Manufacturing employment as a percent of total
Manufacturing employment as a percent of total, 1980
- State average: 17.8 percent
- Highest county: Wahkiakum at 37.5 percent
- Lowest county: Whitman at 1.6 percent
Manufacturing employment as a percent of total, 1990
- State average: 16.5 percent
- Highest county: Columbia at 35.3 percent
- Lowest county: Whitman at 1.4 percent
Manufacturing employment as a percent of total, 2000
- State average: 12.7 percent
- Highest county: Wahkiakum at 33.5 percent
- Lowest county: Douglas at 1.7 percent
Manufacturing Employment As a Percent of Total, 2017
- State average: 8.7 percent
- Highest county: Klickitat at 22.8 percent
- Lowest county: Garflield at 2.8 percent
Change in Total Manufacturing Employment, 2000-2017
- State average: -16.8 percent
- Highest County: Douglas at 309.6 percent (an increase from 156 jobs to 639 jobs)
- Lowest County: Wahkiakum at -67.8 percent (a decrease from 298 jobs to 96 jobs)
Data source:
Last updated: May 22, 2019
E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov
