Unemployment Rate in Yakima County, WA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
7.3%
Rank #2,855/3,222 · #37 in WA
11th
Yakima 7.3%
WA 5.0% +46.0%
US 5.3% +37.9%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Yakima County's unemployment rate of 7.3% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Yakima County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,852 | Otero County, NM | 7.3% |
| #2,853 | Yancey County, NC | 7.3% |
| #2,854 | Hawkins County, TN | 7.3% |
| #2,855 | Yakima County, WA | 7.3% |
| #2,856 | Little River County, AR | 7.3% |
| #2,857 | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT | 7.3% |
| #2,858 | San Lorenzo Municipio, PR | 7.3% |
About Unemployment Rate
Yakima County, Washington has a unemployment rate of 7.3%, ranking #2,855 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 37.9% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Washington, it ranks #37 of 39. This places it in the 11th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.