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Lowest labor force participation, Washington cities

Washington cities with the smallest share of adults 16+ in the civilian labor force (2024 ACS). This list covers the 196 cities in Washington that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 196 is 65.1%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Buckley, WA, up 104 places to #55.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONVS 2020

01Ocean Shores, WAWA7,89231.2%−8.0 pts

02▲2Sequim, WAWA8,21537.1%−5.8 pts

03▼1Connell, WAWA5,08039.3%−0.7 pts

04▲2Port Townsend, WAWA10,67843.0%−8.0 pts

05▲4Camano, WAWA17,30349.2%−3.4 pts

06▲4Hoquiam, WAWA8,71049.5%−3.5 pts

07▲1West Clarkston-Highland, WAWA5,44449.7%−2.8 pts

08▼3Colville, WAWA5,11651.4%+7.3 pts

09▲33Hockinson, WAWA6,15051.9%−8.3 pts

10▼7Airway Heights, WAWA11,81152.3%+9.6 pts

11▲4Deer Park, WAWA5,37052.8%−0.7 pts

12▲1Anacortes, WAWA18,08053.3%0.0 pts

13▲3Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WAWA7,88453.3%−0.3 pts

14▲24Blaine, WAWA6,47553.5%−6.3 pts

15▲14Fairwood CDP (Spokane County), WAWA10,67453.5%−4.0 pts

16▼9Birch Bay, WAWA10,83754.6%+3.4 pts

17Gig Harbor, WAWA12,63054.7%+1.0 pts

18▼6Aberdeen, WAWA17,08854.9%+1.7 pts

19▲16Suncrest, WAWA5,34555.2%−3.5 pts

20Longview, WAWA38,36255.4%+0.8 pts

21Shelton, WAWA10,92155.4%+0.6 pts

22▼3Country Homes, WAWA6,19855.5%+1.5 pts

23▲87Lake Goodwin, WAWA5,53655.6%−10.9 pts

24▼1Port Angeles, WAWA20,14656.1%+0.5 pts

25▼14Centralia, WAWA19,37556.2%+2.9 pts

26▲64Rochester, WAWA5,83457.1%−7.5 pts

27▼2Bainbridge Island, WAWA24,69157.3%+0.9 pts

28▼2Maplewood, WAWA5,80357.3%+0.8 pts

29▼11Walla Walla, WAWA34,05857.5%+3.6 pts

30▲13Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WAWA23,04757.6%−2.6 pts

