Federal Reserve Economic Data

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

Title Unemployed Persons in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT534266000000004A
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1994-01-01 to 2024-01-01
Last Updated 2025-03-21 2:08 PM CDT
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 82522
1995-01-01 82937
1996-01-01 79369
1997-01-01 65305
1998-01-01 58540
1999-01-01 59662
2000-01-01 69326
2001-01-01 85486
2002-01-01 108680
2003-01-01 107895
2004-01-01 92475
2005-01-01 80979
2006-01-01 69679
2007-01-01 62243
2008-01-01 76198
2009-01-01 164555
2010-01-01 192475
2011-01-01 171181
2012-01-01 143272
2013-01-01 102339
2014-01-01 97786
2015-01-01 87957
2016-01-01 84514
2017-01-01 82045
2018-01-01 75879
2019-01-01 65973
2020-01-01 190075
2021-01-01 107615
2022-01-01 84427
2023-01-01 92960
2024-01-01 97490

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