Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA
MSA Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1990 | 74,885 | - | 7.0 | - |
| 1991 | 75,142 | 0.3 | 8.0 | 1.0 |
| 1992 | 78,024 | 3.8 | 8.1 | 0.1 |
| 1993 | 82,769 | 6.1 | 7.6 | -0.4 |
| 1994 | 88,303 | 6.7 | 6.2 | -1.5 |
| 1995 | 87,432 | -1.0 | 7.7 | 1.5 |
| 1996 | 86,606 | -0.9 | 8.1 | 0.4 |
| 1997 | 88,022 | 1.6 | 6.7 | -1.3 |
| 1998 | 90,270 | 2.6 | 6.5 | -0.2 |
| 1999 | 92,154 | 2.1 | 6.1 | -0.4 |
| 2000 | 93,628 | 1.6 | 5.4 | -0.6 |
| 2001 | 94,188 | 0.6 | 6.3 | 0.8 |
| 2002 | 98,464 | 4.5 | 6.8 | 0.5 |
| 2003 | 101,276 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 0.5 |
| 2004 | 105,730 | 4.4 | 6.3 | -1.0 |
| 2005 | 107,671 | 1.8 | 6.1 | -0.3 |
| 2006 | 106,554 | -1.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 | 112,042 | 5.2 | 5.2 | -0.8 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1995-Jan | 85,069 | 2.6 | 8.2 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 85,907 | 3.5 | 8.0 | -0.4 |
| Mar | 87,211 | 3.4 | 7.5 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 89,143 | 1.8 | 6.7 | 0.5 |
| May | 89,915 | -0.8 | 6.8 | 2.0 |
| Jun | 97,664 | 1.3 | 7.6 | 2.6 |
| Jul | 89,002 | -1.0 | 7.8 | 2.3 |
| Aug | 86,963 | -2.4 | 7.8 | 2.3 |
| Sep | 87,310 | -3.7 | 7.0 | 2.3 |
| Oct | 86,681 | -4.5 | 6.9 | 1.9 |
| Nov | 82,505 | -4.9 | 8.9 | 2.5 |
| Dec | 81,818 | -6.6 | 9.2 | 2.5 |
| 1996-Jan | 81,525 | -4.2 | 10.8 | 2.6 |
| Feb | 81,947 | -4.6 | 10.2 | 2.1 |
| Mar | 83,840 | -3.9 | 9.4 | 1.9 |
| Apr | 86,775 | -2.7 | 7.9 | 1.3 |
| May | 88,260 | -1.8 | 7.5 | 0.7 |
| Jun | 94,104 | -3.6 | 7.6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 91,192 | 2.5 | 7.9 | 0.1 |
| Aug | 87,817 | 1.0 | 7.1 | -0.7 |
| Sep | 89,301 | 2.3 | 6.1 | -0.9 |
| Oct | 88,173 | 1.7 | 6.1 | -0.7 |
| Nov | 84,186 | 2.0 | 7.9 | -0.9 |
| Dec | 82,152 | 0.4 | 8.3 | -0.9 |
| 1997-Jan | 82,049 | 0.6 | 9.7 | -1.1 |
| Feb | 82,655 | 0.9 | 8.9 | -1.2 |
| Mar | 84,511 | 0.8 | 7.8 | -1.6 |
| Apr | 87,302 | 0.6 | 6.5 | -1.5 |
| May | 89,947 | 1.9 | 5.8 | -1.7 |
| Jun | 95,968 | 2.0 | 6.2 | -1.4 |
| Jul | 91,038 | -0.2 | 5.9 | -2.0 |
| Aug | 89,652 | 2.1 | 6.2 | -0.9 |
| Sep | 90,396 | 1.2 | 5.4 | -0.7 |
| Oct | 90,633 | 2.8 | 5.2 | -1.0 |
| Nov | 86,283 | 2.5 | 6.5 | -1.4 |
| Dec | 85,830 | 4.5 | 7.0 | -1.3 |
| 1998-Jan | 84,526 | 3.0 | 8.5 | -1.2 |
| Feb | 85,749 | 3.7 | 8.0 | -0.9 |
| Mar | 87,594 | 3.6 | 7.3 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 89,951 | 3.0 | 6.0 | -0.5 |
| May | 92,439 | 2.8 | 5.3 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 97,802 | 1.9 | 6.1 | -0.1 |
| Jul | 93,253 | 2.4 | 5.8 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 91,135 | 1.7 | 6.0 | -0.3 |
| Sep | 91,773 | 1.5 | 5.4 | -0.1 |
| Oct | 92,084 | 1.6 | 5.4 | 0.3 |
| Nov | 88,348 | 2.4 | 7.0 | 0.5 |
| Dec | 88,581 | 3.2 | 7.3 | 0.3 |
| 1999-Jan | 87,763 | 3.8 | 8.0 | -0.5 |
| Feb | 88,382 | 3.1 | 7.8 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 89,416 | 2.1 | 6.7 | -0.6 |
| Apr | 92,759 | 3.1 | 5.7 | -0.3 |
| May | 93,873 | 1.6 | 5.2 | -0.2 |
| Jun | 98,397 | 0.6 | 6.7 | 0.6 |
| Jul | 96,434 | 3.4 | 5.7 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 92,754 | 1.8 | 5.4 | -0.5 |
| Sep | 93,628 | 2.0 | 4.6 | -0.7 |
| Oct | 94,651 | 2.8 | 4.7 | -0.7 |
| Nov | 89,416 | 1.2 | 6.1 | -0.9 |
| Dec | 88,370 | -0.2 | 6.7 | -0.6 |
| 2000-Jan | 89,000 | 1.4 | 7.0 | -1.0 |
| Feb | 90,009 | 1.8 | 6.8 | -1.0 |
| Mar | 90,941 | 1.7 | 5.9 | -0.8 |
| Apr | 93,519 | 0.8 | 5.0 | -0.7 |
| May | 94,699 | 0.9 | 4.8 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 101,266 | 2.9 | 4.9 | -1.8 |
| Jul | 95,269 | -1.2 | 5.1 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 94,958 | 2.4 | 5.1 | -0.3 |
| Sep | 96,016 | 2.6 | 4.3 | -0.4 |
| Oct | 96,006 | 1.4 | 4.2 | -0.5 |
| Nov | 91,613 | 2.5 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 90,241 | 2.1 | 6.4 | -0.2 |
| 2001-Jan | 89,403 | 0.5 | 7.9 | 0.9 |
| Feb | 90,437 | 0.5 | 7.3 | 0.5 |
| Mar | 90,898 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 93,235 | -0.3 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| May | 95,071 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 0.3 |
| Jun | 100,193 | -1.1 | 5.5 | 0.7 |
| Jul | 97,051 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 94,067 | -0.9 | 5.9 | 0.8 |
| Sep | 96,436 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 0.7 |
| Oct | 98,065 | 2.1 | 5.3 | 1.0 |
| Nov | 93,470 | 2.0 | 7.2 | 1.1 |
| Dec | 91,927 | 1.9 | 7.9 | 1.5 |
| 2002-Jan | 90,983 | 1.8 | 9.1 | 1.2 |
| Feb | 93,598 | 3.5 | 8.3 | 1.0 |
| Mar | 94,861 | 4.4 | 7.3 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 96,877 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 0.8 |
| May | 99,023 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| Jun | 103,601 | 3.4 | 6.3 | 0.8 |
| Jul | 102,855 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 0.9 |
| Aug | 100,163 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 0.2 |
| Sep | 102,231 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 0.3 |
| Oct | 102,560 | 4.6 | 5.2 | -0.1 |
| Nov | 97,533 | 4.3 | 7.2 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 97,287 | 5.8 | 7.8 | -0.1 |
| 2003-Jan | 96,308 | 5.9 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 97,648 | 4.3 | 8.4 | 0.1 |
| Mar | 97,840 | 3.1 | 7.5 | 0.2 |
| Apr | 99,933 | 3.2 | 7.2 | 0.4 |
| May | 101,757 | 2.8 | 6.5 | 0.5 |
| Jun | 107,863 | 4.1 | 7.1 | 0.8 |
| Jul | 103,455 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 0.7 |
| Aug | 102,228 | 2.1 | 7.1 | 1.0 |
