High Unemployment Area
Douglas County, WA Current Unemployment - 4.7%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Douglas County, WA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2022
6.9%
5.1%
4.0%
2 / 2022
6.3%
4.6%
3.8%
3 / 2022
5.7%
4.3%
3.6%
4 / 2022
4.6%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.5%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2022
4.5%
3.9%
3.6%
7 / 2022
3.3%
3.6%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.7%
4.1%
3.7%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2021
7.2%
6.8%
6.3%
2 / 2021
7.2%
6.4%
6.2%
3 / 2021
5.9%
6.1%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.6%
5.6%
6.1%
5 / 2021
4.8%
5.0%
5.8%
6 / 2021
5.1%
5.3%
5.9%
7 / 2021
3.9%
5.3%
5.4%
8 / 2021
4.7%
5.1%
5.2%
9 / 2021
3.6%
4.6%
4.7%
10 / 2021
3.8%
4.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
3.9%
3.9%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.4%
4.0%
3.9%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2020
7.0%
4.4%
3.6%
2 / 2020
6.6%
4.2%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.9%
5.4%
4.4%
4 / 2020
14.3%
15.8%
14.7%
5 / 2020
13.4%
14.8%
13.3%
6 / 2020
9.5%
9.9%
11.1%
7 / 2020
9.8%
10.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
8.4%
8.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
6.9%
7.8%
7.9%
10 / 2020
5.3%
5.6%
6.9%
11 / 2020
6.1%
6.5%
6.7%
12 / 2020
7.0%
6.6%
6.7%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2019
8.2%
5.3%
4.0%
2 / 2019
8.2%
5.1%
3.8%
3 / 2019
7.3%
4.8%
3.8%
4 / 2019
5.9%
4.1%
3.6%
5 / 2019
5.1%
4.1%
3.6%
6 / 2019
4.8%
4.2%
3.7%
7 / 2019
4.2%
4.2%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.3%
4.1%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.9%
3.7%
3.5%
10 / 2019
4.1%
3.6%
3.6%
11 / 2019
5.3%
3.9%
3.5%
12 / 2019
5.9%
4.0%
3.5%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2018
7.6%
5.3%
4.1%
2 / 2018
7.7%
5.2%
4.1%
3 / 2018
6.6%
4.8%
4.0%
4 / 2018
5.4%
4.2%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.9%
4.1%
3.8%
6 / 2018
4.5%
4.3%
4.0%
7 / 2018
3.9%
4.2%
3.9%
8 / 2018
4.9%
4.2%
3.8%
9 / 2018
3.9%
4.0%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.4%
4.0%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.7%
4.4%
3.7%
12 / 2018
6.7%
4.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2017
8.5%
5.6%
4.7%
2 / 2017
8.7%
5.5%
4.7%
3 / 2017
7.5%
5.0%
4.4%
4 / 2017
6.0%
4.5%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.7%
4.5%
4.4%
6 / 2017
4.9%
4.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
4.0%
4.5%
4.3%
8 / 2017
4.9%
4.6%
4.4%
9 / 2017
4.0%
4.3%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.2%
4.2%
4.1%
11 / 2017
5.4%
4.5%
4.2%
12 / 2017
6.4%
4.7%
4.1%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2016
9.5%
6.1%
4.9%
2 / 2016
9.7%
6.1%
4.9%
3 / 2016
8.6%
5.8%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.5%
5.2%
5.0%
5 / 2016
7.0%
5.1%
4.8%
6 / 2016
5.6%
5.2%
4.9%
7 / 2016
5.9%
5.1%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.1%
5.0%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.3%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.3%
4.7%
4.9%
11 / 2016
6.3%
4.9%
4.7%
12 / 2016
7.0%
5.0%
4.7%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2015
8.9%
6.5%
5.7%
2 / 2015
8.9%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.8%
6.0%
5.4%
4 / 2015
6.6%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 2015
6.4%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2015
5.1%
5.5%
5.3%
7 / 2015
5.3%
5.5%
5.2%
8 / 2015
5.6%
5.3%
5.1%
9 / 2015
4.9%
5.1%
5.0%
10 / 2015
5.2%
5.2%
5.0%
11 / 2015
6.7%
5.6%
5.1%
12 / 2015
7.6%
5.7%
5.0%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2014
9.5%
7.0%
6.6%
2 / 2014
9.9%
7.2%
6.7%
3 / 2014
8.5%
6.7%
6.7%
4 / 2014
6.9%
5.7%
6.2%
5 / 2014
7.5%
6.0%
6.3%
6 / 2014
5.4%
5.8%
6.1%
7 / 2014
5.2%
6.0%
6.2%
8 / 2014
6.5%
6.0%
6.1%
9 / 2014
5.5%
5.6%
5.9%
10 / 2014
5.6%
5.6%
5.7%
11 / 2014
6.9%
6.0%
5.8%
12 / 2014
7.9%
5.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2013
11.6%
8.3%
8.0%
2 / 2013
11.1%
8.1%
7.7%
3 / 2013
9.6%
7.4%
7.5%
4 / 2013
8.8%
6.8%
7.6%
5 / 2013
8.9%
6.9%
7.5%
6 / 2013
7.1%
7.1%
7.5%
7 / 2013
6.2%
6.9%
7.3%
8 / 2013
7.5%
6.8%
7.2%
9 / 2013
6.5%
6.4%
7.2%
10 / 2013
6.5%
6.5%
7.2%
11 / 2013
7.9%
6.6%
6.9%
12 / 2013
9.1%
6.6%
6.7%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2012
11.8%
9.4%
8.3%
2 / 2012
12.0%
9.4%
8.3%
3 / 2012
11.0%
8.9%
8.2%
4 / 2012
9.7%
8.0%
8.2%
5 / 2012
10.1%
8.2%
8.2%
6 / 2012
7.7%
8.2%
8.2%
7 / 2012
6.9%
8.2%
8.2%
8 / 2012
7.9%
7.9%
8.1%
9 / 2012
7.2%
7.3%
7.8%
10 / 2012
6.8%
7.2%
7.8%
11 / 2012
8.1%
7.3%
7.7%
12 / 2012
10.1%
7.6%
7.9%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2011
12.1%
10.5%
9.1%
2 / 2011
11.9%
10.4%
9.0%
3 / 2011
10.8%
9.9%
9.0%
4 / 2011
9.7%
9.1%
9.1%
5 / 2011
10.0%
9.3%
9.0%
6 / 2011
8.9%
9.4%
9.1%
7 / 2011
7.2%
9.1%
9.0%
8 / 2011
8.1%
9.0%
9.0%
9 / 2011
7.8%
8.7%
9.0%
10 / 2011
7.3%
8.6%
8.8%
11 / 2011
8.8%
8.7%
8.6%
12 / 2011
10.7%
8.8%
8.5%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2010
12.9%
11.3%
9.8%
2 / 2010
12.7%
11.2%
9.8%
3 / 2010
11.4%
10.9%
9.9%
4 / 2010
10.2%
10.0%
9.9%
5 / 2010
10.4%
9.9%
9.6%
6 / 2010
8.5%
9.8%
9.4%
7 / 2010
7.1%
9.5%
9.4%
8 / 2010
9.0%
9.6%
9.5%
9 / 2010
7.7%
9.3%
9.5%
10 / 2010
7.7%
9.1%
9.4%
11 / 2010
9.7%
9.8%
9.8%
12 / 2010
10.8%
9.6%
9.3%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2009
8.8%
7.9%
7.8%
2 / 2009
9.4%
8.5%
8.3%
3 / 2009
8.9%
8.5%
8.7%
4 / 2009
8.0%
8.3%
9.0%
5 / 2009
8.0%
8.7%
9.4%
6 / 2009
7.5%
9.2%
9.5%
7 / 2009
5.7%
9.2%
9.5%
8 / 2009
7.9%
9.6%
9.6%
9 / 2009
7.2%
9.7%
9.8%
10 / 2009
7.1%
9.7%
10.0%
11 / 2009
8.7%
9.9%
9.9%
12 / 2009
10.3%
10.5%
9.9%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2008
7.7%
5.3%
5.0%
2 / 2008
7.3%
5.5%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.0%
5.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
5.2%
4.7%
5.0%
5 / 2008
6.0%
5.0%
5.4%
6 / 2008
5.6%
5.2%
5.6%
7 / 2008
4.3%
5.2%
5.8%
8 / 2008
5.2%
5.4%
6.1%
9 / 2008
4.2%
5.1%
6.1%
10 / 2008
4.2%
5.4%
6.5%
11 / 2008
6.0%
6.0%
6.8%
12 / 2008
7.0%
6.6%
7.3%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2007
7.4%
5.5%
4.6%
2 / 2007
7.1%
5.5%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.9%
5.0%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.5%
4.5%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.4%
4.5%
4.4%
6 / 2007
4.1%
4.5%
4.6%
7 / 2007
3.9%
4.6%
4.7%
8 / 2007
4.8%
4.5%
4.6%
9 / 2007
4.0%
4.3%
4.7%
10 / 2007
4.1%
4.2%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.4%
4.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
6.6%
4.8%
5.0%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2006
7.6%
5.6%
4.7%
2 / 2006
7.3%
5.8%
4.8%
3 / 2006
5.8%
5.3%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.7%
4.8%
4.7%
5 / 2006
5.8%
5.0%
4.6%
6 / 2006
4.5%
5.0%
4.6%
7 / 2006
4.0%
5.0%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.5%
5.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
4.0%
4.7%
4.5%
10 / 2006
3.6%
4.4%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.7%
5.0%
4.5%
12 / 2006
6.6%
4.9%
4.4%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2005
8.3%
6.4%
5.3%
2 / 2005
7.9%
6.6%
5.4%
3 / 2005
6.4%
6.0%
5.2%
4 / 2005
6.3%
5.5%
5.2%
5 / 2005
6.0%
5.4%
5.1%
6 / 2005
4.4%
5.5%
5.0%
7 / 2005
4.0%
5.3%
5.0%
8 / 2005
5.7%
5.3%
4.9%
9 / 2005
4.2%
5.2%
5.0%
10 / 2005
4.1%
4.9%
5.0%
11 / 2005
5.7%
5.4%
5.0%
12 / 2005
6.8%
5.1%
4.9%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2004
9.9%
7.7%
5.7%
2 / 2004
9.2%
7.5%
5.6%
3 / 2004
7.9%
7.2%
5.8%
4 / 2004
6.8%
6.3%
5.6%
5 / 2004
6.8%
6.1%
5.6%
6 / 2004
5.0%
6.2%
5.6%
7 / 2004
4.9%
5.9%
5.5%
8 / 2004
6.4%
5.8%
5.4%
9 / 2004
4.3%
5.4%
5.4%
10 / 2004
4.5%
5.4%
5.5%
11 / 2004
6.3%
5.8%
5.4%
12 / 2004
7.2%
5.9%
5.4%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2003
9.7%
8.1%
5.8%
2 / 2003
9.5%
8.2%
5.9%
3 / 2003
8.3%
8.0%
5.9%
4 / 2003
8.6%
7.5%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.4%
7.3%
6.1%
6 / 2003
7.9%
7.6%
6.3%
7 / 2003
5.8%
7.3%
6.2%
8 / 2003
7.6%
7.3%
6.1%
9 / 2003
5.9%
6.9%
6.1%
10 / 2003
5.5%
6.6%
6.0%
11 / 2003
7.8%
7.1%
5.8%
12 / 2003
8.6%
7.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2002
10.5%
8.3%
5.7%
2 / 2002
10.0%
8.2%
5.7%
3 / 2002
9.3%
8.0%
5.7%
4 / 2002
8.4%
7.6%
5.9%
5 / 2002
8.7%
7.3%
5.8%
6 / 2002
7.4%
7.3%
5.8%
7 / 2002
5.4%
7.1%
5.8%
8 / 2002
7.8%
7.1%
5.7%
9 / 2002
5.2%
6.7%
5.7%
10 / 2002
4.6%
6.6%
5.7%
11 / 2002
7.3%
7.3%
5.9%
12 / 2002
8.6%
7.4%
6.0%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2001
10.1%
6.3%
4.2%
2 / 2001
9.8%
6.6%
4.2%
3 / 2001
8.4%
6.4%
4.3%
4 / 2001
8.0%
5.9%
4.4%
5 / 2001
7.8%
5.9%
4.3%
6 / 2001
6.5%
6.1%
4.5%
7 / 2001
5.3%
5.9%
4.6%
8 / 2001
8.4%
6.2%
4.9%
9 / 2001
5.6%
5.9%
5.0%
10 / 2001
5.5%
6.1%
5.3%
11 / 2001
8.4%
7.0%
5.5%
12 / 2001
9.9%
7.3%
5.7%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2000
9.3%
5.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
9.3%
5.9%
4.1%
3 / 2000
7.5%
5.5%
4.0%
4 / 2000
7.0%
4.8%
3.8%
5 / 2000
6.6%
5.0%
4.0%
6 / 2000
5.5%
5.0%
4.0%
7 / 2000
5.0%
5.1%
4.0%
8 / 2000
7.6%
5.2%
4.1%
9 / 2000
4.7%
4.7%
3.9%
10 / 2000
4.6%
4.6%
3.9%
11 / 2000
7.0%
5.2%
3.9%
12 / 2000
8.3%
5.3%
3.9%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1999
9.4%
5.6%
4.3%
2 / 1999
9.2%
5.8%
4.4%
3 / 1999
8.0%
5.2%
4.2%
4 / 1999
7.5%
4.7%
4.3%
5 / 1999
7.7%
4.8%
4.2%
6 / 1999
6.9%
5.0%
4.3%
7 / 1999
5.2%
4.8%
4.3%
8 / 1999
7.7%
4.7%
4.2%
9 / 1999
4.6%
4.5%
4.2%
10 / 1999
4.2%
4.2%
4.1%
11 / 1999
6.3%
4.6%
4.1%
12 / 1999
7.5%
4.7%
4.0%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1998
9.3%
5.6%
4.6%
2 / 1998
8.3%
5.5%
4.6%
3 / 1998
7.4%
5.3%
4.7%
4 / 1998
6.4%
4.3%
4.3%
5 / 1998
6.8%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 1998
5.6%
4.7%
4.5%
7 / 1998
5.3%
4.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
7.5%
4.7%
4.5%
9 / 1998
4.7%
4.6%
4.6%
10 / 1998
4.5%
4.4%
4.5%
11 / 1998
6.5%
4.7%
4.4%
12 / 1998
8.3%
4.8%
4.4%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1997
9.9%
6.1%
5.3%
2 / 1997
9.4%
6.1%
5.2%
3 / 1997
7.6%
5.7%
5.2%
4 / 1997
7.3%
5.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
6.6%
4.8%
4.9%
6 / 1997
5.4%
4.8%
5.0%
7 / 1997
4.5%
4.6%
4.9%
8 / 1997
5.3%
4.6%
4.8%
9 / 1997
4.5%
4.3%
4.9%
10 / 1997
3.8%
4.1%
4.7%
11 / 1997
6.0%
4.3%
4.6%
12 / 1997
7.1%
4.5%
4.7%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1996
11.2%
7.5%
5.6%
2 / 1996
9.8%
7.2%
5.5%
3 / 1996
8.4%
6.8%
5.5%
4 / 1996
8.3%
6.2%
5.6%
5 / 1996
9.5%
6.4%
5.6%
6 / 1996
7.3%
5.9%
5.3%
7 / 1996
6.0%
5.8%
5.5%
8 / 1996
9.6%
5.6%
5.1%
9 / 1996
5.1%
5.3%
5.2%
10 / 1996
4.6%
5.1%
5.2%
11 / 1996
7.3%
5.5%
5.4%
12 / 1996
8.4%
5.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1995
10.2%
7.1%
5.6%
2 / 1995
10.2%
7.3%
5.4%
3 / 1995
8.3%
6.7%
5.4%
4 / 1995
8.3%
6.4%
5.8%
5 / 1995
8.8%
6.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
6.3%
6.3%
5.6%
7 / 1995
5.7%
6.2%
5.7%
8 / 1995
10.1%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 1995
5.4%
5.9%
5.6%
10 / 1995
5.4%
5.8%
5.5%
11 / 1995
9.1%
6.5%
5.6%
12 / 1995
9.2%
6.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1994
10.2%
8.0%
6.6%
2 / 1994
10.1%
8.1%
6.6%
3 / 1994
9.6%
7.6%
6.5%
4 / 1994
9.2%
6.8%
6.4%
5 / 1994
8.0%
6.3%
6.1%
6 / 1994
6.3%
6.3%
6.1%
7 / 1994
5.9%
6.1%
6.1%
8 / 1994
8.6%
6.1%
6.0%
9 / 1994
4.8%
5.7%
5.9%
10 / 1994
5.4%
5.6%
5.8%
11 / 1994
7.7%
6.2%
5.6%
12 / 1994
8.8%
6.1%
5.5%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1993
12.0%
8.9%
7.3%
2 / 1993
11.1%
8.8%
7.1%
3 / 1993
10.4%
8.1%
7.0%
4 / 1993
8.5%
7.3%
7.1%
5 / 1993
8.4%
7.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
7.4%
7.2%
7.0%
7 / 1993
6.2%
7.0%
6.9%
8 / 1993
8.4%
6.9%
6.8%
9 / 1993
5.8%
6.5%
6.7%
10 / 1993
5.7%
6.5%
6.8%
11 / 1993
7.7%
6.7%
6.6%
12 / 1993
9.0%
6.8%
6.5%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1992
10.6%
8.1%
7.3%
2 / 1992
10.3%
8.3%
7.4%
3 / 1992
9.7%
7.7%
7.4%
4 / 1992
9.9%
6.8%
7.4%
5 / 1992
9.5%
7.0%
7.6%
6 / 1992
7.4%
7.2%
7.8%
7 / 1992
8.0%
6.9%
7.7%
8 / 1992
9.0%
7.0%
7.6%
9 / 1992
5.8%
6.8%
7.6%
10 / 1992
7.4%
6.8%
7.3%
11 / 1992
9.6%
7.6%
7.4%
12 / 1992
10.2%
7.8%
7.4%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1991
11.6%
7.1%
6.4%
2 / 1991
10.7%
7.2%
6.6%
3 / 1991
10.3%
6.7%
6.8%
4 / 1991
9.8%
5.9%
6.7%
5 / 1991
10.2%
6.0%
6.9%
6 / 1991
8.4%
6.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
5.5%
5.8%
6.8%
8 / 1991
10.4%
6.0%
6.9%
9 / 1991
6.3%
5.8%
6.9%
10 / 1991
4.7%
5.8%
7.0%
11 / 1991
9.0%
6.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
9.3%
7.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Douglas County, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1990
9.0%
6.3%
5.4%
2 / 1990
10.1%
6.5%
5.3%
3 / 1990
8.5%
5.8%
5.2%
4 / 1990
8.1%
5.1%
5.4%
5 / 1990
8.6%
5.0%
5.4%
6 / 1990
7.0%
4.7%
5.2%
7 / 1990
5.9%
4.7%
5.5%
8 / 1990
9.7%
4.7%
5.7%
9 / 1990
6.1%
4.5%
5.9%
10 / 1990
5.4%
4.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
9.3%
5.4%
6.2%
12 / 1990
10.6%
5.8%
6.3%