Indicators Idaho

People are counted as unemployed if they are at least 16 years old, are without a job and available for work, and have recently made specific efforts to find employment. The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a percent of the entire labor force.

Nez Perce's monthly unemployment rate was 2.1 percent in September, 2018. This compares to 2.1 percent in Idaho as a whole.

Nez Perce's average annual unemployment rate in 2017 . . .

was 2.8 percent compared to 3.2 for Idaho
was less than the previous year's rate of 3.3 percent.
ranked 29^th – from highest to lowest – out of Idaho's 44 counties.

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Note: Monthly data for counties and states are not seasonally adjusted. The Bureau of Labor Statistics often revises previous estimates. Data are adjusted accordingly on this website.

Source: 1991-2018: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Labor Force Data by County, (http://stats.bls.gov/lau/home.htm); DATE LAST UPDATED: November 12, 2018.