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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 ISLAND COUNTY

Benchmark: March 20011
 

AVERAGE JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
2001
Civilian Labor Force 28,500 29,200 29,000 28,900 28,500 28,600 28,500 28,600 28,200 27,800 28,300 28,400 28,400
  Total Employment 27,200 28,000 27,700 27,700 27,300 27,400 27,200 27,300 27,000 26,500 26,800 26,700 26,900
  Total Unemployment 1,300 1,200 1,300 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,300 1,400 1,300 1,300 1,500 1,700 1,600
  Percent of Labor Force 4.7 4.2 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.7 4.8 4.4 4.7 5.3 5.8 5.5
2000
Civilian Labor Force 29,400 29,900 30,000 29,800 29,200 29,600 29,500 29,400 29,100 28,700 29,100 29,200 29,600
  Total Employment 28,200 28,600 28,500 28,500 28,000 28,200 28,100 28,300 28,000 27,700 28,000 28,000 28,600
  Total Unemployment 1,200 1,300 1,500 1,300 1,200 1,300 1,300 1,100 1,000 1,000 1,100 1,100 1,100
  Percent of Labor Force 4.1 4.5 4.8 4.5 4.1 4.5 4.6 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.6
1999
Civilian Labor Force 29,700 29,700 29,600 29,600 29,400 29,700 29,600 30,100 29,700 29,300 29,700 29,800 30,200
  Total Employment 28,600 28,600 28,500 28,500 28,400 28,600 28,500 28,900 28,600 28,100 28,500 28,600 29,000
  Total Unemployment 1,100 1,000 1,100 1,100 1,000 1,100 1,100 1,200 1,100 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200
  Percent of Labor Force 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.1 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.1
1998
Civilian Labor Force 28,800 28,800 28,800 28,700 28,200 28,600 28,500 28,800 28,500 28,400 29,000 29,200 29,500
  Total Employment 27,800 27,700 27,600 27,500 27,400 27,700 27,600 27,900 27,600 27,500 27,900 28,200 28,600
  Total Unemployment 1,000 1,200 1,200 1,200 900 900 900 1,000 900 900 1,100 1,000 900
  Percent of Labor Force 3.5 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.8 3.4 3.2
1997
Civilian Labor Force 27,710 27,210 27,190 27,150 27,170 27,490 27,540 27,950 27,910 27,520 28,160 28,410 28,800
  Total Employment 26,750 26,030 26,070 26,150 26,230 26,630 26,700 27,120 27,060 26,710 27,110 27,410 27,770
  Total Unemployment 960 1,180 1,120 990 940 860 840 830 850 810 1,050 1,000 1,040
  Percent of Labor Force 3.5 4.3 4.1 3.7 3.5 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.7 3.5 3.6
1996
Civilian Labor Force 26,000 25,800 25,730 25,600 25,320 25,870 25,760 26,040 25,870 25,710 26,210 26,850 27,250
  Total Employment 24,720 24,410 24,320 24,320 24,170 24,520 24,460 24,820 24,740 24,540 24,940 25,450 25,930
  Total Unemployment 1,280 1,390 1,410 1,280 1,160 1,350 1,300 1,220 1,130 1,170 1,270 1,400 1,320
  Percent of Labor Force 4.9 5.4 5.5 5.0 4.6 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.6 4.8 5.2 4.9
1995
Civilian Labor Force 25,380 25,320 25,210 25,190 25,040 25,200 25,040 25,340 25,560 25,080 25,520 26,110 25,980
