1990-Jan | 1,093 | - | 15.5 | - |
| Feb | 1,095 | - | 14.3 | - |
| Mar | 1,141 | - | 13.9 | - |
| Apr | 1,141 | - | 12.4 | - |
| May | 1,115 | - | 12.3 | - |
| Jun | 1,144 | - | 12.7 | - |
| Jul | 1,274 | - | 10.3 | - |
| Aug | 1,251 | - | 9.6 | - |
| Sep | 1,165 | - | 11.3 | - |
| Oct | 1,146 | - | 11.8 | - |
| Nov | 1,124 | - | 17.5 | - |
| Dec | 1,127 | - | 16.2 | - |
| 1991-Jan | 1,131 | 3.5 | 20.5 | 5.0 |
| Feb | 1,115 | 1.8 | 20.4 | 6.0 |
| Mar | 1,164 | 2.0 | 19.0 | 5.1 |
| Apr | 1,171 | 2.6 | 18.8 | 6.4 |
| May | 1,185 | 6.3 | 16.4 | 4.2 |
| Jun | 1,235 | 8.0 | 14.6 | 1.9 |
| Jul | 1,333 | 4.6 | 12.2 | 1.8 |
| Aug | 1,327 | 6.1 | 12.0 | 2.4 |
| Sep | 1,221 | 4.8 | 13.5 | 2.2 |
| Oct | 1,202 | 4.9 | 12.9 | 1.1 |
| Nov | 1,172 | 4.3 | 15.0 | -2.5 |
| Dec | 1,185 | 5.1 | 14.9 | -1.3 |
| 1992-Jan | 1,170 | 3.4 | 18.0 | -2.5 |
| Feb | 1,166 | 4.6 | 17.7 | -2.7 |
| Mar | 1,174 | 0.9 | 17.4 | -1.6 |
| Apr | 1,199 | 2.4 | 16.0 | -2.9 |
| May | 1,197 | 1.0 | 15.5 | -0.9 |
| Jun | 1,221 | -1.1 | 14.2 | -0.4 |
| Jul | 1,349 | 1.2 | 12.5 | 0.3 |
| Aug | 1,262 | -4.9 | 14.2 | 2.2 |
| Sep | 1,172 | -4.0 | 14.6 | 1.1 |
| Oct | 1,175 | -2.2 | 16.3 | 3.4 |
| Nov | 1,142 | -2.6 | 17.8 | 2.8 |
| Dec | 1,155 | -2.5 | 16.3 | 1.4 |
| 1993-Jan | 1,169 | -0.1 | 18.4 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 1,147 | -1.6 | 18.2 | 0.5 |
| Mar | 1,150 | -2.0 | 17.1 | -0.4 |
| Apr | 1,152 | -3.9 | 17.8 | 1.8 |
| May | 1,176 | -1.8 | 16.9 | 1.4 |
| Jun | 1,177 | -3.6 | 18.4 | 4.2 |
| Jul | 1,251 | -7.3 | 14.3 | 1.7 |
| Aug | 1,173 | -7.1 | 16.0 | 1.8 |
| Sep | 1,112 | -5.1 | 15.8 | 1.2 |
| Oct | 1,110 | -5.5 | 15.3 | -1.0 |
| Nov | 1,076 | -5.8 | 20.3 | 2.5 |
| Dec | 1,088 | -5.8 | 18.5 | 2.2 |
| 1994-Jan | 1,189 | 1.7 | 18.4 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 1,184 | 3.2 | 19.0 | 0.8 |
| Mar | 1,212 | 5.4 | 17.1 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 1,159 | 0.6 | 17.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 1,156 | -1.7 | 14.9 | -2.1 |
| Jun | 1,223 | 3.9 | 14.2 | -4.2 |
| Jul | 1,283 | 2.6 | 10.8 | -3.4 |
| Aug | 1,225 | 4.4 | 13.1 | -3.0 |
| Sep | 1,155 | 3.9 | 13.5 | -2.2 |
| Oct | 1,144 | 3.1 | 15.1 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 1,142 | 6.1 | 16.7 | -3.6 |
| Dec | 1,158 | 6.4 | 16.6 | -1.9 |
| 1995-Jan | 1,148 | -3.4 | 21.4 | 3.0 |
| Feb | 1,157 | -2.3 | 18.0 | -1.0 |
| Mar | 1,203 | -0.7 | 16.9 | -0.2 |
| Apr | 1,195 | 3.1 | 16.6 | -1.2 |
| May | 1,257 | 8.7 | 13.6 | -1.3 |
| Jun | 1,287 | 5.2 | 13.1 | -1.1 |
| Jul | 1,301 | 1.4 | 10.5 | -0.4 |
| Aug | 1,249 | 2.0 | 11.3 | -1.8 |
| Sep | 1,205 | 4.3 | 10.3 | -3.3 |
| Oct | 1,237 | 8.1 | 9.9 | -5.2 |
| Nov | 1,240 | 8.6 | 11.3 | -5.4 |
| Dec | 1,241 | 7.2 | 13.2 | -3.4 |
| 1996-Jan | 1,302 | 13.4 | 14.2 | -7.2 |
| Feb | 1,332 | 15.1 | 14.0 | -4.0 |
| Mar | 1,338 | 11.2 | 12.5 | -4.4 |
| Apr | 1,282 | 7.3 | 11.3 | -5.3 |
| May | 1,326 | 5.5 | 8.9 | -4.7 |
| Jun | 1,325 | 3.0 | 9.1 | -4.0 |
| Jul | 1,314 | 1.0 | 7.5 | -3.0 |
| Aug | 1,280 | 2.5 | 8.5 | -2.8 |
| Sep | 1,279 | 6.1 | 8.2 | -2.0 |
| Oct | 1,255 | 1.5 | 8.7 | -1.2 |
| Nov | 1,252 | 1.0 | 12.2 | 0.9 |
| Dec | 1,255 | 1.1 | 12.7 | -0.5 |
| 1997-Jan | 1,226 | -5.8 | 17.2 | 3.0 |
| Feb | 1,225 | -8.0 | 16.5 | 2.5 |
| Mar | 1,292 | -3.4 | 13.9 | 1.4 |
| Apr | 1,206 | -5.9 | 14.1 | 2.8 |
| May | 1,230 | -7.2 | 11.1 | 2.2 |
| Jun | 1,220 | -7.9 | 11.1 | 2.0 |
| Jul | 1,263 | -3.9 | 7.9 | 0.5 |
| Aug | 1,165 | -9.0 | 8.1 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 1,164 | -9.0 | 8.5 | 0.2 |
| Oct | 1,137 | -9.4 | 9.5 | 0.8 |
| Nov | 1,145 | -8.5 | 11.8 | -0.4 |
| Dec | 1,096 | -12.7 | 10.7 | -2.0 |
| 1998-Jan | 1,139 | -7.1 | 13.2 | -4.0 |
| Feb | 1,109 | -9.5 | 13.8 | -2.7 |
| Mar | 1,161 | -10.1 | 12.6 | -1.3 |
| Apr | 1,173 | -2.7 | 10.7 | -3.4 |
| May | 1,199 | -2.5 | 7.8 | -3.2 |
| Jun | 1,213 | -0.6 | 7.9 | -3.2 |
| Jul | 1,241 | -1.7 | 5.6 | -2.3 |
| Aug | 1,190 | 2.1 | 5.9 | -2.2 |
| Sep | 1,126 | -3.3 | 7.6 | -0.9 |
| Oct | 1,162 | 2.2 | 7.0 | -2.6 |
| Nov | 1,148 | 0.3 | 7.8 | -4.0 |
| Dec | 1,172 | 6.9 | 6.7 | -4.0 |
| 1999-Jan | 1,184 | 4.0 | 8.6 | -4.6 |
| Feb | 1,179 | 6.3 | 10.3 | -3.5 |
| Mar | 1,229 | 5.9 | 9.6 | -3.0 |
| Apr | 1,182 | 0.8 | 9.6 | -1.1 |
| May | 1,213 | 1.2 | 7.6 | -0.2 |
| Jun | 1,225 | 1.0 | 8.1 | 0.2 |
| Jul | 1,217 | -1.9 | 5.6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 1,215 | 2.1 | 5.1 | -0.9 |
| Sep | 1,195 | 6.1 | 5.5 | -2.2 |
| Oct | 1,185 | 2.0 | 5.7 | -1.2 |
| Nov | 1,172 | 2.1 | 5.7 | -2.1 |
| Dec | 1,164 | -0.7 | 6.6 | -0.1 |
| 2000-Jan | 1,189 | 0.4 | 9.5 | 0.9 |
| Feb | 1,174 | -0.4 | 10.2 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 1,203 | -2.1 | 10.0 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 1,231 | 4.1 | 7.6 | -2.0 |
| May | 1,208 | -0.4 | 6.1 | -1.5 |
| Jun | 1,218 | -0.6 | 4.9 | -3.2 |
| Jul | 1,218 | 0.1 | 3.7 | -1.9 |
| Aug | 1,213 | -0.2 | 3.9 | -1.2 |
| Sep | 1,197 | 0.2 | 3.7 | -1.8 |
| Oct | 1,134 | -4.3 | 3.2 | -2.5 |
| Nov | 1,123 | -4.2 | 5.2 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 1,123 | -3.5 | 5.2 | -1.4 |
| 2001-Jan | 1,059 | -10.9 | 9.9 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 1,052 | -10.4 | 10.8 | 0.7 |
| Mar | 1,092 | -9.2 | 8.4 | -1.6 |
| Apr | 1,089 | -11.5 | 9.9 | 2.3 |
| May | 1,088 | -9.9 | 6.4 | 0.3 |
| Jun | 1,088 | -10.7 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| Jul | 1,103 | -9.4 | 4.8 | 1.1 |
| Aug | 1,101 | -9.2 | 3.4 | -0.5 |
| Sep | 1,105 | -7.7 | 3.6 | -0.1 |
| Oct | 1,124 | -0.9 | 3.4 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 1,090 | -2.9 | 5.3 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 1,047 | -6.8 | 8.3 | 3.2 |
| 2002-Jan | 1,102 | 4.1 | 9.3 | -0.6 |
| Feb | 1,112 | 5.7 | 8.3 | -2.6 |
| Mar | 1,106 | 1.3 | 8.9 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 1,136 | 4.3 | 8.4 | -1.5 |
| May | 1,133 | 4.1 | 5.7 | -0.7 |
| Jun | 1,124 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 1.0 |
| Jul | 1,120 | 1.5 | 5.6 | 0.7 |
| Aug | 1,123 | 2.0 | 5.3 | 1.9 |
| Sep | 1,108 | 0.3 | 6.6 | 3.0 |
| Oct | 1,094 | -2.7 | 6.7 | 3.2 |
| Nov | 1,081 | -0.8 | 6.5 | 1.2 |
| Dec | 1,085 | 3.6 | 6.6 | -1.7 |
| 2003-Jan | 1,109 | 0.6 | 8.4 | -0.9 |
| Feb | 1,095 | -1.5 | 8.4 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 1,126 | 1.8 | 7.8 | -1.1 |
| Apr | 1,106 | -2.6 | 8.7 | 0.3 |
| May | 1,039 | -8.3 | 6.9 | 1.2 |
| Jun | 1,136 | 1.1 | 7.0 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 1,143 | 2.1 | 5.8 | 0.2 |
| Aug | 1,140 | 1.5 | 4.7 | -0.6 |
| Sep | 1,137 | 2.6 | 5.7 | -0.9 |
| Oct | 1,115 | 1.9 | 5.6 | -1.1 |
| Nov | 1,082 | 0.1 | 6.9 | 0.4 |
| Dec | 1,076 | -0.8 | 7.5 | 0.9 |
| 2004-Jan | 1,096 | -1.2 | 8.1 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 1,085 | -0.9 | 9.1 | 0.6 |
| Mar | 1,126 | 0.0 | 7.7 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 1,142 | 3.3 | 6.7 | -2.0 |
| May | 1,160 | 11.6 | 4.9 | -2.0 |
| Jun | 1,176 | 3.5 | 5.1 | -2.0 |
| Jul | 1,142 | -0.1 | 4.4 | -1.4 |
| Aug | 1,144 | 0.4 | 4.5 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 1,135 | -0.2 | 5.5 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 1,091 | -2.2 | 6.4 | 0.8 |
| Nov | 1,066 | -1.5 | 6.9 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 1,092 | 1.5 | 8.2 | 0.8 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
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