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Population and Labor Force Trends <br />12 Washington County <br />Labor Supply Study <br />March 2023 <br />Washington County is home to an <br />estimated 277,283 residents of all <br />ages as of 2022, growing by 21,566 <br />over the last 5 years and is <br />projected to grow by 23,061 over <br />the next five years. Unemployment <br />is low at an estimated 1.9% county- <br />wide as of 2022Q3 (2,728 people). <br />A larger share of Black and African <br />American adults are unemployed <br />than their share of the local <br />workforce (9.3% of the unemployed <br />compared to 4.7% of the population <br />and 4.3% of the workforce). <br />Approximately three in ten adult <br />residents hold a bachelor’s degree <br />(31.1%, which is 10.2% above the <br />national average). <br />Labor Force Participation Summary Statistics <br />Educational Attainment of the Prime Working Age Population <br />Unemployment by Race, Nov 2022 <br />American Indian/Alaska Native 37 (1.5%) <br />Asian 79 (3.1%) <br />Black or African American 236 (9.3%) <br />Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 6 (0.2%) <br />White 2,182 (85.9%) <br />Source: Lightcast 2023Q1 Dataset.