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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 YAKIMA MSA (Yakima County)

Benchmark: March 20011
 

AVERAGE JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
2001
Civilian Labor Force 108,000 103,600 104,300 104,600 104,000 107,700 115,500 116,700 109,900 112,300 113,600 101,900 101,400
  Total Employment 95,800 88,000 87,800 90,500 91,900 96,200 103,700 106,100 99,700 103,800 104,800 89,300 87,400
  Total Unemployment 12,200 15,700 16,500 14,100 12,200 11,500 11,900 10,600 10,200 8,500 8,700 12,600 14,100
  Percent of Labor Force 11.3 15.1 15.8 13.5 11.7 10.7 10.3 9.1 9.3 7.6 7.7 12.4 13.9
2000
Civilian Labor Force 109,700 104,600 105,400 106,300 106,800 108,800 118,600 118,200 113,500 112,700 115,000 104,200 101,900
  Total Employment 98,300 90,500 90,700 93,400 95,600 98,000 108,100 107,600 103,500 104,900 106,900 91,500 88,400
  Total Unemployment 11,400 14,100 14,700 12,900 11,200 10,800 10,500 10,600 10,000 7,700 8,100 12,700 13,600
  Percent of Labor Force 10.4 13.5 13.9 12.1 10.5 9.9 8.9 8.9 8.8 6.9 7.0 12.2 13.3
1999
Civilian Labor Force 111,500 107,500 107,700 108,500 108,300 110,300 116,600 123,100 114,300 116,200 118,900 103,900 102,600
  Total Employment 100,400 92,400 93,000 95,600 97,000 99,600 105,400 113,100 104,600 108,600 111,100 93,500 91,000
  Total Unemployment 11,100 15,100 14,800 13,000 11,400 10,700 11,200 10,000 9,800 7,600 7,900 10,300 11,600
  Percent of Labor Force 10.0 14.0 13.7 11.9 10.5 9.7 9.6 8.1 8.5 6.5 6.6 10.0 11.3
1998
Civilian Labor Force 115,000 107,600 107,900 109,000 109,400 114,700 124,800 123,700 120,000 121,700 124,500 109,300 107,500
  Total Employment 103,100 91,800 93,000 95,500 97,700 103,800 113,700 112,800 109,500 112,600 115,700 96,900 93,900
  Total Unemployment 11,900 15,800 14,900 13,500 11,700 10,900 11,100 10,900 10,500 9,100 8,800 12,300 13,600
  Percent of Labor Force 10.4 14.7 13.8 12.4 10.7 9.5 8.9 8.8 8.8 7.4 7.1 11.3 12.7
1997
Civilian Labor Force 114,700 107,000 108,500 109,100 110,600 114,000 126,400 122,500 118,100 121,200 122,800 108,100 108,300
  Total Employment 103,300 90,200 93,100 96,200 98,000 103,600 116,000 112,700 109,600 113,200 114,800 97,100 95,600
  Total Unemployment 11,400 16,700 15,500 12,900 12,600 10,400 10,400 9,800 8,500 8,000 8,000 11,000 12,700
  Percent of Labor Force 9.9 15.6 14.2 11.9 11.4 9.2 8.2 8.0 7.2 6.6 6.5 10.2 11.7
1996
Civilian Labor Force 115,200 107,700 107,800 109,100 111,400 114,700 123,500 125,300 119,000 121,700 127,500 107,600 107,200
  Total Employment 99,700 88,100 88,200 91,000 95,400 99,000 108,300 111,100 104,800 110,300 116,400 92,900 91,000
  Total Unemployment 15,500 19,600 19,600 18,100 16,000 15,600 15,100 14,200 14,200 11,400 11,100 14,600 16,200
  Percent of Labor Force 13.4 18.2 18.2 16.6 14.4 13.6 12.3 11.3 11.9 9.3 8.7 13.6 15.1
1995
Civilian Labor Force 113,400 105,000 105,900 106,900 108,500 111,200 124,700 120,800 120,000 122,700 120,100 107,900 107,700
