Pacific Northwest Research Station

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	(Employment and population in number of people, wages in dollars per week, unemployment in percent)
	Average annual covered employment			Average weekly wages
Year and County	Total	NAICS 321^b	NAICS 113^c	Total	NAICS 321^b	NAICS 113^c	Unempl- oyment	Population

Adams
1994	6,722	0		317.02	0		11.5	15,296
1995	7,197	D		339.69	D		11.4	15,310
1996	7,037	D		344.66	D		12.0	15,400
1997	7,226	D		347.23	D		10.2	15,541
1998	7,510	D		364.19	D		10.7	15,324
1999	7,156	0		389.69	0		10.2	15,235
2000	6,920	0	0	413.99	0	0	7.5	16,428
2001	7,101	D	0	417.18	D	0	8.6	16,286
2002	7,001	D	0	439.54	D	0	9.2	16,434
2003	6,953	0	0	459.45	0	0	8.9	16,602
2004	6,890	D	0	477.09	D	0	7.9	16,596
2005	6,894	D	0	507.10	D	0	7.0	16,803
2006	6,898	D	0	531.12	D	0	6.5	16,887
2007	6,740	D	0	547.80	D	0	5.9	16,982
2008	6,858	D	0	575.13	D	0	6.2	17,285
Asotin
1994	4,431	141		347.49	515.13		3.6	19,731
1995	4,421	140		366.03	513.35		4.3	20,287
1996	4,504	D		377.53	D		4.6	20,815
1997	4,753	D		394.63	D		3.7	21,171
1998	5,085	184		394.86	615.65		4.1	21,264
1999	5,133	184		412.16	667.85		3.4	21,206
2000	5,149	181	0	432.69	662.30	0	5.0	20,551
2001	5,225	D	0	444.04	D	0	5.5	20,560
2002	5,149	D	D	466.31	D	D	7.3	20,453
2003	5,348	D	5	471.66	D	193.35	7.6	20,625
2004	5,346	D	6	484.01	D	400.96	6.6	20,831
2005	5,373	D	D	505.40	D	D	6.2	21,178
2006	5,520	D	D	532.29	D	D	4.8	21,247
2007	5,557	185	5	540.78	753.41	580.04	4.6	21,111
2008	5,669	122	10	543.58	831.19	583.49	6.1	21,420
Benton
1994	62,022	D		556.84	D		5.2	129,730
1995	60,173	D		572.64	D		7.4	133,587
1996	58,003	28		582.79	378.83		8.5	134,536
1997	59,413	D		588.73	D		6.6	135,772
1998	58,847	D		618.76	D		6.6	136,250
1999	60,370	D		629.21	D		5.6	137,844
2000	61,874	D	0	657.37	D	0	4.9	142,475
2001	64,479	D	0	699.27	0	0	5.7	146,634
2002	66,203	0	0	737.20	0	0	6.3	150,366
2003	68,130	0	0	755.79	0	0	6.8	153,660
2004	69,424	0	0	786.84	0	0	5.9	155,991
2005	69,968	0	0	807.88	0	0	5.7	157,950
2006	69,284	0	0	810.38	0	0	5.7	159,463
2007	73,505	0	0	839.54	0	0	4.8	159,414
2008	75,119	0	0	870.73	0	0	5.1	163,058
Chelan
1994	34,023	208		371.28	427.61		8.4	56,509
1995	33,803	202		382.25	462.49		9.8	58,273
1996	33,890	228		405.22	471.24		10.7	59,299
1997	34,714	240		423.05	502.16		7.9	59,717
1998	36,270	244		421.79	524.81		8.8	60,052
1999	34,959	249		450.82	548.53		8.6	60,835
2000	34,914	252	0	455.52	557.33	0	6.5	66,616
2001	35,180	241	D	486.86	595.55	D	8.1	67,133
2002	34,938	160	77	506.90	625.73	491.42	8.7	67,050
2003	35,125	135	77	517.08	662.38	469.79	8.5	67,973
2004	36,598	151	70	517.77	648.49	547.67	6.9	68,987
2005	37,500	174	65	535.36	649.62	534.93	5.9	69,791
2006	38,848	164	53	557.85	745.27	585.73	5.2	71,034
2007	39,597	53	51	579.85	520.94	611.75	4.9	70,993
2008	39,408	36	42	603.83	525.88	578.52	5.5	71,540
Clallam
1994	18,331	763		402.24	526.21		10.1	61,616
1995	18,850	816		414.16	550.39		8.8	62,381
1996	18,605	908		426.37	544.80		9.7	63,355
1997	19,528	961		448.29	560.89		7.9	63,857
1998	20,039	932		446.81	564.46		7.9	64,169
1999	20,073	970		457.04	596.43		7.4	64,690
2000	19,895	934	76	473.03	591.52	645.38	6.9	64,179
2001	20,412	870	75	486.14	576.59	599.78	7.8	65,759
2002	20,480	492	347	500.58	559.37	651.95	8.5	66,302
2003	20,751	466	358	518.64	585.97	656.00	8.3	66,892
2004	21,586	452	399	536.06	651.19	692.78	6.9	67,867
2005	22,548	631	391	554.47	737.64	720.15	6.1	69,689
2006	23,054	674	392	579.30	760.55	757.27	5.9	70,400
2007	23,190	649	365	598.06	815.19	787.75	5.9	70,474
2008	22,817	433	367	612.93	842.63	835.62	7.1	71,021
Clark
1994	91,802	1,499		470.59	472.96		4.2	282,360
1995	96,340	1,270		490.43	480.93		4.1	292,916
1996	100,374	1,189		519.11	518.98		4.4	305,001
1997	105,557	1,216		540.20	531.73		3.6	316,526
1998	109,446	1,076		564.04	578.29		4.0	326,943
1999	112,450	1,052		583.51	603.30		3.9	336,268
2000	113,809	936	D	618.41	617.42	D	4.8	345,238
2001	114,707	930	D	637.04	634.45	D	6.8	360,760
2002	114,062	732	84	650.66	578.84	953.55	9.1	370,236
2003	115,870	710	99	661.55	616.36	895.79	9.4	379,577
2004	120,634	766	111	680.20	674.10	938.62	7.5	392,403
2005	125,552	806	D	705.19	750.71	D	6.2	403,766
2006	129,862	830	158	730.78	731.10	764.68	5.8	412,938
2007	132,808	804	152	757.73	786.91	768.07	5.6	418,070
2008	132,781	691	127	779.58	768.50	755.86	6.9	424,733
Columbia
1994	1,571	D		335.95	D		11.3	4,113
1995	1,176	D		362.26	D		13.3	4,224
1996	1,488	0		391.88	0		15.5	4,303
1997	1,528	0		399.27	0		11.8	4,277
1998	1,610	0		388.38	0		11.4	4,156
1999	1,641	0		417.63	0		11.6	4,155
2000	1,734	0	0	430.75	0	0	7.9	4,064
2001	1,564	0	0	464.45	0	0	9.1	4,113
2002	1,473	D	D	468.05	D	D	10.1	4,103
2003	1,465	D	D	476.19	D	D	9.4	4,093
2004	1,427	D	D	513.72	D	D	8.0	4,187
2005	1,403	D	D	531.37	D	D	7.7	4,129
2006	1,219	D	D	564.18	D	D	8.8	4,087
2007	1,300	D	D	611.83	D	D	6.6	3,986
2008	1,344	D	D	661.83	D	D	7.0	3,990
Cowlitz
1994	34,704	2,512		494.20	607.48		8.2	87,400
1995	36,106	2,604		510.65	624.85		7.5	88,896
1996	36,104	2,556		517.58	617.64		8.6	89,933
1997	36,241	2,544		531.71	630.81		7.1	90,834
1998	36,855	2,433		542.79	650.81		7.9	91,574
1999	38,281	2,271		559.44	667.58		7.1	91,949
2000	38,588	2,104	204	580.98	689.44	398.14	6.3	92,948
2001	37,844	1,987	210	597.50	833.77	420.32	9.4	93,716
2002	36,081	1,174	748	612.87	790.56	783.40	10.6	94,514
2003	35,949	1,199	739	615.64	761.24	874.55	9.9	95,146
2004	36,023	887	488	628.11	748.63	641.39	8.5	96,189
2005	36,505	1,275	703	654.03	836.55	922.43	7.2	97,325
2006	37,084	1,226	641	675.91	832.24	971.91	6.6	99,905
2007	37,702	1,131	665	712.46	852.08	980.98	6.3	100,467
2008	37,223	929	671	725.24	879.02	1065.69	8.2	101,254
Douglas
1994	8,379	D		299.69	D		6.9	31,155
1995	8,261	D		324.55	D		7.4	32,124
1996	8,416	D		337.55	D		8.4	32,630
1997	8,485	D		365.98	D		6.4	33,484
1998	8,714	D		377.17	D		6.9	33,631
1999	8,757	D		390.34	D		6.8	34,191
2000	8,892	D	0	401.85	D	0.00	6.1	32,603
2001	8,565	D	D	422.76	D	D	7.3	32,967
2002	8,753	D	D	438.57	D	D	7.6	33,409
2003	9,196	0	D	439.06	0	D	7.7	33,753
2004	9,820	0	D	465.27	0	D	6.3	34,427
2005	10,203	D	D	471.67	D	D	5.5	34,977
2006	10,030	D	D	493.18	D	D	5.0	35,772
2007	10,710	D	D	508.57	D	D	4.7	36,177
2008	10,634	D	D	533.62	D	D	5.3	36,653
Ferry
1994	1,896	207		424.08	479.68		12.6	6,997
1995	1,836	175		436.28	528.69		13.2	7,157
1996	1,841	200		453.16	541.49		13.6	7,166
1997	1,855	198		464.70	577.17		9.8	7,256
1998	1,774	165		456.73	576.06		11.3	7,170
1999	1,772	192		451.30	534.19		11.1	7,188
2000	1,759	164	43	465.98	604.37	447.19	9.4	7,260
2001	1,695	148	D	463.88	629.42	D	11.2	7,296
2002	1,743	D	D	474.03	D	D	10.7	7,268
2003	1,673	199	D	480.22	143.28	D	13.5	7,417
2004	1,711	D	69	510.24	D	544.53	10.7	7,565
2005	1,729	0	D	534.87	0.00	D	9.1	7,542
2006	1,684	D	D	545.33	D	D	9.5	7,560
2007	1,704	D	75	582.13	D	636.47	7.9	7,373
2008	1,723	0	63	594.29	0.00	655.80	8.7	7,353
Franklin
1994	19,221	32		382.46	476.40		8.3	44,135
1995	19,278	46		392.31	384.80		10.0	45,682
1996	19,614	59		397.32	335.30		12.0	45,766
1997	20,406	51		413.80	332.42		9.4	47,027
1998	20,960	68		422.85	338.37		10.0	46,459
1999	21,476	83		436.07	375.87		9.4	46,782
2000	21,749	92	0	458.96	384.50	0	7.2	49,347
2001	21,591	105	0	469.86	395.81	0	8.0	51,015
2002	21,881	106	0	491.53	437.84	0	8.6	52,745
2003	22,396	123	0	505.34	475.06	0	8.7	56,126
2004	23,136	115	0	524.67	536.80	0	7.5	59,472
2005	23,750	130	0	538.19	567.94	0	6.9	63,011
2006	24,785	146	0	562.43	570.53	0	7.2	66,570
2007	25,499	106	0	590.14	552.60	0	6.4	69,578
2008	27,114	83	0	613.70	569.96	0	6.2	72,783
Garfield
1994	733	0		344.54	0		4.9	2,311
1995	711	0		361.29	0		4.9	2,289
1996	762	0		367.09	0		4.6	2,299
1997	753	0		397.04	0		3.6	2,279
1998	764	0		418.58	0		3.6	2,330
1999	775	0		432.80	0		3.7	2,339
2000	845	0	0	472.25	0	0	4.6	2,397
2001	874	0	0	484.17	0	0	5.0	2,342
2002	864	0	0	522.68	0	0	6.1	2,327
2003	880	0	0	535.01	0	0	6.4	2,371
2004	894	0	0	545.81	0	0	5.2	2,311
2005	844	0	0	574.98	0	0	5.5	2,344
2006	820	0	0	598.12	0	0	5.5	2,223
2007	807	0	0	617.54	0	0	4.7	2,050
2008	817	0	0	629.13	0	0	4.6	2,060
Grant
1994	25,754	D		361.92	D		9.4	63,303
1995	26,274	D		370.87	D		9.8	65,728
1996	27,330	D		385.68	D		10.5	67,684
1997	28,534	D		406.96	D		8.6	69,719
1998	30,024	D		414.44	D		9.2	70,545
1999	30,101	D		422.04	D		9.3	72,019
2000	30,433	D	0	432.17	D	0	7.7	74,698
2001	30,978	D	0	451.61	D	0	8.8	76,221
2002	30,909	19	0	464.32	263.34	0	9.4	77,983
2003	31,378	21	0	473.93	253.59	0	9.2	78,691
2004	31,958	18	0	494.30	260.21	0	8.1	79,981
2005	31,948	21	0	512.44	287.59	0	7.4	81,229
2006	33,573	D	0	539.68	D	0	6.6	82,612
2007	35,154	14	0	568.62	338.26	0	5.8	83,047
2008	35,220	19	0	611.32	283.63	0	6.4	84,697
Grays Harbor
1994	22,441	2,347		421.79	613.01		12.3	66,664
1995	22,883	2,367		442.33	637.75		10.9	67,293
1996	22,698	2,205		453.58	679.83		11.8	67,750
1997	23,114	2,316		468.75	686.15		9.3	67,945
1998	22,952	2,285		478.88	702.00		10.2	67,739
1999	22,977	2,047		501.50	687.28		8.1	67,102
2000	23,694	2,172	0	516.11	698.72	0	7.3	67,194
2001	23,197	2,080	0	525.21	710.19	0	9.1	68,331
2002	23,084	1,306	672	546.82	728.03	757.72	9.4	68,470
2003	23,422	1,354	667	560.53	753.54	803.67	9.4	69,406
2004	24,222	1,428	724	571.33	782.69	756.73	8.3	70,338
2005	24,708	1,757	608	588.92	809.81	761.05	7.4	70,900
2006	24,903	1,616	576	609.04	832.68	790.34	7.1	71,587
2007	24,927	1,680	533	623.92	830.06	807.93	7.1	71,335
2008	24,930	1,626	447	636.64	821.57	774.71	7.7	71,342
Island
1994	12,750	D		377.18	D		4.9	65,841
1995	13,267	D		384.16	D		4.5	67,242
1996	13,500	25		400.60	338.16		4.9	68,247
1997	13,753	46		407.41	493.71		3.4	70,664
1998	13,812	D		423.50	D		3.5	70,319
1999	13,918	D		439.80	D		3.9	73,490
2000	14,102	D	0	460.55	D	0	5.0	71,558
2001	14,324	D	0	475.54	D	0	6.1	74,114
2002	14,753	D	D	498.11	D	D	7.2	75,050
2003	14,814	D	D	511.05	D	D	7.4	76,384
2004	15,084	D	D	527.82	D	D	6.6	79,293
2005	15,150	D	D	540.12	D	D	5.8	79,252
2006	15,797	D	D	563.92	D	D	5.2	81,489
2007	15,933	D	D	581.23	D	D	4.9	81,326
2008	15,722	D	D	600.23	D	D	5.5	81,424
Jefferson
1994	6,546	77		354.04	393.94		8.5	24,053
1995	6,779	67		366.04	419.15		7.3	24,991
1996	6,835	67		381.91	402.86		8.3	25,501
1997	6,965	68		391.28	381.47		6.8	25,945
1998	7,156	70		408.81	415.15		6.7	26,232
1999	7,635	66		426.01	428.60		5.9	26,748
2000	7,837	65	D	448.64	477.06	D	5.4	26,299
2001	8,282	65	D	461.11	449.14	D	6.4	26,584
2002	8,203	32	25	482.78	608.88	454.58	7.5	26,761
2003	8,520	25	24	497.60	629.54	560.15	7.1	27,716
2004	8,931	D	23	511.86	D	609.47	5.9	28,110
2005	9,016	D	31	536.35	D	591.11	5.3	28,666
2006	9,118	D	19	552.88	D	490.42	5.1	29,279
2007	9,148	15	15	564.67	691.09	645.23	4.7	29,199
2008	9,060	12	6	591.90	554.40	912.54	5.5	29,542
King
1994	932,746	6,389		590.68	770.24		5.5	1,584,625
1995	951,945	6,348		619.77	829.54		5.2	1,596,823
1996	990,293	6,131		660.94	858.06		4.9	1,613,507
1997	1,044,399	5,864		717.28	952.11		3.3	1,632,852
1998	1,094,690	5,508		794.00	987.31		3.1	1,654,876
1999	1,130,774	5,305		885.65	1,177.28		3.2	1,664,846
2000	1,162,036	5,257	156	908.05	1,159.96	1391.47	4.0	1,737,043