31▼1Omak, WAWA5,18557.7%+0.2 pts

32▲19Poulsbo, WAWA12,74958.4%−2.6 pts

33▲41Hobart, WAWA6,55258.7%−4.4 pts

34▲43Tracyton, WAWA6,13758.7%−4.8 pts

35▲41Cottage Lake, WAWA22,51859.6%−3.6 pts

36▲8Kennewick, WAWA88,36659.7%−0.8 pts

37▲3Yakima, WAWA97,45859.7%−0.5 pts

38▲14East Renton Highlands, WAWA12,58260.0%−1.0 pts

39▲6Otis Orchards-East Farms, WAWA5,45460.0%−0.6 pts

40▼12Vashon, WAWA9,93460.0%+2.5 pts

41▼14Monroe, WAWA20,02560.2%+2.9 pts

42▲15Lacey, WAWA58,83360.2%−1.3 pts

43▲13Mount Vista, WAWA10,76460.3%−1.2 pts

44▲26Mercer Island, WAWA25,42260.3%−2.4 pts

45▲49Stanwood, WAWA9,42160.3%−4.4 pts

46▲46Brier, WAWA6,59760.3%−4.3 pts

47▼13Mead, WAWA6,89360.5%+1.9 pts

48▼11Barberton, WAWA8,66861.1%+1.5 pts

49▲4Lakewood, WAWA62,75561.3%+0.2 pts

50▲17Parkwood, WAWA6,87361.4%−1.1 pts

51▲7Snohomish, WAWA10,71961.6%0.0 pts

52▲13Normandy Park, WAWA6,60961.6%−0.8 pts

53▲8College Place, WAWA9,92361.7%−0.4 pts

54▼21Port Orchard, WAWA19,83961.8%+3.4 pts

55▲104Buckley, WAWA5,68861.9%−7.8 pts

56▲12Mount Vernon, WAWA35,19362.0%−0.6 pts

57▼9Summit, WAWA8,79162.0%+1.2 pts

58▲76Selah, WAWA8,67862.1%−6.0 pts

59▲69Ephrata, WAWA8,83462.1%−5.2 pts

60▼5Sedro-Woolley, WAWA13,30862.3%+0.9 pts

61▼12Artondale, WAWA14,07362.3%+1.5 pts

62▼23Salmon Creek, WAWA20,01762.4%+2.3 pts

63▼31Steilacoom, WAWA6,64862.5%+4.7 pts

64▼17Sudden Valley, WAWA6,08462.5%+1.8 pts

65▲23Lakeland North, WAWA15,95062.6%−1.7 pts

66▼12Finley, WAWA5,63462.6%+1.2 pts

67▲5Olympia, WAWA56,72462.6%−0.5 pts

68▲57Othello, WAWA9,23762.7%−4.3 pts

69▼28Terrace Heights, WAWA10,04162.8%+2.6 pts

70▲81Maltby, WAWA10,91063.1%−5.9 pts

71▼5Spokane, WAWA230,78363.2%+0.7 pts

72▼41Chehalis, WAWA7,76463.2%+5.6 pts

73▲14Richland, WAWA65,25863.3%−0.9 pts

74▼3Sunnyside, WAWA16,43063.3%+0.5 pts

75▲7West Richland, WAWA19,25763.5%−0.5 pts

76▲19Silverdale, WAWA20,68563.6%−1.2 pts

77▼27Waller, WAWA7,68363.6%+2.7 pts

78▲7Des Moines, WAWA33,03263.6%−0.6 pts

79▼33Clarkston, WAWA7,18963.6%+2.9 pts

80▼11Moses Lake, WAWA27,46963.7%+1.1 pts

81▲21Battle Ground, WAWA23,51363.7%−2.2 pts

82▲42Camas, WAWA27,74963.7%−3.3 pts

83▲59Arlington, WAWA22,03163.7%−5.1 pts

84Wenatchee, WAWA35,54763.8%−0.3 pts

85▼4Spokane Valley, WAWA108,40563.8%−0.1 pts

86▼13Lynnwood, WAWA42,13263.9%+0.8 pts

87▼24Wollochet, WAWA6,68964.2%+1.9 pts

88▲68Alderwood Manor, WAWA10,26664.2%−5.2 pts

89▲7Newcastle, WAWA13,12864.2%−0.6 pts

90▲33Ridgefield, WAWA16,13264.3%−2.7 pts

91▼69Kelso, WAWA12,80164.3%+9.1 pts

92▼9Edmonds, WAWA42,74864.8%+0.7 pts

93▼14Ferndale, WAWA17,55964.8%+0.9 pts

94▼58Pullman, WAWA33,75664.9%+5.9 pts

95▲14Elk Plain, WAWA14,27664.9%−1.5 pts

96▲8Woodland, WAWA6,61164.9%−1.0 pts

97▲42Picnic Point, WAWA10,26164.9%−3.5 pts

98▼84Prosser, WAWA6,65465.0%+11.5 pts

99▲34Sultan, WAWA7,23065.1%−2.8 pts

100▼25University Place, WAWA35,47965.1%+1.9 pts

101▼3Shoreline, WAWA66,54265.1%0.0 pts

102▲14Cheney, WAWA12,65065.4%−1.3 pts

103▲27Liberty Lake, WAWA14,02965.4%−2.1 pts

104▲15Manchester, WAWA5,95665.5%−1.4 pts

105▲66Lake Forest Park, WAWA13,19165.5%−5.7 pts

106▲54Lake Tapps, WAWA12,79865.5%−4.3 pts

107▼47Union Gap, WAWA6,61765.5%+3.6 pts

108▲27Lake Morton-Berrydale, WAWA11,18365.6%−2.5 pts

109▼1Eastmont, WAWA23,72165.6%−0.7 pts

110▲43Woods Creek, WAWA6,94365.6%−3.6 pts

111▼22Vancouver, WAWA199,69865.7%+1.2 pts

112▲17Bryn Mawr-Skyway, WAWA17,63865.8%−1.6 pts

113▲1Federal Way, WAWA99,72965.9%−0.7 pts

114▼7Tacoma, WAWA229,81666.1%+0.1 pts

115▲21Fairwood CDP (King County), WAWA17,85666.2%−2.1 pts

116▼25Bellingham, WAWA96,39566.2%+1.6 pts

117▼17East Wenatchee, WAWA14,41466.4%+0.6 pts

118▼40Parkland, WAWA38,74266.4%+2.8 pts

119▼20Lynden, WAWA16,88166.6%+1.1 pts

120▼9Spanaway, WAWA34,01966.7%+0.2 pts

121▼4Lakeland South, WAWA13,10066.8%0.0 pts

122▼98Tanglewilde, WAWA6,31466.8%+10.6 pts

123▲17Five Corners, WAWA21,19466.9%−1.7 pts

124▼9Graham, WAWA35,07967.0%+0.4 pts

125▼20Puyallup, WAWA42,68267.1%+1.2 pts

126▼64Burlington, WAWA11,35667.1%+4.9 pts

127▼14Bellevue, WAWA154,19367.2%+0.7 pts

128▲9Pasco, WAWA82,84867.2%−1.1 pts

129▼2Oak Harbor, WAWA24,08367.2%0.0 pts

130▼33Toppenish, WAWA8,63567.5%+2.4 pts

131▼30Washougal, WAWA18,02867.6%+1.8 pts

132▼14Everett, WAWA113,56767.6%+0.8 pts

133▲29Tumwater, WAWA28,01067.6%−2.7 pts

134▼70Lake Shore, WAWA6,97867.7%+5.3 pts

135▼3Burien, WAWA51,85967.7%−0.2 pts

136▼56Ellensburg, WAWA21,30867.7%+3.8 pts

137▼11Marysville, WAWA77,68667.8%+0.6 pts

138▼79Sumner, WAWA10,87168.1%+6.3 pts

139▼19Clover Creek, WAWA7,34568.1%+1.2 pts

140▲6Tehaleh, WAWA9,56168.1%−0.8 pts

141Frederickson, WAWA25,38368.1%−0.5 pts

142▲34Orchards, WAWA29,43868.1%−3.5 pts

143▼12Enumclaw, WAWA13,17268.2%+0.5 pts

144▼23Mukilteo, WAWA21,23968.4%+1.4 pts

145▲21Pacific, WAWA7,05668.6%−2.4 pts

146▲12Kenmore, WAWA24,24968.6%−1.1 pts

147▼41Midland, WAWA9,05068.7%+2.8 pts

148▲1Sammamish, WAWA66,11068.8%−0.2 pts

149▼2Kent, WAWA134,87168.8%−0.1 pts

150▲24DuPont, WAWA9,77868.9%−2.7 pts

151▼3Felida, WAWA10,84169.1%+0.1 pts

152▲23SeaTac, WAWA34,57869.1%−2.5 pts

153▼41Hazel Dell, WAWA23,23769.3%+2.8 pts

154▼51Bremerton, WAWA45,48269.3%+3.4 pts

155▲35Duvall, WAWA9,44069.4%−5.8 pts

156▼6Auburn, WAWA86,30169.4%+0.5 pts

157Mill Creek, WAWA20,90269.5%−0.2 pts

158▲6Covington, WAWA21,49669.6%−0.9 pts

159▼66Yelm, WAWA12,04369.7%+4.9 pts

160▼6South Hill, WAWA68,02569.7%+0.4 pts

161▲23Maple Valley, WAWA28,48269.8%−3.4 pts

162▼19Mountlake Terrace, WAWA25,43069.9%+1.1 pts

163Bothell, WAWA52,19970.4%0.0 pts

164▲25Tukwila, WAWA22,00370.6%−4.0 pts

165▲7Renton, WAWA104,97570.6%−0.7 pts

166▼14Bonney Lake, WAWA22,13970.8%+1.8 pts

167▼23Woodinville, WAWA14,54870.8%+2.0 pts

168▼13North Bend, WAWA8,75871.0%+1.7 pts

169▲1Milton, WAWA8,91171.0%−0.1 pts

170▲8Minnehaha, WAWA11,48271.1%−1.2 pts

171▼6Kirkland, WAWA97,41071.2%+0.3 pts

172▲7Bothell West, WAWA22,02971.2%−1.3 pts

173▲8Lake Stevens, WAWA42,09171.3%−1.4 pts

174▼52Fircrest, WAWA6,95971.4%+4.4 pts

175▲10Issaquah, WAWA39,42371.5%−2.1 pts

176▼90Quincy, WAWA8,51071.7%+7.6 pts

177▼39Orting, WAWA8,88471.9%+3.5 pts

178▼11White Center, WAWA14,88671.9%+0.9 pts

179▼18Lake Stickney, WAWA15,89072.2%+2.1 pts

180▼35Edgewood, WAWA13,54872.2%+3.4 pts

181▼12Redmond, WAWA82,50672.3%+1.2 pts

182▼5Grandview, WAWA12,06272.3%+0.5 pts

183▼10Prairie Ridge, WAWA12,07472.5%+1.2 pts

184▲3Summit View, WAWA8,48072.9%−1.2 pts

185▼3Silver Firs, WAWA22,30673.2%+0.4 pts

186▼3Mill Creek East, WAWA25,45373.7%+0.7 pts

187▼7Black Diamond, WAWA6,97874.1%+1.4 pts

188▼2Seattle, WAWA784,77774.2%+0.1 pts

189▼21Bothell East, WAWA14,57875.4%+4.4 pts

190▼2Martha Lake, WAWA22,63475.5%+1.3 pts

191▲1Fife, WAWA11,06176.1%+0.5 pts

192▼1North Lynnwood, WAWA23,33977.0%+1.4 pts

193▲1Snoqualmie, WAWA13,64078.1%−2.9 pts

194▲1North Fort Lewis, WAWA6,33782.7%+1.2 pts

195▼2Fort Lewis, WAWA15,16782.9%+5.5 pts

196Bangor Base, WAWA6,11285.7%−0.4 pts

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