Maine’s unemployment rate was 5.7 percent in November, a significant decrease from the year before, according to new data from the Maine Department of Labor. In November, there were about 40,200 people in Maine (that’s 5.7 percent of 702,353, Maine’s total civilian workforce) who were unemployed and actively looking for work.
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