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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 SNOHOMISH COUNTY

Benchmark: March 20011
 

AVERAGE JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
2001
Civilian Labor Force 334,900 341,400 339,800 339,000 334,400 335,500 334,200 335,600 331,000 325,700 332,200 334,000 335,800
  Total Employment 317,000 326,100 322,800 322,300 318,600 319,400 316,900 317,900 314,400 308,500 311,900 311,600 313,200
  Total Unemployment 17,900 15,400 17,000 16,700 15,800 16,100 17,300 17,700 16,600 17,100 20,300 22,400 22,600
  Percent of Labor Force 5.4 4.5 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.8 5.2 5.3 5.0 5.3 6.1 6.7 6.7
2000
Civilian Labor Force 342,800 349,200 348,700 347,100 340,100 342,100 341,600 344,000 339,200 335,500 340,000 339,900 346,000
  Total Employment 328,800 333,100 332,100 332,000 326,400 328,900 328,000 329,800 326,500 322,900 326,400 326,600 332,800
  Total Unemployment 14,000 16,100 16,600 15,100 13,700 13,100 13,600 14,100 12,600 12,600 13,700 13,400 13,200
  Percent of Labor Force 4.1 4.6 4.8 4.4 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.1 3.7 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.8
1999
Civilian Labor Force 346,400 346,300 345,900 345,400 342,900 346,700 345,900 350,400 346,500 341,300 346,600 347,200 351,500
  Total Employment 332,800 333,700 332,200 332,500 330,500 333,100 331,900 336,300 333,300 327,700 331,700 333,300 337,600
  Total Unemployment 13,600 12,600 13,700 12,900 12,400 13,500 14,000 14,100 13,200 13,600 14,900 14,000 13,900
  Percent of Labor Force 3.9 3.6 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.0 4.0
1998
Civilian Labor Force 335,600 335,100 334,700 332,900 330,300 334,600 333,200 337,000 333,400 331,800 337,300 340,500 345,900
  Total Employment 325,100 323,900 323,400 322,500 320,500 324,700 322,800 326,400 323,700 321,600 326,600 330,000 335,000
  Total Unemployment 10,500 11,200 11,200 10,400 9,800 9,900 10,300 10,600 9,800 10,100 10,700 10,400 10,900
  Percent of Labor Force 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1
1997
Civilian Labor Force 320,800 315,000 315,300 315,200 314,900 319,100 319,900 324,700 323,700 319,100 324,200 327,200 331,300
  Total Employment 309,900 301,600 302,100 303,000 303,900 308,500 309,400 314,200 313,500 309,400 314,100 317,600 321,700
  Total Unemployment 10,900 13,400 13,200 12,200 11,000 10,500 10,500 10,500 10,100 9,600 10,100 9,600 9,600
  Percent of Labor Force 3.4 4.3 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.9
1996
Civilian Labor Force 298,900 298,900 297,300 297,100 293,600 297,400 295,800 300,100 297,500 294,600 300,000 305,000 309,900
  Total Employment 283,100 279,600 278,500 278,500 276,700 280,800 280,100 284,200 283,300 281,000 285,600 291,500 296,900
  Total Unemployment 15,900 19,300 18,800 18,600 16,900 16,600 15,700 15,900 14,200 13,600 14,400 13,500 13,000
  Percent of Labor Force 5.3 6.5 6.3 6.3 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.8 4.4 4.2
1995
Civilian Labor Force 288,800 288,300 287,600 287,600 285,600 287,200 286,600 290,000 289,000 285,000 289,800 293,000 296,100
  Total Employment 272,200 270,500 269,200 269,800 269,500 271,900 270,900 274,000 274,100 270,000 272,800 275,500 278,000
