King County Economic Indicators

The indicators provide key data on employment, unemployment, business operations and other factors that are useful in understanding national, state and local economic trends.

• About the Indicators
• 2005 Indicators
• 2004 Indicators
• 2003 Indicators
• 2002 Indicators
• Sources of Information
• Archives (1997 - 2001 Reports)

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Economic Indicators

These indicators are key economic data on the national, state and county levels. The indicators offer useful insights into the direction and extent of changes in the economy. These trends can be helpful in assessing parallel or divergent movements in the county economy as compared to that of Washington State or the US.

Note: The indicators reports are available for viewing in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format. You may download a free copy of the Acrobat Reader here or visit Adobe's site to get more information.

For more information, please contact:
Martin Dicker,
Senior Economic Development Specialist
(206) 205-0710
martin.dicker@metrokc.gov

King County Office of
Business Relations and Economic Development
701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2000
MS BOA-EX-2000
Seattle, WA 98104
206-296-0200

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Year 2005: Economic Indicators

• 2005: 4th Quarter - National indicators (116 KB .pdf)
• 2005: 4th Quarter - State and County indicators (59 KB .pdf)
• 2005: 4th Quarter - King County real estate indicators (111 KB .pdf)
• 2005: 4th Quarter - Economic trends (391 KB .pdf)
• 2005: 1st Quarter - National indicators (58 KB .pdf)
• 2005: 1st Quarter - State and County indicators (57 KB .pdf)
• 2005: 1st Quarter - King County real estate indicators (82 KB .pdf)
• 2005: 1st Quarter - Economic trends (510 KB .pdf)

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Year 2004: Economic Indicators

• 2004: National indicators (139 KB .pdf)
• 2004: State and County indicators (89 KB .pdf)
• 2004: King County real estate indicators (142 KB .pdf)
• 2004: 1st Quarter - Economic trends for the US, Washington State and King County (303 KB .pdf)
• 2004: 2nd Quarter - Economic trends for the US, Washington State and King County (401 KB .pdf)
• 2004: 3rd Quarter - Economic trends for the US, Washington State and King County (430 KB .pdf)
• 2004: 4th Quarter - Economic trends for the US, Washington State and King County (511 KB .pdf)

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Year 2003: Quarterly Economic Indicators

• 2003: - National indicators (100 KB .pdf)
• 2003: - State and County indicators (53 KB .pdf)
• 2003: - King County real estate indicators (56 KB .pdf)
• 2003: 4th Quarter - Economic trends for the US, Washington State and King County (340 KB .pdf)
• 2003: 3rd Quarter - Economic trends for the US, Washington State and King County (324 KB .pdf)
• 2003: 2nd Quarter - Economic trends for the US, Washington State and King County (217 KB .pdf)

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Year 2002 Monthly Economic Indicators

• 2002 - National indicators (9 KB .pdf)
• 2002 - State and County indicators (9 KB .pdf)
• 2002 - King County real estate indicators (12 KB .pdf)

1997 through 2001 Archives

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Sources of Information

• US Bureau of Economic Analysis (external link)
• US Bureau of Labor Statistics (external link)
• Economy.com's FreeLunch (external link)
• University of Michigan Institute of Social Research (external link)
• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (external link)
• US Department of the Treasury (external link)
• The Federal Reserve Board (external link)
• The Boeing Company (external link)
• Washington State Department of Revenue (external link)
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Western Washington (external link)
• Federal Housing Finance Board (external link)
• Northwest Multiple Listing Services (external link)
• CB Richard Ellis, Quarterly Market Reports (external link)
• Port of Seattle (external link)
• The Dow Jones Company (external link)
• The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (external link)
• Standard & Poor's Corp.(external link)
• Workforce Explorer Washington(external link)
• Seattle & Snohomish County Regional Economists
• Seattle Department of Licensing (external link)
• Central Puget Sound Real Estate Research Report

Archive (1997 - 2001) of Economic Indicator Reports

2001 Reports

• 2001 - National indicators (10 KB .pdf)
• 2001 - State and County indicators (10 KB .pdf)
• 2001 - King County real estate indicators (13 KB .pdf)

• 3rd Qtr. 2001 - Executive Summary
• 3rd Qtr. 2001 - Full Report (155 KB .pdf)

• 2nd Qtr. 2001 - Executive Summary
• 2nd Qtr. 2001 - Full Report (96 KB .pdf)

• 1st Qtr. 2001 - Executive Summary
• 1st Qtr. 2001 - Full Report (407 KB .pdf)

2000 Reports

• 4th Qtr. 2000 - Executive Summary
• 4th Qtr. 2000 - Full Report (90 KB .pdf)

• 3rd Qtr. 2000 - Executive Summary
• 3rd Qtr. 2000 - Full Report (100KB .pdf file)

• 2nd Qtr. 2000 - Executive Summary
• 2nd Qtr. 2000 - Full Report(125KB .pdf file)

• 1st Qtr. 2000 - Executive Summary
• 1st Qtr. 2000 - Full Report (106KB .pdf file)

1999 Reports

• 4th Qtr. 1999 - Executive Summary
• 4th Qtr. 1999 - Full Report (370 KB .pdf)

• 3rd Qtr. 1999 - Executive Summary
• 3rd Qtr. 1999 - Full Report (395 KB .pdf)

• 2nd Qtr. 1999 - Executive Summary
• 2nd Qtr. 1999 - Full Report(332 KB .pdf)

• 1st Qtr. 1999 - Executive Summary
• 1st Qtr. 1999 - Full Report (410 KB .pdf)

1998 Reports

• 4th Qtr. 1998 - Executive Summary
• 4th Qtr. 1998 - Full Report (405 KB .pdf)

• 3rd Qtr. 1998 - Executive Summary
• 3rd Qtr. 1998 - Full Report (444 KB .pdf)

• 2nd Qtr. 1998 - Executive Summary
• 2nd Qtr. 1998 - Full Report (439 KB .pdf)

• 1st Qtr. 1998 - Executive Summary
• 1st Qtr. 1998 - Full Report (86 KB .pdf)

1997 Reports

• 4th Qtr. 1997 - Executive Summary
• 4th Qtr. 1997 - Full Report (433 KB .pdf)

• 3rd Qtr. 1997 - Executive Summary
• 3rd Qtr. 1997 - Full Report (451 KB .pdf)

• 2nd Qtr. 1997 - Executive Summary
• 2nd Qtr. 1997 - Full Report (438 KB .pdf)
• 1st Qtr. 1997 - Executive Summary