Yakima City, WA Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1990 | 26,122 | - | 10.8 | - |
| 1991 | 25,393 | -2.8 | 12.6 | 1.8 |
| 1992 | 27,006 | 6.4 | 13.7 | 1.1 |
| 1993 | 27,568 | 2.1 | 14.6 | 0.9 |
| 1994 | 28,010 | 1.6 | 11.8 | -2.8 |
| 1995 | 28,624 | 2.2 | 12.3 | 0.5 |
| 1996 | 29,104 | 1.7 | 11.9 | -0.5 |
| 1997 | 30,096 | 3.4 | 9.3 | -2.5 |
| 1998 | 30,591 | 1.6 | 9.2 | -0.1 |
| 1999 | 29,895 | -2.3 | 9.5 | 0.2 |
| 2000 | 31,985 | 7.0 | 8.6 | -0.9 |
| 2001 | 30,424 | -4.9 | 10.6 | 2.0 |
| 2002 | 31,176 | 2.5 | 10.8 | 0.3 |
| 2003 | 31,685 | 1.6 | 10.8 | -0.1 |
| 2004 | 32,472 | 2.5 | 9.6 | -1.2 |
| 2005 | 36,167 | 11.4 | 6.8 | -2.8 |
| 2006 | 37,161 | 2.7 | 6.3 | -0.5 |
| 2007 | 37,792 | 1.7 | 5.7 | -0.6 |
| 2008 | 38,835 | 2.8 | 6.4 | 0.7 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1990-Jan | 22,317 | - | 17.1 | - |
| Feb | 22,654 | - | 16.2 | - |
| Mar | 23,802 | - | 14.3 | - |
| Apr | 25,253 | - | 11.5 | - |
| May | 26,049 | - | 9.7 | - |
| Jun | 30,313 | - | 7.7 | - |
| Jul | 28,836 | - | 8.4 | - |
| Aug | 28,394 | - | 8.4 | - |
| Sep | 29,903 | - | 5.8 | - |
| Oct | 28,541 | - | 6.8 | - |
| Nov | 23,752 | - | 13.3 | - |
| Dec | 23,655 | - | 13.6 | - |
| 1991-Jan | 22,690 | 1.7 | 17.1 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 23,123 | 2.1 | 15.8 | -0.4 |
| Mar | 23,663 | -0.6 | 14.5 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 24,465 | -3.1 | 13.5 | 2.1 |
| May | 25,469 | -2.2 | 11.2 | 1.5 |
| Jun | 27,486 | -9.3 | 10.4 | 2.7 |
| Jul | 27,793 | -3.6 | 9.5 | 1.1 |
| Aug | 26,571 | -6.4 | 11.5 | 3.1 |
| Sep | 28,058 | -6.2 | 8.8 | 3.0 |
| Oct | 28,424 | -0.4 | 8.5 | 1.7 |
| Nov | 23,552 | -0.8 | 15.8 | 2.5 |
| Dec | 23,421 | -1.0 | 16.8 | 3.2 |
| 1992-Jan | 23,305 | 2.7 | 18.9 | 1.8 |
| Feb | 23,703 | 2.5 | 17.5 | 1.7 |
| Mar | 24,516 | 3.6 | 15.9 | 1.5 |
| Apr | 25,835 | 5.6 | 13.4 | -0.1 |
| May | 27,078 | 6.3 | 11.9 | 0.7 |
| Jun | 32,120 | 16.9 | 9.8 | -0.7 |
| Jul | 29,399 | 5.8 | 12.1 | 2.6 |
| Aug | 29,593 | 11.4 | 10.7 | -0.8 |
| Sep | 32,079 | 14.3 | 8.3 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 27,382 | -3.7 | 13.5 | 5.0 |
| Nov | 24,649 | 4.7 | 16.8 | 1.0 |
| Dec | 24,416 | 4.2 | 18.7 | 1.9 |
| 1993-Jan | 23,366 | 0.3 | 23.0 | 4.2 |
| Feb | 24,265 | 2.4 | 20.1 | 2.6 |
| Mar | 24,959 | 1.8 | 18.9 | 3.0 |
| Apr | 26,169 | 1.3 | 16.3 | 2.9 |
| May | 27,735 | 2.4 | 13.9 | 2.0 |
| Jun | 31,135 | -3.1 | 12.6 | 2.8 |
| Jul | 30,274 | 3.0 | 12.5 | 0.3 |
| Aug | 29,844 | 0.8 | 12.0 | 1.3 |
| Sep | 31,867 | -0.7 | 9.2 | 1.0 |
| Oct | 30,138 | 10.1 | 10.0 | -3.6 |
| Nov | 25,867 | 4.9 | 13.7 | -3.0 |
| Dec | 25,198 | 3.2 | 15.7 | -3.0 |
| 1994-Jan | 24,945 | 6.8 | 16.6 | -6.5 |
| Feb | 24,807 | 2.2 | 17.3 | -2.9 |
| Mar | 25,470 | 2.0 | 15.0 | -3.9 |
| Apr | 26,709 | 2.1 | 12.2 | -4.1 |
| May | 27,753 | 0.1 | 10.6 | -3.3 |
| Jun | 32,367 | 4.0 | 8.9 | -3.7 |
| Jul | 29,616 | -2.2 | 10.3 | -2.2 |
| Aug | 30,309 | 1.6 | 9.3 | -2.7 |
| Sep | 32,421 | 1.7 | 6.9 | -2.3 |
| Oct | 30,459 | 1.1 | 8.8 | -1.2 |
| Nov | 25,715 | -0.6 | 13.6 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 25,547 | 1.4 | 14.5 | -1.2 |
| 1995-Jan | 25,589 | 2.6 | 16.6 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 26,077 | 5.1 | 15.9 | -1.4 |
| Mar | 26,699 | 4.8 | 14.4 | -0.6 |
| Apr | 27,372 | 2.5 | 13.3 | 1.1 |
| May | 28,212 | 1.7 | 11.7 | 1.0 |
| Jun | 31,826 | -1.7 | 10.4 | 1.5 |
| Jul | 30,841 | 4.1 | 10.4 | 0.1 |
| Aug | 30,208 | -0.3 | 12.1 | 2.8 |
| Sep | 32,067 | -1.1 | 8.4 | 1.5 |
| Oct | 31,447 | 3.2 | 8.3 | -0.5 |
| Nov | 26,633 | 3.6 | 13.8 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 26,514 | 3.8 | 14.2 | -0.3 |
| 1996-Jan | 25,683 | 0.4 | 17.0 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 25,976 | -0.4 | 16.3 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 26,721 | 0.1 | 15.0 | 0.6 |
| Apr | 27,935 | 2.1 | 12.8 | -0.5 |
| May | 28,844 | 2.2 | 11.9 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 31,431 | -1.2 | 10.6 | 0.2 |
| Jul | 32,287 | 4.7 | 9.8 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 30,351 | 0.5 | 10.8 | -1.4 |
| Sep | 32,147 | 0.2 | 8.0 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 33,743 | 7.3 | 7.2 | -1.0 |
| Nov | 27,412 | 2.9 | 11.7 | -2.1 |
| Dec | 26,720 | 0.8 | 13.2 | -1.1 |
| 1997-Jan | 26,412 | 2.8 | 14.6 | -2.4 |
| Feb | 27,201 | 4.7 | 13.5 | -2.7 |
| Mar | 28,047 | 5.0 | 11.7 | -3.3 |
| Apr | 28,471 | 1.9 | 10.8 | -2.0 |
| May | 29,919 | 3.7 | 8.4 | -3.5 |
| Jun | 33,372 | 6.2 | 8.1 | -2.6 |
| Jul | 32,491 | 0.6 | 7.5 | -2.3 |
| Aug | 31,691 | 4.4 | 7.4 | -3.4 |
| Sep | 33,047 | 2.8 | 6.2 | -1.8 |
| Oct | 33,404 | -1.0 | 5.7 | -1.5 |
| Nov | 28,790 | 5.0 | 9.1 | -2.6 |
| Dec | 28,301 | 5.9 | 10.7 | -2.4 |
| 1998-Jan | 27,075 | 2.5 | 13.6 | -1.0 |
| Feb | 27,585 | 1.4 | 12.6 | -1.0 |
| Mar | 28,287 | 0.9 | 11.8 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 29,006 | 1.9 | 9.3 | -1.5 |
| May | 30,797 | 2.9 | 7.9 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 33,295 | -0.2 | 8.0 | -0.1 |
| Jul | 33,109 | 1.9 | 7.6 | 0.1 |
| Aug | 32,309 | 2.0 | 8.2 | 0.9 |
| Sep | 33,573 | 1.6 | 6.5 | 0.3 |
| Oct | 34,414 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 29,291 | 1.7 | 9.8 | 0.7 |
| Dec | 28,353 | 0.2 | 11.2 | 0.5 |
| 1999-Jan | 27,849 | 2.9 | 13.1 | -0.5 |
| Feb | 27,995 | 1.5 | 12.8 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 28,554 | 0.9 | 11.5 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 28,914 | -0.3 | 10.3 | 1.0 |
| May | 29,583 | -3.9 | 8.9 | 1.1 |
| Jun | 31,191 | -6.3 | 9.5 | 1.5 |
| Jul | 33,148 | 0.1 | 7.8 | 0.2 |
| Aug | 30,870 | -4.5 | 8.9 | 0.7 |
| Sep | 32,215 | -4.0 | 6.3 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 32,865 | -4.5 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 28,184 | -3.8 | 9.1 | -0.7 |
| Dec | 27,374 | -3.5 | 10.4 | -0.8 |
| 2000-Jan | 29,447 | 5.7 | 11.7 | -1.4 |
| Feb | 29,603 | 5.7 | 11.6 | -1.3 |
| Mar | 30,334 | 6.2 | 10.6 | -0.9 |
| Apr | 30,931 | 7.0 | 8.9 | -1.5 |
| May | 31,490 | 6.4 | 8.0 | -0.9 |
| Jun | 34,848 | 11.7 | 7.0 | -2.5 |
| Jul | 34,572 | 4.3 | 7.2 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 33,536 | 8.6 | 8.0 | -0.9 |
| Sep | 34,494 | 7.1 | 5.5 | -0.8 |
| Oct | 35,058 | 6.7 | 5.4 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 30,222 | 7.2 | 9.6 | 0.4 |
| Dec | 29,285 | 7.0 | 10.7 | 0.3 |
| 2001-Jan | 28,562 | -3.0 | 13.1 | 1.4 |
| Feb | 28,556 | -3.5 | 13.3 | 1.7 |
| Mar | 28,863 | -4.8 | 12.4 | 1.9 |
| Apr | 29,047 | -6.1 | 11.3 | 2.4 |
| May | 30,006 | -4.7 | 9.4 | 1.4 |
| Jun | 32,622 | -6.4 | 9.1 | 2.1 |
| Jul | 33,110 | -4.2 | 8.2 | 1.1 |
| Aug | 31,502 | -6.1 | 9.6 | 1.6 |
| Sep | 33,188 | -3.8 | 7.2 | 1.7 |
| Oct | 33,312 | -5.0 | 7.5 | 2.2 |
| Nov | 28,495 | -5.7 | 12.5 | 2.9 |
| Dec | 27,823 | -5.0 | 14.4 | 3.7 |
| 2002-Jan | 27,845 | -2.5 | 15.6 | 2.4 |
| Feb | 28,541 | -0.1 | 13.6 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 29,101 | 0.8 | 13.2 | 0.8 |
| Apr | 29,645 | 2.1 | 12.2 | 1.0 |
| May | 30,376 | 1.2 | 10.4 | 1.0 |
| Jun | 32,664 | 0.1 | 9.7 | 0.6 |
| Jul | 34,101 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 0.7 |
| Aug | 32,499 | 3.2 | 10.1 | 0.4 |
| Sep | 34,743 | 4.7 | 7.0 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 34,868 | 4.7 | 6.6 | -0.9 |
| Nov | 30,210 | 6.0 | 11.1 | -1.4 |
| Dec | 29,520 | 6.1 | 12.9 | -1.5 |
| 2003-Jan | 29,458 | 5.8 | 13.6 | -2.0 |
| Feb | 29,812 | 4.5 | 12.8 | -0.7 |
| Mar | 30,073 | 3.3 | 11.7 | -1.6 |
| Apr | 30,269 | 2.1 | 11.8 | -0.4 |
| May | 30,886 | 1.7 | 10.1 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 34,019 | 4.1 | 9.9 | 0.2 |
| Jul | 33,884 | -0.6 | 9.7 | 0.7 |
| Aug | 32,810 | 1.0 | 10.2 | 0.2 |
| Sep | 34,443 | -0.9 | 7.7 | 0.7 |
| Oct | 34,004 | -2.5 | 7.8 | 1.2 |
| Nov | 30,350 | 0.5 | 11.9 | 0.8 |
| Dec | 30,214 | 2.4 | 12.9 | 0.0 |
| 2004-Jan | 29,411 | -0.2 | 14.4 | 0.8 |
| Feb | 30,168 | 1.2 | 12.8 | -0.1 |
| Mar | 30,798 | 2.4 | 11.7 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 31,465 | 4.0 | 10.0 | -1.8 |
| May | 31,666 | 2.5 | 9.2 | -0.9 |
| Jun | 35,858 | 5.4 | 8.3 | -1.6 |
| Jul | 34,623 | 2.2 | 8.3 | -1.4 |
| Aug | 33,683 | 2.7 | 8.3 | -1.9 |
| Sep | 34,936 | 1.4 | 6.2 | -1.5 |
| Oct | 35,321 | 3.9 | 6.2 | -1.6 |
| Nov | 31,014 | 2.2 | 9.5 | -2.4 |
| Dec | 30,718 | 1.7 | 10.9 | -2.0 |
