Ferry County, WA Unemployment Rate Report

Ferry County, WA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Ferry County, Washington has ranged from 6.1% in October 2007 to 22.4% in February 2010. The current unemployment rate for Ferry County is 8.2% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Ferry County, WA Unemployment Rate by Month

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Ferry County, WA Current Unemployment - 8.2%

Ferry County, WA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2022	10.6%	5.1%	4.0%
2 / 2022	10.4%	4.6%	3.8%
3 / 2022	10.8%	4.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	8.1%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	7.8%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	8.1%	3.9%	3.6%
7 / 2022	6.7%	3.6%	3.5%
8 / 2022	8.2%	4.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2021	9.7%	6.8%	6.3%
2 / 2021	10.4%	6.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	9.8%	6.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	8.5%	5.6%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.7%	5.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.8%	5.3%	5.9%
7 / 2021	8.8%	5.3%	5.4%
8 / 2021	8.0%	5.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	6.3%	4.6%	4.7%
10 / 2021	6.6%	4.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	6.3%	3.9%	4.2%
12 / 2021	7.0%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2020	12.1%	4.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	13.3%	4.2%	3.5%
3 / 2020	12.6%	5.4%	4.4%
4 / 2020	15.5%	15.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	15.8%	14.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	11.0%	9.9%	11.1%
7 / 2020	12.5%	10.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	9.9%	8.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	10.2%	7.8%	7.9%
10 / 2020	7.1%	5.6%	6.9%
11 / 2020	7.5%	6.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	10.1%	6.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2019	15.4%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	15.2%	5.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	14.6%	4.8%	3.8%
4 / 2019	12.9%	4.1%	3.6%
5 / 2019	10.0%	4.1%	3.6%
6 / 2019	9.9%	4.2%	3.7%
7 / 2019	9.3%	4.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	9.7%	4.1%	3.7%
9 / 2019	8.7%	3.7%	3.5%
10 / 2019	8.8%	3.6%	3.6%
11 / 2019	10.0%	3.9%	3.5%
12 / 2019	11.3%	4.0%	3.5%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2018	16.1%	5.3%	4.1%
2 / 2018	17.5%	5.2%	4.1%
3 / 2018	16.4%	4.8%	4.0%
4 / 2018	13.6%	4.2%	3.9%
5 / 2018	11.8%	4.1%	3.8%
6 / 2018	10.9%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	9.9%	4.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	9.8%	4.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	7.6%	4.0%	3.7%
10 / 2018	7.9%	4.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	9.8%	4.4%	3.7%
12 / 2018	11.5%	4.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2017	12.3%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2017	13.1%	5.5%	4.7%
3 / 2017	13.6%	5.0%	4.4%
4 / 2017	11.4%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	10.1%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 2017	10.7%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	9.4%	4.5%	4.3%
8 / 2017	10.0%	4.6%	4.4%
9 / 2017	8.8%	4.3%	4.2%
10 / 2017	9.4%	4.2%	4.1%
11 / 2017	11.4%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	14.1%	4.7%	4.1%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2016	13.4%	6.1%	4.9%
2 / 2016	14.4%	6.1%	4.9%
3 / 2016	13.2%	5.8%	5.0%
4 / 2016	11.0%	5.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	9.1%	5.1%	4.8%
6 / 2016	9.0%	5.2%	4.9%
7 / 2016	8.7%	5.1%	4.8%
8 / 2016	9.2%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	8.1%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2016	8.1%	4.7%	4.9%
11 / 2016	9.3%	4.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	10.8%	5.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2015	13.0%	6.5%	5.7%
2 / 2015	14.1%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	12.4%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	9.9%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 2015	9.3%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2015	9.3%	5.5%	5.3%
7 / 2015	9.1%	5.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	9.3%	5.3%	5.1%
9 / 2015	8.9%	5.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	8.9%	5.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	9.4%	5.6%	5.1%
12 / 2015	11.2%	5.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2014	14.4%	7.0%	6.6%
2 / 2014	15.0%	7.2%	6.7%
3 / 2014	13.8%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	11.0%	5.7%	6.2%
5 / 2014	11.2%	6.0%	6.3%
6 / 2014	10.0%	5.8%	6.1%
7 / 2014	10.0%	6.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	9.8%	6.0%	6.1%
9 / 2014	9.1%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 2014	9.7%	5.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	9.9%	6.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	12.0%	5.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2013	16.8%	8.3%	8.0%
2 / 2013	16.7%	8.1%	7.7%
3 / 2013	15.5%	7.4%	7.5%
4 / 2013	14.0%	6.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	13.6%	6.9%	7.5%
6 / 2013	13.0%	7.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	12.4%	6.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	11.9%	6.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	11.1%	6.4%	7.2%
10 / 2013	11.5%	6.5%	7.2%
11 / 2013	12.4%	6.6%	6.9%
12 / 2013	13.5%	6.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2012	19.6%	9.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	20.4%	9.4%	8.3%
3 / 2012	18.4%	8.9%	8.2%
4 / 2012	15.9%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	15.4%	8.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	14.8%	8.2%	8.2%
7 / 2012	14.1%	8.2%	8.2%
8 / 2012	14.1%	7.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	13.1%	7.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	12.8%	7.2%	7.8%
11 / 2012	13.4%	7.3%	7.7%
12 / 2012	15.6%	7.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2011	19.2%	10.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	20.3%	10.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	19.4%	9.9%	9.0%
4 / 2011	18.1%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	17.5%	9.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	16.1%	9.4%	9.1%
7 / 2011	16.1%	9.1%	9.0%
8 / 2011	16.8%	9.0%	9.0%
9 / 2011	15.8%	8.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	15.7%	8.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	15.7%	8.7%	8.6%
12 / 2011	17.8%	8.8%	8.5%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2010	21.7%	11.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	22.4%	11.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	21.0%	10.9%	9.9%
4 / 2010	18.8%	10.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	17.4%	9.9%	9.6%
6 / 2010	16.1%	9.8%	9.4%
7 / 2010	15.5%	9.5%	9.4%
8 / 2010	15.7%	9.6%	9.5%
9 / 2010	14.8%	9.3%	9.5%
10 / 2010	14.6%	9.1%	9.4%
11 / 2010	15.6%	9.8%	9.8%
12 / 2010	16.8%	9.6%	9.3%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2009	12.9%	7.9%	7.8%
2 / 2009	14.2%	8.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	15.5%	8.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	13.7%	8.3%	9.0%
5 / 2009	12.3%	8.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	12.1%	9.2%	9.5%
7 / 2009	11.8%	9.2%	9.5%
8 / 2009	12.3%	9.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	12.6%	9.7%	9.8%
10 / 2009	12.6%	9.7%	10.0%
11 / 2009	13.7%	9.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	16.1%	10.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2008	11.6%	5.3%	5.0%
2 / 2008	12.9%	5.5%	4.9%
3 / 2008	12.9%	5.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	10.6%	4.7%	5.0%
5 / 2008	9.4%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 2008	8.8%	5.2%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.7%	5.2%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.4%	5.4%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.7%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.4%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.9%	6.0%	6.8%
12 / 2008	9.9%	6.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2007	11.6%	5.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	12.1%	5.5%	4.5%
3 / 2007	11.9%	5.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	10.9%	4.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	9.1%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	7.5%	4.5%	4.6%
7 / 2007	7.0%	4.6%	4.7%
8 / 2007	7.2%	4.5%	4.6%
9 / 2007	6.6%	4.3%	4.7%
10 / 2007	6.1%	4.2%	4.7%
11 / 2007	7.7%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	8.7%	4.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2006	13.3%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2006	14.3%	5.8%	4.8%
