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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.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONVS 2020

01Ocean Shores, WAWA7,89231.2%−21%

02Sequim, WAWA8,21537.1%−14%

03Connell, WAWA5,08039.3%−2%

04Port Townsend, WAWA10,67843.0%−16%

05Camano, WAWA17,30349.2%−7%

06Hoquiam, WAWA8,71049.5%−7%

07West Clarkston-Highland, WAWA5,44449.7%−5%

08Colville, WAWA5,11651.4%+17%

09Hockinson, WAWA6,15051.9%−14%

10Airway Heights, WAWA11,81152.3%+22%

11Deer Park, WAWA5,37052.8%−1%

12Anacortes, WAWA18,08053.3%+0%

13Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WAWA7,88453.3%−1%

14Blaine, WAWA6,47553.5%−11%

15Fairwood CDP (Spokane County), WAWA10,67453.5%−7%

16Birch Bay, WAWA10,83754.6%+7%

17Gig Harbor, WAWA12,63054.7%+2%

18Aberdeen, WAWA17,08854.9%+3%

19Suncrest, WAWA5,34555.2%−6%

20Longview, WAWA38,36255.4%+2%

21Shelton, WAWA10,92155.4%+1%

22Country Homes, WAWA6,19855.5%+3%

23Lake Goodwin, WAWA5,53655.6%−16%

24Port Angeles, WAWA20,14656.1%+1%

25Centralia, WAWA19,37556.2%+6%

26Rochester, WAWA5,83457.1%−12%

27Bainbridge Island, WAWA24,69157.3%+2%

28Maplewood, WAWA5,80357.3%+1%

29Walla Walla, WAWA34,05857.5%+7%

30Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WAWA23,04757.6%−4%

31Omak, WAWA5,18557.7%+0%

32Poulsbo, WAWA12,74958.4%−4%

33Hobart, WAWA6,55258.7%−7%

34Tracyton, WAWA6,13758.7%−8%

35Cottage Lake, WAWA22,51859.6%−6%

36Kennewick, WAWA88,36659.7%−1%

37Yakima, WAWA97,45859.7%−1%

38East Renton Highlands, WAWA12,58260.0%−2%

39Otis Orchards-East Farms, WAWA5,45460.0%−1%

40Vashon, WAWA9,93460.0%+4%

41Monroe, WAWA20,02560.2%+5%

42Lacey, WAWA58,83360.2%−2%

43Mount Vista, WAWA10,76460.3%−2%

44Mercer Island, WAWA25,42260.3%−4%

45Stanwood, WAWA9,42160.3%−7%

46Brier, WAWA6,59760.3%−7%

47Mead, WAWA6,89360.5%+3%

48Barberton, WAWA8,66861.1%+3%

49Lakewood, WAWA62,75561.3%+0%

50Parkwood, WAWA6,87361.4%−2%

51Snohomish, WAWA10,71961.6%−0%

52Normandy Park, WAWA6,60961.6%−1%

53College Place, WAWA9,92361.7%−1%

54Port Orchard, WAWA19,83961.8%+6%

55Buckley, WAWA5,68861.9%−11%

56Mount Vernon, WAWA35,19362.0%−1%

57Summit, WAWA8,79162.0%+2%

58Selah, WAWA8,67862.1%−9%

59Ephrata, WAWA8,83462.1%−8%

60Sedro-Woolley, WAWA13,30862.3%+2%

61Artondale, WAWA14,07362.3%+2%

62Salmon Creek, WAWA20,01762.4%+4%

63Steilacoom, WAWA6,64862.5%+8%

64Sudden Valley, WAWA6,08462.5%+3%

65Lakeland North, WAWA15,95062.6%−3%

66Finley, WAWA5,63462.6%+2%

67Olympia, WAWA56,72462.6%−1%

68Othello, WAWA9,23762.7%−6%

69Terrace Heights, WAWA10,04162.8%+4%

70Maltby, WAWA10,91063.1%−9%

71Spokane, WAWA230,78363.2%+1%

72Chehalis, WAWA7,76463.2%+10%

73Richland, WAWA65,25863.3%−1%

74Sunnyside, WAWA16,43063.3%+1%

75West Richland, WAWA19,25763.5%−1%

76Silverdale, WAWA20,68563.6%−2%

77Waller, WAWA7,68363.6%+4%

78Des Moines, WAWA33,03263.6%−1%

79Clarkston, WAWA7,18963.6%+5%

80Moses Lake, WAWA27,46963.7%+2%

81Battle Ground, WAWA23,51363.7%−3%

82Camas, WAWA27,74963.7%−5%

83Arlington, WAWA22,03163.7%−7%

84Wenatchee, WAWA35,54763.8%−1%

85Spokane Valley, WAWA108,40563.8%−0%

86Lynnwood, WAWA42,13263.9%+1%

87Wollochet, WAWA6,68964.2%+3%

88Alderwood Manor, WAWA10,26664.2%−8%

89Newcastle, WAWA13,12864.2%−1%

90Ridgefield, WAWA16,13264.3%−4%

91Kelso, WAWA12,80164.3%+17%

92Edmonds, WAWA42,74864.8%+1%

93Ferndale, WAWA17,55964.8%+1%

94Pullman, WAWA33,75664.9%+10%

95Elk Plain, WAWA14,27664.9%−2%

96Woodland, WAWA6,61164.9%−1%

97Picnic Point, WAWA10,26164.9%−5%

98Prosser, WAWA6,65465.0%+22%

99Sultan, WAWA7,23065.1%−4%

100University Place, WAWA35,47965.1%+3%

101Shoreline, WAWA66,54265.1%−0%

102Cheney, WAWA12,65065.4%−2%

103Liberty Lake, WAWA14,02965.4%−3%

104Manchester, WAWA5,95665.5%−2%

105Lake Forest Park, WAWA13,19165.5%−8%

106Lake Tapps, WAWA12,79865.5%−6%

107Union Gap, WAWA6,61765.5%+6%

108Lake Morton-Berrydale, WAWA11,18365.6%−4%

109Eastmont, WAWA23,72165.6%−1%

110Woods Creek, WAWA6,94365.6%−5%

111Vancouver, WAWA199,69865.7%+2%

112Bryn Mawr-Skyway, WAWA17,63865.8%−2%

113Federal Way, WAWA99,72965.9%−1%

114Tacoma, WAWA229,81666.1%+0%

115Fairwood CDP (King County), WAWA17,85666.2%−3%

116Bellingham, WAWA96,39566.2%+2%

117East Wenatchee, WAWA14,41466.4%+1%

118Parkland, WAWA38,74266.4%+4%

119Lynden, WAWA16,88166.6%+2%

120Spanaway, WAWA34,01966.7%+0%

121Lakeland South, WAWA13,10066.8%+0%

122Tanglewilde, WAWA6,31466.8%+19%

123Five Corners, WAWA21,19466.9%−3%

124Graham, WAWA35,07967.0%+1%

125Puyallup, WAWA42,68267.1%+2%

126Burlington, WAWA11,35667.1%+8%

127Bellevue, WAWA154,19367.2%+1%

128Pasco, WAWA82,84867.2%−2%

129Oak Harbor, WAWA24,08367.2%+0%

130Toppenish, WAWA8,63567.5%+4%

131Washougal, WAWA18,02867.6%+3%

132Everett, WAWA113,56767.6%+1%

133Tumwater, WAWA28,01067.6%−4%

134Lake Shore, WAWA6,97867.7%+8%

135Burien, WAWA51,85967.7%−0%

136Ellensburg, WAWA21,30867.7%+6%

137Marysville, WAWA77,68667.8%+1%

138Sumner, WAWA10,87168.1%+10%

139Clover Creek, WAWA7,34568.1%+2%

140Tehaleh, WAWA9,56168.1%−1%

141Frederickson, WAWA25,38368.1%−1%

142Orchards, WAWA29,43868.1%−5%

143Enumclaw, WAWA13,17268.2%+1%

144Mukilteo, WAWA21,23968.4%+2%

145Pacific, WAWA7,05668.6%−3%

146Kenmore, WAWA24,24968.6%−2%

147Midland, WAWA9,05068.7%+4%

148Sammamish, WAWA66,11068.8%−0%

149Kent, WAWA134,87168.8%−0%

150DuPont, WAWA9,77868.9%−4%

151Felida, WAWA10,84169.1%+0%

152SeaTac, WAWA34,57869.1%−3%

153Hazel Dell, WAWA23,23769.3%+4%

154Bremerton, WAWA45,48269.3%+5%

155Duvall, WAWA9,44069.4%−8%

156Auburn, WAWA86,30169.4%+1%

157Mill Creek, WAWA20,90269.5%−0%

158Covington, WAWA21,49669.6%−1%

159Yelm, WAWA12,04369.7%+8%

160South Hill, WAWA68,02569.7%+1%

161Maple Valley, WAWA28,48269.8%−5%

162Mountlake Terrace, WAWA25,43069.9%+2%

163Bothell, WAWA52,19970.4%+0%

164Tukwila, WAWA22,00370.6%−5%

165Renton, WAWA104,97570.6%−1%

166Bonney Lake, WAWA22,13970.8%+3%

167Woodinville, WAWA14,54870.8%+3%

168North Bend, WAWA8,75871.0%+2%

169Milton, WAWA8,91171.0%−0%

170Minnehaha, WAWA11,48271.1%−2%

171Kirkland, WAWA97,41071.2%+0%

172Bothell West, WAWA22,02971.2%−2%

173Lake Stevens, WAWA42,09171.3%−2%

174Fircrest, WAWA6,95971.4%+7%

175Issaquah, WAWA39,42371.5%−3%

176Quincy, WAWA8,51071.7%+12%

177Orting, WAWA8,88471.9%+5%

178White Center, WAWA14,88671.9%+1%

179Lake Stickney, WAWA15,89072.2%+3%

180Edgewood, WAWA13,54872.2%+5%

181Redmond, WAWA82,50672.3%+2%

182Grandview, WAWA12,06272.3%+1%

183Prairie Ridge, WAWA12,07472.5%+2%

184Summit View, WAWA8,48072.9%−2%

185Silver Firs, WAWA22,30673.2%+1%

186Mill Creek East, WAWA25,45373.7%+1%

187Black Diamond, WAWA6,97874.1%+2%

188Seattle, WAWA784,77774.2%+0%

189Bothell East, WAWA14,57875.4%+6%

190Martha Lake, WAWA22,63475.5%+2%

191Fife, WAWA11,06176.1%+1%

192North Lynnwood, WAWA23,33977.0%+2%

193Snoqualmie, WAWA13,64078.1%−4%

194North Fort Lewis, WAWA6,33782.7%+1%

195Fort Lewis, WAWA15,16782.9%+7%

196Bangor Base, WAWA6,11285.7%−1%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES