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Unemployment rate in Washington County

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 20 of 29 · Regions of Utah Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Washington County · Utah · United States · World
−0.5 pp since 2015
Washington County Utah United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Washington County
3.5%
Utah
3.6%
United States
3.6% · 2023
World
4.8%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Washington County · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 3.5% · 2025
First value 3.9% · 1990
Highest 11.0% · 2010
Lowest 2.7% · 2007
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearWashington CountyChange UtahUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.5% +0.1 pp 3.6% — 4.8%
2024 3.4% +0.4 pp 3.3% — 4.8%
2023 3.0% +0.3 pp 2.7% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 2.7% −0.3 pp 2.4% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 3.0% −2.5 pp 2.8% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 5.5% +2.6 pp 4.8% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 2.9% −0.3 pp 2.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.2% −0.2 pp 2.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 3.4% −0.2 pp 3.1% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 3.6% −0.4 pp 3.3% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 4.0% −0.2 pp 3.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 4.2% −0.8 pp 3.6% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 5.0% −1.1 pp 4.2% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 6.1% −3.4 pp 4.8% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 9.5% −1.5 pp 7.2% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 11.0% +0.8 pp 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 10.2% +5.8 pp 7.6% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 4.4% +1.7 pp 3.3% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 2.7% −0.2 pp 2.6% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 2.9% −1.1 pp 2.8% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.0% −0.9 pp 4.0% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 4.9% −0.4 pp 5.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.3% +0.2 pp 5.6% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 5.1% +1.0 pp 5.7% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 4.1% +0.6 pp 4.4% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 3.5% +0.1 pp 3.3% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 3.4% −0.2 pp 3.5% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 3.6% +0.3 pp 3.6% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 3.3% −0.2 pp 3.2% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 3.5% +0.3 pp 3.4% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 3.2% +0.2 pp 3.4% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 3.0% −0.6 pp 3.7% — 5.8%
1993 3.6% −0.7 pp 4.0% — 5.5%
1992 4.3% −0.3 pp 4.9% — 5.3%
1991 4.6% +0.7 pp 4.7% — 5.1%
1990 3.9% 4.4% — —

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Regions of Utah

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
19 Beaver County 3.7%
20 Box Elder County 3.6%
28 Cache County 3.0%
9 Carbon County 5.5%
10 Daggett County 4.5%
24 Davis County 3.3%
4 Duchesne County 7.3%
7 Emery County 5.9%
2 Garfield County 8.7%
8 Grand County 5.9%
11 Iron County 4.3%
18 Juab County 3.8%
12 Kane County 4.3%
22 Millard County 3.4%
29 Morgan County 3.0%
6 Piute County 6.2%
21 Rich County 3.5%
25 Salt Lake County 3.3%
3 San Juan County 7.7%
14 Sanpete County 4.0%
13 Sevier County 4.3%
26 Summit County 3.2%
15 Tooele County 4.0%
5 Uintah County 6.6%
27 Utah County 3.2%
23 Wasatch County 3.4%
16 Washington County 4.0%
1 Wayne County 8.9%
17 Weber County 4.0%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2015

What it means

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.