Work and Jobs in China, Maine (ME) Detailed Stats
Occupations, Industries, Unemployment, Workers, Commute
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Latest news about work in China, ME collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations
The unemployment rate in 2023 in China, ME was 3.0%, which was 13.3% less than the unemployment rate of 3.4% across the entire state of Maine. Compared to the unemployment rate of 6.8% in 2013, this represents a decrease of 126.7%. The most common industries in China are: Health care (14.9% of civilian employees), Public administration (11.4% of civilian employees), Construction (10.6% of civilian employees). 54.5% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 15.0% less than the rate of 62.7% across the entire state of Maine.
Most common industries
![Most common industries](http://pics4.city-data.com/sgraphs/work/common-industries-2000-China-ME-small.png 600w,//pics4.city-data.com/sgraphs/work/common-industries-2000-China-ME.png 800w)
![Most common industries for males](http://pics4.city-data.com/sgraphs/work/common-industries-males-2000-China-ME-small.png 600w,//pics4.city-data.com/sgraphs/work/common-industries-males-2000-China-ME.png 800w)
![Most common industries for females](http://pics4.city-data.com/sgraphs/work/common-industries-females-2000-China-ME-small.png 600w,//pics4.city-data.com/sgraphs/work/common-industries-females-2000-China-ME.png 800w)
Most common industries | |||
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Industry | All | Males | Females |
Health care | 14.9% (311) | 6.4% (73) | 25.0% (238) |
Public administration | 11.4% (238) | 9.3% (105) | 14.0% (133) |
Construction | 10.6% (220) | 16.9% (191) | 3.0% (29) |
Educational services | 7.7% (161) | 3.3% (37) | 13.0% (124) |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 3.4% (70) | 5.3% (60) | 1.0% (10) |
Metal and metal products | 3.1% (65) | 5.0% (57) | 0.8% (8) |
Food and beverage stores | 3.0% (63) | 3.0% (34) | 3.0% (29) |
Professional, scientific, and technical services | 3.0% (62) | 1.9% (22) | 4.2% (40) |
Accommodation and food services | 2.8% (59) | 1.2% (14) | 4.7% (45) |
Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 2.4% (51) | 3.5% (40) | 1.2% (11) |
Truck transportation | 2.3% (48) | 3.9% (44) | 0.4% (4) |
Finance and insurance | 2.2% (46) | 1.0% (11) | 3.7% (35) |
Paper | 2.1% (43) | 3.8% (43) | 0.0% (0) |
Wood products | 1.9% (40) | 2.9% (33) | 0.7% (7) |
Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers | 1.7% (36) | 2.7% (30) | 0.6% (6) |
Repair and maintenance | 1.7% (35) | 3.1% (35) | 0.0% (0) |
Administrative and support and waste management services | 1.6% (34) | 1.7% (19) | 1.6% (15) |
Data processing, libraries, and other information services | 1.6% (33) | 0.7% (8) | 2.6% (25) |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1.6% (33) | 2.4% (27) | 0.6% (6) |
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1.3% (28) | 2.5% (28) | 0.0% (0) |
Transportation equipment | 1.2% (26) | 1.7% (19) | 0.7% (7) |
Food | 1.2% (24) | 1.2% (14) | 1.0% (10) |
Social assistance | 1.1% (22) | 0.0% (0) | 2.3% (22) |
Electronic shopping and mail-order houses | 1.1% (22) | 0.4% (5) | 1.8% (17) |
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 1.0% (21) | 1.1% (13) | 0.8% (8) |
Computer and electronic products | 0.8% (17) | 1.0% (11) | 0.6% (6) |
Broadcasting and telecommunications | 0.8% (17) | 0.4% (5) | 1.3% (12) |
U. S. Postal service | 0.8% (17) | 1.0% (11) | 0.6% (6) |
Gasoline stations | 0.8% (17) | 0.9% (10) | 0.7% (7) |
Apparel | 0.7% (14) | 0.0% (0) | 1.5% (14) |
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 0.7% (14) | 1.2% (14) | 0.0% (0) |
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 0.7% (14) | 1.2% (14) | 0.0% (0) |
Chemicals | 0.6% (12) | 0.5% (6) | 0.6% (6) |
Retail florists | 0.6% (12) | 0.0% (0) | 1.3% (12) |
Personal and laundry services | 0.5% (11) | 0.5% (6) | 0.5% (5) |
Alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers | 0.5% (10) | 0.4% (5) | 0.5% (5) |
Utilities | 0.5% (10) | 0.9% (10) | 0.0% (0) |
Music stores | 0.5% (10) | 0.9% (10) | 0.0% (0) |
Furniture and related product manufacturing | 0.4% (8) | 0.7% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
Radio, TV, and computer stores | 0.4% (8) | 0.3% (3) | 0.5% (5) |
Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores | 0.4% (8) | 0.0% (0) | 0.8% (8) |
Pharmacies and drug stores | 0.3% (7) | 0.6% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
Private households | 0.3% (7) | 0.0% (0) | 0.7% (7) |
Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores | 0.3% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 0.6% (6) |
Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (6) | 0.5% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
Rail transportation | 0.3% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 0.6% (6) |
Printing and related support activities | 0.3% (6) | 0.5% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
Plastics and rubber products | 0.3% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 0.6% (6) |
Machinery | 0.3% (6) | 0.5% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (6) | 0.5% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
Recyclable material merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 0.6% (6) |
Water transportation | 0.2% (5) | 0.4% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
Miscellaneous manufacturing | 0.2% (5) | 0.4% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 0.2% (5) | 0.4% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores | 0.2% (4) | 0.4% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
Department and other general merchandise stores | 0.2% (4) | 0.4% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
Textile mills and textile products | 0.2% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 0.4% (4) |
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 0.1% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 0.3% (3) |
Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (3) | 0.3% (3) | 0.0% (0) |
Unemployment in China
![Unemployment by year](http://pics4.city-data.com/sgraphs/work/unemployment-by-year-China-ME-small.png 600w,//pics4.city-data.com/sgraphs/work/unemployment-by-year-China-ME.png 800w)
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 2.4%Males
- 5.5%Females
Unemployment in 2023:
China: | 3.0% |
Maine: | 3.4% |
Unemployment in 2022:
China: | 2.5% |
Maine: | 3.0% |
Unemployment in 2021:
China: | 3.9% |
Maine: | 4.6% |
Unemployment in 2020:
China: | 4.5% |
Maine: | 5.1% |
Unemployment in 2019:
China: | 2.9% |
Maine: | 2.9% |
Unemployment in 2018:
China: | 3.3% |
Maine: | 3.2% |
Unemployment in 2017:
China: | 3.3% |
Maine: | 3.4% |
Unemployment in 2016:
China: | 4.1% |
Maine: | 3.8% |
Unemployment in 2015:
China: | 4.4% |
Maine: | 4.4% |
Unemployment in 2014:
China: | 5.6% |
Maine: | 5.6% |
Unemployment in 2013:
China: | 6.8% |
Maine: | 6.7% |
Unemployment in 2012:
China: | 7.1% |
Maine: | 7.2% |
Unemployment in 2011:
China: | 7.3% |
Maine: | 7.7% |
Unemployment in 2010:
China: | 7.9% |
Maine: | 8.4% |
Unemployment in 2009:
China: | 7.7% |
Maine: | 8.4% |
Unemployment in 2008:
China: | 5.2% |
Maine: | 5.3% |
Unemployment in 2007:
China: | 4.2% |
Maine: | 4.7% |
Unemployment in 2006:
China: | 4.1% |
Maine: | 4.7% |
Unemployment in 2005:
China: | 4.9% |
Maine: | 4.9% |
Unemployment in 2004:
China: | 4.8% |
Maine: | 4.7% |
Unemployment in 2003:
China: | 4.9% |
Maine: | 5.1% |
Unemployment in 2002:
China: | 4.4% |
Maine: | 4.5% |
Unemployment in 2001:
China: | 3.7% |
Maine: | 3.8% |
Unemployment in 2000:
China: | 3.2% |
Maine: | 3.3% |
Unemployment in 1999:
China: | 4.8% |
Maine: | 4.0% |
Unemployment in 1998:
China: | 5.1% |
Maine: | 4.5% |
Unemployment in 1997:
China: | 5.2% |
Maine: | 5.2% |
Unemployment in 1996:
China: | 5.6% |
Maine: | 5.3% |
Unemployment in 1995:
China: | 6.9% |
Maine: | 5.9% |
Unemployment in 1994:
China: | 5.0% |
Maine: | 6.6% |
Unemployment in 1993:
China: | 6.0% |
Maine: | 6.8% |
Unemployment in 1992:
China: | 6.2% |
Maine: | 7.4% |
Unemployment in 1991:
China: | 5.3% |
Maine: | 7.8% |
Unemployment in 1990:
China: | 3.7% |
Maine: | 5.3% |
Time leaving home to go to work
![Time Leaving Home To Go To Work](http://pics4.city-data.com/sgraphs/work/time-leaving-to-work-2000-China-ME-small.png 600w,//pics4.city-data.com/sgraphs/work/time-leaving-to-work-2000-China-ME.png 800w)
<5am:
China: | 5.0% (102) |
Maine: | 4.4% (26,948) |
5:30am:
China: | 2.8% (57) |
Maine: | 3.7% (22,592) |
6am:
China: | 7.5% (155) |
Maine: | 5.2% (32,239) |
6:30am:
China: | 13.0% (267) |
Maine: | 9.4% (57,835) |
7am:
China: | 12.3% (253) |
Maine: | 11.5% (70,598) |
7:30am:
China: | 15.7% (323) |
Maine: | 14.9% (91,521) |
8am:
China: | 12.8% (264) |
Maine: | 14.4% (88,758) |
