Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Washington

Title Unemployed Persons in Washington
Series ID LASST530000000000004
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2025-05-01
Last Updated 2025-07-02 10:11 AM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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DATE VALUE
1976-01-01 135098
1976-02-01 134718
1976-03-01 134228
1976-04-01 134619
1976-05-01 135832
1976-06-01 137916
1976-07-01 140750
1976-08-01 143670
1976-09-01 146478
1976-10-01 149435
1976-11-01 152332
1976-12-01 154660
1977-01-01 156140
1977-02-01 156348
1977-03-01 155195
1977-04-01 152864
1977-05-01 149579
1977-06-01 146102
1977-07-01 142619
1977-08-01 139151
1977-09-01 135365
1977-10-01 131105
1977-11-01 126754
1977-12-01 123034
1978-01-01 120229
1978-02-01 118416
1978-03-01 117743
1978-04-01 118257
1978-05-01 119745
1978-06-01 121220
1978-07-01 122613
1978-08-01 124076
1978-09-01 125429
1978-10-01 126768
1978-11-01 128125
1978-12-01 129565
1979-01-01 130797
1979-02-01 131309
1979-03-01 130638
1979-04-01 129130
1979-05-01 127674
1979-06-01 127015
1979-07-01 127141
1979-08-01 128092
1979-09-01 129790
1979-10-01 131096
1979-11-01 131574
1979-12-01 131649
1980-01-01 132604
1980-02-01 135851
1980-03-01 141776
1980-04-01 149252
1980-05-01 156807
1980-06-01 163194
1980-07-01 167477
1980-08-01 169038
1980-09-01 168443
1980-10-01 167373
1980-11-01 166915
1980-12-01 167412
1981-01-01 168902
1981-02-01 170907
1981-03-01 173071
1981-04-01 175306
1981-05-01 177518
1981-06-01 179899
1981-07-01 183080
1981-08-01 187614
1981-09-01 193782
1981-10-01 201277
1981-11-01 209382
1981-12-01 217194
1982-01-01 223786
1982-02-01 228861
1982-03-01 232568
1982-04-01 235148
1982-05-01 236912
1982-06-01 238456
1982-07-01 240454
1982-08-01 243139
1982-09-01 245978
1982-10-01 248395
1982-11-01 249880
1982-12-01 249837
1983-01-01 248279
1983-02-01 245337
1983-03-01 241438
1983-04-01 237536
1983-05-01 234245
1983-06-01 231403
1983-07-01 228464
1983-08-01 225455
1983-09-01 222454
1983-10-01 219027
1983-11-01 215106
1983-12-01 211214
1984-01-01 207290
1984-02-01 203422
1984-03-01 199968
1984-04-01 196935
1984-05-01 194469
1984-06-01 192467
1984-07-01 190657
1984-08-01 188921
1984-09-01 187532
1984-10-01 186747
1984-11-01 186199
1984-12-01 185452
1985-01-01 184620
1985-02-01 183799
1985-03-01 182652
1985-04-01 181027
1985-05-01 179048
1985-06-01 177018
1985-07-01 175229
1985-08-01 173267
1985-09-01 170931
1985-10-01 168777
1985-11-01 167616
1985-12-01 167811
1986-01-01 169335
1986-02-01 171955
1986-03-01 175253
1986-04-01 178457
1986-05-01 180788
1986-06-01 182056
1986-07-01 182387
1986-08-01 182205
1986-09-01 181853
1986-10-01 181394
1986-11-01 180824
1986-12-01 180017
1987-01-01 178674
1987-02-01 176449
1987-03-01 173369
1987-04-01 169872
1987-05-01 166645
1987-06-01 164182
1987-07-01 162782
1987-08-01 162357
1987-09-01 162194
1987-10-01 161643
1987-11-01 160234
1987-12-01 157958
1988-01-01 155217
1988-02-01 152670
1988-03-01 150804
1988-04-01 150034
1988-05-01 150111
1988-06-01 150443
1988-07-01 150266
1988-08-01 149250
1988-09-01 147709
1988-10-01 145756
1988-11-01 143847
1988-12-01 142497
1989-01-01 141967
1989-02-01 142433
1989-03-01 143644
1989-04-01 145056
1989-05-01 146419
1989-06-01 147832
1989-07-01 149266
1989-08-01 149994
1989-09-01 149152
1989-10-01 146728
1989-11-01 143050
1989-12-01 138918
1990-01-01 135140
1990-02-01 132019
1990-03-01 129802
1990-04-01 128430
1990-05-01 127425
1990-06-01 126399
1990-07-01 125567
1990-08-01 125734
1990-09-01 127546
1990-10-01 131028
1990-11-01 135818
1990-12-01 141000
1991-01-01 145826
1991-02-01 149751
1991-03-01 152313
1991-04-01 153647
1991-05-01 154264
1991-06-01 154688
1991-07-01 155453
1991-08-01 157032
1991-09-01 159722
1991-10-01 163524
1991-11-01 167787
1991-12-01 171844
1992-01-01 175315
1992-02-01 178197
1992-03-01 180696
1992-04-01 183029
1992-05-01 185516
1992-06-01 188351
1992-07-01 191372
1992-08-01 194462
1992-09-01 197338
1992-10-01 199584
1992-11-01 201099
1992-12-01 201678
1993-01-01 201112
1993-02-01 199726
1993-03-01 198159
1993-04-01 196837
1993-05-01 196057
1993-06-01 195553
1993-07-01 194652
1993-08-01 192865
1993-09-01 190364
1993-10-01 187972
1993-11-01 186437
1993-12-01 185930
1994-01-01 185862
1994-02-01 185317
1994-03-01 183712
1994-04-01 180872
1994-05-01 177040
1994-06-01 173111
1994-07-01 170102
1994-08-01 168129
1994-09-01 167027
1994-10-01 166205
1994-11-01 165488
1994-12-01 165281
1995-01-01 165980
1995-02-01 167510
1995-03-01 169809
1995-04-01 172586
1995-05-01 175096
1995-06-01 176891
1995-07-01 177913
1995-08-01 178530
1995-09-01 178870
1995-10-01 178883
1995-11-01 178368
1995-12-01 177600
1996-01-01 177082
1996-02-01 176943
1996-03-01 176837
1996-04-01 176342
1996-05-01 175343
1996-06-01 173560
1996-07-01 171167
1996-08-01 168548
1996-09-01 165863
1996-10-01 163420
1996-11-01 161294
1996-12-01 159004
1997-01-01 156241
1997-02-01 153311
1997-03-01 150411
1997-04-01 148054
1997-05-01 146419
1997-06-01 145200
1997-07-01 143806
1997-08-01 142403
1997-09-01 141326
1997-10-01 140776
1997-11-01 140661
1997-12-01 140675
1998-01-01 140680
1998-02-01 140594
1998-03-01 140411
1998-04-01 140294
1998-05-01 140838
1998-06-01 142564
1998-07-01 145426
1998-08-01 148411
1998-09-01 150729
1998-10-01 151788
1998-11-01 151289
1998-12-01 149842
1999-01-01 148284
1999-02-01 147490
1999-03-01 147803
1999-04-01 149015
1999-05-01 150539
1999-06-01 151715
1999-07-01 151962
1999-08-01 151001
1999-09-01 149230
1999-10-01 147532
1999-11-01 146598
1999-12-01 146564
2000-01-01 147169
2000-02-01 148062
2000-03-01 149540
2000-04-01 151531
2000-05-01 153582
2000-06-01 155596
2000-07-01 157390
2000-08-01 158546
2000-09-01 158856
2000-10-01 158728
2000-11-01 159215
2000-12-01 160964
2001-01-01 164023
2001-02-01 167830
2001-03-01 171389
2001-04-01 174130
2001-05-01 176191
2001-06-01 178199
2001-07-01 181224
2001-08-01 186436
2001-09-01 193762
2001-10-01 201948
2001-11-01 209930
2001-12-01 216865
2002-01-01 221916
2002-02-01 224781
2002-03-01 225652
2002-04-01 225001
2002-05-01 223412
2002-06-01 221248
2002-07-01 219072
2002-08-01 217394
2002-09-01 216783
2002-10-01 217493
2002-11-01 218973
2002-12-01 220675
2003-01-01 222731
2003-02-01 225137
2003-03-01 227629
2003-04-01 230066
2003-05-01 232162
2003-06-01 233501
2003-07-01 233488
2003-08-01 232068
2003-09-01 229374
2003-10-01 226017
2003-11-01 222564
2003-12-01 219091
2004-01-01 215524
2004-02-01 211800
2004-03-01 208175
2004-04-01 204585
2004-05-01 201155
2004-06-01 198083
2004-07-01 195640
2004-08-01 193807
2004-09-01 192546
2004-10-01 191609
2004-11-01 190598
2004-12-01 189632
2005-01-01 188544
2005-02-01 187136
2005-03-01 185390
2005-04-01 183670
2005-05-01 182414
2005-06-01 181970
2005-07-01 182325
2005-08-01 182557
2005-09-01 181795
2005-10-01 179435
2005-11-01 175633
2005-12-01 171033
2006-01-01 166730
2006-02-01 163842
2006-03-01 163004
2006-04-01 164115
2006-05-01 166076
2006-06-01 167831
2006-07-01 168751
2006-08-01 168959
2006-09-01 168579
2006-10-01 167303
2006-11-01 165106
2006-12-01 162091
2007-01-01 158559
2007-02-01 155214
2007-03-01 152559
2007-04-01 151131
2007-05-01 151434
2007-06-01 153239
2007-07-01 155865
2007-08-01 158593
2007-09-01 160439
2007-10-01 161031
2007-11-01 160173
2007-12-01 158331
2008-01-01 156705
2008-02-01 156329
2008-03-01 158054
2008-04-01 161919
2008-05-01 167229
2008-06-01 173055
2008-07-01 178405
