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Distressed areas list 2015

2015 distressed areas1

Distressed areas list
Distressed areas are counties where the three-year unemployment rate is at least 20 percent higher than the statewide average.
The yearly list of distressed areas (Washington state counties) is compiled by averaging the employment and unemployment numbers for the prior 3 years. We create the distressed-areas list in cooperation with the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is updated annually, usually in the spring.
For more information about distressed areas, see Chapter 43.168 of the Revised Code of Washington

Three-year average unemployment rate 
(Jan 12 -Dec 14)
(not seasonally adjusted)
Distressed area: unemployment rate greater than or equal to
Washington State
7.1%8.5%
Adams County8.6%Adams
Asotin County 8.1%
Benton County8.6%Benton
Chelan County7.1%
Clallam County9.5%Clallam
Clark County9.2%Clark
Columbia County8.3%
Cowlitz County9.7%Cowlitz
Douglas County8.0%
Ferry County13.6%Ferry
Franklin County9.1%Franklin
Garfield County7.5%
Grant County8.5%Grant
Grays Harbor County11.7%Grays Harbor
Island County7.5%
Jefferson County9.1%Jefferson
King County5.3%
Kitsap County7.1%
Kittitas County7.8%
Klickitat County9.8%Klickitat
Lewis County10.5%Lewis
Lincoln County6.7%
Mason County9.7%Mason
Okanogan County8.4%
Pacific County11.3%Pacific
Pend Oreille County11.8%Pend Oreille
Pierce County8.2%
San Juan County5.8%
Skagit County8.4%
Skamania County10.0%Skamania
Snohomish County6.1%
Spokane County8.0%
Stevens County10.6%Stevens
Thurston County7.5%
Wahkiakum County11.9%Wahkiakum
Walla Walla County7.1%
Whatcom County7.3%
Whitman County6.0%
Yakima County9.7%Yakima

¹ Prepared in cooperation with the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics

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