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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 SPOKANE MSA (Spokane County)

Benchmark: March 20011
 

AVERAGE JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
2001
Civilian Labor Force 207,100 209,900 211,100 210,200 208,900 208,400 206,900 206,800 203,500 201,400 206,000 204,600 207,100
  Total Employment 193,500 195,200 194,700 195,400 196,200 196,400 193,900 193,800 191,600 189,600 192,600 190,400 191,700
  Total Unemployment 13,600 14,700 16,400 14,900 12,600 12,000 13,000 13,100 11,900 11,800 13,400 14,200 15,400
  Percent of Labor Force 6.6 7.0 7.8 7.1 6.1 5.8 6.3 6.3 5.9 5.9 6.5 6.9 7.5
2000
Civilian Labor Force 209,200 211,300 212,300 211,000 208,100 210,600 208,800 208,300 205,500 204,500 209,000 209,600 211,500
  Total Employment 197,700 197,700 197,600 198,300 197,700 200,500 198,000 197,400 195,700 195,100 198,000 197,400 198,800
  Total Unemployment 11,500 13,600 14,700 12,600 10,400 10,100 10,700 10,900 9,800 9,400 11,000 12,300 12,700
  Percent of Labor Force 5.5 6.4 6.9 6.0 5.0 4.8 5.1 5.3 4.8 4.6 5.2 5.9 6.0
1999
Civilian Labor Force 211,400 212,500 211,900 212,000 208,600 211,800 212,700 212,200 208,700 207,800 212,900 211,800 214,400
  Total Employment 200,400 198,900 197,900 199,600 198,600 201,200 201,300 201,000 199,900 198,200 202,600 202,000 203,600
  Total Unemployment 11,000 13,500 14,000 12,400 10,000 10,600 11,400 11,200 8,800 9,600 10,300 9,800 10,800
  Percent of Labor Force 5.2 6.4 6.6 5.8 4.8 5.0 5.4 5.3 4.2 4.6 4.8 4.6 5.0
1998
Civilian Labor Force 207,100 208,100 207,500 206,700 205,200 207,400 206,600 205,000 202,400 203,000 210,500 210,100 213,300
  Total Employment 197,200 196,800 195,900 196,200 196,500 198,900 197,500 195,800 193,900 194,500 199,200 199,300 202,200
  Total Unemployment 9,900 11,300 11,500 10,500 8,600 8,600 9,100 9,200 8,500 8,500 11,400 10,800 11,100
  Percent of Labor Force 4.8 5.4 5.6 5.1 4.2 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.2 5.4 5.1 5.2
1997
Civilian Labor Force 204,800 202,900 204,300 203,700 202,900 206,100 204,300 205,800 204,700 202,600 206,100 206,200 208,500
  Total Employment 195,400 190,500 191,400 192,400 193,500 197,400 195,600 197,300 196,700 194,900 198,100 198,000 199,300
  Total Unemployment 9,400 12,400 12,800 11,300 9,400 8,700 8,700 8,500 8,000 7,600 8,000 8,200 9,200
  Percent of Labor Force 4.6 6.1 6.3 5.5 4.6 4.2 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.4
1996
Civilian Labor Force 201,400 200,200 199,600 199,500 199,700 202,800 202,200 201,200 201,000 198,400 202,600 203,300 205,700
  Total Employment 189,700 185,800 184,500 185,700 188,000 191,600 191,200 190,100 190,900 188,800 192,100 192,900 194,500
  Total Unemployment 11,700 14,400 15,100 13,800 11,700 11,200 11,000 11,000 10,100 9,600 10,500 10,400 11,300
  Percent of Labor Force 5.8 7.2 7.6 6.9 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.0 4.8 5.2 5.1 5.5
1995
Civilian Labor Force 197,100 194,900 196,000 196,000 196,500 197,900 197,000 196,400 195,500 193,900 199,700 200,500 200,700
  Total Employment 186,400 182,900 182,800 184,100 186,600 188,200 187,200 186,600 186,200 184,800 189,600 189,300 188,800
  Total Unemployment 10,600 12,000 13,100 11,800 9,900 9,600 9,800 9,800 9,300 9,100 10,100 11,200 11,900
  Percent of Labor Force 5.4 6.1 6.7 6.0 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.7 5.1 5.6 5.9
1994
Civilian Labor Force 189,700 190,000 189,600 188,800 187,900 189,400 187,700 189,100 187,700 185,500 192,100 193,700 194,500
  Total Employment 180,300 177,800 176,600 177,400 179,200 181,100 179,200 181,000 180,400 178,300 183,700 184,500 184,400
  Total Unemployment 9,400 12,100 13,000 11,400 8,700 8,300 8,500 8,200 7,300 7,200 8,400 9,200 10,000
  Percent of Labor Force 4.9 6.4 6.8 6.0 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.3 3.9 3.9 4.4 4.8 5.2
1993
Civilian Labor Force 186,000 185,300 184,800 184,800 185,400 187,100 185,100 185,300 182,700 184,100 188,500 188,200 190,500
  Total Employment 174,800 169,700 168,900 170,500 174,100 176,600 174,800 175,400 173,700 175,300 179,200 179,100 180,200
  Total Unemployment 11,200 15,700 16,000 14,300 11,400 10,500 10,400 9,900 9,100 8,800 9,200 9,200 10,300
  Percent of Labor Force 6.0 8.5 8.6 7.7 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.0 4.8 4.9 4.9 5.4
1992
Civilian Labor Force 181,200 179,200 178,900 179,100 179,900 181,200 179,100 180,900 179,600 179,000 186,300 185,600 186,200
  Total Employment 168,900 164,200 163,200 165,300 168,300 169,800 167,800 169,700 169,100 168,300 174,600 173,700 173,100
  Total Unemployment 12,300 15,000 15,700 13,800 11,600 11,400 11,300 11,200 10,500 10,700 11,700 11,900 13,000
  Percent of Labor Force 6.8 8.4 8.8 7.7 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.2 5.8 6.0 6.3 6.4 7.0
1991
Civilian Labor Force 174,000 174,400 174,000 173,100 173,100 173,900 173,100 171,400 171,700 171,300 175,600 177,400 179,700
  Total Employment 163,500 162,000 160,900 161,400 163,400 164,500 163,600 161,700 162,900 162,200 165,100 166,300 167,600
  Total Unemployment 10,600 12,400 13,100 11,700 9,600 9,400 9,500 9,700 8,800 9,100 10,500 11,100 12,100
  Percent of Labor Force 6.1 7.1 7.5 6.8 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.1 5.3 6.0 6.3 6.7
1990
Civilian Labor Force 172,100 172,800 172,500 173,200 172,300 173,800 171,800 170,700 169,500 169,300 172,000 173,100 174,300
  Total Employment 162,700 160,500 160,000 161,800 163,100 164,900 163,300 162,600 162,400 161,900 163,500 164,200 164,200
  Total Unemployment 9,400 12,300 12,400 11,400 9,200 8,900 8,500 8,100 7,000 7,400 8,500 8,900 10,100
  Percent of Labor Force 5.5 7.1 7.2 6.6 5.4 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.2 4.4 4.9 5.2 5.8
1989
Civilian Labor Force 169,500 167,300 166,900 169,500 170,800 172,800 169,000 166,300 167,500 166,000 171,300 171,700 174,400
  Total Employment 158,500 154,900 154,800 157,800 160,000 162,200 158,000 155,100 157,200 156,000 160,800 161,200 163,400
  Total Unemployment 11,000 12,300 12,100 11,800 10,800 10,500 11,000 11,200 10,300 10,100 10,500 10,500 11,000
  Percent of Labor Force 6.5 7.4 7.3 6.9 6.3 6.1 6.5 6.7 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.3
1988
Civilian Labor Force 164,600 164,200 165,900 165,900 164,100 165,200 161,500 162,400 161,600 163,200 167,100 166,300 168,300
  Total Employment 154,500 152,200 153,800 154,500 154,400 155,500 151,300 152,300 152,100 154,100 158,000 156,800 158,600
  Total Unemployment 10,200 11,900 12,100 11,400 9,600 9,700 10,200 10,100 9,500 9,100 9,100 9,400 9,700
  Percent of Labor Force 6.2 7.3 7.3 6.9 5.9 5.9 6.3 6.2 5.9 5.6 5.4 5.7 5.8
1987
Civilian Labor Force 165,600 164,400 164,300 164,500 163,700 164,700 165,200 166,800 165,600 165,600 166,600 168,100 168,000
  Total Employment 153,100 148,400 147,800 149,400 150,400 152,100 153,500 155,300 154,600 155,300 156,300 157,000 156,800
  Total Unemployment 12,600 16,100 16,400 15,200 13,300 12,600 11,700 11,500 11,000 10,400 10,400 11,100 11,200
  Percent of Labor Force 7.6 9.8 10.0 9.2 8.1 7.7 7.1 6.9 6.6 6.3 6.2 6.6 6.7
1986
Civilian Labor Force 164,200 160,200 162,400 163,800 164,600 165,600 163,700 167,200 164,500 163,100 164,500 165,100 165,800
  Total Employment 150,800 145,700 146,300 148,600 151,000 153,300 151,200 153,800 152,200 151,600 152,600 151,600 151,600
  Total Unemployment 13,400 14,600 16,100 15,200 13,600 12,300 12,500 13,400 12,300 11,400 12,000 13,500 14,200
  Percent of Labor Force 8.2 9.1 9.9 9.3 8.2 7.4 7.6 8.0 7.5 7.0 7.3 8.2 8.6
1985
Civilian Labor Force 159,000 156,800 157,100 157,700 159,900 159,700 158,300 159,200 159,400 158,400 160,600 160,700 159,900
  Total Employment 146,400 142,000 142,500 143,700 147,700 147,400 145,900 147,100 147,900 147,400 149,200 148,700 147,100
  Total Unemployment 12,600 14,800 14,700 14,000 12,200 12,300 12,400 12,200 11,500 11,000 11,300 12,000 12,900
  Percent of Labor Force 7.9 9.4 9.3 8.9 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.6 7.2 6.9 7.0 7.5 8.0
1984
Civilian Labor Force 157,300 154,800 156,800 156,800 156,800 157,100 157,900 159,700 157,900 156,300 157,700 158,000 157,600
  Total Employment 144,300 139,400 141,600 142,400 143,600 144,400 145,200 147,000 146,200 144,800 146,000 145,900 144,600
  Total Unemployment 13,000 15,400 15,200 14,400 13,200 12,700 12,600 12,700 11,700 11,500 11,700 12,100 12,900
  Percent of Labor Force 8.3 10.0 9.7 9.2 8.4 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.7 8.2
1983
Civilian Labor Force 155,700 153,200 153,000 153,900 153,900 153,200 156,700 157,300 156,200 157,200 158,400 158,900 156,700
  Total Employment 140,200 133,600 133,600 135,300 136,900 137,900 140,700 142,300 142,500 144,200 145,600 145,800 143,300
  Total Unemployment 15,500 19,600 19,400 18,600 16,900 15,300 16,000 14,900 13,700 12,900 12,800 13,100 13,300
  Percent of Labor Force 10.0 12.8 12.7 12.1 11.0 10.0 10.2 9.5 8.8 8.2 8.1 8.2 8.5
1982
Civilian Labor Force 153,000 148,600 148,500 149,700 150,200 154,000 152,800 156,200 155,200 153,700 155,100 156,100 156,000
  Total Employment 134,200 129,000 128,300 129,700 131,400 135,500 134,600 136,500 136,700 135,800 137,700 137,900 137,400
  Total Unemployment 18,800 19,600 20,200 20,000 18,800 18,500 18,200 19,800 18,500 17,900 17,300 18,200 18,600
  Percent of Labor Force 12.3 13.2 13.6 13.3 12.5 12.0 11.9 12.7 11.9 11.6 11.2 11.7 11.9
1981
Civilian Labor Force 151,000 150,700 150,800 150,300 150,400 150,200 152,200 155,000 152,200 149,100