RANKING · 2024 ACS · 196 SHOWN OF 196

Highest unemployment, Washington cities

Washington cities ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 196 cities in Washington that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 196 is 4.9%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Stanwood, WA, up 152 places to #43.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01▲2North Fort Lewis, WAWA6,33716.1%+5.3 pts

02▲8Deer Park, WAWA5,37014.1%+5.1 pts

03▲24Union Gap, WAWA6,61713.4%+6.3 pts

04▼2Cheney, WAWA12,65013.1%+1.3 pts

05▼1Sunnyside, WAWA16,43012.3%+2.0 pts

06▲64Snohomish, WAWA10,71910.6%+5.1 pts

07▼1Port Townsend, WAWA10,67810.4%+0.2 pts

08▲15Hoquiam, WAWA8,71010.0%+2.3 pts

09▲3Aberdeen, WAWA17,08810.0%+1.7 pts

10▲52Sequim, WAWA8,2159.7%+4.0 pts

11▲2Clarkston, WAWA7,1899.6%+1.3 pts

12▲66Clover Creek, WAWA7,3459.5%+4.1 pts

13▲6Ellensburg, WAWA21,3088.9%+0.8 pts

14▲20Airway Heights, WAWA11,8118.9%+2.0 pts

15▼6Toppenish, WAWA8,6358.7%−0.5 pts

16▲19Mead, WAWA6,8938.6%+1.8 pts

17▲30Yakima, WAWA97,4588.4%+2.2 pts

18▼13Pullman, WAWA33,7568.3%−1.9 pts

19▲17Hazel Dell, WAWA23,2378.2%+1.4 pts

20▲20Maplewood, WAWA5,8038.1%+1.4 pts

21▼14Prosser, WAWA6,6548.0%−2.1 pts

22▲101Bryn Mawr-Skyway, WAWA17,6387.9%+3.4 pts

23▼12Country Homes, WAWA6,1987.8%−1.1 pts

24▼8Washougal, WAWA18,0287.7%−0.4 pts

25▲150Quincy, WAWA8,5107.7%+5.2 pts

26▲22Walla Walla, WAWA34,0587.7%+1.5 pts

27▲76Vashon, WAWA9,9347.7%+2.9 pts

28▲13Summit, WAWA8,7917.5%+0.9 pts

29Des Moines, WAWA33,0327.5%+0.4 pts

30▲137Ocean Shores, WAWA7,8927.3%+4.6 pts

31▼1Olympia, WAWA56,7247.3%+0.3 pts

32▲27Eastmont, WAWA23,7217.3%+1.4 pts

33▲4Kent, WAWA134,8717.0%+0.3 pts

34▲33Burien, WAWA51,8597.0%+1.3 pts

35▲31SeaTac, WAWA34,5787.0%+1.3 pts

36▲74Ridgefield, WAWA16,1326.9%+2.2 pts

37▼19Fircrest, WAWA6,9596.8%−1.3 pts

38▲4Minnehaha, WAWA11,4826.8%+0.2 pts

39▼8Grandview, WAWA12,0626.7%−0.3 pts

40▼23Kelso, WAWA12,8016.6%−1.6 pts

41▼19Tanglewilde, WAWA6,3146.5%−1.3 pts

42▲120Lakeland South, WAWA13,1006.5%+3.3 pts

43▲152Stanwood, WAWA9,4216.4%+5.3 pts

44▲5College Place, WAWA9,9236.4%+0.3 pts

45▼2Tukwila, WAWA22,0036.4%−0.1 pts

46▲39Tehaleh, WAWA9,5616.4%+1.3 pts

47▲34Lake Shore, WAWA6,9786.3%+1.0 pts

48▲53DuPont, WAWA9,7786.2%+1.4 pts

49▼23Parkland, WAWA38,7426.1%−1.3 pts

50▼25Ephrata, WAWA8,8346.1%−1.4 pts

51▲95East Renton Highlands, WAWA12,5826.0%+2.4 pts

52▲63Steilacoom, WAWA6,6486.0%+1.5 pts

53▼38Summit View, WAWA8,4806.0%−2.2 pts

54▲55Alderwood Manor, WAWA10,2666.0%+1.3 pts

55▲5Mount Vernon, WAWA35,1936.0%+0.2 pts

56▼4Puyallup, WAWA42,6826.0%−0.1 pts

57▼4Longview, WAWA38,3626.0%0.0 pts

58▲58Auburn, WAWA86,3016.0%+1.4 pts

59▲2Prairie Ridge, WAWA12,0745.8%0.0 pts

60▲36Everett, WAWA113,5675.8%+0.9 pts

61▲109Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WAWA23,0475.8%+3.2 pts

62▲29Finley, WAWA5,6345.8%+0.7 pts

63▼12Bremerton, WAWA45,4825.7%−0.3 pts

64▲20Frederickson, WAWA25,3835.7%+0.6 pts

65▲24Vancouver, WAWA199,6985.7%+0.7 pts

66▲11Lakewood, WAWA62,7555.7%+0.3 pts

67▼12Spokane, WAWA230,7835.7%−0.2 pts

68▼44Centralia, WAWA19,3755.7%−2.0 pts

69▲67Monroe, WAWA20,0255.7%+1.8 pts

70▲23Richland, WAWA65,2585.6%+0.6 pts

71▲98Newcastle, WAWA13,1285.6%+2.9 pts

72▲48Bellingham, WAWA96,3955.6%+1.1 pts

73▼53Orchards, WAWA29,4385.6%−2.5 pts

74▲25Tacoma, WAWA229,8165.6%+0.7 pts

75▼61Othello, WAWA9,2375.5%−2.8 pts

76▼75Blaine, WAWA6,4755.5%−7.3 pts

77▼44Oak Harbor, WAWA24,0835.4%−1.4 pts

78▼5Silverdale, WAWA20,6855.4%−0.1 pts

79▲21Federal Way, WAWA99,7295.4%+0.6 pts

80▲31Midland, WAWA9,0505.4%+0.8 pts

81▼37Fort Lewis, WAWA15,1675.4%−1.0 pts

82▼61Tumwater, WAWA28,0105.3%−2.5 pts

83▼37Fairwood CDP (King County), WAWA17,8565.3%−0.9 pts

84▲10Milton, WAWA8,9115.3%+0.4 pts

85▼6Pasco, WAWA82,8485.3%−0.1 pts

86▲1Sumner, WAWA10,8715.3%+0.2 pts

87▼11Spokane Valley, WAWA108,4055.2%−0.3 pts

88▲50Fife, WAWA11,0615.2%+1.4 pts

89▼33Graham, WAWA35,0795.1%−0.7 pts

90▲15University Place, WAWA35,4795.1%+0.4 pts

91▼23Port Angeles, WAWA20,1465.1%−0.5 pts

92▼18Kennewick, WAWA88,3665.1%−0.4 pts

93▲60Renton, WAWA104,9754.9%+1.5 pts

94▲63North Lynnwood, WAWA23,3394.9%+1.6 pts

95▼20White Center, WAWA14,8864.9%−0.6 pts

96▲81Sudden Valley, WAWA6,0844.9%+2.4 pts

97▲36Redmond, WAWA82,5064.9%+0.9 pts

98▼16Lacey, WAWA58,8334.9%−0.4 pts

99▼35Maple Valley, WAWA28,4824.8%−0.9 pts

100▼8West Richland, WAWA19,2574.8%−0.2 pts

101▼4Lake Stevens, WAWA42,0914.8%−0.1 pts

102▲5Sedro-Woolley, WAWA13,3084.8%+0.1 pts

103▲11Woods Creek, WAWA6,9434.8%+0.2 pts

104▲23Colville, WAWA5,1164.7%+0.5 pts

105▼42Spanaway, WAWA34,0194.7%−1.0 pts

106▼16Suncrest, WAWA5,3454.7%−0.3 pts

107▲43Picnic Point, WAWA10,2614.7%+1.2 pts

108▼25Moses Lake, WAWA27,4694.6%−0.6 pts

109▼1East Wenatchee, WAWA14,4144.6%−0.1 pts

110▲12Kirkland, WAWA97,4104.6%+0.2 pts

111▲34Shoreline, WAWA66,5424.6%+0.9 pts

112▲69Pacific, WAWA7,0564.6%+2.2 pts

113▲17Seattle, WAWA784,7774.6%+0.5 pts

114▲73Buckley, WAWA5,6884.5%+2.4 pts

115▼65Lakeland North, WAWA15,9504.5%−1.5 pts

116▼28Camano, WAWA17,3034.5%−0.5 pts

117▲35Mill Creek, WAWA20,9024.5%+1.0 pts

118▼80Five Corners, WAWA21,1944.4%−2.2 pts

119▲29Omak, WAWA5,1854.4%+0.8 pts

120▲11Lake Forest Park, WAWA13,1914.4%+0.3 pts

121▲22Selah, WAWA8,6784.4%+0.7 pts

122▲74Bangor Base, WAWA6,1124.4%+3.8 pts

123▲35Mill Creek East, WAWA25,4534.4%+1.0 pts

124▲4Woodinville, WAWA14,5484.3%+0.1 pts

125▼60Burlington, WAWA11,3564.3%−1.4 pts

126Martha Lake, WAWA22,6344.3%−0.1 pts

127▼8Mount Vista, WAWA10,7644.3%−0.2 pts

128▲7Lynnwood, WAWA42,1324.3%+0.3 pts

129▼57Felida, WAWA10,8414.3%−1.3 pts

130▲19Bellevue, WAWA154,1934.2%+0.7 pts

131▼13Anacortes, WAWA18,0804.2%−0.3 pts

132▲31Mountlake Terrace, WAWA25,4304.2%+1.2 pts

133▲35Arlington, WAWA22,0314.2%+1.5 pts

134▼32South Hill, WAWA68,0254.2%−0.6 pts

135▼64West Clarkston-Highland, WAWA5,4444.2%−1.4 pts

136▲30Covington, WAWA21,4964.1%+1.3 pts

137▲3Edmonds, WAWA42,7484.1%+0.4 pts

138▼1Cottage Lake, WAWA22,5184.1%+0.3 pts

139▲39Otis Orchards-East Farms, WAWA5,4544.1%+1.6 pts

140▼60Connell, WAWA5,0804.0%−1.3 pts

141▼133Chehalis, WAWA7,7644.0%−5.4 pts

142▲17Camas, WAWA27,7494.0%+0.7 pts

143▼14Salmon Creek, WAWA20,0173.9%−0.2 pts

144▼23Marysville, WAWA77,6863.9%−0.6 pts

145▼47Bothell, WAWA52,1993.9%−1.0 pts

146▼42Port Orchard, WAWA19,8393.9%−0.9 pts

147▲35Fairwood CDP (Spokane County), WAWA10,6743.8%+1.5 pts

148▼6Barberton, WAWA8,6683.8%+0.1 pts

149▲12Kenmore, WAWA24,2493.8%+0.6 pts

150▼44Yelm, WAWA12,0433.8%−0.9 pts

151▼119Shelton, WAWA10,9213.8%−3.1 pts

152▼40Poulsbo, WAWA12,7493.7%−0.8 pts

153▼19Battle Ground, WAWA23,5133.7%−0.2 pts

154▼109Enumclaw, WAWA13,1723.7%−2.6 pts

155▼116Birch Bay, WAWA10,8373.7%−3.0 pts

156▲28Parkwood, WAWA6,8733.7%+1.4 pts

157▼62Lake Stickney, WAWA15,8903.6%−1.3 pts

158▼34Lynden, WAWA16,8813.6%−0.8 pts

159▲17Bonney Lake, WAWA22,1393.6%+1.1 pts

160▼9Lake Morton-Berrydale, WAWA11,1833.6%+0.1 pts

161▼75Waller, WAWA7,6833.6%−1.5 pts

162▲17Hockinson, WAWA6,1503.5%+1.1 pts

163▼8Issaquah, WAWA39,4233.3%−0.1 pts

164▲22Wollochet, WAWA6,6893.3%+1.0 pts

165▼21Brier, WAWA6,5973.3%−0.4 pts

166▼12Wenatchee, WAWA35,5473.2%−0.2 pts

167▼20Mukilteo, WAWA21,2393.1%−0.5 pts

168▲5Sammamish, WAWA66,1103.1%+0.6 pts

169▼112Ferndale, WAWA17,5593.1%−2.7 pts

170▲13Rochester, WAWA5,8343.1%+0.8 pts

171▲14Mercer Island, WAWA25,4223.0%+0.8 pts

172▲17Silver Firs, WAWA22,3063.0%+1.0 pts

173▼104Elk Plain, WAWA14,2763.0%−2.6 pts

174▼3Bothell West, WAWA22,0292.9%+0.2 pts

175▼3Bothell East, WAWA14,5782.8%+0.2 pts

176▼16Bainbridge Island, WAWA24,6912.8%−0.5 pts

177▼123Orting, WAWA8,8842.8%−3.2 pts

178▼150Liberty Lake, WAWA14,0292.7%−4.4 pts

179▲15Gig Harbor, WAWA12,6302.7%+1.4 pts

180▲8Artondale, WAWA14,0732.7%+0.6 pts

181▼1Snoqualmie, WAWA13,6402.6%+0.2 pts

182▼17Lake Goodwin, WAWA5,5362.6%−0.3 pts

183▲7Duvall, WAWA9,4402.5%+0.6 pts

184▼52North Bend, WAWA8,7582.3%−1.7 pts

185▼44Normandy Park, WAWA6,6092.3%−1.5 pts

186▼47Tracyton, WAWA6,1372.1%−1.6 pts

187▼129Woodland, WAWA6,6111.9%−3.9 pts

188▼32Hobart, WAWA6,5521.9%−1.4 pts

189▼25Lake Tapps, WAWA12,7981.8%−1.1 pts

190▼16Edgewood, WAWA13,5481.8%−0.7 pts

191▼74Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WAWA7,8841.6%−2.9 pts

192▼67Maltby, WAWA10,9101.4%−3.0 pts

193▼2Black Diamond, WAWA6,9781.3%−0.5 pts

194▼81Sultan, WAWA7,2301.0%−3.6 pts

195▼3Terrace Heights, WAWA10,0410.5%−1.2 pts

196▼3Manchester, WAWA5,9560.0%−1.4 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES