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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 TACOMA PMSA (Pierce County)

Benchmark: March 20011
 

AVERAGE JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
2001
Civilian Labor Force 328,400 331,000 330,800 331,200 327,500 328,700 328,200 331,700 325,100 322,800 327,900 326,000 330,000
  Total Employment 307,500 312,100 309,700 310,800 308,200 308,900 306,900 310,900 305,400 302,600 304,900 302,600 306,900
  Total Unemployment 20,900 18,900 21,100 20,400 19,300 19,900 21,300 20,900 19,700 20,200 23,000 23,300 23,100
  Percent of Labor Force 6.4 5.7 6.4 6.2 5.9 6.0 6.5 6.3 6.1 6.3 7.0 7.2 7.0
2000
Civilian Labor Force 333,000 335,000 335,200 336,300 333,000 335,200 333,100 336,600 331,600 326,800 331,000 329,200 333,600
  Total Employment 315,600 317,800 316,800 318,900 317,000 318,600 315,400 317,500 314,000 310,000 312,300 311,500 316,900
  Total Unemployment 17,500 17,200 18,400 17,400 15,900 16,600 17,600 19,100 17,500 16,800 18,700 17,700 16,700
  Percent of Labor Force 5.2 5.1 5.5 5.2 4.8 4.9 5.3 5.7 5.3 5.1 5.7 5.4 5.0
1999
Civilian Labor Force 334,100 334,300 334,300 335,100 333,400 336,000 335,700 339,700 332,900 329,400 332,900 330,400 334,900
  Total Employment 318,800 318,600 317,500 319,700 319,700 320,900 319,700 323,700 318,600 315,000 317,100 315,700 320,100
  Total Unemployment 15,200 15,700 16,900 15,400 13,800 15,100 16,000 15,900 14,300 14,400 15,800 14,700 14,800
  Percent of Labor Force 4.6 4.7 5.0 4.6 4.1 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.3 4.4 4.7 4.5 4.4
1998
Civilian Labor Force 331,900 332,500 330,500 329,600 327,800 331,900 331,100 333,400 329,000 329,600 334,600 333,500 339,300
  Total Employment 316,900 316,500 314,500 314,200 313,500 317,100 315,700 318,000 314,800 315,000 319,000 319,100 325,500
  Total Unemployment 15,000 16,000 16,000 15,400 14,200 14,800 15,500 15,400 14,200 14,600 15,500 14,300 13,800
  Percent of Labor Force 4.5 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.1
1997
Civilian Labor Force 327,700 324,600 325,000 325,600 325,500 327,700 326,000 331,400 329,100 326,800 330,000 328,400 332,500
  Total Employment 313,000 308,000 308,200 309,700 310,800 313,300 311,200 316,600 315,100 313,400 315,400 314,500 319,100
  Total Unemployment 14,800 16,700 16,700 15,900 14,700 14,400 14,800 14,800 14,000 13,400 14,500 13,900 13,300
  Percent of Labor Force 4.5 5.1 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.0
1996
Civilian Labor Force 317,600 317,900 316,400 315,700 312,500 316,600 314,300 318,200 316,300 313,300 321,100 321,800 326,700
  Total Employment 297,700 296,000 293,700 293,600 292,000 295,900 293,900 298,000 298,100 296,000 302,200 303,600 309,100
  Total Unemployment 19,900 21,900 22,600 22,100 20,400 20,800 20,500 20,200 18,300 17,300 18,900 18,200 17,600
  Percent of Labor Force 6.3 6.9 7.1 7.0 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.3 5.8 5.5 5.9 5.7 5.4
1995
Civilian Labor Force 312,900 310,800 310,600 311,400 311,000 313,000 311,300 315,600 313,700 310,400 314,500 314,800 317,200
  Total Employment 293,500 291,200 289,600 291,300 292,500 294,700 292,300 295,800 295,300 293,100 294,800 294,300 296,900
  Total Unemployment 19,400 19,600 21,000 20,100 18,600 18,300 19,000 19,800 18,400 17,400 19,600 20,500 20,200
  Percent of Labor Force 6.2 6.3 6.8 6.5 6.0 5.9 6.1 6.3 5.9 5.6 6.2 6.5 6.4
1994
Civilian Labor Force 301,300 304,400 301,700 299,800 300,200 298,100 297,200 301,100 299,800 297,600 303,000 304,500 308,300
  Total Employment 281,800 281,100 277,700 277,100 279,900 278,900 278,100 282,700 283,700 281,800 284,700 285,800 290,000
  Total Unemployment 19,500 23,300 24,100 22,700 20,300 19,200 19,200 18,500 16,000 15,800 18,400 18,700 18,200
  Percent of Labor Force 6.5 7.7 8.0 7.6 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.1 5.3 5.3 6.1 6.1 5.9
1993
Civilian Labor Force 297,500 298,900 298,000 297,100 297,100 297,000 293,700 297,800 294,900 293,800 299,700 298,100 303,600
  Total Employment 275,000 273,900 272,300 273,100 274,600 274,600 271,300 275,600 274,500 273,700 277,900 276,800 282,200
  Total Unemployment 22,400 25,100 25,800 24,100 22,500 22,400 22,500 22,200 20,400 20,000 21,800 21,300 21,300
  Percent of Labor Force 7.5 8.4 8.6 8.1 7.6 7.5 7.6 7.5 6.9 6.8 7.3 7.1 7.0
1992
Civilian Labor Force 288,200 283,500 284,700 284,700 285,500 288,800 284,000 290,100 288,500 285,400 295,500 292,300 294,900
  Total Employment 266,700 261,300 261,200 262,500 265,200 268,300 263,400 269,400 268,100 265,100 273,200 269,900 272,500
  Total Unemployment 21,500 22,200 23,500 22,200 20,300 20,600 20,600 20,700 20,500 20,400 22,300 22,400 22,300
  Percent of Labor Force 7.5 7.8 8.3 7.8 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.6 7.7 7.6
1991
Civilian Labor Force 274,300 275,400 273,800 273,100 272,000 273,200 271,200 275,900 272,700 270,600 277,400 276,400 280,000
  Total Employment 257,500 259,000 255,900 255,600 255,900 257,100 254,900 259,800 258,000 255,200 259,600 258,200 260,700
  Total Unemployment 16,800 16,400 17,900 17,500 16,100 16,000 16,300 16,100 14,700 15,400 17,800 18,300 19,300
  Percent of Labor Force 6.1 6.0 6.5 6.4 5.9 5.9 6.0 5.8 5.4 5.7 6.4 6.6 6.9
1990
Civilian Labor Force 275,400 274,100 275,000 274,700 274,900 277,200 273,800 278,000 275,800 271,300 276,300 275,600 278,000
  Total Employment 262,700 259,400 260,000 260,600 262,800 264,900 261,800 266,500 265,600 260,300 263,600 262,300 264,100
  Total Unemployment 12,700 14,700 15,000 14,100 12,100 12,300 12,000 11,500 10,100 11,100 12,700 13,300 13,800
  Percent of Labor Force 4.6 5.4 5.4 5.1 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.6 4.8 5.0
1989
Civilian Labor Force 251,700 246,600 246,300 249,300 252,600 255,000 251,300 252,100 253,300 249,400 252,600 253,600 258,800
  Total Employment 235,800 230,300 228,800 231,800 235,900 238,900 234,700 235,400 237,600 233,700 237,900 239,600 245,400
  Total Unemployment 15,900 16,400 17,500 17,500 16,800 16,100 16,500 16,600 15,700 15,600 14,700 14,000 13,400
  Percent of Labor Force 6.3 6.6 7.1 7.0 6.6 6.3 6.6 6.6 6.2 6.3 5.8 5.5 5.2
1988
Civilian Labor Force 243,400 240,600 243,100 240,900 242,700 240,000 238,400 243,300 243,700 244,900 248,000 247,000 248,100
  Total Employment 228,100 223,700 226,300 224,600 227,300 225,100 223,100 227,800 228,900 230,200 233,800 232,700 234,400
  Total Unemployment 15,300 16,900 16,800 16,300 15,400 14,900 15,400 15,500 14,800 14,700 14,200 14,400 13,700
  Percent of Labor Force 6.3 7.0 6.9 6.8 6.4 6.2 6.5 6.4 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.8 5.5
1987
Civilian Labor Force 238,100 231,100 231,500 235,700 234,700 235,700 240,000 243,600 243,000 237,900 242,200 240,400 241,000
  Total Employment 218,400 208,800 209,000 213,100 212,700 215,000 220,400 224,200 224,700 220,500 224,900 223,400 223,900
  Total Unemployment 19,700 22,300 22,500 22,500 22,000 20,700 19,500 19,400 18,300 17,400 17,300 17,000 17,000
  Percent of Labor Force 8.3 9.6 9.7 9.6 9.4 8.8 8.1 8.0 7.5 7.3 7.2 7.1 7.1
1986
Civilian Labor Force 231,500 225,700 227,600 230,800 232,600 231,900 229,500 239,200 236,100 230,500 232,900 230,900 230,500
  Total Employment 212,500 208,500 208,500 211,300 213,700 213,900 211,200 218,100 216,600 212,700 214,000 210,600 210,300
  Total Unemployment 19,100 17,200 19,100 19,600 18,900 18,000 18,300 21,100 19,500 17,800 18,900 20,300 20,200
  Percent of Labor Force 8.2 7.6 8.4 8.5 8.1 7.8 8.0 8.8 8.2 7.7 8.1 8.8 8.8
1985
Civilian Labor Force 220,000 216,000 216,500 216,300 216,200 215,700 214,900 224,700 224,900 220,000 224,300 225,500 224,700
  Total Employment 202,600 196,900 198,000 198,500 198,700 198,000 196,700 206,500 207,800 203,900 208,100 209,700 209,000
  Total Unemployment 17,300 19,100 18,500 17,900 17,500 17,800 18,200 18,200 17,100 16,100 16,200 15,800 15,700
  Percent of Labor Force 7.9 8.8 8.6 8.3 8.1 8.2 8.5 8.1 7.6 7.3 7.2 7.0 7.0
1984
Civilian Labor Force 213,700 210,600 213,000 213,600 210,200 209,700 212,700 218,500 215,700 213,700 215,400 214,100 217,000
  Total Employment 194,000 188,400 190,700 191,700 189,500 190,000 193,000 198,700 198,100 196,300 197,100 196,300 198,300
  Total Unemployment 19,700 22,200 22,300 21,900 20,700 19,700 19,700 19,900 17,600 17,500 18,300 17,800 18,700
  Percent of Labor Force 9.2 10.5 10.5 10.2 9.8 9.4 9.3 9.1 8.2 8.2 8.5 8.3 8.6
1983
Civilian Labor Force 213,700 209,300 210,200 210,300 210,800 210,700 216,600 221,900 219,000 217,300 212,400 213,100 212,900
  Total Employment 190,200 183,300 183,800 185,200 186,500 187,500 191,700 197,900 196,800 194,900 190,300 192,200 192,300
  Total Unemployment 23,500 26,100 26,300 25,000 24,300 23,200 25,000 24,100 22,200 22,400 22,100 20,900 20,600
  Percent of Labor Force 11.0 12.4 12.5 11.9 11.5 11.0 11.5 10.8 10.1 10.3 10.4 9.8 9.7
1982
Civilian Labor Force 187,200 180,700 180,800 182,500 182,000 186,400 185,200 194,700 191,400 192,100 188,200 190,800 191,300
  Total Employment 163,900 158,900 158,600 160,200 160,100 163,300 162,100 169,800 168,100 168,400 164,800 166,500 166,500
  Total Unemployment 23,200 21,800 22,200 22,300 21,900 23,100 23,100 24,900 23,200 23,700 23,400 24,300 24,800
  Percent of Labor Force 12.4 12.1 12.3 12.2 12.0 12.4 12.5 12.8 12.1 12.4 12.4 12.8 13.0
1981
Civilian Labor Force 180,500 176,600 177,500 177,900 178,100 177,400 180,700