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January 18, 2013

Data: Unemployment sees slight uptick in December

Maine's unemployment rate saw a slight uptick from November to December, according to preliminary December figures.

The seasonally adjusted jobless rate is pegged at 7.3% for December, up from 7.2% in November and up from 7.0% compared to December 2011, according to data from the U.S. Department of Labor.

That figure for Maine remains below the national average of 7.8%.

Maine retains a higher employment-to-population ratio — the percentage of the total population over 16 that is employed — than the the national rate of 58.6%. Maine counts 60.5% of that total population that is employed.

See the interactive chart below from the Maine Department of Labor for a detailed historical look at Maine's unemployment rate from January 2006 to December 2012:

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