Tri Cities Unemployment Rate Lowest in Years

The state reported that unemployment rates, not seasonally adjusted, in metropolitan areas around the state were: Bellingham, 3.7 percent; Bremerton, 4.3; Longview, 5.8; Mount Vernon-Anacortes, 4.1; Olympia, 4; Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, 3.9; Spokane, 4.1; Tacoma, 4.5; Wenatchee, 3.5; and Yakima, 4.9.

Smaller labor market areas also reported low rates: Aberdeen, 6.4 percent; Centralia, 5.7; Ellensburg, 3.5; Moses Lake, 4.3; Oak Harbor, 4.3; Port Angeles, 4.7; Pullman, 3.2; Shelton, 4.8; and Walla Walla, 4.

Unemployment rates by select counties were: Adams, 3.8 percent; Asotin, 4.3; Chelan, 3.6; Clark, 4.9; Columbia, 6.4; Douglas, 3.2; Ferry, 6.3; Garfield, 4.3; Jefferson, 4.1; King, 3.8; Klickitat, 4.7; Lincoln, 4.6; Okanogan, 4.6; Pacific, 5.5; Pend Oreille, 5.1; San Juan, 2.9; Skamania, 5; Snohomish, 4.1; Stevens, 5.3; and Wahkiakum, 5.5.