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Washington State
Employment Security Department
Labor Market and Economic Analysis Branch
April 1, 2002
 

RESIDENT CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT IN CLARK COUNTY

Benchmark: March 20011
 

AVERAGE JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
2001
Civilian Labor Force 179,200 180,000 179,900 180,100 177,900 179,400 180,900 181,100 177,700 174,900 179,500 179,300 179,500
  Total Employment 166,500 169,900 168,900 168,700 167,500 167,500 168,100 167,400 164,500 161,400 164,200 164,300 165,700
  Total Unemployment 12,700 10,200 11,000 11,500 10,500 11,900 12,700 13,700 13,200 13,600 15,400 15,000 13,800
  Percent of Labor Force 7.1 5.6 6.1 6.4 5.9 6.6 7.0 7.6 7.4 7.8 8.6 8.4 7.7
2000
Civilian Labor Force 179,700 179,400 180,100 178,800 177,300 179,300 180,200 182,100 180,000 176,200 181,600 180,600 181,100
  Total Employment 170,900 171,100 171,100 170,700 170,000 171,400 171,500 172,600 170,700 168,000 170,500 171,100 172,500
  Total Unemployment 8,800 8,300 9,000 8,100 7,400 7,800 8,600 9,500 9,300 8,200 11,100 9,400 8,600
  Percent of Labor Force 4.9 4.6 5.0 4.5 4.1 4.4 4.8 5.2 5.1 4.7 6.1 5.2 4.7
1999
Civilian Labor Force 180,500 180,800 180,600 179,800 178,900 180,200 181,900 184,000 181,000 176,700 179,900 180,600 181,200
  Total Employment 173,300 172,300 172,100 172,500 172,200 173,300 174,700 176,700 174,200 170,200 173,200 174,100 174,600
  Total Unemployment 7,100 8,500 8,500 7,400 6,700 6,900 7,300 7,200 6,800 6,500 6,700 6,500 6,600
  Percent of Labor Force 4.0 4.7 4.7 4.1 3.8 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6
1998
Civilian Labor Force 178,500 179,300 178,800 178,000 176,700 178,700 179,100 180,800 177,600 175,400 177,900 179,200 180,000
  Total Employment 170,400 171,200 170,700 170,300 169,400 170,800 171,000 172,100 169,400 167,200 169,700 170,900 172,200
  Total Unemployment 8,000 8,100 8,100 7,700 7,300 7,800 8,200 8,700 8,200 8,200 8,200 8,300 7,800
  Percent of Labor Force 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.3
1997
Civilian Labor Force 172,500 169,900 170,200 169,900 170,400 172,200 173,000 175,200 174,600 170,900 173,400 174,500 175,800
  Total Employment 166,500 162,800 163,000 163,300 164,100 166,600 167,400 169,300 168,400 165,500 167,900 169,000 170,300
  Total Unemployment 6,000 7,100 7,100 6,700 6,300 5,600 5,600 5,900 6,200 5,400 5,500 5,500 5,600
  Percent of Labor Force 3.5 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2
1996
Civilian Labor Force 161,500 159,900 158,800 158,500 159,000 161,000 162,500 163,900 161,900 158,800 162,100 164,700 167,200
  Total Employment 154,400 152,600 151,400 151,400 151,400 153,200 155,100 156,300 154,900 152,500 155,300 158,100 160,600
  Total Unemployment 7,100 7,300 7,400 7,100 7,600 7,800 7,400 7,600 7,000 6,300 6,800 6,600 6,600
  Percent of Labor Force 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.7 4.3 3.9 4.2 4.0 4.0
1995
Civilian Labor Force 151,100 148,200 148,500 146,500 148,700 150,000 151,100 152,800 152,700 149,500 153,600 155,100 156,400
