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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 3 <br />230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Affected Environment <br />Page 3-224 <br />FIGURE 3.9-2 HISTORICAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, PROJECT STUDY AREA <br />COUNTIES AND THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, 2006 - JULY 2015 <br /> <br />Source: WESD 2015a. <br />The Project study area unemployed labor force reached a high of 24,550 in January 2010. As the local <br />economy came out of the recession, in summer months, the number of unemployed was under 13,000 in <br />2014 and 2015 with the lowest unemployment level of 12,355 occurring in September 2014. With the <br />historical unemployed labor force being around 10,000 in the relatively full-employment years of 2006- <br />2007, indicating that even in the relatively busy summer months, there is substantial excess capacity in <br />the local labor supply (WESD 2015a). Data on the historical unemployed labor force are shown in Figure <br />3.9-3. <br /> <br />4.0% <br />6.0% <br />8.0% <br />10.0% <br />12.0% <br />14.0% <br />16.0%JanJulyJanJulyJanJulyJanJulyJanJulyJanJulyJanJulyJanJulyJanJulyJanJuly2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 <br />Grant <br />Kittitas <br />Yakima <br />State of <br />Washington