Very High Unemployment Area
Yakima, WA Current Unemployment - 5.7%
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
Yakima, WA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2022
6.5%
5.1%
4.0%
2 / 2022
6.2%
4.6%
3.8%
3 / 2022
5.7%
4.3%
3.6%
4 / 2022
5.5%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2022
5.2%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.4%
3.9%
3.6%
7 / 2022
4.5%
3.6%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.7%
4.1%
3.7%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2021
6.8%
6.8%
6.3%
2 / 2021
6.9%
6.4%
6.2%
3 / 2021
6.1%
6.1%
6.0%
4 / 2021
6.6%
5.6%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.8%
5.0%
5.8%
6 / 2021
5.7%
5.3%
5.9%
7 / 2021
5.1%
5.3%
5.4%
8 / 2021
5.8%
5.1%
5.2%
9 / 2021
4.2%
4.6%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.3%
4.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.3%
3.9%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.4%
4.0%
3.9%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2020
6.0%
4.4%
3.6%
2 / 2020
6.0%
4.2%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.5%
5.4%
4.4%
4 / 2020
13.8%
15.8%
14.7%
5 / 2020
14.2%
14.8%
13.3%
6 / 2020
11.4%
9.9%
11.1%
7 / 2020
12.9%
10.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
10.6%
8.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
7.2%
7.8%
7.9%
10 / 2020
5.9%
5.6%
6.9%
11 / 2020
6.2%
6.5%
6.7%
12 / 2020
6.7%
6.6%
6.7%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2019
7.8%
5.3%
4.0%
2 / 2019
7.7%
5.1%
3.8%
3 / 2019
7.1%
4.8%
3.8%
4 / 2019
6.3%
4.1%
3.6%
5 / 2019
6.3%
4.1%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.7%
4.2%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.5%
4.2%
3.7%
8 / 2019
6.3%
4.1%
3.7%
9 / 2019
4.4%
3.7%
3.5%
10 / 2019
4.4%
3.6%
3.6%
11 / 2019
5.3%
3.9%
3.5%
12 / 2019
5.8%
4.0%
3.5%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2018
7.1%
5.3%
4.1%
2 / 2018
6.8%
5.2%
4.1%
3 / 2018
6.1%
4.8%
4.0%
4 / 2018
5.5%
4.2%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.5%
4.1%
3.8%
6 / 2018
5.2%
4.3%
4.0%
7 / 2018
5.0%
4.2%
3.9%
8 / 2018
6.0%
4.2%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.4%
4.0%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.6%
4.0%
3.8%
11 / 2018
6.1%
4.4%
3.7%
12 / 2018
6.7%
4.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2017
8.1%
5.6%
4.7%
2 / 2017
7.5%
5.5%
4.7%
3 / 2017
6.7%
5.0%
4.4%
4 / 2017
6.1%
4.5%
4.4%
5 / 2017
6.2%
4.5%
4.4%
6 / 2017
5.4%
4.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
4.7%
4.5%
4.3%
8 / 2017
7.3%
4.6%
4.4%
9 / 2017
4.5%
4.3%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.4%
4.2%
4.1%
11 / 2017
5.4%
4.5%
4.2%
12 / 2017
6.1%
4.7%
4.1%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2016
8.1%
6.1%
4.9%
2 / 2016
7.8%
6.1%
4.9%
3 / 2016
7.2%
5.8%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.0%
5.2%
5.0%
5 / 2016
6.9%
5.1%
4.8%
6 / 2016
6.1%
5.2%
4.9%
7 / 2016
5.9%
5.1%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.0%
5.0%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.1%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.2%
4.7%
4.9%
11 / 2016
6.2%
4.9%
4.7%
12 / 2016
6.6%
5.0%
4.7%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2015
8.3%
6.5%
5.7%
2 / 2015
7.8%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.1%
6.0%
5.4%
4 / 2015
7.1%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 2015
7.5%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2015
6.3%
5.5%
5.3%
7 / 2015
8.3%
5.5%
5.2%
8 / 2015
6.5%
5.3%
5.1%
9 / 2015
5.5%
5.1%
5.0%
10 / 2015
5.7%
5.2%
5.0%
11 / 2015
7.0%
5.6%
5.1%
12 / 2015
8.0%
5.7%
5.0%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2014
8.3%
7.0%
6.6%
2 / 2014
9.1%
7.2%
6.7%
3 / 2014
8.4%
6.7%
6.7%
4 / 2014
7.4%
5.7%
6.2%
5 / 2014
8.7%
6.0%
6.3%
6 / 2014
6.6%
5.8%
6.1%
7 / 2014
6.3%
6.0%
6.2%
8 / 2014
7.8%
6.0%
6.1%
9 / 2014
6.1%
5.6%
5.9%
10 / 2014
6.0%
5.6%
5.7%
11 / 2014
6.8%
6.0%
5.8%
12 / 2014
7.8%
5.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2013
10.7%
8.3%
8.0%
2 / 2013
10.2%
8.1%
7.7%
3 / 2013
9.4%
7.4%
7.5%
4 / 2013
9.1%
6.8%
7.6%
5 / 2013
9.8%
6.9%
7.5%
6 / 2013
8.0%
7.1%
7.5%
7 / 2013
7.7%
6.9%
7.3%
8 / 2013
9.4%
6.8%
7.2%
9 / 2013
7.4%
6.4%
7.2%
10 / 2013
7.1%
6.5%
7.2%
11 / 2013
7.5%
6.6%
6.9%
12 / 2013
8.5%
6.6%
6.7%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2012
11.0%
9.4%
8.3%
2 / 2012
11.5%
9.4%
8.3%
3 / 2012
10.6%
8.9%
8.2%
4 / 2012
10.3%
8.0%
8.2%
5 / 2012
11.2%
8.2%
8.2%
6 / 2012
9.0%
8.2%
8.2%
7 / 2012
8.1%
8.2%
8.2%
8 / 2012
9.8%
7.9%
8.1%
9 / 2012
8.1%
7.3%
7.8%
10 / 2012
7.6%
7.2%
7.8%
11 / 2012
8.3%
7.3%
7.7%
12 / 2012
9.2%
7.6%
7.9%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2011
10.3%
10.5%
9.1%
2 / 2011
10.6%
10.4%
9.0%
3 / 2011
10.0%
9.9%
9.0%
4 / 2011
9.9%
9.1%
9.1%
5 / 2011
10.4%
9.3%
9.0%
6 / 2011
10.3%
9.4%
9.1%
7 / 2011
8.0%
9.1%
9.0%
8 / 2011
9.5%
9.0%
9.0%
9 / 2011
8.7%
8.7%
9.0%
10 / 2011
7.9%
8.6%
8.8%
11 / 2011
8.2%
8.7%
8.6%
12 / 2011
9.8%
8.8%
8.5%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2010
10.5%
11.3%
9.8%
2 / 2010
10.9%
11.2%
9.8%
3 / 2010
10.5%
10.9%
9.9%
4 / 2010
10.3%
10.0%
9.9%
5 / 2010
10.3%
9.9%
9.6%
6 / 2010
8.9%
9.8%
9.4%
7 / 2010
7.7%
9.5%
9.4%
8 / 2010
9.4%
9.6%
9.5%
9 / 2010
7.5%
9.3%
9.5%
10 / 2010
7.0%
9.1%
9.4%
11 / 2010
8.9%
9.8%
9.8%
12 / 2010
9.4%
9.6%
9.3%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2009
8.3%
7.9%
7.8%
2 / 2009
8.5%
8.5%
8.3%
3 / 2009
8.1%
8.5%
8.7%
4 / 2009
7.9%
8.3%
9.0%
5 / 2009
8.4%
8.7%
9.4%
6 / 2009
7.9%
9.2%
9.5%
7 / 2009
7.0%
9.2%
9.5%
8 / 2009
9.4%
9.6%
9.6%
9 / 2009
7.7%
9.7%
9.8%
10 / 2009
7.3%
9.7%
10.0%
11 / 2009
8.5%
9.9%
9.9%
12 / 2009
10.2%
10.5%
9.9%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2008
7.8%
5.3%
5.0%
2 / 2008
7.8%
5.5%
4.9%
3 / 2008
7.0%
5.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.8%
4.7%
5.0%
5 / 2008
7.7%
5.0%
5.4%
6 / 2008
7.0%
5.2%
5.6%
7 / 2008
6.2%
5.2%
5.8%
8 / 2008
7.6%
5.4%
6.1%
9 / 2008
5.5%
5.1%
6.1%
10 / 2008
5.2%
5.4%
6.5%
11 / 2008
6.4%
6.0%
6.8%
12 / 2008
7.2%
6.6%
7.3%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2007
7.8%
5.5%
4.6%
2 / 2007
7.4%
5.5%
4.5%
3 / 2007
7.1%
5.0%
4.4%
4 / 2007
6.9%
4.5%
4.5%
5 / 2007
7.2%
4.5%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.7%
4.5%
4.6%
7 / 2007
5.5%
4.6%
4.7%
8 / 2007
6.2%
4.5%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.2%
4.3%
4.7%
10 / 2007
4.8%
4.2%
4.7%
11 / 2007
6.6%
4.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
7.2%
4.8%
5.0%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2006
8.6%
5.6%
4.7%
2 / 2006
8.0%
5.8%
4.8%
3 / 2006
7.1%
5.3%
4.7%
4 / 2006
7.3%
4.8%
4.7%
5 / 2006
7.6%
5.0%
4.6%
6 / 2006
6.2%
5.0%
4.6%
7 / 2006
5.8%
5.0%
4.7%
8 / 2006
7.4%
5.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
5.6%
4.7%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.1%
4.4%
4.4%
11 / 2006
6.6%
5.0%
4.5%
12 / 2006
7.7%
4.9%
4.4%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2005
9.0%
6.4%
5.3%
2 / 2005
8.8%
6.6%
5.4%
3 / 2005
7.8%
6.0%
5.2%
4 / 2005
7.3%
5.5%
5.2%
5 / 2005
7.5%
5.4%
5.1%
6 / 2005
5.9%
5.5%
5.0%
7 / 2005
6.5%
5.3%
5.0%
8 / 2005
7.3%
5.3%
4.9%
9 / 2005
5.7%
5.2%
5.0%
10 / 2005
5.4%
4.9%
5.0%
11 / 2005
7.3%
5.4%
5.0%
12 / 2005
7.9%
5.1%
4.9%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2004
14.7%
7.7%
5.7%
2 / 2004
13.2%
7.5%
5.6%
3 / 2004
11.9%
7.2%
5.8%
4 / 2004
10.4%
6.3%
5.6%
5 / 2004
9.7%
6.1%
5.6%
6 / 2004
8.2%
6.2%
5.6%
7 / 2004
8.2%
5.9%
5.5%
8 / 2004
8.4%
5.8%
5.4%
9 / 2004
6.4%
5.4%
5.4%
10 / 2004
6.4%
5.4%
5.5%
11 / 2004
9.6%
5.8%
5.4%
12 / 2004
11.3%
5.9%
5.4%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2003
13.8%
8.1%
5.8%
2 / 2003
13.2%
8.2%
5.9%
3 / 2003
12.0%
8.0%
5.9%
4 / 2003
12.1%
7.5%
6.0%
5 / 2003
10.4%
7.3%
6.1%
6 / 2003
9.5%
7.6%
6.3%
7 / 2003
9.2%
7.3%
6.2%
8 / 2003
9.9%
7.3%
6.1%
9 / 2003
7.7%
6.9%
6.1%
10 / 2003
8.0%
6.6%
6.0%
11 / 2003
11.9%
7.1%
5.8%
12 / 2003
13.2%
7.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2002
15.7%
8.3%
5.7%
2 / 2002
13.8%
8.2%
5.7%
3 / 2002
13.4%
8.0%
5.7%
4 / 2002
12.4%
7.6%
5.9%
5 / 2002
10.9%
7.3%
5.8%
6 / 2002
9.5%
7.3%
5.8%
7 / 2002
8.8%
7.1%
5.8%
8 / 2002
9.9%
7.1%
5.7%
9 / 2002
7.2%
6.7%
5.7%
10 / 2002
6.9%
6.6%
5.7%
11 / 2002
11.3%
7.3%
5.9%
12 / 2002
13.1%
7.4%
6.0%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2001
14.5%
6.3%
4.2%
2 / 2001
14.5%
6.6%
4.2%
3 / 2001
13.3%
6.4%
4.3%
4 / 2001
12.3%
5.9%
4.4%
5 / 2001
10.6%
5.9%
4.3%
6 / 2001
9.3%
6.1%
4.5%
7 / 2001
8.6%
5.9%
4.6%
8 / 2001
9.8%
6.2%
4.9%
9 / 2001
7.7%
5.9%
5.0%
10 / 2001
7.7%
6.1%
5.3%
11 / 2001
12.4%
7.0%
5.5%
12 / 2001
14.5%
7.3%
5.7%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 2000
12.8%
5.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
12.7%
5.9%
4.1%
3 / 2000
11.6%
5.5%
4.0%
4 / 2000
10.1%
4.8%
3.8%
5 / 2000
9.3%
5.0%
4.0%
6 / 2000
7.6%
5.0%
4.0%
7 / 2000
7.8%
5.1%
4.0%
8 / 2000
8.6%
5.2%
4.1%
9 / 2000
6.3%
4.7%
3.9%
10 / 2000
6.0%
4.6%
3.9%
11 / 2000
10.4%
5.2%
3.9%
12 / 2000
12.1%
5.3%
3.9%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1999
14.5%
5.6%
4.3%
2 / 1999
14.1%
5.8%
4.4%
3 / 1999
12.4%
5.2%
4.2%
4 / 1999
11.7%
4.7%
4.3%
5 / 1999
10.3%
4.8%
4.2%
6 / 1999
9.8%
5.0%
4.3%
7 / 1999
8.3%
4.8%
4.3%
8 / 1999
9.3%
4.7%
4.2%
9 / 1999
6.7%
4.5%
4.2%
10 / 1999
6.2%
4.2%
4.1%
11 / 1999
9.5%
4.6%
4.1%
12 / 1999
11.1%
4.7%
4.0%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1998
15.2%
5.6%
4.6%
2 / 1998
14.0%
5.5%
4.6%
3 / 1998
12.7%
5.3%
4.7%
4 / 1998
10.6%
4.3%
4.3%
5 / 1998
9.0%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 1998
8.3%
4.7%
4.5%
7 / 1998
8.1%
4.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
8.8%
4.7%
4.5%
9 / 1998
7.1%
4.6%
4.6%
10 / 1998
6.7%
4.4%
4.5%
11 / 1998
10.6%
4.7%
4.4%
12 / 1998
12.5%
4.8%
4.4%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1997
15.5%
6.1%
5.3%
2 / 1997
14.5%
6.1%
5.2%
3 / 1997
12.3%
5.7%
5.2%
4 / 1997
12.0%
5.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
9.3%
4.8%
4.9%
6 / 1997
8.1%
4.8%
5.0%
7 / 1997
7.7%
4.6%
4.9%
8 / 1997
7.7%
4.6%
4.8%
9 / 1997
6.6%
4.3%
4.9%
10 / 1997
6.2%
4.1%
4.7%
11 / 1997
9.7%
4.3%
4.6%
12 / 1997
11.8%
4.5%
4.7%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1996
18.3%
7.5%
5.6%
2 / 1996
17.6%
7.2%
5.5%
3 / 1996
16.2%
6.8%
5.5%
4 / 1996
14.2%
6.2%
5.6%
5 / 1996
13.6%
6.4%
5.6%
6 / 1996
11.2%
5.9%
5.3%
7 / 1996
10.5%
5.8%
5.5%
8 / 1996
11.5%
5.6%
5.1%
9 / 1996
8.8%
5.3%
5.2%
10 / 1996
7.8%
5.1%
5.2%
11 / 1996
12.2%
5.5%
5.4%
12 / 1996
14.0%
5.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1995
18.0%
7.1%
5.6%
2 / 1995
17.4%
7.3%
5.4%
3 / 1995
15.4%
6.7%
5.4%
4 / 1995
14.9%
6.4%
5.8%
5 / 1995
13.3%
6.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
11.0%
6.3%
5.6%
7 / 1995
11.1%
6.2%
5.7%
8 / 1995
13.1%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 1995
9.5%
5.9%
5.6%
10 / 1995
9.2%
5.8%
5.5%
11 / 1995
14.9%
6.5%
5.6%
12 / 1995
15.7%
6.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1994
17.6%
8.0%
6.6%
2 / 1994
18.2%
8.1%
6.6%
3 / 1994
16.3%
7.6%
6.5%
4 / 1994
14.3%
6.8%
6.4%
5 / 1994
11.9%
6.3%
6.1%
6 / 1994
9.7%
6.3%
6.1%
7 / 1994
11.4%
6.1%
6.1%
8 / 1994
11.5%
6.1%
6.0%
9 / 1994
8.4%
5.7%
5.9%
10 / 1994
9.5%
5.6%
5.8%
11 / 1994
14.1%
6.2%
5.6%
12 / 1994
15.4%
6.1%
5.5%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1993
21.6%
8.9%
7.3%
2 / 1993
19.6%
8.8%
7.1%
3 / 1993
18.3%
8.1%
7.0%
4 / 1993
16.2%
7.3%
7.1%
5 / 1993
13.9%
7.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
12.4%
7.2%
7.0%
7 / 1993
12.4%
7.0%
6.9%
8 / 1993
12.8%
6.9%
6.8%
9 / 1993
9.7%
6.5%
6.7%
10 / 1993
10.2%
6.5%
6.8%
11 / 1993
13.7%
6.7%
6.6%
12 / 1993
15.7%
6.8%
6.5%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1992
18.7%
8.1%
7.3%
2 / 1992
17.3%
8.3%
7.4%
3 / 1992
15.9%
7.7%
7.4%
4 / 1992
13.7%
6.8%
7.4%
5 / 1992
12.6%
7.0%
7.6%
6 / 1992
10.3%
7.2%
7.8%
7 / 1992
12.4%
6.9%
7.7%
8 / 1992
11.8%
7.0%
7.6%
9 / 1992
8.6%
6.8%
7.6%
10 / 1992
12.7%
6.8%
7.3%
11 / 1992
16.0%
7.6%
7.4%
12 / 1992
17.9%
7.8%
7.4%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1991
18.0%
7.1%
6.4%
2 / 1991
16.8%
7.2%
6.6%
3 / 1991
15.3%
6.7%
6.8%
4 / 1991
14.4%
5.9%
6.7%
5 / 1991
12.5%
6.0%
6.9%
6 / 1991
11.0%
6.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
9.8%
5.8%
6.8%
8 / 1991
12.4%
6.0%
6.9%
9 / 1991
9.2%
5.8%
6.9%
10 / 1991
8.3%
5.8%
7.0%
11 / 1991
15.0%
6.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
16.2%
7.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Yakima, WA%
Washington%
National %
1 / 1990
16.2%
6.3%
5.4%
2 / 1990
15.7%
6.5%
5.3%
3 / 1990
14.3%
5.8%
5.2%
4 / 1990
12.5%
5.1%
5.4%
5 / 1990
10.8%
5.0%
5.4%
6 / 1990
8.1%
4.7%
5.2%
7 / 1990
9.2%
4.7%
5.5%
8 / 1990
10.2%
4.7%
5.7%
9 / 1990
6.8%
4.5%
5.9%
10 / 1990
7.3%
4.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
14.0%
5.4%
6.2%
12 / 1990
14.8%
5.8%
6.3%