3 / 2006	13.4%	5.3%	4.7%
4 / 2006	11.6%	4.8%	4.7%
5 / 2006	10.7%	5.0%	4.6%
6 / 2006	8.8%	5.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	8.7%	5.0%	4.7%
8 / 2006	8.9%	5.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	7.0%	4.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	7.0%	4.4%	4.4%
11 / 2006	8.0%	5.0%	4.5%
12 / 2006	8.9%	4.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2005	12.1%	6.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	12.9%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	11.4%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	11.0%	5.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	8.9%	5.4%	5.1%
6 / 2005	8.4%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	8.0%	5.3%	5.0%
8 / 2005	7.9%	5.3%	4.9%
9 / 2005	7.6%	5.2%	5.0%
10 / 2005	7.4%	4.9%	5.0%
11 / 2005	8.5%	5.4%	5.0%
12 / 2005	11.0%	5.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2004	14.8%	7.7%	5.7%
2 / 2004	15.1%	7.5%	5.6%
3 / 2004	15.9%	7.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	13.2%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	10.6%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2004	9.8%	6.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	9.1%	5.9%	5.5%
8 / 2004	8.5%	5.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	7.7%	5.4%	5.4%
10 / 2004	7.7%	5.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	8.8%	5.8%	5.4%
12 / 2004	10.1%	5.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2003	14.9%	8.1%	5.8%
2 / 2003	17.3%	8.2%	5.9%
3 / 2003	17.6%	8.0%	5.9%
4 / 2003	16.3%	7.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	14.6%	7.3%	6.1%
6 / 2003	13.0%	7.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	11.9%	7.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	11.9%	7.3%	6.1%
9 / 2003	10.2%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2003	10.6%	6.6%	6.0%
11 / 2003	12.0%	7.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	13.1%	7.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2002	13.6%	8.3%	5.7%
2 / 2002	13.5%	8.2%	5.7%
3 / 2002	15.3%	8.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	14.0%	7.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	10.6%	7.3%	5.8%
6 / 2002	9.1%	7.3%	5.8%
7 / 2002	8.6%	7.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	8.0%	7.1%	5.7%
9 / 2002	7.5%	6.7%	5.7%
10 / 2002	7.7%	6.6%	5.7%
11 / 2002	10.3%	7.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	11.2%	7.4%	6.0%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2001	13.7%	6.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	15.9%	6.6%	4.2%
3 / 2001	16.8%	6.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	15.2%	5.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	12.7%	5.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	10.1%	6.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	9.1%	5.9%	4.6%
8 / 2001	9.6%	6.2%	4.9%
9 / 2001	8.6%	5.9%	5.0%
10 / 2001	8.8%	6.1%	5.3%
11 / 2001	9.9%	7.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	11.5%	7.3%	5.7%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2000	11.4%	5.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	12.9%	5.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	14.5%	5.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	13.1%	4.8%	3.8%
5 / 2000	11.1%	5.0%	4.0%
6 / 2000	8.8%	5.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	8.4%	5.1%	4.0%
8 / 2000	9.0%	5.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	7.8%	4.7%	3.9%
10 / 2000	7.8%	4.6%	3.9%
11 / 2000	9.6%	5.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	10.5%	5.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1999	14.6%	5.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	16.7%	5.8%	4.4%
3 / 1999	16.7%	5.2%	4.2%
4 / 1999	14.3%	4.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	11.7%	4.8%	4.2%
6 / 1999	9.4%	5.0%	4.3%
7 / 1999	9.1%	4.8%	4.3%
8 / 1999	8.4%	4.7%	4.2%
9 / 1999	7.0%	4.5%	4.2%
10 / 1999	7.5%	4.2%	4.1%
11 / 1999	8.5%	4.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	9.8%	4.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1998	12.5%	5.6%	4.6%
2 / 1998	16.3%	5.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	16.1%	5.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	12.5%	4.3%	4.3%
5 / 1998	8.8%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 1998	9.2%	4.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	8.8%	4.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	9.3%	4.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	8.4%	4.6%	4.6%
10 / 1998	9.2%	4.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	9.2%	4.7%	4.4%
12 / 1998	12.0%	4.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1997	13.2%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 1997	14.2%	6.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	16.1%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 1997	14.2%	5.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	11.4%	4.8%	4.9%
6 / 1997	9.2%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	7.9%	4.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	7.3%	4.6%	4.8%
9 / 1997	6.6%	4.3%	4.9%
10 / 1997	6.6%	4.1%	4.7%
11 / 1997	8.2%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	9.5%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1996	15.9%	7.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	18.0%	7.2%	5.5%
3 / 1996	20.0%	6.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	16.6%	6.2%	5.6%
5 / 1996	13.6%	6.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	11.5%	5.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	10.4%	5.8%	5.5%
8 / 1996	9.7%	5.6%	5.1%
9 / 1996	9.9%	5.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	9.1%	5.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	9.2%	5.5%	5.4%
12 / 1996	10.7%	5.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1995	16.9%	7.1%	5.6%
2 / 1995	20.8%	7.3%	5.4%
3 / 1995	20.5%	6.7%	5.4%
4 / 1995	17.8%	6.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	13.2%	6.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	12.1%	6.3%	5.6%
7 / 1995	11.7%	6.2%	5.7%
8 / 1995	10.7%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 1995	9.6%	5.9%	5.6%
10 / 1995	10.0%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	10.6%	6.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	12.3%	6.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1994	18.4%	8.0%	6.6%
2 / 1994	18.5%	8.1%	6.6%
3 / 1994	20.8%	7.6%	6.5%
4 / 1994	16.8%	6.8%	6.4%
5 / 1994	12.7%	6.3%	6.1%
6 / 1994	11.1%	6.3%	6.1%
7 / 1994	10.4%	6.1%	6.1%
8 / 1994	11.5%	6.1%	6.0%
9 / 1994	9.1%	5.7%	5.9%
10 / 1994	11.4%	5.6%	5.8%
11 / 1994	12.7%	6.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	13.4%	6.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1993	17.3%	8.9%	7.3%
2 / 1993	19.3%	8.8%	7.1%
3 / 1993	21.8%	8.1%	7.0%
4 / 1993	18.7%	7.3%	7.1%
5 / 1993	14.7%	7.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	13.6%	7.2%	7.0%
7 / 1993	13.6%	7.0%	6.9%
8 / 1993	13.0%	6.9%	6.8%
9 / 1993	12.4%	6.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	12.7%	6.5%	6.8%
11 / 1993	12.6%	6.7%	6.6%
12 / 1993	15.1%	6.8%	6.5%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1992	17.2%	8.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	21.2%	8.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	22.3%	7.7%	7.4%
4 / 1992	17.4%	6.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	13.4%	7.0%	7.6%
6 / 1992	13.0%	7.2%	7.8%
7 / 1992	12.1%	6.9%	7.7%
8 / 1992	11.4%	7.0%	7.6%
9 / 1992	10.5%	6.8%	7.6%
10 / 1992	10.0%	6.8%	7.3%
11 / 1992	12.0%	7.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	14.1%	7.8%	7.4%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1991	12.2%	7.1%	6.4%
2 / 1991	18.3%	7.2%	6.6%
3 / 1991	18.8%	6.7%	6.8%
4 / 1991	17.8%	5.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	13.4%	6.0%	6.9%
6 / 1991	12.2%	6.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	10.1%	5.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	9.1%	6.0%	6.9%
9 / 1991	7.9%	5.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	9.4%	5.8%	7.0%
11 / 1991	11.5%	6.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	12.5%	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	Ferry County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1990	15.4%	6.3%	5.4%
2 / 1990	15.7%	6.5%	5.3%
3 / 1990	18.6%	5.8%	5.2%
4 / 1990	15.4%	5.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	11.9%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	11.0%	4.7%	5.2%
7 / 1990	10.1%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1990	9.2%	4.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	8.8%	4.5%	5.9%
10 / 1990	8.5%	4.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	9.6%	5.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	11.0%	5.8%	6.3%