Unemployment Rate in Penobscot County, ME
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
3.6%
Rank #1,064/3,222 · #6 in ME
67th
Penobscot 3.6%
ME 3.8% -4.1%
US 5.3% -32.0%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Penobscot County's unemployment rate of 3.6% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Penobscot County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,061 | Rush County, KS | 3.6% |
| #1,062 | Washington County, UT | 3.6% |
| #1,063 | Elkhart County, IN | 3.6% |
| #1,064 | Penobscot County, ME | 3.6% |
| #1,065 | Berrien County, GA | 3.6% |
| #1,066 | Jerome County, ID | 3.6% |
| #1,067 | Russell County, VA | 3.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Penobscot County, Maine has a unemployment rate of 3.6%, ranking #1,064 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 32.0% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Maine, it ranks #6 of 16. This places it in the 67th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.