2008-08-01 183216
2008-09-01 188935
2008-10-01 197490
2008-11-01 210010
2008-12-01 225892
2009-01-01 243060
2009-02-01 258814
2009-03-01 270452
2009-04-01 292551
2009-05-01 309922
2009-06-01 323448
2009-07-01 335122
2009-08-01 347639
2009-09-01 362882
2009-10-01 363336
2009-11-01 360740
2009-12-01 365309
2010-01-01 367623
2010-02-01 365536
2010-03-01 362339
2010-04-01 355514
2010-05-01 349647
2010-06-01 345262
2010-07-01 345211
2010-08-01 345792
2010-09-01 346412
2010-10-01 346058
2010-11-01 347891
2010-12-01 343919
2011-01-01 339368
2011-02-01 335391
2011-03-01 332704
2011-04-01 330415
2011-05-01 330643
2011-06-01 332168
2011-07-01 331069
2011-08-01 329774
2011-09-01 327961
2011-10-01 323309
2011-11-01 317530
2011-12-01 316209
2012-01-01 312136
2012-02-01 312005
2012-03-01 312128
2012-04-01 311181
2012-05-01 316146
2012-06-01 319032
2012-07-01 308000
2012-08-01 293953
2012-09-01 279172
2012-10-01 268120
2012-11-01 256290
2012-12-01 246867
2013-01-01 242850
2013-02-01 226737
2013-03-01 228384
2013-04-01 229315
2013-05-01 229777
2013-06-01 230204
2013-07-01 230588
2013-08-01 229832
2013-09-01 227432
2013-10-01 224412
2013-11-01 221490
2013-12-01 218921
2014-01-01 216516
2014-02-01 213950
2014-03-01 211529
2014-04-01 209495
2014-05-01 207651
2014-06-01 206013
2014-07-01 204861
2014-08-01 204334
2014-09-01 204121
2014-10-01 203174
2014-11-01 201015
2014-12-01 198309
2015-01-01 195821
2015-02-01 194212
2015-03-01 193304
2015-04-01 192765
2015-05-01 192389
2015-06-01 191991
2015-07-01 192008
2015-08-01 192726
2015-09-01 193598
2015-10-01 194337
2015-11-01 195033
2015-12-01 195311
2016-01-01 194888
2016-02-01 194079
2016-03-01 193167
2016-04-01 192540
2016-05-01 192296
2016-06-01 192058
2016-07-01 190900
2016-08-01 188790
2016-09-01 186528
2016-10-01 184150
2016-11-01 181492
2016-12-01 178782
2017-01-01 176455
2017-02-01 174447
2017-03-01 172909
2017-04-01 172125
2017-05-01 171976
2017-06-01 172364
2017-07-01 173294
2017-08-01 174294
2017-09-01 174838
2017-10-01 174767
2017-11-01 174345
2017-12-01 173574
2018-01-01 172594
2018-02-01 171436
2018-03-01 169835
2018-04-01 167496
2018-05-01 164941
2018-06-01 162933
2018-07-01 162078
2018-08-01 162723
2018-09-01 165188
2018-10-01 169360
2018-11-01 174491
2018-12-01 179113
2019-01-01 181779
2019-02-01 181409
2019-03-01 178433
2019-04-01 173729
2019-05-01 168464
2019-06-01 163844
2019-07-01 160570
2019-08-01 158625
2019-09-01 156656
2019-10-01 153815
2019-11-01 149677
2019-12-01 146069
2020-01-01 145499
2020-02-01 149477
2020-03-01 238053
2020-04-01 678899
2020-05-01 533499
2020-06-01 453195
2020-07-01 407758
2020-08-01 344750
2020-09-01 316934
2020-10-01 282388
2020-11-01 266862
2020-12-01 259457
2021-01-01 247403
2021-02-01 238197
2021-03-01 229184
2021-04-01 220661
2021-05-01 211845
2021-06-01 206691
2021-07-01 199543
2021-08-01 192007
2021-09-01 182622
2021-10-01 172988
2021-11-01 164026
2021-12-01 157938
2022-01-01 155531
2022-02-01 154942
2022-03-01 155609
2022-04-01 156579
2022-05-01 157224
2022-06-01 158144
2022-07-01 160078
2022-08-01 162882
2022-09-01 165349
2022-10-01 167126
2022-11-01 167575
2022-12-01 166700
2023-01-01 165055
2023-02-01 163032
2023-03-01 161133
2023-04-01 159875
2023-05-01 160123
2023-06-01 161967
2023-07-01 165485
2023-08-01 170346
2023-09-01 175735
2023-10-01 180548
2023-11-01 183880
2023-12-01 185412
2024-01-01 185526
2024-02-01 185303
2024-03-01 185415
2024-04-01 185599
2024-05-01 185347
2024-06-01 184514
2024-07-01 182983
2024-08-01 181010
2024-09-01 179164
2024-10-01 177881
2024-11-01 177793
2024-12-01 178069
2025-01-01 176199
2025-02-01 176850
2025-03-01 177160
2025-04-01 178953
2025-05-01 181214

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