| Sep | 103,538 | 1.3 | 6.3 | 1.1 |
| Oct | 104,722 | 2.1 | 6.2 | 1.1 |
| Nov | 100,186 | 2.7 | 8.0 | 0.8 |
| Dec | 99,836 | 2.6 | 7.9 | 0.1 |
| 2004-Jan | 97,571 | 1.3 | 9.5 | 0.5 |
| Feb | 99,749 | 2.2 | 8.2 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 102,081 | 4.3 | 7.2 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 105,354 | 5.4 | 6.3 | -0.9 |
| May | 106,701 | 4.9 | 5.5 | -1.0 |
| Jun | 113,076 | 4.8 | 5.8 | -1.3 |
| Jul | 107,767 | 4.2 | 5.8 | -1.3 |
| Aug | 107,563 | 5.2 | 5.6 | -1.5 |
| Sep | 108,720 | 5.0 | 4.7 | -1.5 |
| Oct | 110,174 | 5.2 | 4.9 | -1.3 |
| Nov | 105,573 | 5.4 | 6.1 | -1.9 |
| Dec | 104,431 | 4.6 | 6.6 | -1.3 |
| 2005-Jan | 102,479 | 5.0 | 7.5 | -1.9 |
| Feb | 104,510 | 4.8 | 7.2 | -1.0 |
| Mar | 106,197 | 4.0 | 5.8 | -1.4 |
| Apr | 107,827 | 2.3 | 5.6 | -0.8 |
| May | 109,504 | 2.6 | 5.2 | -0.3 |
| Jun | 117,297 | 3.7 | 5.4 | -0.4 |
| Jul | 109,176 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 0.1 |
| Aug | 108,653 | 1.0 | 5.9 | 0.3 |
| Sep | 109,453 | 0.7 | 5.3 | 0.6 |
| Oct | 109,180 | -0.9 | 5.3 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 104,789 | -0.7 | 6.7 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 102,982 | -1.4 | 7.1 | 0.5 |
| 2006-Jan | 102,012 | -0.5 | 7.6 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 102,907 | -1.5 | 7.5 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 103,887 | -2.2 | 6.4 | 0.6 |
| Apr | 105,183 | -2.5 | 6.2 | 0.6 |
| May | 107,226 | -2.1 | 5.5 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 111,152 | -5.2 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| Jul | 108,762 | -0.4 | 5.9 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 106,791 | -1.7 | 5.5 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 108,946 | -0.5 | 4.9 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 109,698 | 0.5 | 4.6 | -0.7 |
| Nov | 107,022 | 2.1 | 6.1 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 105,058 | 2.0 | 6.7 | -0.5 |
| 2007-Jan | 104,627 | 2.6 | 7.4 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 105,928 | 2.9 | 6.6 | -0.9 |
| Mar | 108,023 | 4.0 | 5.4 | -1.0 |
| Apr | 109,600 | 4.2 | 5.1 | -1.1 |
| May | 112,321 | 4.8 | 4.5 | -1.0 |
| Jun | 119,675 | 7.7 | 4.6 | -1.0 |
| Jul | 112,653 | 3.6 | 5.3 | -0.5 |
| Aug | 114,198 | 6.9 | 4.6 | -0.9 |
| Sep | 116,734 | 7.1 | 4.3 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 116,290 | 6.0 | 4.1 | -0.5 |
| Nov | 113,335 | 5.9 | 5.4 | -0.8 |
| Dec | 111,114 | 5.8 | 5.9 | -0.8 |
| 2008-Jan | 110,660 | 5.8 | 6.6 | -0.8 |
| Feb | 111,303 | 5.1 | 6.2 | -0.4 |
| Mar | 113,306 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 0.2 |
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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