  Total Unemployment 16,600 17,800 18,400 17,800 16,100 15,300 15,700 16,000 14,900 15,000 16,900 17,600 18,100
  Percent of Labor Force 5.8 6.2 6.4 6.2 5.6 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.3 5.8 6.0 6.1
1994
Civilian Labor Force 279,300 284,500 282,500 278,600 277,300 278,100 274,500 278,900 276,200 272,800 278,600 282,700 286,500
  Total Employment 261,400 263,000 259,900 257,200 258,100 259,900 256,700 262,100 261,500 258,700 262,600 266,700 269,900
  Total Unemployment 17,900 21,600 22,600 21,400 19,200 18,300 17,800 16,800 14,700 14,000 16,000 16,000 16,600
  Percent of Labor Force 6.4 7.6 8.0 7.7 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.0 5.3 5.1 5.7 5.7 5.8
1993
Civilian Labor Force 275,100 279,600 277,500 275,400 274,300 274,000 272,100 275,400 273,400 269,500 274,700 275,300 280,300
  Total Employment 255,800 256,600 254,700 254,400 255,000 255,500 253,500 256,900 256,200 252,500 256,300 257,500 260,900
  Total Unemployment 19,300 22,900 22,700 21,000 19,300 18,500 18,600 18,500 17,200 17,000 18,400 17,800 19,400
  Percent of Labor Force 7.0 8.2 8.2 7.6 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.7 6.5 6.9
1992
Civilian Labor Force 269,800 268,000 268,100 267,100 266,500 269,300 266,000 271,500 269,000 266,400 273,900 274,600 276,600
  Total Employment 251,000 248,400 247,800 248,100 249,000 251,500 248,000 253,500 252,100 248,600 254,000 254,400 256,200
  Total Unemployment 18,800 19,600 20,300 19,000 17,500 17,900 17,900 17,900 16,900 17,800 19,900 20,200 20,400
  Percent of Labor Force 7.0 7.3 7.6 7.1 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.7 7.3 7.4 7.4
1991
Civilian Labor Force 259,700 261,900 259,800 259,400 256,300 258,600 257,500 260,000 258,300 256,700 259,100 262,900 265,600
  Total Employment 245,100 247,400 244,200 243,800 242,500 245,100 243,700 246,400 245,800 243,300 243,900 246,600 248,600
  Total Unemployment 14,600 14,500 15,600 15,700 13,800 13,500 13,800 13,500 12,500 13,500 15,200 16,200 17,000
  Percent of Labor Force 5.6 5.5 6.0 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.2 4.8 5.2 5.9 6.2 6.4
1990
Civilian Labor Force 261,400 262,900 263,300 262,600 259,700 261,500 259,900 263,100 262,400 258,100 258,600 262,200 263,000
  Total Employment 251,400 251,000 250,700 251,200 250,200 252,200 251,000 254,400 254,400 249,500 249,000 251,500 251,500
  Total Unemployment 10,100 11,900 12,600 11,400 9,600 9,300 8,900 8,700 7,900 8,500 9,600 10,600 11,500
  Percent of Labor Force 3.8 4.5 4.8 4.3 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.7 4.1 4.4
1989
Civilian Labor Force 232,700 227,400 227,400 229,900 231,700 234,600 231,200 232,100 234,400 230,500 234,800 237,000 242,000
  Total Employment 221,400 213,900 213,600 217,300 219,700 223,100 220,500 221,300 224,400 220,200 224,600 227,100 231,400
  Total Unemployment 11,300 13,500 13,800 12,600 12,000 11,500 10,700 10,900 10,000 10,300 10,200 9,900 10,600
  Percent of Labor Force 4.9 5.9 6.1 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.3 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.4
1988
Civilian Labor Force 217,900 215,800 216,600 216,200 214,200 214,500 211,400 217,200 216,800 218,200 222,500 223,900 227,700
  Total Employment 206,500 202,100 203,300 203,200 202,600 203,600 200,600 206,200 206,500 207,400 212,200 213,200 217,000
  Total Unemployment 11,400 13,600 13,400 13,000 11,600 10,900 10,700 10,900 10,300 10,800 10,400 10,700 10,800
  Percent of Labor Force 5.2 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.7
1987
Civilian Labor Force 208,800 206,800 206,000 206,200 205,400 205,500 206,400 211,100 210,100 209,700 210,400 212,800 214,700
  Total Employment 195,100 190,000 189,600 190,400 190,900 192,000 193,700 198,800 198,100 196,400 197,900 200,600 202,400
  Total Unemployment 13,700 16,800 16,400 15,900 14,600 13,600 12,700 12,300 12,100 13,200 12,500 12,100 12,300
  Percent of Labor Force 6.6 8.1 7.9 7.7 7.1 6.6 6.2 5.8 5.7 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.7
1986
Civilian Labor Force 199,700 193,900 195,800 197,800 198,300 197,600 198,000 206,700 204,000 199,000 200,900 201,400 202,300
  Total Employment 184,700 178,500 179,000 181,400 183,100 183,000 183,500 190,800 189,600 186,100 187,300 186,800 187,700
  Total Unemployment 14,900 15,400 16,800 16,400 15,200 14,700 14,500 15,900 14,300 12,900 13,500 14,600 14,600
  Percent of Labor Force 7.5 7.9 8.6 8.3 7.7 7.4 7.3 7.7 7.0 6.5 6.7 7.2 7.2
1985
Civilian Labor Force 185,500 183,300 182,100 181,700 182,700 182,900 182,800 188,600 189,200 185,800 188,200 189,100 189,600
  Total Employment 171,300 165,600 166,200 167,100 168,900 168,800 168,900 174,200 175,500 173,000 175,400 176,400 175,800
  Total Unemployment 14,200 17,700 15,900 14,600 13,900 14,100 13,900 14,400 13,700 12,800 12,800 12,700 13,800
  Percent of Labor Force 7.6 9.6 8.7 8.1 7.6 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.2 6.9 6.8 6.7 7.3
1984
Civilian Labor Force 179,600 178,700 179,600 179,000 178,400 177,400 178,500 183,100 181,300 178,500 178,900 180,500 181,500
  Total Employment 162,700 157,700 159,000 159,900 160,400 160,500 162,000 166,700 166,700 164,100 164,200 165,400 166,000
  Total Unemployment 16,900 21,000 20,600 19,200 18,000 17,000 16,500 16,400 14,600 14,400 14,700 15,100 15,600
  Percent of Labor Force 9.4 11.7 11.5 10.7 10.1 9.6 9.2 9.0 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.4 8.6
1983
Civilian Labor Force 191,400 188,800 189,100 189,400 189,000 188,000 192,100 196,200 193,500 190,400 193,700 194,200 192,500
  Total Employment 170,600 166,400 166,600 166,600 166,700 167,100 169,400 174,700 173,600 172,000 174,700 175,300 173,500
  Total Unemployment 20,800 22,400 22,500 22,700 22,300 20,900 22,700 21,500 19,900 18,500 19,000 18,800 19,000
  Percent of Labor Force 10.9 11.9 11.9 12.0 11.8 11.1 11.8 10.9 10.3 9.7 9.8 9.7 9.9
1982
Civilian Labor Force 188,700 186,000 184,800 186,100 185,300 183,700 188,700 194,100 191,000 189,400 189,300 192,400 193,700
  Total Employment 166,500 163,600 162,800 163,800 163,100 160,800 165,900 170,000 169,800 168,300 168,700 170,200 170,700
  Total Unemployment 22,200 22,400 22,000 22,400 22,200 22,900 22,800 24,100 21,200 21,100 20,600 22,200 23,000
  Percent of Labor Force 11.8 12.0 11.9 12.0 12.0 12.5 12.1 12.4 11.1 11.1 10.9 11.5 11.9
1981
Civilian Labor Force 184,800 184,700 183,600 182,500 183,500 183,600 186,200 189,900