  Total Employment 24,230 24,090 23,970 24,020 23,990 24,200 24,120 24,390 24,400 24,030 24,290 24,520 24,750
  Total Unemployment 1,150 1,230 1,250 1,170 1,050 1,000 930 940 1,160 1,050 1,220 1,580 1,230
  Percent of Labor Force 4.5 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.7 4.5 4.2 4.8 6.1 4.7
1994
Civilian Labor Force 24,480 24,820 24,860 24,230 24,040 24,170 23,950 24,410 24,480 23,970 24,450 25,240 25,200
  Total Employment 23,270 23,410 23,140 22,900 22,980 23,140 22,850 23,330 23,280 23,040 23,380 23,740 24,030
  Total Unemployment 1,220 1,410 1,720 1,340 1,060 1,040 1,100 1,070 1,200 930 1,070 1,500 1,170
  Percent of Labor Force 5.0 5.7 6.9 5.5 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.9 3.9 4.4 5.9 4.7
1993
Civilian Labor Force 24,230 24,670 24,460 24,260 24,150 24,160 23,910 24,150 23,990 23,700 24,140 24,540 24,640
  Total Employment 22,930 23,000 22,830 22,790 22,850 22,890 22,720 23,020 22,960 22,620 22,970 23,070 23,380
  Total Unemployment 1,310 1,670 1,630 1,460 1,300 1,270 1,190 1,130 1,030 1,080 1,180 1,470 1,260
  Percent of Labor Force 5.4 6.8 6.7 6.0 5.4 5.3 5.0 4.7 4.3 4.5 4.9 6.0 5.1
1992
Civilian Labor Force 24,170 23,930 24,010 24,050 23,830 24,150 23,840 24,370 24,150 23,910 24,500 24,550 24,790
  Total Employment 22,750 22,510 22,460 22,490 22,570 22,790 22,480 22,980 22,850 22,530 23,020 23,060 23,220
  Total Unemployment 1,430 1,420 1,550 1,560 1,250 1,360 1,360 1,390 1,300 1,370 1,480 1,500 1,570
  Percent of Labor Force 5.9 5.9 6.5 6.5 5.3 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.7 6.0 6.1 6.3
1991
Civilian Labor Force 23,180 23,370 23,130 23,100 22,830 23,050 22,970 23,210 23,060 22,930 23,190 23,500 23,780
  Total Employment 22,220 22,430 22,130 22,100 21,980 22,210 22,090 22,340 22,280 22,050 22,110 22,350 22,530
  Total Unemployment 960 940 1,000 1,000 850 830 890 870 780 880 1,080 1,150 1,250
  Percent of Labor Force 4.1 4.0 4.3 4.3 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.8 4.7 4.9 5.3
1990
Civilian Labor Force 23,520 23,700 23,760 23,650 23,420 23,530 23,430 23,690 23,620 23,200 23,230 23,510 23,550
  Total Employment 22,790 22,750 22,720 22,770 22,670 22,860 22,750 23,060 23,060 22,620 22,570 22,800 22,800
  Total Unemployment 740 950 1,040 890 750 680 680 640 560 580 660 710 750
  Percent of Labor Force 3.1 4.0 4.4 3.8 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.9 3.0 3.2
1989
Civilian Labor Force 20,720 20,260 19,940 20,060 20,520 21,220 20,890 20,890 21,500 20,550 21,040 20,740 21,040
  Total Employment 19,760 19,250 18,870 19,110 19,650 20,290 19,990 19,920 20,500 19,590 19,960 19,810 20,150
  Total Unemployment 960 1,020 1,070 950 870 930 900 970 990 950 1,080 930 890
  Percent of Labor Force 4.6 5.0 5.4 4.7 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.6 5.1 4.5 4.2
1988
Civilian Labor Force 19,410 18,840 18,810 18,800 18,730 19,100 19,100 19,620 19,830 19,390 19,930 20,290 20,530
  Total Employment 18,490 17,750 17,720 17,850 17,810 18,130 18,230 18,750 18,950 18,600 19,090 19,390 19,660
  Total Unemployment 920 1,100 1,090 940 920 970 870 870 890 800 840 900 870
  Percent of Labor Force 4.7 5.8 5.8 5.0 4.9 5.1 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.2
1987
Civilian Labor Force 18,360 17,510 17,490 17,680 18,060 18,380 18,530 19,390 19,140 18,700 18,450 18,400 18,590
  Total Employment 17,250 16,190 16,190 16,480 16,960 17,290 17,540 18,400 18,110 17,680 17,420 17,340 17,430
  Total Unemployment 1,110 1,310 1,300 1,210 1,110 1,090 1,000 990 1,030 1,020 1,030 1,060 1,160
  Percent of Labor Force 6.0 7.5 7.5 6.8 6.1 5.9 5.4 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.8 6.2
1986
Civilian Labor Force 17,380 16,700 16,820 16,870 17,150 17,670 17,740 17,970 17,900 17,460 17,600 17,280 17,340
  Total Employment 16,260 15,540 15,550 15,680 15,990 16,580 16,660 16,880 16,910 16,490 16,580 16,150 16,160
  Total Unemployment 1,110 1,160 1,280 1,190 1,160 1,090 1,080 1,100 990 970 1,020 1,130 1,180
  Percent of Labor Force 6.4 7.0 7.6 7.1 6.7 6.2 6.1 6.1 5.5 5.6 5.8 6.5 6.8
1985
Civilian Labor Force 16,210 15,830 16,010 15,970 16,190 16,650 16,390 16,130 16,230 16,170 16,350 16,310 16,260
  Total Employment 15,050 14,410 14,600 14,690 14,980 15,410 15,090 14,900 15,210 15,240 15,390 15,350 15,280
  Total Unemployment 1,160 1,420 1,410 1,280 1,210 1,240 1,290 1,240 1,020 930 960 960 980
  Percent of Labor Force 7.2 9.0 8.8 8.0 7.5 7.5 7.9 7.7 6.3 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.0
1984
Civilian Labor Force 16,000 15,710 15,930 15,950 15,810 16,070 16,320 16,560 16,420 15,840 15,780 15,760 15,830
  Total Employment 14,680 14,120 14,320 14,510 14,480 14,790 15,000 15,270 15,250 14,640 14,630 14,550 14,570
  Total Unemployment 1,320 1,580 1,620 1,440 1,330 1,280 1,330 1,290 1,170 1,200 1,150 1,210 1,260
  Percent of Labor Force 8.3 10.1 10.2 9.0 8.4 8.0 8.1 7.8 7.1 7.6 7.3 7.7 8.0
1983
Civilian Labor Force 16,270 15,250 15,470 15,880 16,360 16,580 17,260 16,980 16,630 16,220 16,340 16,230 16,010
  Total Employment 14,650 13,610 13,780 14,200 14,530 14,850 15,450 15,230 15,200 14,720 14,850 14,780 14,590
  Total Unemployment 1,620 1,640 1,690 1,690 1,830 1,730 1,810 1,750 1,430 1,500 1,490 1,440 1,420
  Percent of Labor Force 9.9 10.8 10.9 10.6 11.2 10.4 10.5 10.3 8.6 9.3 9.1 8.9 8.9
1982
Civilian Labor Force 14,450 13,300 13,390 13,480 13,700 14,310 14,430 14,680 14,690 14,540 15,380 15,600 15,880
  Total Employment 13,020 11,900 11,930 12,060 12,320 12,990 13,090 13,220 13,270 13,020 13,910 14,140 14,410
  Total Unemployment 1,430 1,400 1,460 1,420 1,380 1,320 1,330 1,460 1,420 1,520 1,470 1,460 1,480
  Percent of Labor Force 9.9 10.5 10.9 10.5 10.1 9.2 9.2 9.9 9.7 10.4 9.5 9.3 9.3
1981
Civilian Labor Force 13,830 13,560 13,400 13,340 13,620 13,730 14,020 14,440 14,430 14,120 13,840 13,750 13,760
  Total Employment 12,620 12,440 12,180 12,170 12,380 12,520 12,760 13,230 13,260 12,990 12,650 12,430 12,440
  Total Unemployment 1,210 1,110 1,220 1,170 1,240<