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County-to-County Worker Flows

The County-to-County Worker Flow Files were compiled from Census 2000 long-form questionnaire responses to questions related to place of work.

Top county-to-county worker flows

Table 1. Ten most common county-to-county commutes involving Washington counties
Rank County of Residence County of Work Worker Flow
1 Snohomish, WA King, WA 103,334
2 Pierce, WA King, WA 80,783
3 Clark, WA Multnomah, OR 40,984
4 King, WA Snohomish, WA 30,951
5 King, WA Pierce, WA 18,564
6 Kitsap, WA King, WA 14,960
7 Thurston, WA Pierce, WA 14,352
8 Benton, WA Franklin, WA 8,508
9 Kootenai, ID Spokane, WA 8,190
10 Multnomah, OR Clark, WA 7,095

Summary information

Maps

Stay-at-Home Workers
Workers Working in County of Residence as a Percent of All Workers Working in County

 

Counties That Do Not Draw Commuters from Other Counties
Percent of Jobs in County Held by County Residents

 

Counties That Draw Commuters from Other Counties
Jobs per Resident Worker

 

Net Flow of Workers
Net Flow = Commuters In - Commuters Out

Most common commutes by county

Last updated: September 1, 2010
E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov