The self-employment rate is the percent of all employed people who have their own businesses (“proprietors”) as opposed to working for someone else in return for wages or salary.
In 2020, the self-employment rate in Owyhee. . .
- was 34.0 percent, compared to 36.0 percent in 2010, 34.7 percent in 2000, 33.0 percent in 1990, and 30.8 percent in 1980;
- was 34.0 percent, compared to 24.7 in Idaho;
- ranked 16th – from highest to lowest – out of Idaho's 44 counties.