Maine Highlands News

Piscataquis County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 396 people out of the 16,760 living in Piscataquis County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Piscataquis County has remained fairly stable compared to the 5.5% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Piscataquis County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.2%.

Of the 6,863 people who had a job during that time, 6 were employed in the Armed Forces and 6,857 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	396	5.5%
Employed	6,863	94.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	6,857	94.5%
Employed in armed forces	6	0.1%