Federal Reserve Economic Data

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 2023-01-01
Last Updated 2024-03-01 10:25 AM 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 142037
1977-01-01 142710
1978-01-01 123698
1979-01-01 130381
1980-01-01 156112
1981-01-01 187403
1982-01-01 235851
1983-01-01 228865
1984-01-01 193051
1985-01-01 173797
1986-01-01 176980
1987-01-01 164862
1988-01-01 146110
1989-01-01 145129
1990-01-01 129580
1991-01-01 156004
1992-01-01 190334
1993-01-01 196376
1994-01-01 172578
1995-01-01 174883
1996-01-01 171201
1997-01-01 145985
1998-01-01 146536
1999-01-01 147241
2000-01-01 157856
2001-01-01 185301
2002-01-01 219675
2003-01-01 226245
2004-01-01 201073
2005-01-01 182714
2006-01-01 165704
2007-01-01 156610
2008-01-01 182379
2009-01-01 286984
2010-01-01 316342
2011-01-01 293412
2012-01-01 265444
2013-01-01 229825
2014-01-01 207249
2015-01-01 193577
2016-01-01 189031
2017-01-01 172929
2018-01-01 168546
2019-01-01 166881
2020-01-01 331195
2021-01-01 202040
2022-01-01 163119
2023-01-01 164879

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