Manufacturing employment as a percent of total, 1980

• State average: 17.8%
• Highest county: Wahkiakum at 37.5%
• Lowest county: Whitman at 1.6%

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Manufacturing employment as a percent of total, 1990

• State average: 16.5%
• Highest county: Columbia at 35.3%
• Lowest county: Whitman at 1.4%

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Manufacturing employment as a percent of total, 2000

• State average: 12.7%
• Highest county: Wahkiakum at 33.5%
• Lowest county: Douglas at 1.7%

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Manufacturing Employment As a Percent of Total, 2022

• State average: 7.6%
• Highest county: Klickitat at 18.3%
• Lowest county: Garfield at 2.8%

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Change in Total Manufacturing Employment, 2010-2022

• State average: 3.6%
• Highest County: Klickitat at 128.4% (an increase from 624 jobs to 1,425 jobs)
• Lowest County: Mason at -45.1% (a decrease from 306 jobs to 168 jobs)

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Data source:

• U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov