2000 vs. 2016 Total Employment Growth and Change
Maine Employment Growth by County
2000 vs. 2016, Net Percent Change
Maine Employment Growth by County
York County 2000 vs. 2016
Net Percent Change = 16.22%
Rank = #1
Washington County 2000 vs. 2016
Net Percent Change = -11.89%
Rank = #16
Androscoggin County 2000 vs. 2016
Net Percent Change = 3.33%
Rank = #6
With a spotlight on Androscoggin County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of employment across Maine's 16 counties over the period 2000-2016.
Those counties whose employment growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of employment. Likewise, those counties whose employment growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of employment statewide.
Statewide Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2016 employment grew in ten Maine counties while declining in six.
  • Employment growth in four counties outpaced the statewide average (5.44%), while growth in twelve counties trailed.
  • At the extremes of the distribution, York County posted the highest growth of employment (16.22%), while Washington County placed last by logging a -11.89% decline.
  • The spread in employment growth between the highest (York County, 16.22%) and lowest (Washington County, -11.89%) over 2000-2016 equated to 28.11% ( = 16.22%-11.89%).
  • Employment growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of employment statewide. On this point, as the largest county in Maine, Cumberland County's net employment growth over 2000-2016 of 30,529 made up 71.51% of the total net growth statewide (42,690):

Cumberland County: Percent Share of Maine's
Employment Growth, 2000-2016:

71.51% = (30,529 / 42,690) x 100
Androscoggin County Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2016, Androscoggin County posted a 3.33% net gain in employment.
  • Androscoggin County was joined by eleven other counties whose employment growth over 2000-2016 registered below the statewide average (5.44%).
  • Ranked #6 among Maine's 16 counties, Androscoggin County's employment growth (3.33%) trailed the statewide average of 5.44% by a 2.11% margin.
  • Androscoggin County's net employment growth (3.33%, #6) over 2000-2016 registered just above that of Knox County (3.07%, #7) and just below that of Kennebec County (3.86%, #5).
  • Androscoggin County's share of employment statewide slipped from 7.71% in 2000 to 7.55% in 2016, resulting in a share-shift of -0.15%.

Data Definition

The BEA employment series for states and local areas comprises estimates of the number of jobs, full-time plus part-time, by place of work. Full-time and part-time jobs are counted at equal weight. Employees, sole proprietors, and active partners are included, but unpaid family workers and volunteers are not included. Proprietors employment consists of the number of sole proprietorships and the number of partners in partnerships. The description "by place of work" applies to the wage and salary portion of the series and, with relatively little error, to the entire series. The proprietors employment portion of the series, however, is more nearly by place of residence because, for nonfarm sole proprietorships, the estimates are based on IRS tax data that reflect the address from which the proprietor's individual tax return is filed, which is usually the proprietor's residence. The nonfarm partnership portion of the proprietors employment series reflects the tax-filing address of the partnership, which may be either the residence of one of the partners or the business address of the partnership. The employment estimates are designed to be consistent with the estimates of wages and salaries and proprietors' income that are part of the personal income series. The employment estimates are based on the same sets of source data as the corresponding earnings estimates and are prepared with parallel methodologies. Two forms of proprietors' income-the income of limited partnerships and the income of tax-exempt cooperatives-have no corresponding employment estimates.

United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division.
Regional Definitions. 2023. Web.
https://apps.bea.gov/regional/definitions/

Employment Growth by County
2000 vs. 2016, Net Percent Change
Employment Growth by County
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Employment Growth, 2000 vs. 2016
More
than
15%
15%
to
10%
10%
to
5%
5%
to
0%
0%
to
-5%
-5%
to
-10%
-10%
to
-15%
-15%
or
Below
Total
2000 vs. 2016
1
2
1
6
1
1
4
0
16
 
     
Employment by County, 2016
Employment by County, 2016
Cumberland County 2016
Employment = 242,809
Percent of State = 29.37%
Rank = #1
Piscataquis County 2016
Employment = 7,871
Percent of State = 0.95%
Rank = #16
Androscoggin County 2016
Employment = 62,432
Percent of State = 7.55%
Rank = #5
Again highlighting Androscoggin County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2016 employment statewide (826,729).

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Statewide Snippets:
  • Ranked #1, Cumberland County's 2016 employment totaled 242,809, equating to 29.37% of the statewide total.
  • Ranked last (#16), Piscataquis County's employment of 7,871 in 2016 comprised just 0.95% of the total statewide. Piscataquis County's employment in 2016 equates to just 3.2% to that of Cumberland County's.
  • Cumberland County's 2016 employment (242,809) exceeded the combined employment (212,957) of Maine's ten smallest counties.
Androscoggin County Snippets:
  • Androscoggin County's employment in 2016 ranked #5, amounting to 7.55% of the statewide total.
  • Androscoggin County's employment of 62,432 placed below that of Kennebec County's (77,379, #4), and just above that of Aroostook County's (36,154, #6).
  • Androscoggin County's employment of 62,432 exceeds the combined total (59,236) of Maine's four smallest counties.
Employment by County, 2016
Employment by County, 2016
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Employment, 2016
More
than
125,000
125,000
to
100,000
100,000
to
75,000
75,000
to
50,000
50,000
to
25,000
25,000
or
Below
Total
2016
1
1
2
1
3
8
16
 
     

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Maine Employment by County:
2000 vs. 2016
 
2000
 
2016
 
2000 - 2016
 
 
 
 
60,420
7.71
 
62,432
7.55
 
3.33
2,012
4.71
-0.15
 
40,542
5.17
 
36,154
4.37
 
-10.82
-4,388
-10.28
-0.80
 
212,280
27.08
 
242,809
29.37
 
14.38
30,529
71.51
2.29
 
17,677
2.25
 
15,603
1.89
 
-11.73
-2,074
-4.86
-0.37
 
35,924
4.58
 
36,034
4.36
 
0.31
110
0.26
-0.22
 
74,506
9.50
 
77,379
9.36
 
3.86
2,873
6.73
-0.14
 
27,069
3.45
 
27,899
3.37
 
3.07
830
1.94
-0.08
 
19,196
2.45
 
19,138
2.31
 
-0.30
-58
-0.14
-0.13
 
24,716
3.15
 
24,951
3.02
 
0.95
235
0.55
-0.13
 
89,410
11.40
 
90,403
10.94
 
1.11
993
2.33
-0.47
 
8,589
1.10
 
7,871
0.95
 
-8.36
-718
-1.68
-0.14
 
20,795
2.65
 
22,060
2.67
 
6.08
1,265
2.96
0.02
 
26,657
3.40
 
23,639
2.86
 
-11.32
-3,018
-7.07
-0.54
 
17,147
2.19
 
18,922
2.29
 
10.35
1,775
4.16
0.10
 
19,113
2.44
 
16,840
2.04
 
-11.89
-2,273
-5.32
-0.40
 
89,998
11.48
 
104,595
12.65
 
16.22
14,597
34.19
1.17
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
784,039
100.00
 
826,729
100.00
 
5.44
42,690
100.00
0.00
 
472,903
60.32
 
522,299
63.18
 
10.45
49,396
115.71
2.86
 
311,136
39.68
 
304,430
36.82
 
-2.16
-6,706
-15.71
-2.86
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
165,370,800
 
193,425,900
 
16.96
28,055,100
 
142,396,424
 
169,971,911
 
19.37
27,575,487
 
22,974,376
 
23,453,989
 
2.09
479,613
Source: Calculations by the Maine Regional Economic Analysis Project (ME-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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