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Most common industries (%)

Most common industries for males (%)

Most common industries for females (%)

Most Common Industries

Industry

All

Males

Females
Wood products15.2% (76)14.6% (40)15.9% (36)
Health care10.8% (54)1.1% (3)22.5% (51)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting9.8% (49)17.2% (47)0.9% (2)
Educational services9.4% (47)4.7% (13)15.0% (34)
Truck transportation8.2% (41)14.2% (39)0.9% (2)
Accommodation and food services5.8% (29)3.3% (9)8.8% (20)
Food and beverage stores5.4% (27)3.6% (10)7.5% (17)
Public administration4.6% (23)5.1% (14)4.0% (9)
Construction3.6% (18)6.6% (18)0.0% (0)
Food3.4% (17)4.7% (13)1.8% (4)
Finance and insurance3.0% (15)0.7% (2)5.7% (13)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers2.0% (10)2.9% (8)0.9% (2)
Rail transportation2.0% (10)3.6% (10)0.0% (0)
Social assistance2.0% (10)0.0% (0)4.4% (10)
Paper1.8% (9)3.3% (9)0.0% (0)
Other direct selling establishments1.6% (8)0.7% (2)2.6% (6)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation1.4% (7)1.8% (5)0.9% (2)
Utilities1.2% (6)1.1% (3)1.3% (3)
Pharmacies and drug stores1.0% (5)0.7% (2)1.3% (3)
Administrative and support and waste management services1.0% (5)1.8% (5)0.0% (0)
Repair and maintenance1.0% (5)1.8% (5)0.0% (0)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers0.8% (4)0.7% (2)0.9% (2)
Real estate and rental and leasing0.8% (4)0.0% (0)1.8% (4)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations0.8% (4)0.7% (2)0.9% (2)
Miscellaneous manufacturing0.6% (3)1.1% (3)0.0% (0)
Warehousing and storage0.6% (3)1.1% (3)0.0% (0)
Professional, scientific, and technical services0.6% (3)1.1% (3)0.0% (0)
Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers0.4% (2)0.0% (0)0.9% (2)
Metal and metal products0.4% (2)0.7% (2)0.0% (0)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers0.4% (2)0.7% (2)0.0% (0)
Private households0.4% (2)0.0% (0)0.9% (2)
Personal and laundry services0.2% (1)0.0% (0)0.4% (1)

Most common occupations (%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Most common occupations

Occupation

All

Males

Females
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers7.8% (39)14.2% (39)0.0% (0)
Other production occupations including supervisors6.4% (32)8.0% (22)4.4% (10)
Woodworkers5.4% (27)5.8% (16)4.8% (11)
Laborers and material movers, hand4.2% (21)5.8% (16)2.2% (5)
Cooks and food preparation workers3.8% (19)0.7% (2)7.5% (17)
Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers3.8% (19)6.9% (19)0.0% (0)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers3.6% (18)1.5% (4)6.2% (14)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers3.4% (17)6.2% (17)0.0% (0)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers3.2% (16)3.3% (9)3.1% (7)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides3.0% (15)0.4% (1)6.2% (14)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors2.8% (14)3.6% (10)1.8% (4)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations2.8% (14)2.2% (6)3.5% (8)
Agricultural workers including supervisors2.6% (13)4.0% (11)0.9% (2)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors2.6% (13)0.7% (2)4.8% (11)
Assemblers and fabricators2.6% (13)2.9% (8)2.2% (5)
Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers2.4% (12)1.1% (3)4.0% (9)
Secretaries and administrative assistants2.2% (11)0.0% (0)4.8% (11)
Bus drivers2.0% (10)1.5% (4)2.6% (6)
Rail and water transportation workers2.0% (10)3.6% (10)0.0% (0)
Cashiers2.0% (10)0.0% (0)4.4% (10)
Other construction workers and helpers1.8% (9)3.3% (9)0.0% (0)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks1.8% (9)0.0% (0)4.0% (9)
Health technologists and technicians1.6% (8)0.0% (0)3.5% (8)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives1.6% (8)0.7% (2)2.6% (6)
Registered nurses1.6% (8)0.0% (0)3.5% (8)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors1.4% (7)2.6% (7)0.0% (0)
Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists1.4% (7)0.0% (0)3.1% (7)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers1.2% (6)0.7% (2)1.8% (4)
Business operations specialists1.0% (5)0.0% (0)2.2% (5)
Food processing workers1.0% (5)1.1% (3)0.9% (2)
Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses1.0% (5)0.0% (0)2.2% (5)
Farmers and farm managers1.0% (5)1.8% (5)0.0% (0)
Other protective service workers including supervisors1.0% (5)1.8% (5)0.0% (0)
Carpenters0.8% (4)1.5% (4)0.0% (0)
Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations0.8% (4)1.5% (4)0.0% (0)
Metal workers and plastic workers0.8% (4)1.5% (4)0.0% (0)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing0.8% (4)1.5% (4)0.0% (0)
Retail sales workers except cashiers0.8% (4)0.7% (2)0.9% (2)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations0.8% (4)0.0% (0)1.8% (4)
Top executives0.6% (3)0.0% (0)1.3% (3)
Postsecondary teachers0.6% (3)0.0% (0)1.3% (3)
Other healthcare support occupations0.6% (3)0.0% (0)1.3% (3)
Fire fighting and prevention workers including supervisors0.6% (3)1.1% (3)0.0% (0)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors0.6% (3)1.1% (3)0.0% (0)
Waiters and waitresses0.6% (3)1.1% (3)0.0% (0)
Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors0.6% (3)0.0% (0)1.3% (3)
Architects, surveyors, and cartographers0.6% (3)1.1% (3)0.0% (0)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers0.6% (3)1.1% (3)0.0% (0)
Secondary school teachers0.4% (2)0.0% (0)0.9% (2)
Religious workers0.4% (2)0.7% (2)0.0% (0)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks0.4% (2)0.0% (0)0.9% (2)
Therapists0.4% (2)0.0% (0)0.9% (2)
Construction laborers0.4% (2)0.7% (2)0.0% (0)
Electricians0.4% (2)0.7% (2)0.0% (0)
Life, physical, and social science technicians0.4% (2)0.0% (0)0.9% (2)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers0.4% (2)0.0% (0)0.9% (2)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand0.4% (2)0.7% (2)0.0% (0)
Personal appearance workers0.2% (1)0.0% (0)0.4% (1)
Plant and system operators0.2% (1)0.4% (1)0.0% (0)