8:30am:
China: | 8.2% (168) |
Maine: | 9.0% (55,154) |
9am:
China: | 1.3% (26) |
Maine: | 4.0% (24,448) |
10am:
China: | 3.7% (77) |
Maine: | 3.8% (23,244) |
11am:
China: | 2.6% (54) |
Maine: | 1.7% (10,648) |
4pm:
China: | 7.6% (157) |
Maine: | 6.9% (42,456) |
>4pm:
China: | 4.6% (94) |
Maine: | 5.8% (35,860) |
Travel time to work
![Travel time (in minutes) to work](http://pics4.city-data.com/sgraphs/work/travel-time-work-2000-China-ME-small.png 600w,//pics4.city-data.com/sgraphs/work/travel-time-work-2000-China-ME.png 800w)
![Working at home](http://pics4.city-data.com/sgraphs/work/working-at-home-2000-China-ME-small.png 600w,//pics4.city-data.com/sgraphs/work/working-at-home-2000-China-ME.png 800w)
Less than 5 minutes:
China: | 3.1% (64) |
Maine: | 5.6% (34,404) |
5 to 9 minutes:
China: | 4.9% (100) |
Maine: | 14.1% (86,612) |
10 to 14 minutes:
China: | 6.7% (137) |
Maine: | 16.0% (98,470) |
15 to 19 minutes:
China: | 11.4% (235) |
Maine: | 14.9% (91,940) |
20 to 24 minutes:
China: | 16.4% (338) |
Maine: | 13.1% (80,377) |
25 to 29 minutes:
China: | 13.6% (279) |
Maine: | 5.1% (31,321) |
30 to 34 minutes:
China: | 22.3% (458) |
Maine: | 10.4% (63,930) |
35 to 39 minutes:
China: | 4.0% (82) |
Maine: | 2.2% (13,677) |
40 to 44 minutes:
China: | 2.9% (59) |
Maine: | 2.7% (16,863) |
45 to 59 minutes:
China: | 5.7% (117) |
Maine: | 5.6% (34,475) |
60 to 89 minutes:
China: | 2.3% (48) |
Maine: | 3.6% (21,933) |
90 or more minutes:
China: | 3.9% (80) |
Maine: | 2.3% (14,180) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
China: | 83.2% (1,710) |
Maine: | 78.6% (483,317) |
Carpooled:
China: | 10.2% (210) |
Maine: | 11.3% (69,208) |
Subway or elevated:
China: | 0.2% (5) |
Maine: | 0.0% (135) |
Walked:
China: | 1.6% (33) |
Maine: | 4.0% (24,700) |
Other means:
China: | 1.9% (39) |
Maine: | 0.7% (4,104) |
Private vehicle occupancy
![Private vehicle occupancy](http://pics4.city-data.com/sgraphs/work/private-vehicle-occupancy-2000-China-ME-small.png 600w,//pics4.city-data.com/sgraphs/work/private-vehicle-occupancy-2000-China-ME.png 800w)
Drove alone:
China: | 89.1% (1,710) |
Maine: | 87.5% (483,317) |
In 2 person carpool:
China: | 9.7% (187) |
Maine: | 10.3% (56,707) |
In 3 person carpool:
China: | 0.9% (17) |
Maine: | 1.4% (7,855) |
In 7+ person carpool:
China: | 0.3% (6) |
Maine: | 0.3% (1,695) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
China: | 54.5% (1,136) |
Maine: | 62.7% (390,945) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
China: | 2.3% (47) |
Maine: | 3.1% (19,246) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
China: | 9.5% (198) |
Maine: | 10.2% (63,603) |
Local government workers:
China: | 5.9% (122) |
Maine: | 7.6% (47,389) |
State government workers:
China: | 14.6% (304) |
Maine: | 4.3% (26,534) |
Federal government workers:
China: | 3.7% (77) |
Maine: | 2.6% (16,465) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
China: | 9.0% (188) |
Maine: | 9.3% (58,153) |
Unpaid family workers:
China: | 0.6% (13) |
Maine: | 0.3% (1,676) |
Employee of private company - Males:
China: | 59.6% (675) |
Maine: | 65.6% (212,697) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
China: | 2.7% (30) |
Maine: | 4.3% (14,069) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
China: | 6.7% (76) |
Maine: | 6.0% (19,473) |
Local government workers - Males:
China: | 3.7% (42) |
Maine: | 5.6% (18,289) |
State government workers - Males:
China: | 12.8% (145) |
Maine: | 3.8% (12,314) |
Federal government workers - Males:
China: | 3.5% (40) |
Maine: | 3.1% (9,960) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
China: | 10.3% (117) |
Maine: | 11.3% (36,757) |
Unpaid family workers - Males:
China: | 0.6% (7) |
Maine: | 0.2% (688) |
Employee of private company - Females:
China: | 48.4% (461) |
Maine: | 59.5% (178,248) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
China: | 1.8% (17) |
Maine: | 1.7% (5,177) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
China: | 12.8% (122) |
Maine: | 14.7% (44,130) |
Local government workers - Females:
China: | 8.4% (80) |
Maine: | 9.7% (29,100) |
State government workers - Females:
China: | 16.7% (159) |
Maine: | 4.7% (14,220) |
Federal government workers - Females:
China: | 3.9% (37) |
Maine: | 2.2% (6,505) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
China: | 7.5% (71) |
Maine: | 7.1% (21,396) |
Unpaid family workers - Females:
China: | 0.6% (6) |
Maine: | 0.3% (988) |