Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (MSA)

Title Unemployed Persons in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT534266000000004
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1994-01-01 to 2025-12-01
Last Updated 2026-02-06 7:29 PM CST
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

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
1994-01-01 103868
1994-02-01 94895
1994-03-01 88810
1994-04-01 79557
1994-05-01 80763
1994-06-01 83624
1994-07-01 86959
1994-08-01 77604
1994-09-01 73947
1994-10-01 76447
1994-11-01 75728
1994-12-01 68060
1995-01-01 93230
1995-02-01 80626
1995-03-01 76773
1995-04-01 75417
1995-05-01 82335
1995-06-01 84406
1995-07-01 89908
1995-08-01 82576
1995-09-01 78172
1995-10-01 85096
1995-11-01 86022
1995-12-01 80683
1996-01-01 98131
1996-02-01 83311
1996-03-01 81683
1996-04-01 78986
1996-05-01 84899
1996-06-01 79304
1996-07-01 83740
1996-08-01 73037
1996-09-01 72469
1996-10-01 74173
1996-11-01 76198
1996-12-01 66499
1997-01-01 82951
1997-02-01 78296
1997-03-01 71965
1997-04-01 57070
1997-05-01 72000
1997-06-01 68345
1997-07-01 78838
1997-08-01 56941
1997-09-01 61662
1997-10-01 57238
1997-11-01 50528
1997-12-01 47829
1998-01-01 63270
1998-02-01 56682
1998-03-01 60095
1998-04-01 47835
1998-05-01 56366
1998-06-01 60239
1998-07-01 67305
1998-08-01 62953
1998-09-01 58220
1998-10-01 59293
1998-11-01 57720
1998-12-01 52500
1999-01-01 63305
1999-02-01 55001
1999-03-01 56890
1999-04-01 48900
1999-05-01 47822
1999-06-01 57132
1999-07-01 65453
1999-08-01 60765
1999-09-01 60386
1999-10-01 63980
1999-11-01 77002
1999-12-01 59307
2000-01-01 77465
2000-02-01 74197
2000-03-01 69310
2000-04-01 61549
2000-05-01 65589
2000-06-01 65725
2000-07-01 79018
2000-08-01 69218
2000-09-01 66443
2000-10-01 69569
2000-11-01 66708
2000-12-01 67115
2001-01-01 81061
2001-02-01 78944
2001-03-01 80344
2001-04-01 74109
2001-05-01 75876
2001-06-01 85208
2001-07-01 89458
2001-08-01 83377
2001-09-01 83121
2001-10-01 91552
2001-11-01 101205
2001-12-01 101577
2002-01-01 115548
2002-02-01 107003
2002-03-01 112276
2002-04-01 105776
2002-05-01 103781
2002-06-01 107856
2002-07-01 111484
2002-08-01 103201
2002-09-01 104977
2002-10-01 111304
2002-11-01 111443
2002-12-01 109512
2003-01-01 118318
2003-02-01 118241
2003-03-01 115998
2003-04-01 107637
2003-05-01 108286
2003-06-01 112749
2003-07-01 116481
2003-08-01 100833
2003-09-01 102538
2003-10-01 102824
2003-11-01 100903
2003-12-01 89927
2004-01-01 104807
2004-02-01 98088
2004-03-01 98206
2004-04-01 90519
2004-05-01 94867
2004-06-01 92623
2004-07-01 97417
2004-08-01 84003
2004-09-01 85884
2004-10-01 92775
2004-11-01 86414
2004-12-01 84096
2005-01-01 94112
2005-02-01 92527
2005-03-01 86752
2005-04-01 74827
2005-05-01 79600
2005-06-01 84917
2005-07-01 85519
2005-08-01 74620
2005-09-01 74268
2005-10-01 75467
2005-11-01 78092
2005-12-01 71043
2006-01-01 65649
2006-02-01 66212
2006-03-01 71540
2006-04-01 62469
2006-05-01 68210
2006-06-01 74866
2006-07-01 77535
2006-08-01 70700
2006-09-01 69873
2006-10-01 70659
2006-11-01 73926
2006-12-01 64509
2007-01-01 78547
2007-02-01 67093
2007-03-01 64650
2007-04-01 49652
2007-05-01 56626
2007-06-01 64104
2007-07-01 66560
2007-08-01 59004
2007-09-01 62525
2007-10-01 61251
2007-11-01 58435
2007-12-01 58474
2008-01-01 68923
2008-02-01 62590
2008-03-01 66110
2008-04-01 57289
2008-05-01 69918
2008-06-01 73414
2008-07-01 85418
2008-08-01 79396
2008-09-01 78715
2008-10-01 85471
2008-11-01 89410
2008-12-01 97718
2009-01-01 121168
2009-02-01 132473
2009-03-01 130376
2009-04-01 133735
2009-05-01 149151
2009-06-01 168889
2009-07-01 184326
2009-08-01 182529
2009-09-01 192120
2009-10-01 195187
2009-11-01 189530
2009-12-01 195171
2010-01-01 209860
2010-02-01 204061
2010-03-01 199739
2010-04-01 188509
2010-05-01 183594
2010-06-01 192034
2010-07-01 194016
2010-08-01 188855
2010-09-01 187577
2010-10-01 187466
2010-11-01 192793
2010-12-01 181194
2011-01-01 196459
2011-02-01 185528
2011-03-01 180048
2011-04-01 167335
2011-05-01 167355
2011-06-01 175790
2011-07-01 180491
2011-08-01 167855
2011-09-01 163984
2011-10-01 160961
2011-11-01 156512
2011-12-01 151850
2012-01-01 164410
2012-02-01 158577
2012-03-01 154516
2012-04-01 143335
2012-05-01 151329
2012-06-01 163752
2012-07-01 162434
2012-08-01 143530
2012-09-01 129377
2012-10-01 124320
2012-11-01 115125
2012-12-01 108555
2013-01-01 117222
2013-02-01 94272
2013-03-01 95943
2013-04-01 88686
2013-05-01 94175
2013-06-01 105595
2013-07-01 109415
2013-08-01 109962
2013-09-01 106139
2013-10-01 110644
2013-11-01 101106
2013-12-01 94912
2014-01-01 110682
2014-02-01 105625
2014-03-01 104869
2014-04-01 91144
2014-05-01 92623
2014-06-01 104931
2014-07-01 111119
2014-08-01 97746
2014-09-01 93686
2014-10-01 91149
2014-11-01 88032
2014-12-01 81821
2015-01-01 93102
2015-02-01 88179
2015-03-01 84091
2015-04-01 75746
2015-05-01 84572
2015-06-01 83717
2015-07-01 93334
2015-08-01 87396
2015-09-01 90873
2015-10-01 93216
2015-11-01 93174
2015-12-01 88081
2016-01-01 93382
2016-02-01 89293
2016-03-01 85935
2016-04-01 79753
2016-05-01 83053
2016-06-01 84121
2016-07-01 89210
2016-08-01 82173
2016-09-01 90065
2016-10-01 82208
2016-11-01 79311
2016-12-01 75664
2017-01-01 85566
2017-02-01 83496
2017-03-01 77144
2017-04-01 73357
2017-05-01 77209
2017-06-01 89501
2017-07-01 87901
2017-08-01 91510
2017-09-01 84579
2017-10-01 81166
2017-11-01 79361
2017-12-01 73747
2018-01-01 89222
2018-02-01 79803
2018-03-01 72370
2018-04-01 65950
2018-05-01 67924
2018-06-01 78441
2018-07-01 80364
2018-08-01 73849
2018-09-01 79413
2018-10-01 76085
2018-11-01 73826
2018-12-01 73300
2019-01-01 85954
2019-02-01 77774
2019-03-01 72056
2019-04-01 56131
2019-05-01 62105
2019-06-01 64825
2019-07-01 71758
2019-08-01 66669
2019-09-01 63822
2019-10-01 58256
2019-11-01 57174
2019-12-01 55147
2020-01-01 61430
2020-02-01 54214
2020-03-01 143567
2020-04-01 372064
2020-05-01 319698
2020-06-01 275920
2020-07-01 245826
2020-08-01 193735
2020-09-01 179372
2020-10-01 156540
2020-11-01 140345
2020-12-01 138188
2021-01-01 147911
2021-02-01 125441
2021-03-01 117808
2021-04-01 107037
2021-05-01 103448
2021-06-01 127805
2021-07-01 120473
2021-08-01 107418
2021-09-01 101235
2021-10-01 85508
2021-11-01 76371
2021-12-01 70924
2022-01-01 86056
2022-02-01 81277
2022-03-01 72528
2022-04-01 73570
2022-05-01 72314
2022-06-01 87546
2022-07-01 96094
2022-08-01 91791
2022-09-01 93655
2022-10-01 93500
2022-11-01 84163
2022-12-01 80626
2023-01-01 90673
2023-02-01 84642
2023-03-01 83988
2023-04-01 80124
2023-05-01 91135
2023-06-01 103983
2023-07-01 95130
2023-08-01 98625
2023-09-01 99678
2023-10-01 98254
2023-11-01 98969
2023-12-01 90313
2024-01-01 104221
2024-02-01 99783
2024-03-01 95472
2024-04-01 91173
2024-05-01 91884
2024-06-01 109415
2024-07-01 104846
2024-08-01 102088
2024-09-01 97483
2024-10-01 96810
2024-11-01 93287
2024-12-01 83419
2025-01-01 97026
2025-02-01 101901
2025-03-01 102726
2025-04-01 97857
2025-05-01 98826
2025-06-01 104199
2025-07-01 102745
2025-08-01 106670
2025-09-01 113163
2025-10-01 .
2025-11-01 118322
2025-12-01 117126

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