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Labor Market Area Definitions

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas are defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Metropolitan areas have at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more population, plus adjacent cities/towns that have a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured by commuting ties. Micropolitan areas are defined in the same way but have an urban cluster of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000 persons.

The smaller labor market areas are defined by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Commuting pattern data from the 2010 American Community Survey were used to determine the degree of economic integration among the cities, towns, and unincorporated areas not included in the metropolitan or micropolitan areas. Further information is available here.

Labor force estimates (employment, unemployment, and the unemployment rate) will be developed for 30 labor market areas in Maine. These 30 areas include metropolitan, micropolitan, and small labor market areas. Three of these areas combine parts of Maine with parts of New Hampshire. Labor force estimates will be published for two combined areas as well. The combined areas consist of adjacent metropolitan and/or micropolitan areas meeting specific criteria. For geographical definitions of areas, please see below.

Maine Labor Market Areas (PDF Map) (Excel)

Acton LMA • Augusta Micropolitan Area • Bangor Metropolitan Area • Belfast LMA • Boothbay Harbor LMA • Bridgton-Paris LMA • Brunswick LMA • Calais LMA • Conway, NH-ME LMA (Maine portion) • Dover-Durham, NH_ME Metropolitan Area (Maine portion) • Dover-Foxcroft LMA • Ellsworth LMA • Farmington LMA • Houlton LMA • Lewiston-Auburn Metropolitan Area • Lincoln LMA • Machias LMA • Madawaska LMA • Millinocket LMA • Pittsfield LMA • Portland-South Portland Metropolitan Area • Portsmouth, NH-ME Metropolitan Area (Maine portion) • Presque Isle LMA • Rockland-Camden LMA • Rumford LMA • Sanford Micropolitan • Skowhegan LMA • Waldoboro LMA • Waterville Micropolitan Area • Wells LMA

* Isolated towns are not attached to a defined labor market area.
Acton LMA Acton Hiram Newfield Parsonsfield Porter Augusta Micropolitan Area Belgrade Chelsea China Farmingdale Manchester Mount Vernon Palermo Pittston Randolph Readfield Rome Sidney Somerville Vassalboro Wayne West Gardiner Whitefield Windsor Winthrop Augusta Gardiner Hallowell Belfast LMA Belmont Brooks Freedom Islesboro Jackson Knox Liberty Monroe Montville Morrill Northport Searsmont Searsport Stockton Springs Swanville Thorndike Unity Waldo Belfast Boothbay Harbor LMA Boothbay Boothbay Harbor Edgecomb Southport Brunswick LMA Arrowsic Bowdoin Bowdoinham Brunswick Dresden George Harpswell Phippsburg Topsham West Bath Westport Island Wiscasset Woolwich Bath Conway, NH-ME LMA (Maine portion) Brownfield Denmark Fryeburg Lovell Stow Sweden Dover-Durham, NH-ME Metropolitan (Maine portion) Berwick Lebanon South Berwick Dover-Foxcroft LMA Abbot Atkinson Beaver Cove Blanchard UT Bowerbank Brownville Cambridge Dexter Dover-Foxcroft Greenville Guilford Lake View plantation Medford Milo Monson Northwest Piscataquis UT Parkman Ripley Sangerville Sebec Shirley Willimantic Farmington LMA Avon Carrabassett Valley Central Sorset UT Chesterville Coplin plantation Dallas plantation East Central Franklin UT Eustis Farmington Fayette Industry Jay Kingfield Livermore Livermore Falls New Portland New Sharon New Vineyard North Franklin UT Phillips Rangeley Rangeley plantation Sandy River plantation South Franklin UT Strong Temple Vienna Weld West Central Franklin UT Wilton Wyman UT Lincoln LMA Carroll plantation Chester Drew plantation Lakeville Lee Lincoln Lowell Prentiss UT Springfield Twombly Ridge UT Webster plantation Whitney UT Winn Lewiston-Auburn Metropolitan Area Buckfield Canton Greene Hartford Hebron Leeds Lisbon Mechanic Falls Minot Monmouth Poland Sabattus Turner Wales Auburn Lewiston Madawaska LMA Frenchville Grand Isle Madawaska St. Agatha Millinocket LMA East Millinocket Glenwood plantation Mattawamkeag Maxfield Medway Millinocket Northeast Piscataquis UT North Penobscot UT Seboeis plantation South Aroostook UT Woodville Portland-South Portland Metropolitan Area Arundel Baldwin Buxton Cape Elizabeth Casco Chebeague Island Cornish Cumberland Dayton Durham Falmouth Freeport Frye Island Gorham Gray Hollis Kennebunk Kennebunkport Limerick Limington Long Island Lyman Naples New Gloucester North Yarmouth Old Orchard Beach Pownal Raymond Scarborough Sebago Standish Waterboro Windham Yarmouth Biddeford Portland Saco South Portland Westbrook Rumford LMA Andover Bethel Byron Carthage Dixfield Gilead Greenwood Hanover Lincoln plantation Magalloway plantation Mexico Milton UT Newry North Oxford UT Peru Roxbury Rumford Upton Woodstock Sanford Micropolitan Sanford Shapleigh Skowhegan LMA Anson Athens Bingham Brighton plantation Canaan Caratunk Cornville Dennis plantation Embden Highland plantation Jackman Madison Mercer Moose River Moscow Norridgewock Northeast Sorset UT Northwest Sorset UT Pleasant Ridge plantation Seboomook Lake UT Skowhegan Smithfield Solon Starks The Forks plantation West Forks plantation Wells LMA North Berwick Ogunquit Wells	Bangor Metropolitan Area Alton Amherst Argyle UT Aurora Bradford Bradley Burlington Carmel Charleston Clifton Corinth Dedham Dixmont East Central Penobscot UT Eddington Edinburg Enfield Etna Exeter Garland Glenburn Greenbush Hampden Hermon Holden Howland Hudson Kenduskeag Lagrange Levant Milford Newburgh Newport Orono Orrington Osborn Otis Passadumkeag Penobscot Indian Island Reservation Southeast Piscataquis UT Stetson Veazie Winterport Bangor Brewer Old Town Bridgton-Paris LMA Bridgton Harrison Norway Otisfield Oxford Paris South Oxford UT Stoneham Sumner Waterford West Paris Calais LMA Alexander Baileyville Baring plantation Charlotte Codyville plantation Cooper Crawford Grand Lake Stream plantation Meddybemps North Washington UT Passamaquoddy Indian ship Reservation Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation Pembroke Perry Princeton Robbinston Talmadge Topsfield Vanceboro Waite Calais Eastport Ellsworth LMA Bar Harbor Beddington Blue Hill Brooklin Brooksville Bucksport Castine Central Hancock UT Cranberry Isles Deer Isle Eastbrook East Hancock UT Frankfort Franklin Frenchboro Gouldsboro Great Pond Hancock Lamoine Mariaville Mount Desert Northwest Hancock UT Orland Penobscot Prospect Sedgwick Sorrento Southwest Harbor Steuben Stonington Sullivan Surry Swans Island Tremont Trenton Verona Island Waltham Winter Harbor Ellsworth Marshall Island UT Houlton LMA Amity Bancroft Cary plantation Crystal Danforth Dyer Brook Hammond Haynesville Hersey Hodgdon Houlton Island Falls Kingman UT Linneus Littleton Ludlow Macwahoc plantation Merrill Monticello Moro plantation Mount Chase New Lirick Oakfield Orient Patten Reed plantation Sherman Smyrna Stacyville Weston Machias LMA Addison Beals Cherryfield Columbia Columbia Falls Cutler Deblois Dennysville East Central Washington UT East Machias Harrington Jonesboro Jonesport Lubec Machias Machiasport Marshfield Milbridge Northfield Roque Bluffs Wesley Whiting Whitneyville Pittsfield LMA Corinna Detroit Harmony Hartland Kingsbury plantation Palmyra Pittsfield Plymouth St. Albans Troy Wellington Portsmouth, NH-ME Metropolitan Area (Maine portion) Eliot Kittery York Presque Isle LMA Allagash Ashland Blaine Bridgewater Castle Hill Caswell Central Aroostook UT Chapman Connor UT Cyr plantation Eagle Lake Easton Fort Fairfield Fort Kent Garfield plantation Hamlin Listone Mapleton Mars Hill Masardis Nashville plantation New Canada New Sweden Northwest Aroostook UT Oxbow plantation Perham Portage Lake St. Francis St. John plantation Square Lake UT Stockholm Van Buren Wade Wallagrass Washburn Westfield Westmanland Winterville plantation Woodland Caribou Presque Isle Rockland-Camden LMA Appleton Camden Criehaven UT Cushing Hibberts gore Hope Isle au Haut Lincolnville Matinicus Isle plantation Muscle Ridge Islands UT North Haven Owls Head Rockport St. George South Thomaston Thomaston Union Vinalhaven Warren Washington Rockland Waldoboro LMA Alna Bremen Bristol Damariscotta Friendship Jefferson Monhegan plantation Newcastle Nobleboro South Bristol Waldoboro Louds Island UT Waterville Micropolitan Area Albion Benton Burnham Clinton Fairfield Oakland Unity UT Winslow Waterville Isolated Towns* Litchfield Perkins UT Richmond Alfred

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