| 2005-Jan | 33,289 | 13.2 | 8.6 | -5.8 |
| Feb | 33,845 | 12.2 | 8.5 | -4.2 |
| Mar | 34,643 | 12.5 | 7.5 | -4.2 |
| Apr | 34,871 | 10.8 | 6.9 | -3.1 |
| May | 35,513 | 12.1 | 6.9 | -2.3 |
| Jun | 39,613 | 10.5 | 5.8 | -2.5 |
| Jul | 38,242 | 10.5 | 6.5 | -1.8 |
| Aug | 37,457 | 11.2 | 7.1 | -1.2 |
| Sep | 39,131 | 12.0 | 5.3 | -0.9 |
| Oct | 39,259 | 11.1 | 4.9 | -1.3 |
| Nov | 34,589 | 11.5 | 6.8 | -2.7 |
| Dec | 33,546 | 9.2 | 7.2 | -3.6 |
| 2006-Jan | 34,277 | 3.0 | 7.6 | -0.9 |
| Feb | 34,845 | 3.0 | 7.3 | -1.2 |
| Mar | 35,373 | 2.1 | 6.4 | -1.1 |
| Apr | 35,434 | 1.6 | 6.6 | -0.3 |
| May | 35,815 | 0.9 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Jun | 39,960 | 0.9 | 5.9 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 40,443 | 5.8 | 5.6 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 38,448 | 2.6 | 7.0 | -0.1 |
| Sep | 40,130 | 2.6 | 5.0 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 40,183 | 2.4 | 4.6 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 35,739 | 3.3 | 6.1 | -0.7 |
| Dec | 35,279 | 5.2 | 6.7 | -0.5 |
| 2007-Jan | 35,163 | 2.6 | 7.0 | -0.6 |
| Feb | 35,688 | 2.4 | 6.6 | -0.7 |
| Mar | 36,404 | 2.9 | 6.1 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 36,408 | 2.7 | 5.8 | -0.8 |
| May | 36,948 | 3.2 | 6.0 | -0.7 |
| Jun | 40,229 | 0.7 | 5.3 | -0.6 |
| Jul | 40,212 | -0.6 | 5.2 | -0.5 |
| Aug | 38,950 | 1.3 | 5.6 | -1.4 |
| Sep | 40,672 | 1.4 | 4.5 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 40,712 | 1.3 | 4.2 | -0.4 |
| Nov | 36,322 | 1.6 | 5.8 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 35,797 | 1.5 | 6.2 | -0.5 |
| 2008-Jan | 36,144 | 2.8 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 36,886 | 3.4 | 6.9 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 38,077 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 37,579 | 3.2 | 5.8 | 0.1 |
| May | 37,801 | 2.3 | 6.7 | 0.7 |
| Jun | 39,989 | -0.6 | 6.8 | 1.4 |
| Jul | 41,738 | 3.8 | 6.1 | 0.9 |
| Aug | 39,669 | 1.8 | 7.4 | 1.9 |
| Sep | 41,891 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 0.6 |
| Oct | 41,529 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 0.9 |
| Nov | 38,004 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 0.7 |
| Dec | 36,714 | 2.6 | 7.6 | 1.3 |
| 2009-Jan | 36,468 | 0.9 | 9.0 | 2.0 |
| Feb | 36,621 | -0.7 | 8.7 | 1.8 |
| Mar | 37,206 | -2.3 | 8.8 | 2.6 |
| Apr | 36,639 | -2.5 | 8.7 | 2.9 |
| May | 37,321 | -1.3 | 8.6 | 1.9 |
| Jun | 41,304 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 1.0 |
| Jul | 42,071 | 0.8 | 6.6 | 0.5 |
| Aug | 39,748 | 0.2 | 8.7 | 1.3 |
| Sep | 41,542 | -0.8 | 6.5 | 1.4 |
| Oct | - | - | - | - |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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