2001	1,146,074	5,490	150	907.45	1,221.49	1483.55	5.1	1,741,785
2002	1,103,281	1,276	650	921.43	676.99	1236.20	6.2	1,759,604
2003	1,088,637	1,305	398	942.30	690.84	2092.97	6.2	1,761,411
2004	1,096,076	1,290	330	941.77	680.40	2019.60	5.1	1,777,143
2005	1,116,434	1,534	233	964.21	760.03	2448.47	4.8	1,793,583
2006	1,149,932	1,767	208	1,028.51	816.17	2217.15	4.2	1,826,732
2007	1,177,434	1,494	197	1,078.71	864.81	2851.51	3.7	1,859,284
2008	1,193,820	1,655	180	1,114.94	934.47	4194.38	4.3	1,875,519
Kitsap
1994	67,961	200		482.45	621.77		6.0	216,258
1995	68,348	173		496.78	624.71		6.6	225,841
1996	69,511	105		499.02	537.43		6.8	231,156
1997	68,879	107		529.33	435.17		5.5	234,608
1998	69,722	132		544.90	492.58		5.3	232,623
1999	70,717	129		559.68	543.75		5.0	236,560
2000	72,036	150	159	587.06	556.14	769.65	5.0	231,969
2001	73,505	152	82	604.55	558.37	776.14	6.0	233,372
2002	76,043	39	48	649.47	600.31	381.12	6.8	236,174
2003	77,501	48	45	665.58	573.21	664.71	6.8	240,719
2004	80,443	43	52	682.98	637.56	687.39	5.9	239,138
2005	82,245	29	58	701.11	715.56	817.81	5.1	240,661
2006	84,454	32	48	724.83	509.20	894.22	4.8	240,604
2007	84,151	33	49	757.62	610.94	937.60	4.4	236,732
2008	84,111	31	54	774.27	709.51	859.55	5.0	239,769
Kittitas
1994	10,772	145		343.15	401.30		8.4	29,818
1995	11,219	146		347.69	435.61		8.7	30,208
1996	11,343	126		362.44	488.92		8.6	30,820
1997	11,491	125		373.60	489.81		6.0	31,383
1998	11,271	106		392.10	475.85		6.0	31,714
1999	11,507	95		416.20	594.13		5.6	32,021
2000	11,828	105	D	431.29	573.58	D	5.5	33,362
2001	11,903	90	D	447.99	575.99	D	6.5	33,875
2002	12,331	D	64	466.39	D	569.66	7.0	34,370
2003	12,497	D	40	475.31	D	522.74	7.4	35,206
2004	12,549	D	36	502.38	D	632.05	6.5	35,721
2005	12,621	D	36	529.44	D	639.92	5.6	36,841
2006	13,104	D	24	560.69	D	553.77	5.3	37,189
2007	13,876	86	15	578.07	494.88	697.21	4.8	38,542
2008	14,023	78	15	597.74	499.49	613.47	5.8	38,951
Klickitat
1994	5,579	596		407.24	518.41		11.6	17,806
1995	5,774	524		427.78	542.32		11.6	18,294
1996	5,839	509		488.20	495.11		12.3	18,562
1997	5,994	D		469.48	D		10.6	19,069
1998	5,803	D		490.62	D		10.8	19,295
1999	5,781	D		492.99	D		9.2	19,530
2000	6,011	D	D	505.89	D	D	7.5	19,161
2001	5,842	D	D	486.98	D	D	11.1	19,339
2002	5,997	D	D	489.48	D	D	11.4	19,381
2003	5,861	D	D	495.57	D	D	11.9	19,547
2004	5,951	211	165	507.98	624.70	682.35	9.2	19,855
2005	5,838	D	D	535.19	D	D	7.8	19,839
2006	6,066	D	D	568.51	D	D	7.1	20,335
2007	6,219	247	151	605.20	625.00	717.61	6.7	20,097
2008	6,466	221	116	655.62	626.62	699.52	7.5	20,377
Lewis
1994	23,278	2,481		419.81	595.31		8.5	64,643
1995	24,396	2,573		431.33	603.14		8.6	65,895
1996	24,700	2,650		448.60	627.86		9.9	66,836
1997	25,536	2,637		460.57	649.70		7.8	67,585
1998	24,815	2,189		464.83	688.87		8.3	68,163
1999	25,167	2,367		488.11	706.25		8.2	68,621
2000	24,940	2,239	356	502.87	740.80	377.09	7.3	68,600
2001	24,728	2,099	367	518.48	741.07	430.96	8.6	69,273
2002	24,671	1,549	650	540.13	793.30	753.90	9.2	69,710
2003	24,418	1,353	590	551.82	884.10	819.08	9.4	70,404
2004	24,637	1,439	640	574.04	920.25	814.15	8.3	71,539
2005	24,979	1,608	621	595.87	921.87	817.91	7.4	72,449
2006	25,892	1,901	632	631.00	925.22	823.11	7.0	73,585
2007	25,653	1,836	606	636.75	929.85	833.08	7.0	73,645
2008	25,261	1,892	571	639.41	899.71	832.91	8.2	74,132
Lincoln
1994	2,624	D		333.77	D		5.7	9,431
1995	2,801	D		344.49	D		6.3	9,499
1996	2,965	D		366.93	D		5.6	9,650
1997	2,992	D		385.37	D		4.6	9,802
1998	3,014	D		400.35	D		5.2	9,734
1999	2,872	D		405.22	D		5.0	9,759
2000	2,841	13	0	429.52	232.02	0	4.7	10,184
2001	2,966	D	0	439.50	D	0	5.7	10,257
2002	2,910	D	D	468.61	D	D	6.8	10,096
2003	2,972	D	D	475.45	D	D	6.9	10,201
2004	3,027	D	D	488.74	D	D	6.4	10,412
2005	2,909	D	D	508.75	D	D	5.9	10,381
2006	2,894	D	D	531.35	D	D	5.8	10,376
2007	2,958	D	0	548.79	D	0	5.2	10,255
2008	2,999	D	0	563.18	D	0	5.5	10,344
Mason
1994	10,475	1,377		420.58	641.34		8.4	45,765
1995	11,091	1,359		427.47	669.80		7.9	47,293
1996	11,600	1,394		441.70	687.93		8.5	48,470
1997	11,885	1,405		453.58	725.20		6.8	49,477
1998	12,194	1,484		466.56	715.31		6.4	49,867
1999	12,009	1,452		487.89	726.45		6.0	50,357
2000	12,089	1,410	104	494.04	733.67	250.33	6.4	49,405
2001	11,973	1,195	76	507.82	736.52	283.60	7.7	50,425
2002	12,360	890	258	524.75	725.61	764.19	8.3	51,008
2003	12,683	863	252	527.05	748.38	722.95	8.6	52,129
2004	13,208	889	239	544.76	818.30	789.21	7.4	53,637
2005	13,815	1,016	200	562.72	811.44	862.26	6.1	54,359
2006	14,510	1,213	203	571.08	778.90	1064.18	5.9	55,951
2007	14,754	1,053	212	596.11	794.15	977.42	5.8	56,384
2008	14,449	918	210	612.90	817.60	1008.53	7.0	57,846
Okanogan
1994	18,122	1,046		312.06	483.66		9.6	36,182
1995	17,656	1,020		325.20	498.42		10.4	37,090
1996	18,306	1,020		323.46	507.43		11.4	38,029
1997	18,678	993		335.22	497.15		9.4	38,652
1998	18,695	783		348.19	542.73		10.8	38,237
1999	17,413	991		370.15	589.04		9.2	38,432
2000	16,978	636	D	378.05	601.72	D	8.2	39,564
2001	15,900	164	D	384.41	539.53	D	9.9	39,543
2002	15,404	69	56	403.30	476.33	603.38	10.1	39,186
2003	16,533	52	68	398.14	457.69	569.00	9.5	39,134
2004	16,921	249	119	422.14	556.69	657.59	7.8	39,444
2005	17,249	93	65	431.27	447.21	555.91	7.2	39,782
2006	17,440	87	71	446.25	461.65	656.35	6.7	40,040
2007	17,492	258	112	472.38	627.69	663.63	6.3	39,653
2008	17,820	75	73	485.78	530.09	622.34	6.4	40,033
Pacific
1994	5,786	550		346.67	652.12		10.8	20,306
1995	5,976	548		361.08	668.43		10.2	20,787
1996	5,928	557		372.63	665.65		10.5	20,958
1997	5,956	595		380.87	694.11		9.0	21,116
1998	5,999	598		394.54	709.50		9.9	20,802
1999	5,851	432		403.29	717.47		8.3	20,768
2000	5,066	433	D	417.99	729.09	D	7.0	20,984
2001	6,066	385	D	422.81	771.07	D	8.4	20,844
2002	5,991	D	120	439.89	D	743.34	9.2	20,778
2003	6,138	264	122	447.50	814.23	755.03	9.2	21,103
2004	6,277	278	123	456.71	860.66	720.87	7.6	21,246
2005	6,302	280	111	481.97	865.90	766.84	6.6	21,579
2006	6,458	269	109	497.49	901.56	755.70	6.6	21,735
2007	6,509	246	122	520.89	874.67	763.04	6.8	21,490
2008	6,333	225	115	541.75	902.83	741.59	7.6	21,271
Pend Oreille
1994	2,254	154		453.70	575.58		11.9	10,338
1995	2,293	120		456.26	618.45		13.4	10,741
1996	2,312	D		473.19	D		16.3	11,093
1997	2,473	104		474.76	570.15		13.0	11,271
1998	2,476	105		482.21	597.56		12.1	11,526
1999	2,607	127		500.00	621.64		10.1	11,604
2000	2,681	124	D	509.95	653.67	D	7.6	11,732
2001	2,864	123	D	526.70	643.86	D	8.9	11,965
2002	2,906	D	56	538.29	D	563.01	9.6	12,008
2003	2,923	D	53	550.07	D	538.83	10.3	12,254
2004	2,976	D	65	595.99	D	615.17	8.7	12,474
2005	2,973	D	65	624.63	D	610.20	7.9	12,673
2006	3,046	D	57	662.65	D	644.81	7.4	12,951
2007	3,131	D	48	696.35	D	718.27	7.0	12,760
2008	3,235	D	42	718.58	D	770.88	8.6	12,859
Pierce
1994	207,599	4,081		457.83	536.47		6.5	637,353
1995	212,482	3,841		474.55	555.04		6.2	647,187
1996	214,066	3,917		491.26	616.96		6.2	655,015
1997	222,225	4,047		508.50	609.89		4.5	664,776
1998	228,264	3,913		528.71	629.21		4.5	676,505
1999	231,757	3,896		550.95	663.68		4.5	688,807
2000	237,042	3,693	231	580.05	632.24	674.26	5.0	700,818
2001	238,569	3,490	214	601.22	642.18	805.32	6.5	719,407
2002	238,158	2,589	398	625.89	671.07	735.94	8.1	732,282
2003	243,411	2,450	403	646.59	721.14	779.19	8.2	740,957
2004	249,998	2,730	232	691.01	739.63	727.52	7.1	745,411
2005	257,732	2,863	211	697.09	765.70	634.16	5.9	753,787
