The Local Area Unemployment Statistics release include monthly and annual-average estimates of civilian labor force, employed people, unemployed people, and unemployment rates for different geographies. These data are based on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the household survey that is the source of the national unemployment rate. For more details, see the frequently asked questions here: https://www.bls.gov/lau/laufaq.htm.


   

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    Jan 1976    
 
 
    Jan 2026
Persons
Name Jan 2026 Dec 2025 Jan 2025
Washington
233,325 214,406 190,633
Adams County
590 570 608
Asotin County
341 397 385
Benton County
5,709 5,832 5,449
Chelan County
2,254 2,219 2,243
Clallam County
1,740 1,829 1,795
Clark County
12,754 13,289 12,148
Columbia County
101 99 91
Cowlitz County
2,809 2,961 2,704
Douglas County
1,271 1,281 1,269
Ferry County
226 213 219
Franklin County
3,025 2,964 2,842
Garfield County
40 47 46
Grant County
3,687 3,626 3,380
Grays Harbor County
1,918 2,055 1,944
Island County
1,775 1,904 1,832
Jefferson County
715 749 721
King County
78,119 66,419 54,878
Kitsap County
5,798 6,049 5,761
Kittitas County
1,366 1,259 1,322
Klickitat County
538 566 548
Lewis County
2,180 2,265 2,128
Lincoln County
270 283 260
Mason County
1,541 1,588 1,571
Okanogan County
1,297 1,239 1,288
Pacific County
542 595 547
Pend Oreille County
377 375 359
Pierce County
31,721 27,084 22,597
San Juan County
361 372 385
Skagit County
3,248 3,358 3,083
Skamania County
316 324 336
Snohomish County
27,656 23,624 19,550
Spokane County
13,241 13,289 13,316
Stevens County
1,312 1,310 1,368
Thurston County
7,022 7,322 6,897
Wahkiakum County
90 99 90
Walla Walla County
1,419 1,396 1,358
Whatcom County
5,647 5,881 5,327
Whitman County
866 986 862
Yakima County
9,442 8,996 8,991
   

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