Unemployment by year (%)

Unemployment in 2009:
Patten:

6.3%
Maine:

8.3%
Unemployment in 2008:
Patten:

8.3%
Maine:

5.3%
Unemployment in 2007:
Patten:

8.3%
Maine:

4.7%
Unemployment in 2006:
Patten:

8.3%
Maine:

4.7%
Unemployment in 2005:
Patten:

8.2%
Maine:

4.9%
Unemployment in 2004:
Patten:

6.2%
Maine:

4.6%
Unemployment in 2003:
Patten:

8.1%
Maine:

5.0%
Unemployment in 2002:
Patten:

6.3%
Maine:

4.4%
Unemployment in 2001:
Patten:

6.4%
Maine:

3.7%
Unemployment in 2000:
Patten:

4.3%
Maine:

3.3%
Unemployment by race in 2000:

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 1.7%

Time Leaving Home To Go To Work (%)

Time Leaving Home To Go To Work:
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.:
Patten:

9.2% (45)
Maine:

4.4% (26,948)
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.:
Patten:

4.5% (22)
Maine:

3.7% (22,592)
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.:
Patten:

4.9% (24)
Maine:

5.2% (32,239)
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.:
Patten:

14.5% (71)
Maine:

9.4% (57,835)
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.:
Patten:

13.7% (67)
Maine:

11.5% (70,598)
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.:
Patten:

10.8% (53)
Maine:

14.9% (91,521)
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.:
Patten:

10.0% (49)
Maine:

14.4% (88,758)
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.:
Patten:

6.1% (30)
Maine:

9.0% (55,154)
8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.:
Patten:

1.6% (8)
Maine:

4.0% (24,448)
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.:
Patten:

3.3% (16)
Maine:

3.8% (23,244)
10:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.:
Patten:

1.8% (9)
Maine:

1.7% (10,648)
11:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.:
Patten:

0.8% (4)
Maine:

1.0% (5,881)
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.:
Patten:

8.6% (42)
Maine:

6.9% (42,456)
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.:
Patten:

8.2% (40)
Maine:

5.8% (35,860)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 74.4%
Number of people working at home: 9 (1.8% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work (%)

Working at home - Patten

Working at home - Maine

Travel time to work:
Less than 5 minutes:
Patten:

19.2% (94)
Maine:

5.6% (34,404)
5 to 9 minutes:
Patten:

23.1% (113)
Maine:

14.1% (86,612)
10 to 14 minutes:
Patten:

12.7% (62)
Maine:

16.0% (98,470)
15 to 19 minutes:
Patten:

13.7% (67)
Maine:

14.9% (91,940)
20 to 24 minutes:
Patten:

4.3% (21)
Maine:

13.1% (80,377)
30 to 34 minutes:
Patten:

7.0% (34)
Maine:

10.4% (63,930)
35 to 39 minutes:
Patten:

0.8% (4)
Maine:

2.2% (13,677)
40 to 44 minutes:
Patten:

3.5% (17)
Maine:

2.7% (16,863)
45 to 59 minutes:
Patten:

7.2% (35)
Maine:

5.6% (34,475)
60 to 89 minutes:
Patten:

5.7% (28)
Maine:

3.6% (21,933)
90 or more minutes:
Patten:

1.0% (5)
Maine:

2.3% (14,180)

Travel time to work (in minutes) by means of transportation (%)

Travel time to work by means of transportation:
Less than 30 minutes - public transportation:
Patten:

100.0% (2)
Maine:

56.1% (2,925)
Less than 30 minutes - other means:
Patten:

74.3% (355)
Maine:

72.1% (420,199)
30 to 44 minutes - other means:
Patten:

11.5% (55)
Maine:

16.0% (93,444)
45 to 59 minutes - other means:
Patten:

7.3% (35)
Maine:

5.8% (34,027)
60 or more minutes - other means:
Patten:

6.9% (33)
Maine:

6.1% (35,295)

Means of transportation to work - Patten

Means of transportation to work - Maine

Means of transportation to work:
Drove car alone:
Patten:

73.4% (359)
Maine:

78.6% (483,317)
Carpooled:
Patten:

14.7% (72)
Maine:

11.3% (69,208)
Bus or trolley bus:
Patten:

0.4% (2)
Maine:

0.5% (3,220)
Walked:
Patten:

7.0% (34)
Maine:

4.0% (24,700)
Other means:
Patten:

2.7% (13)
Maine:

0.7% (4,104)

Private vehicle occupancy (%)

Private vehicle occupancy:
Drove alone:
Patten:

83.3% (359)
Maine:

87.5% (483,317)
In 2 person carpool:
Patten:

12.5% (54)
Maine:

10.3% (56,707)
In 3 person carpool:
Patten:

1.2% (5)
Maine:

1.4% (7,855)
In 4 person carpool:
Patten:

0.5% (2)
Maine:

0.3% (1,917)
In 5-6 person carpool:
Patten:

2.6% (11)
Maine:

0.2% (1,034)

Class of Workers (%)

Class of Workers (%) - Males

Class of Workers (%) - Females

Class of Workers:
Employee of private company:
Patten:

60.5% (303)
Maine:

62.7% (390,945)
    Employee of private company - Males:
    Patten:

    62.0% (170)
    Maine:

    65.6% (212,697)
    Employee of private company - Females:
    Patten:

    58.6% (133)
    Maine:

    59.5% (178,248)
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Patten:

2.6% (13)
Maine:

3.1% (19,246)
    Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
    Patten:

    4.0% (11)
    Maine:

    4.3% (14,069)
    Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
    Patten:

    0.9% (2)
    Maine:

    1.7% (5,177)
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Patten:

8.6% (43)
Maine:

10.2% (63,603)
    Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
    Patten:

    7.3% (20)
    Maine:

    6.0% (19,473)
    Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
    Patten:

    10.1% (23)
    Maine:

    14.7% (44,130)
Local government workers:
Patten:

10.4% (52)
Maine:

7.6% (47,389)
    Local government workers - Males:
    Patten:

    6.2% (17)
    Maine:

    5.6% (18,289)
    Local government workers - Females:
    Patten:

    15.4% (35)
    Maine:

    9.7% (29,100)
State government workers:
Patten:

4.8% (24)
Maine:

4.3% (26,534)
    State government workers - Males:
    Patten:

    2.9% (8)
    Maine:

    3.8% (12,314)
    State government workers - Females:
    Patten:

    7.0% (16)
    Maine:

    4.7% (14,220)
Federal government workers:
Patten:

1.6% (8)
Maine:

2.6% (16,465)
    Federal government workers - Females:
    Patten:

    3.5% (8)
    Maine:

    2.2% (6,505)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Patten:

11.2% (56)
Maine:

9.3% (58,153)
    Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
    Patten:

    17.5% (48)
    Maine:

    11.3% (36,757)
    Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
    Patten:

    3.5% (8)
    Maine:

    7.1% (21,396)
Unpaid family workers:
Patten:

0.4% (2)
Maine:

0.3% (1,676)
    Unpaid family workers - Females:
    Patten:

    0.9% (2)
    Maine:

    0.3% (988)

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