Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Washington

Title Unemployed Persons in Washington
Series ID LAUST530000000000004A
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2024-01-01
Last Updated 2025-03-05 2:49 PM CST
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 141552
1977-01-01 142830
1978-01-01 123063
1979-01-01 129651
1980-01-01 157265
1981-01-01 186344
1982-01-01 239721
1983-01-01 229507
1984-01-01 193145
1985-01-01 176426
1986-01-01 178729
1987-01-01 166529
1988-01-01 148481
1989-01-01 146002
1990-01-01 129788
1991-01-01 157112
1992-01-01 189653
1993-01-01 193475
1994-01-01 174522
1995-01-01 174991
1996-01-01 170808
1997-01-01 145112
1998-01-01 145638
1999-01-01 148546
2000-01-01 154975
2001-01-01 185456
2002-01-01 221223
2003-01-01 227879
2004-01-01 199858
2005-01-01 182036
2006-01-01 165472
2007-01-01 156399
2008-01-01 178100
2009-01-01 320029
2010-01-01 352250
2011-01-01 329114
2012-01-01 294602
2013-01-01 229246
2014-01-01 206984
2015-01-01 194360
2016-01-01 188179
2017-01-01 173968
2018-01-01 168109
2019-01-01 165084
2020-01-01 339127
2021-01-01 201717
2022-01-01 161849
2023-01-01 169472
2024-01-01 181897

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