Lake Forest Park, WA Unemployment Rate Report

Lake Forest Park, WA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Lake-Forest-Park, Washington has ranged from 1.9% in April 2022 to 14.9% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Lake-Forest-Park is 3.0% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Lake Forest Park, WA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Lake Forest Park, WA Current Unemployment - 3.0%

Lake Forest Park, WA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2022	3.7%	5.1%	4.0%
2 / 2022	2.9%	4.6%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.4%	4.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	1.9%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.2%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.7%	3.9%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.8%	3.6%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.0%	4.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2021	6.3%	6.8%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.2%	6.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.4%	6.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.9%	5.6%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.6%	5.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.8%	5.3%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.1%	5.3%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.8%	5.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.4%	4.6%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.4%	4.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.0%	3.9%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.2%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2020	2.7%	4.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.4%	4.2%	3.5%
3 / 2020	5.6%	5.4%	4.4%
4 / 2020	14.9%	15.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	14.4%	14.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	9.6%	9.9%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.3%	10.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	7.2%	8.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.9%	7.8%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.4%	5.6%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.4%	6.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	6.8%	6.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2019	3.4%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.0%	5.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.0%	4.8%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.3%	4.1%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.7%	4.1%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.8%	4.2%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.0%	4.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.7%	4.1%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.8%	3.7%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.6%	3.6%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.5%	3.9%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.5%	4.0%	3.5%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2018	3.6%	5.3%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.4%	5.2%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.2%	4.8%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.7%	4.2%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.0%	4.1%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.2%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.3%	4.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.1%	4.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.2%	4.0%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.1%	4.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.1%	4.4%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.1%	4.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2017	3.7%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2017	3.6%	5.5%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.5%	5.0%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.0%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.3%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.5%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.7%	4.5%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.5%	4.6%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.7%	4.3%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.4%	4.2%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.4%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.4%	4.7%	4.1%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2016	4.3%	6.1%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.1%	6.1%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.0%	5.8%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.5%	5.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.7%	5.1%	4.8%
6 / 2016	3.9%	5.2%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.0%	5.1%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.7%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.0%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.8%	4.7%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.6%	4.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.5%	5.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2015	4.5%	6.5%	5.7%
2 / 2015	4.3%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.2%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	3.6%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.2%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.2%	5.5%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.3%	5.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	4.0%	5.3%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.3%	5.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.2%	5.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.2%	5.6%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.0%	5.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2014	4.9%	7.0%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.1%	7.2%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.1%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.2%	5.7%	6.2%
5 / 2014	4.4%	6.0%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.0%	5.8%	6.1%
7 / 2014	5.1%	6.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	4.9%	6.0%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.7%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.5%	5.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.7%	6.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.1%	5.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2013	5.5%	8.3%	8.0%
2 / 2013	5.2%	8.1%	7.7%
3 / 2013	5.0%	7.4%	7.5%
4 / 2013	4.3%	6.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	4.5%	6.9%	7.5%
6 / 2013	5.3%	7.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	5.2%	6.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	5.2%	6.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.1%	6.4%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.1%	6.5%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.1%	6.6%	6.9%
12 / 2013	4.6%	6.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2012	7.2%	9.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	7.2%	9.4%	8.3%
3 / 2012	6.9%	8.9%	8.2%
4 / 2012	6.0%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	6.3%	8.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	6.9%	8.2%	8.2%
7 / 2012	6.8%	8.2%	8.2%
8 / 2012	6.3%	7.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	5.8%	7.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	5.6%	7.2%	7.8%
11 / 2012	5.6%	7.3%	7.7%
12 / 2012	5.2%	7.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2011	8.7%	10.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.6%	10.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.4%	9.9%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.6%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.7%	9.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	8.4%	9.4%	9.1%
7 / 2011	8.2%	9.1%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.8%	9.0%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.7%	8.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	7.5%	8.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.4%	8.7%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.0%	8.8%	8.5%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2010	9.5%	11.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.5%	11.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	9.4%	10.9%	9.9%
4 / 2010	8.6%	10.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	8.7%	9.9%	9.6%
6 / 2010	9.2%	9.8%	9.4%
7 / 2010	9.1%	9.5%	9.4%
8 / 2010	8.9%	9.6%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.9%	9.3%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.8%	9.1%	9.4%
11 / 2010	9.1%	9.8%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.5%	9.6%	9.3%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2009	5.9%	7.9%	7.8%
2 / 2009	6.6%	8.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	6.8%	8.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	6.7%	8.3%	9.0%
5 / 2009	7.6%	8.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	8.7%	9.2%	9.5%
7 / 2009	8.8%	9.2%	9.5%
8 / 2009	8.9%	9.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.3%	9.7%	9.8%
10 / 2009	9.2%	9.7%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.0%	9.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	9.0%	10.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2008	2.9%	5.3%	5.0%
2 / 2008	3.1%	5.5%	4.9%
3 / 2008	3.2%	5.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	2.7%	4.7%	5.0%
5 / 2008	3.4%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.1%	5.2%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.2%	5.2%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.2%	5.4%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.2%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.6%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.9%	6.0%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.0%	6.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2007	3.6%	5.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	3.6%	5.5%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.4%	5.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	2.5%	4.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.0%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.5%	4.5%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.4%	4.6%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.1%	4.5%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.2%	4.3%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.1%	4.2%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.1%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	2.8%	4.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2006	3.5%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2006	3.8%	5.8%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.8%	5.3%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.2%	4.8%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.7%	5.0%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.1%	5.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.1%	5.0%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.8%	5.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.9%	4.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.6%	4.4%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.9%	5.0%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.3%	4.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2005	4.4%	6.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.8%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.7%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.0%	5.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.4%	5.4%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.8%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.7%	5.3%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.3%	5.3%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.4%	5.2%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.2%	4.9%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.3%	5.4%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.6%	5.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2004	5.4%	7.7%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.4%	7.5%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.4%	7.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.6%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.0%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2004	5.3%	6.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.1%	5.9%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.7%	5.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.8%	5.4%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.8%	5.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.8%	5.8%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.4%	5.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2003	6.3%	8.1%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.6%	8.2%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.6%	8.0%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.8%	7.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.3%	7.3%	6.1%
6 / 2003	6.7%	7.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.4%	7.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.0%	7.3%	6.1%
9 / 2003	6.1%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.7%	6.6%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.8%	7.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.1%	7.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2002	6.1%	8.3%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.1%	8.2%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.3%	8.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.7%	7.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.0%	7.3%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.4%	7.3%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.3%	7.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.1%	7.1%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.3%	6.7%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.1%	6.6%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.4%	7.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.0%	7.4%	6.0%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2001	3.9%	6.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.3%	6.6%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.5%	6.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.8%	5.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.4%	5.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.1%	6.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.9%	5.9%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.0%	6.2%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.1%	5.9%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.3%	6.1%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.7%	7.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.5%	7.3%	5.7%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2000	3.6%	5.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.8%	5.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.7%	5.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.0%	4.8%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.6%	5.0%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.9%	5.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.1%	5.1%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.9%	5.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.9%	4.7%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.6%	4.6%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.9%	5.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.4%	5.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1999	3.1%	5.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.3%	5.8%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.2%	5.2%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.6%	4.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.1%	4.8%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.6%	5.0%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.6%	4.8%	4.3%
8 / 1999	3.4%	4.7%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.7%	4.5%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.4%	4.2%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.5%	4.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.1%	4.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1998	3.1%	5.6%	4.6%
2 / 1998	3.1%	5.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	3.4%	5.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	2.6%	4.3%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.2%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.7%	4.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	3.7%	4.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.5%	4.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.9%	4.6%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.2%	4.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.3%	4.7%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.8%	4.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1997	4.1%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 1997	4.2%	6.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	4.1%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 1997	3.1%	5.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	3.7%	4.8%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.1%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.0%	4.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.5%	4.6%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.8%	4.3%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.2%	4.1%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.1%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.7%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1996	5.1%	7.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	4.8%	7.2%	5.5%
3 / 1996	4.6%	6.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	4.1%	6.2%	5.6%
5 / 1996	4.6%	6.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	4.7%	5.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	4.6%	5.8%	5.5%
8 / 1996	4.3%	5.6%	5.1%
9 / 1996	4.5%	5.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.1%	5.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	4.3%	5.5%	5.4%
12 / 1996	3.7%	5.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1995	4.5%	7.1%	5.6%
2 / 1995	4.7%	7.3%	5.4%
3 / 1995	4.6%	6.7%	5.4%
4 / 1995	4.2%	6.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	4.7%	6.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	5.3%	6.3%	5.6%
7 / 1995	5.1%	6.2%	5.7%
8 / 1995	5.0%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 1995	4.9%	5.9%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.6%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.0%	6.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.5%	6.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1994	5.7%	8.0%	6.6%
2 / 1994	5.6%	8.1%	6.6%
3 / 1994	5.3%	7.6%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.6%	6.8%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.7%	6.3%	6.1%
6 / 1994	5.1%	6.3%	6.1%
7 / 1994	4.8%	6.1%	6.1%
8 / 1994	4.6%	6.1%	6.0%
9 / 1994	4.7%	5.7%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.3%	5.6%	5.8%
11 / 1994	4.5%	6.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	3.7%	6.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1993	6.2%	8.9%	7.3%
2 / 1993	6.3%	8.8%	7.1%
3 / 1993	5.9%	8.1%	7.0%
4 / 1993	5.4%	7.3%	7.1%
5 / 1993	5.9%	7.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.4%	7.2%	7.0%
7 / 1993	6.1%	7.0%	6.9%
8 / 1993	5.8%	6.9%	6.8%
9 / 1993	5.9%	6.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	5.4%	6.5%	6.8%
11 / 1993	5.5%	6.7%	6.6%
12 / 1993	5.0%	6.8%	6.5%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1992	5.5%	8.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	5.8%	8.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	5.6%	7.7%	7.4%
4 / 1992	4.8%	6.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.3%	7.0%	7.6%
6 / 1992	6.1%	7.2%	7.8%
7 / 1992	5.7%	6.9%	7.7%
8 / 1992	5.7%	7.0%	7.6%
9 / 1992	6.2%	6.8%	7.6%
10 / 1992	5.8%	6.8%	7.3%
11 / 1992	6.4%	7.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	5.9%	7.8%	7.4%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1991	4.0%	7.1%	6.4%
2 / 1991	4.4%	7.2%	6.6%
3 / 1991	4.3%	6.7%	6.8%
4 / 1991	3.6%	5.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	4.1%	6.0%	6.9%
6 / 1991	4.8%	6.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	4.6%	5.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	4.7%	6.0%	6.9%
9 / 1991	4.9%	5.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	4.7%	5.8%	7.0%
11 / 1991	5.1%	6.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	4.9%	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	Lake Forest Park, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1990	4.4%	6.3%	5.4%
2 / 1990	4.3%	6.5%	5.3%
3 / 1990	4.0%	5.8%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.2%	5.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.6%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.8%	4.7%	5.2%
7 / 1990	3.4%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1990	3.3%	4.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	3.5%	4.5%	5.9%
10 / 1990	3.0%	4.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	3.5%	5.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	3.3%	5.8%	6.3%