Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: Unemployment Rate Trend
How Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area's unemployment rate changed from 2017 to 2023, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. The 2019 vintage reflects the pre-COVID peak; 2021 captures the immediate COVID-era disruption; 2022–2023 show the recovery.
2017
6.4%
2023
4.9%
Total change
-1.5 pp
% change
-23.4%
| Year | Unemployment Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6.4% | — |
| 2019 | 5.5% | -0.9 pp (-14.1%) |
| 2020 | 5.1% | -0.4 pp (-7.3%) |
| 2021 | 4.8% | -0.3 pp (-5.9%) |
| 2022 | 5.1% | +0.3 pp (6.2%) |
| 2023 | 4.9% | -0.2 pp (-3.9%) |