  Total Employment 99,100 87,700 88,700 91,400 94,700 98,200 112,100 108,200 105,900 112,200 109,100 91,100 90,300
  Total Unemployment 14,300 17,300 17,200 15,500 13,900 13,000 12,600 12,600 14,000 10,500 11,000 16,800 17,400
  Percent of Labor Force 12.6 16.5 16.2 14.5 12.8 11.7 10.1 10.5 11.7 8.5 9.2 15.5 16.2
1994
Civilian Labor Force 110,900 104,300 104,600 104,600 106,200 108,400 124,100 115,300 116,700 121,700 116,600 103,800 104,300
  Total Employment 98,000 87,300 86,800 89,100 93,400 97,100 113,200 103,600 106,000 113,400 106,500 89,900 89,400
  Total Unemployment 12,900 17,100 17,800 15,500 12,800 11,400 10,900 11,700 10,700 8,300 10,100 13,900 14,900
  Percent of Labor Force 11.7 16.4 17.0 14.8 12.0 10.5 8.8 10.2 9.2 6.8 8.7 13.4 14.3
1993
Civilian Labor Force 112,700 105,800 105,900 107,300 109,100 112,500 124,300 120,700 118,400 122,600 116,900 104,700 104,200
  Total Employment 96,400 81,700 84,900 87,300 91,500 97,000 108,900 105,900 104,400 111,500 105,400 90,500 88,100
  Total Unemployment 16,300 24,100 21,000 20,000 17,600 15,400 15,400 14,800 14,000 11,200 11,500 14,200 16,100
  Percent of Labor Force 14.4 22.8 19.9 18.7 16.1 13.7 12.4 12.3 11.8 9.1 9.8 13.6 15.4
1992
Civilian Labor Force 109,300 100,200 100,200 101,800 104,100 107,300 124,300 116,800 115,800 122,200 110,500 103,300 104,700
  Total Employment 94,500 81,500 82,900 85,800 90,400 94,700 112,400 102,800 103,500 112,200 95,800 86,200 85,400
  Total Unemployment 14,800 18,700 17,300 16,000 13,800 12,600 12,000 14,000 12,200 10,000 14,700 17,100 19,300
  Percent of Labor Force 13.5 18.6 17.2 15.7 13.2 11.7 9.6 12.0 10.6 8.2 13.3 16.6 18.4
1991
Civilian Labor Force 101,600 95,400 95,700 96,500 98,700 100,200 107,600 107,700 105,200 107,900 109,000 97,500 98,100
  Total Employment 88,800 79,400 80,900 82,800 85,600 89,100 96,100 97,200 92,900 98,100 99,400 82,300 81,900
  Total Unemployment 12,800 16,100 14,900 13,700 13,100 11,200 11,400 10,500 12,200 9,800 9,600 15,200 16,200
  Percent of Labor Force 12.6 16.8 15.5 14.2 13.3 11.1 10.6 9.8 11.6 9.1 8.8 15.5 16.5
1990
Civilian Labor Force 102,300 93,900 94,300 97,000 99,600 100,800 114,800 110,000 108,300 111,000 107,000 95,600 95,500
  Total Employment 91,400 78,100 79,200 83,300 88,300 91,100 106,000 100,900 99,300 104,600 99,800 83,100 82,700
  Total Unemployment 10,900 15,800 15,000 13,700 11,300 9,700 8,800 9,200 9,000 6,400 7,100 12,500 12,800
  Percent of Labor Force 10.7 16.8 15.9 14.2 11.3 9.6 7.6 8.3 8.3 5.7 6.7 13.1 13.4
1989
Civilian Labor Force 98,900 94,300 93,000 93,000 97,800 98,900 107,700 103,200 102,900 102,500 102,700 94,000 96,400
  Total Employment 87,000 78,800 78,400 79,400 85,300 88,400 97,400 92,000 91,700 94,400 93,400 81,500 83,400
  Total Unemployment 11,900 15,500 14,500 13,700 12,500 10,500 10,300 11,200 11,200 8,000 9,300 12,600 13,000
  Percent of Labor Force 12.0 16.4 15.6 14.7 12.8 10.6 9.6 10.9 10.8 7.9 9.0 13.4 13.5
1988
Civilian Labor Force 93,500 86,800 88,200 88,700 91,600 93,700 102,100 97,200 94,500 98,100 98,200 91,500 91,800
  Total Employment 83,400 73,700 75,500 77,300 82,100 84,800 92,900 87,100 84,300 90,700 90,500 81,400 80,600
  Total Unemployment 10,100 13,100 12,700 11,400 9,500 8,900 9,200 10,100 10,200 7,400 7,700 10,100 11,200
  Percent of Labor Force 10.8 15.1 14.4 12.9 10.4 9.5 9.0 10.4 10.8 7.5 7.9 11.0 12.2
1987
Civilian Labor Force 91,300 82,900 83,300 85,400 87,700 91,900 101,900 95,700 95,400 96,700 97,800 89,100 88,100
  Total Employment 80,800 68,600 69,300 72,700 76,200 81,700 93,000 85,500 87,200 89,900 89,500 78,500 76,900
  Total Unemployment 10,500 14,300 14,000 12,700 11,500 10,200 8,800 10,100 8,200 6,800 8,200 10,600 11,200
  Percent of Labor Force 11.5 17.2 16.8 14.8 13.1 11.1 8.7 10.6 8.5 7.0 8.4 11.9 12.8
1986
Civilian Labor Force 90,000 79,200 80,800 84,300 87,300 90,200 101,100 102,000 97,600 95,600 94,300 84,200 82,900
  Total Employment 77,700 64,200 65,700 69,500 74,500 78,400 89,800 87,800 86,300 87,000 85,000 73,100 70,600
  Total Unemployment 12,300 15,000 15,100 14,800 12,700 11,800 11,300 14,200 11,300 8,600 9,300 11,100 12,300
  Percent of Labor Force 13.7 18.9 18.7 17.6 14.6 13.1 11.1 13.9 11.5 9.0 9.9 13.2 14.9
1985
Civilian Labor Force 84,800 77,500 78,300 80,300 86,300 90,000 96,300 89,600 87,700 87,500 86,400 79,300 78,100
  Total Employment 74,000 65,200 65,600 68,900 76,300 79,300 85,800 78,000 77,400 79,300 77,100 68,900 66,400
  Total Unemployment 10,800 12,400 12,700 11,500 10,000 10,700 10,500 11,600 10,300 8,200 9,400 10,400 11,700
  Percent of Labor Force 12.7 16.0 16.2 14.3 11.5 11.9 10.9 13.0 11.7 9.4 10.8 13.2 15.0
1984
Civilian Labor Force 87,200 83,200 84,900 85,400 87,300 90,200 90,800 92,700 90,400 92,800 90,900 79,500 78,400
  Total Employment 74,900 65,800 68,400 70,600 74,100 77,900 78,700 80,700 79,600 84,000 82,100 69,600 67,600
  Total Unemployment 12,300 17,400 16,500 14,700 13,200 12,300 12,200 12,000 10,800 8,800 8,800 9,900 10,700
  Percent of Labor Force 14.1 20.9 19.5 17.2 15.1 13.6 13.4 12.9 11.9 9.5 9.7 12.4 13.7
1983
Civilian Labor Force 91,100 85,500 87,600 88,200 88,800 96,300 94,700 95,600 94,000 96,500 96,800 85,300 83,700
  Total Employment 77,500 67,600 69,800 72,000 74,700 82,800 82,200 81,800 82,500 87,100 86,000 73,500 70,300
  Total Unemployment 13,600 17,900 17,800 16,300 14,100 13,500 12,500 13,800 11,600 9,400 10,800 11,800 13,500
  Percent of Labor Force 14.9 20.9 20.3 18.4 15.9 14.0 13.2 14.4 12.3 9.7 11.2 13.8 16.1
1982
Civilian Labor Force 85,500 74,900 77,900 79,300 84,500 85,700 86,300 92,400 92,100 91,600 96,000 83,100 82,700
  Total Employment 72,000 60,100 62,400 65,400 69,800 71,800 72,800 78,200 78,600 81,800 84,800 70,200 68,200
  Total Unemployment 13,500 14,800 15,500 13,800 14,700 13,900 13,500 14,200 13,500 9,800 11,100 12,800 14,500
  Percent of Labor Force 15.8 19.8 19.9 17.4 17.4 16.3 15.7 15.4 14.6 10.7 11.6 15.4 17.5
1981
Civilian Labor Force 83,700 75,100 76,600 78,100 81,600 87,900 89,700 95,400 89,100 92,500 87,600 75,900 74,800
  Total Employment 73,500 64,700 65,700 68,200 71,700 78,200 80,300 83,200 78,500 83,500