2006	265,719	2,648	220	724.75	764.94	755.40	5.2	766,878
2007	275,356	2,369	203	760.38	792.16	729.44	4.7	773,165
2008	274,634	2,079	181	790.24	822.10	785.90	5.7	785,639
San Juan
1994	3,960	44		353.74	569.56		6.4	11,442
1995	4,053	46		364.87	580.02		6.5	11,863
1996	4,046	46		367.77	569.40		7.2	12,012
1997	4,195	45		375.92	601.32		5.6	12,261
1998	4,561	46		388.92	629.00		4.5	12,493
1999	4,749	51		421.07	618.56		3.8	12,898
2000	4,933	49	D	431.95	592.63	D	4.0	14,077
2001	5,027	53	D	449.41	541.39	D	4.8	14,515
2002	4,954	D	D	465.80	D	D	5.7	14,565
2003	5,100	18	D	477.26	234.67	D	5.5	14,761
2004	5,343	55	D	488.10	616.93	D	4.5	15,190
2005	5,314	50	D	502.46	649.20	D	4.1	15,274
2006	5,394	47	0	530.06	623.43	0	3.9	15,298
2007	5,594	18	0	547.97	661.14	0	3.4	15,214
2008	5,681	20	0	558.66	667.04	0	3.7	15,294
Skagit
1994	35,786	607		411.41	471.13		9.1	91,657
1995	36,575	661		426.89	485.81		9.0	93,957
1996	37,632	583		429.02	513.33		9.7	95,753
1997	38,806	631		448.82	522.27		7.1	97,705
1998	39,597	720		463.65	515.54		7.1	99,357
1999	41,698	580		491.51	618.20		6.3	101,180
2000	43,929	561	D	512.2	626.22	D	5.8	102,979
2001	43,970	685	D	527.35	604.68	D	7.1	105,247
2002	43,642	456	340	550.89	660.41	685.92	8.2	106,906
2003	44,507	406	343	565.6	729.44	689.50	8.0	109,234
2004	45,499	261	355	575.22	916.35	734.05	6.8	111,064
2005	46,708	321	189	603.63	926.76	670.46	5.8	113,171
2006	47,877	314	151	631.24	933.68	718.56	5.2	115,700
2007	49,136	699	144	663.46	867.25	725.39	4.7	116,397
2008	48,869	633	136	695.04	888.02	760.64	5.7	118,000
Skamania
1994	1,912	172		379.75	562.17		10.5	8,935
1995	1,864	179		384.37	545.64		10.6	9,079
1996	1,871	178		401.42	544.64		11.4	9,284
1997	1,916	208		418.82	577.07		10.1	9,642
1998	2,017	206		443.77	582.62		10.0	9,805
1999	1,992	176		477.91	608.92		8.4	9,831
2000	2,045	165	D	486.42	639.93	D	6.1	9,872
2001	1,862	161	D	475.65	624.58	D	11.0	10,027
2002	1,887	111	21	483.56	683.05	732.4	10.0	10,049
2003	1,963	112	21	496.83	753.45	761.1	10.1	10,292
2004	2,025	140	27	515.72	787.48	680.09	8.6	10,549
2005	2,059	D	28	527.56	D	713.03	7.5	10,664
2006	2,127	D	D	530.15	D	D	7.1	10,833
2007	2,296	174	7	549.62	793.22	301.37	6.6	10,723
2008	2,176	126	D	580.07	849.17	D	8.3	10,794
Snohomish
1994	181,104	2,655		540.88	535.09		6.4	523,504
1995	182,076	2,578		555.27	549.83		5.8	532,979
1996	188,711	2,639		585.99	586.76		5.3	544,546
1997	202,847	2,907		620.05	584.15		3.5	564,610
1998	213,411	3,091		645.85	596.77		3.2	587,783
1999	211,883	3,094		651.99	620.67		3.9	596,598
2000	209,459	3,233	31	674.46	631.82	366.96	4.5	606,024
2001	209,643	2,954	32	699.80	635.01	343.89	5.3	622,900
2002	205,511	1,801	288	725.80	663.80	618.38	7.0	633,947
2003	207,114	2,045	256	743.65	694.83	608.95	7.0	639,409
2004	211,198	2,195	271	752.01	734.74	679.87	5.6	644,274
2005	221,081	2,160	261	788.68	747.53	689.09	5.1	655,944
2006	233,383	2,226	232	825.12	743.23	694.68	4.6	669,887
2007	253,392	2,008	219	873.07	769.63	759.57	4.0	676,898
2008	253,886	1,792	202	886.04	779.44	772.55	5.1	683,655
Spokane
1994	167,538	1,541		439.01	356.29		4.9	395,842
1995	170,358	1,423		453.45	359.48		5.4	401,304
1996	173,367	1,456		471.83	368.90		5.8	403,669
1997	177,678	1,314		490.99	386.55		4.6	404,650
1998	180,890	1,140		510.50	414.67		4.8	408,669
1999	183,695	1,214		529.99	402.10		5.2	409,736
2000	188,205	1,225	44	571.98	400.25	559.43	5.2	417,939
2001	190,097	948	44	563.21	439.78	387.7	6.6	423,261
2002	187,611	452	D	577.61	455.67	D	7.6	427,506
2003	190,292	494	D	587.54	422.78	D	7.5	431,027
2004	192,971	571	29	604.26	430.14	571.36	6.5	435,644
2005	197,469	629	D	626.46	453.81	D	5.6	440,706
2006	204,266	676	D	653.93	471.77	D	5.0	446,706
