Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Idaho
Unemployment rates, while significantly lower than the alarming pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, remain a subject of concern, notably as economic experts bandy around the idea of a potential recession by 2023. The last economic recession—the Great Recession of 2008-2010—sent rates up to 10% as of October 2009. It was not until the spring of 2019 that unemployment finally went down to the same level it sits at now.
As of October of this year, national unemployment is at 3.7%, 0.2% higher than in September. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state demonstrate a rather sizable spectrum, ranging from just 2.0% in Minnesota, to 4.5% in Illinois and 4.7% in the District of Columbia. Further breakdown by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows yet another county-based spectrum within each state.
To that end, Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest unemployment rate in Idaho using data from the BLS. Counties are ranked by unemployment rate in September 2022.
#44. Teton County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.4%
- Total labor force: 8,110 (133 unemployed)
#43. Madison County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 25,029 (417 unemployed)
#42. Franklin County
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 7,815 (151 unemployed)
#41. Camas County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 760 (15 unemployed)
#40. Fremont County
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 8,703 (176 unemployed)
#39. Cassia County
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 13,532 (287 unemployed)
#38. Jefferson County
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 15,365 (319 unemployed)
#37. Minidoka County
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 12,860 (282 unemployed)
#36. Bear Lake County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: +0.2%
- Total labor force: 3,474 (79 unemployed)
#35. Blaine County
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.6%
- Total labor force: 13,324 (308 unemployed)
#34. Bonneville County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 63,173 (1,433 unemployed)
#33. Caribou County
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 4,224 (99 unemployed)
#32. Latah County
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 21,078 (476 unemployed)
#31. Oneida County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: +0.4%
- Total labor force: 2,795 (63 unemployed)
#30. Ada County
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 278,658 (6,653 unemployed)
#29. Bingham County
--- 1 month change: -0.7%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 26,540 (636 unemployed)
#28. Power County
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 4,725 (114 unemployed)
#27. Gem County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 9,110 (232 unemployed)
#26. Gooding County
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 8,694 (216 unemployed)
#25. Jerome County
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 13,118 (324 unemployed)
#24. Nez Perce County
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 21,452 (527 unemployed)
#23. Twin Falls County
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -0.4%
- Total labor force: 44,510 (1,128 unemployed)
#22. Custer County
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 2,468 (63 unemployed)
#21. Bannock County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 44,933 (1,207 unemployed)
#20. Elmore County
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 12,680 (344 unemployed)
#19. Payette County
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 12,590 (357 unemployed)
#18. Canyon County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 115,930 (3,325 unemployed)
#17. Kootenai County
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.4%
- Total labor force: 85,517 (2,516 unemployed)
#16. Owyhee County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 5,940 (170 unemployed)
#15. Clark County
--- 1 month change: +0.3%
--- 1 year change: +0.4%
- Total labor force: 406 (12 unemployed)
#14. Lemhi County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.6%
- Total labor force: 4,005 (119 unemployed)
#13. Lincoln County
--- 1 month change: +0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 2,894 (86 unemployed)
#12. Washington County
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 5,045 (150 unemployed)
#11. Bonner County
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.4%
- Total labor force: 22,478 (706 unemployed)
#10. Boundary County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 5,850 (179 unemployed)
#9. Butte County
--- 1 month change: +0.4%
--- 1 year change: +0.3%
- Total labor force: 1,526 (48 unemployed)
#8. Lewis County
--- 1 month change: -0.9%
--- 1 year change: -0.9%
- Total labor force: 1,718 (54 unemployed)
#7. Valley County
--- 1 month change: +0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.6%
- Total labor force: 6,105 (193 unemployed)
#6. Benewah County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.4%
- Total labor force: 4,203 (140 unemployed)
#5. Idaho County
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 7,065 (231 unemployed)
#4. Boise County
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -0.8%
- Total labor force: 3,847 (137 unemployed)
#3. Shoshone County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.7%
- Total labor force: 5,501 (232 unemployed)
#2. Adams County
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -0.4%
- Total labor force: 1,869 (81 unemployed)
#1. Clearwater County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 3,134 (140 unemployed)