  Total Employment 144,900 141,400 141,200 140,000 142,700 144,300 145,500 146,600 146,700 144,400 147,700 148,900 149,900
  Total Unemployment 6,100 6,700 7,300 6,500 6,000 5,600 5,700 6,200 6,000 5,100 5,900 6,200 6,500
  Percent of Labor Force 4.1 4.6 4.9 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.7 4.0 3.9 3.4 3.9 4.0 4.2
1994
Civilian Labor Force 140,900 140,600 139,500 138,700 138,100 137,400 140,300 141,600 142,000 139,100 143,000 144,500 146,200
  Total Employment 135,000 132,900 131,800 131,600 132,200 132,200 133,800 136,100 137,200 134,700 138,000 138,700 140,400
  Total Unemployment 6,000 7,600 7,700 7,100 5,900 5,200 6,500 5,500 4,900 4,400 5,100 5,800 5,800
  Percent of Labor Force 4.2 5.4 5.5 5.1 4.3 3.8 4.6 3.9 3.4 3.1 3.5 4.0 4.0
1993
Civilian Labor Force 136,600 136,300 135,900 135,400 135,800 135,800 135,600 137,500 136,400 133,600 138,000 138,400 140,200
  Total Employment 128,700 126,500 126,100 126,200 127,600 127,900 128,100 129,900 129,400 127,200 130,700 131,300 133,100
  Total Unemployment 7,900 9,800 9,800 9,200 8,200 7,800 7,500 7,600 7,000 6,500 7,200 7,200 7,100
  Percent of Labor Force 5.8 7.2 7.2 6.8 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.1 4.8 5.2 5.2 5.1
1992
Civilian Labor Force 132,100 130,300 130,700 129,900 130,200 131,000 130,500 133,800 131,800 129,900 135,200 135,800 136,200
  Total Employment 123,000 120,100 119,800 120,100 121,500 122,700 122,000 125,100 123,900 121,900 126,100 126,000 126,500
  Total Unemployment 9,200 10,200 10,900 9,900 8,700 8,400 8,500 8,700 7,800 8,000 9,100 9,800 9,800
  Percent of Labor Force 6.9 7.8 8.4 7.6 6.7 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.0 6.2 6.8 7.2 7.2
1991
Civilian Labor Force 126,800 127,100 125,800 125,900 125,100 125,700 126,500 127,900 127,200 124,600 127,400 128,400 129,600
  Total Employment 119,000 119,600 118,400 118,200 118,000 118,600 119,300 120,100 119,500 117,400 119,100 119,400 120,300
  Total Unemployment 7,800 7,500 7,400 7,700 7,100 7,100 7,200 7,700 7,700 7,200 8,300 9,000 9,300
  Percent of Labor Force 6.1 5.9 5.9 6.1 5.7 5.6 5.7 6.0 6.1 5.8 6.5 7.0 7.1
1990
Civilian Labor Force 127,600 127,500 127,800 127,800 127,100 127,600 128,300 128,700 128,300 124,900 127,200 127,300 128,300
  Total Employment 121,700 120,800 120,100 121,200 121,500 122,300 122,700 123,500 123,700 120,300 121,100 121,700 121,900
  Total Unemployment 5,800 6,700 7,600 6,600 5,600 5,300 5,600 5,200 4,600 4,600 6,100 5,600 6,300
  Percent of Labor Force 4.6 5.2 6.0 5.2 4.4 4.1 4.3 4.0 3.6 3.7 4.8 4.4 4.9
1989
Civilian Labor Force 122,200 117,000 117,800 119,700 121,200 124,300 122,500 122,400 124,800 122,700 123,800 124,500 125,800
  Total Employment 115,000 109,800 110,200 112,300 114,300 117,300 114,700 114,700 117,100 115,500 117,400 117,600 119,100
  Total Unemployment 7,200 7,200 7,600 7,500 6,900 7,000 7,900 7,700 7,700 7,200 6,400 6,800 6,700
  Percent of Labor Force 5.9 6.2 6.5 6.2 5.7 5.6 6.4 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.2 5.5 5.3
1988
Civilian Labor Force 115,400 112,800 113,200 113,500 114,300 114,400 114,500 116,600 117,500 116,300 117,900 116,400 117,800
  Total Employment 108,800 105,100 105,400 106,400 108,000 108,100 107,600 110,000 111,100 110,300 112,200 110,200 111,300
  Total Unemployment 6,600 7,700 7,900 7,100 6,300 6,300 6,900 6,600 6,400 6,000 5,700 6,200 6,500
  Percent of Labor Force 5.7 6.8 6.9 6.2 5.5 5.5 6.0 5.7 5.4 5.1 4.8 5.3 5.5
1987
Civilian Labor Force 110,300 106,500 106,000 107,300 108,400 109,100 111,200 113,700 113,100 112,800 112,100 111,300 111,700
  Total Employment 101,500 96,400 95,600 97,200 98,800 100,100 102,000 104,800 104,800 105,100 104,600 104,400 104,600
  Total Unemployment 8,700 10,100 10,300 10,100 9,600 8,900 9,300 9,000 8,300 7,700 7,500 6,900 7,100
  Percent of Labor Force 7.9 9.5 9.7 9.4 8.8 8.2 8.3 7.9 7.4 6.8 6.7 6.2 6.4
1986
Civilian Labor Force 106,200 102,800 103,000 104,200 105,100 106,100 105,500 111,200 109,400 108,400 107,800 105,900 105,000
  Total Employment 96,900 93,000 93,100 94,600 96,200 97,400 96,000 101,200 100,300 100,300 98,700 96,500 95,600
  Total Unemployment 9,300 9,700 9,900 9,700 8,900 8,700 9,500 9,900 9,000 8,100 9,100 9,300 9,400
  Percent of Labor Force 8.7 9.5 9.6 9.3 8.5 8.2 9.0 8.9 8.3 7.5 8.5 8.8 8.9
1985
Civilian Labor Force 99,600 97,200 96,600 96,900 97,600 98,900 99,700 102,100 102,300 101,800 100,900 101,400 100,100
  Total Employment 91,200 88,500 87,900 88,500 89,500 90,500 90,300 93,100 93,900 94,000 93,100 93,500 92,100
  Total Unemployment 8,400 8,600 8,700 8,500 8,200 8,400 9,400 8,900 8,400 7,900 7,800 8,000 8,100
  Percent of Labor Force 8.4 8.9 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.5 9.4 8.8 8.3 7.7 7.7 7.8 8.1
1984
Civilian Labor Force 97,600 98,400 98,100 97,400 97,200 97,200 99,000 100,500 98,800 96,700 95,900 95,400 96,500
  Total Employment 88,600 87,500 87,900 87,500 87,900 88,200 89,800 90,700 90,800 88,800 87,900 87,600 88,300
  Total Unemployment 9,000 10,800 10,200 9,900 9,300 9,100 9,200 9,700 8,000 8,000 8,000 7,800 8,200
  Percent of Labor Force 9.2 11.0 10.4 10.1 9.5 9.3 9.3 9.7 8.1 8.2 8.4 8.2 8.5
1983
Civilian Labor Force 96,000 93,800 95,300 94,800 94,400 94,500 97,700 99,400 97,500 97,000 96,500 95,700 95,600
  Total Employment 84,700 81,000 81,100 81,500 82,200 83,100 85,500 88,100 87,400 87,300 87,200 86,300 86,200
  Total Unemployment 11,300 12,900 14,100 13,300 12,100 11,400 12,200 11,300 10,100 9,600 9,300 9,300 9,400
  Percent of Labor Force 11.7 13.7 14.8 14.1 12.8 12.0 12.5 11.4 10.4 10.0 9.7 9.8 9.9
1982
Civilian Labor Force 95,700 95,400 95,400 94,600 94,500 96,200 95,400 98,800 96,300 94,600 94,400 96,500 95,800
  Total Employment 84,300 82,600 82,200 82,400 82,200 84,500 84,100 87,600 85,600 84,800 84,700 85,400 85,100
  Total Unemployment 11,400 12,900 13,300 12,200 12,300 11,700 11,300 11,300 10,700 9,800 9,700 11,100 10,700
  Percent of Labor Force 11.9 13.5 13.9 12.9 13.0 12.2 11.9 11.4 11.1 10.3 10.3 11.5 11.1
1981
Civilian Labor Force 94,300 94,500 93,500 93,200 93,200 92,700 94,100 97,900 96,200 93,500 93,500 94,400 95,000