2007	209,432	586	29	682.36	498.59	613.15	4.8	456,175
2008	210,637	349	18	706.44	514.37	603.77	5.6	462,677
Stevens
1994	9,195	1,231		402.55	565.35		8.7	36,411
1995	9,273	1,031		410.97	563.31		9.4	37,635
1996	9,468	985		420.94	573.85		10.8	38,567
1997	9,774	1,105		437.71	615.26		9.1	39,243
1998	9,899	1,103		456.96	619.44		9.0	39,464
1999	9,846	1,143		465.35	656.01		8.7	40,137
2000	9,987	1,212	41	473.62	669.62	570.72	7.2	40,066
2001	9,929	1,190	45	494.11	658.98	558.97	9.1	40,641
2002	9,879	887	275	494.30	730.53	610.55	10.0	40,556
2003	10,041	838	255	506.58	746.78	606.51	9.6	40,776
2004	10,207	851	257	524.24	796.68	647.09	8.3	41,310
2005	10,022	803	255	539.29	784.49	584.15	7.7	42,013
2006	10,264	781	228	556.73	789.96	604.17	7.1	42,632
2007	10,444	758	231	570.45	821.07	671.18	7.1	41,835
2008	10,539	750	207	585.85	808.79	654.90	7.9	42,050
Thurston
1994	74,048	1,147		486.81	593.88		6.2	187,213
1995	74,444	1,118		501.23	620.66		6.2	192,329
1996	76,584	1,038		510.96	630.94		6.6	196,709
1997	78,849	918		525.11	621.43		5.1	200,362
1998	81,019	907		546.98	611.67		4.9	202,255
1999	82,890	968		571.02	554.05		4.6	205,459
2000	84,231	725	176	610.63	633.53	493.21	4.6	207,355
2001	85,086	662	125	630.21	657.33	463.26	5.8	213,546
2002	86,283	282	394	650.21	598.70	753.93	6.4	217,641
2003	89,129	309	386	659.95	613.16	810.39	6.4	221,950
2004	91,286	317	447	672.15	685.96	831.67	5.7	224,673
2005	93,813	303	470	695.12	769.98	821.12	5.0	228,867
2006	96,678	204	472	726.28	755.02	877.76	4.6	234,670
2007	99,922	187	383	761.74	688.72	915.39	4.4	238,555
2008	101,210	156	351	781.86	761.07	896.27	5.0	245,181
Wahkiakum
1994	698	110		381.14	493.44		9.2	3,617
1995	715	107		401.99	543.39		6.7	3,683
1996	730	D		400.34	D		7.0	3,784
1997	773	D		441.25	D		6.1	3,895
1998	822	D		439.87	D		6.3	3,857
1999	828	D		475.22	D		6.6	3,841
2000	813	D	D	477.94	D	D	6.6	3,824
2001	798	D	D	486.50	D	D	8.2	3,787
2002	776	D	D	492.45	D	D	9.6	3,793
2003	795	D	135	494.41	D	347.53	9.4	3,748
2004	818	D	145	499.61	D	666.81	7.5	3,755
2005	825	D	D	507.58	D	D	7.0	3,849
2006	846	D	D	518.53	D	D	6.5	4,026
2007	865	D	138	547.83	D	657.85	6.6	4,039
2008	673	D	118	463.94	D	651.83	7.2	4,133
Walla Walla
1994	22,372	217		406.66	546.79		5.6	52,884
1995	22,599	158		418.71	539.77		6.1	53,326
1996	22,590	67		439.88	560.17		7.5	53,529
1997	23,042	55		454.70	415.73		6.3	53,501
1998	23,271	D		469.65	D		6.8	53,702
1999	23,151	D		487.35	D		6.8	53,854
2000	24,043	D	D	499.44	D	D	5.7	55,180
2001	24,356	49	D	513.46	525.87	D	6.5	55,519
2002	24,687	D	D	526.98	D	D	6.8	56,149
2003	25,121	26	D	542.41	523.08	D	6.9	56,751
2004	25,278	27	27	558.41	546.54	672.28	6.1	57,354
2005	24,879	27	20	574.55	558.61	476.90	5.7	57,558
2006	25,078	31	0	609.57	536.26	0.00	5.5	57,721
2007	25,468	32	20	645.58	564.85	545.14	4.8	57,709
2008	26,481	32	22	665.32	574.62	491.36	4.9	57,788
Whatcom
1994	59,434	1,218		415.01	473.50		7.3	145,736
1995	60,559	1,239		429.76	513.20		7.4	149,084
1996	62,405	1,360		448.20	510.84		7.5	152,217
1997	64,316	1,383		459.79	515.63		5.8	154,249
1998	65,573	1,338		476.60	534.92		5.8	156,830
1999	66,852	1,395		492.23	554.71		5.2	160,310
2000	67,953	1,409	43	505.67	577.61	650.94	5.1	166,826
2001	68,843	1,398	40	533.15	580.87	671.92	6.5	170,849
2002	70,286	1,058	268	544.08	600.1	662.09	6.8	174,362
2003	72,461	1,187	310	559.98	611.98	619.44	6.6	176,571
2004	75,282	1,271	309	577.45	631.45	649.89	5.7	180,167
2005	78,477	1,365	258	598.53	646.41	673.12	4.9	183,471
2006	80,181	1,378	247	627.15	676.35	693.85	4.6	185,953
2007	82,863	1,356	276	656.32	704.20	701.10	4.2	192,999
2008	83,502	1,239	263	687.45	719.96	703.82	5.0	196,529
Whitman
1994	13,803	D		423.42	D		2.0	38,885
1995	13,680	D		438.30	D		2.1	39,328
1996	14,123	D		451.61	D		2.3	39,564
1997	14,303	D		486.29	D		1.8	39,321
1998	14,437	D		483.27	D		2.0	39,487
1999	14,512	D		499.89	D		1.8	38,386
2000	15,322	D	D	538.39	D	D	3.7	40,740
2001	14,903	D	D	540.70	D	D	4.4	39,879
2002	14,985	D	D	571.17	D	D	4.6	40,631
2003	15,189	D	0	588.69	D	0	4.9	40,702
2004	15,611	D	0	605.22	D	0	4.4	40,146
2005	15,789	D	0	607.01	D	0	4.2	40,170
2006	16,005	D	0	635.86	D	0	4.1	39,838
2007	15,987	D	0	684.73	D	0	3.8	41,229
2008	16,542	D	0	702.94	D	0	4.1	41,664
Yakima
1994	90,022	1,884		355.76	474.50		11.7	209,457
1995	89,401	1,705		369.49	502.93		12.5	213,288
1996	90,481	1,682		380.35	532.21		13.4	216,110
1997	92,753	1,632		398.15	543.25		10.0	218,318
1998	94,021	1,592		413.69	558.25		10.5	218,062
1999	92,634	1,659		430.66	577.89		9.8	220,785
2000	94,127	1,710	D	447.15	590.68	D	7.6	222,581
2001	92,153	1,563	D	465.43	614.85	D	9.4	223,886
2002	92,100	1,259	D	480.21	615.14	D	9.7	224,823
2003	93,474	1,139	160	496.76	637.40	675.81	9.7	226,727
2004	94,331	1,416	161	508.16	631.35	757.33	8.6	229,094
2005	95,246	1,075	155	525.59	619.63	734.92	7.6	231,586
2006	98,309	898	123	545.82	588.84	850.30	6.9	233,105
2007	99,910	951	134	570.85	591.86	879.11	6.3	233,062
2008	101,442	625	133	590.68	585.12	866.92	6.9	234,564
Total
1994	2,303,539	35,795		506.90	581.13		6.4	5,250,176
1995	2,341,208	34,747		527.68	608.96		6.4	5,339,331
1996	2,404,623	34,397		555.45	630.71		6.5	5,519,525
1997	2,508,962	34,692		591.45	654.49		4.8	5,610,362
1998	2,593,426	33,428		635.98	672.21		4.8	5,689,263
1999	2,645,008	33,133		687.35	726.65		4.7	5,756,361
2000	2,696,780	32,176	2,353	712.13	722.17	569.00	5.0	5,894,140
2001	2,689,366	30,318	2,004	720.32	764.11	604.76	6.2	5,987,973
2002	2,643,952	17,691	6,495	735.68	673.78	761.47	7.3	6,068,996
2003	2,656,604	17,573	6,087	750.68	700.01	823.76	7.4	6,131,445
2004	2,701,878	18,505	5,930	760.99	724.38	795.36	6.2	6,203,788
2005	2,766,867	19,716	5,614	782.78	756.84	825.12	5.5	6,287,759
2006	2,850,986	19,934	5,312	824.64	764.63	849.02	5.0	6,395,798
2007	2,935,633	19,227	5,177	863.98	783.43	886.49	4.5	6,468,424
2008	2,960,630	17,058	4,761	892.97	805.88	954.89	5.3	6,549,224

Note: D = data is not shown to avoid disclosure of data for individual employers.

a - 1994-1999 data is Standard Industrial Classification 24 (lumber and wood products, which includes logging). Classification changed to NAICS in 2000. To compare employment data for years before 2000 data to 2000-2008, add NAICS 321 & 113.

b - NAICS 321 = North America Industry Classification System for lumber and wood products.

c - NAICS 113 = North America Industry Classification System for forestry services and logging.

Source: Employment and payroll for covered employment and wages from Washington Employment Security Department: http://www.workforceexplorer.com

Unemployment rates are from U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. Web site http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/Unemployment.

Population rates are from U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. Web site http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/Population.

Production, Prices, Employment, and Trade in Northwest Forest Industries. All Years.

Table 26—Employment, wages, unemployment and population for the State of Washington, by county^a

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Production, Prices, Employment, and Trade in Northwest Forest Industries. All Years.

Table 26—Employment, wages, unemployment and population for the State of Washington, by countya

Table 26—Employment, wages, unemployment and population for the State of Washington, by county^a