2008 Budget Book - Kitsap County Government

General Information and Economic Indicators
2007 35,810 in 2007. The 2007 population estimate for Port Orchard is 8,350; Poulsbo 7,560; and Bainbridge
Island 23,080. The County experienced a 4.6% increase in population in the last 5 years. Five percent of this
growth occurred in unincorporated parts of the County.
Some fluctuations in County population are due to changes in the number of ships and naval personnel
stationed at the naval facilities.
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POPULATION ESTIMATES 1
Year
Kitsap
County
Percent
Change
(%) Washington
Percent
Change
(%)
2001 233,400 0.62 5,947,900 2.49
2002 234,700 0.56 6,041,700 1.58
2003 237,000 0.98 6,098,300 0.94
2004 239,500 1.06 6,167,800 1.14
2005 240,400 0.40 6,256,400 1.40
2006 243,400 1.24 6,375,000 1.90
2007 244,800 .99 6,488,000 .99
1 Kitsap County population figures may vary yearly by several thousand as a result of the number of ships docked in the Puget
Sound Naval Shipyard.
Source: Washington State Department of Employment Security and Office of Financial Management
EMPLOYMENT
Kitsap County is defined as the Bremerton-Silverdale Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) for employment and
unemployment statistics. The 2007 figures estimate the resident civilian labor force in the County at 126,990.
Average annual unemployment in 2007 was estimated at 4.2 percent in the County which was less than the
State average at 4.8 percent. Non-manufacturing employment in the County accounted for 97.8 percent of total
wage and salary jobs in December 2007, which was the same for the previous year. Manufacturing accounted
for 2.1 percent of employment in 2007, employing a total of 1,872 workers.
Government. The largest employment sector in the County in December 2007 was government, with 31.7
percent of all jobs; in 2006 this section employed 33.0 percent.
Retail Trade. Retail trade accounted for 14.2 percent of civilian jobs in 2007, remaining close to the 2006 level
of 14.1 percent.
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