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Idaho’s seasonally adjusted labor force over one million for first time Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.8% in December, up from 3.7% in November. The state’s labor force increased by 4,108 people (0.4%) to 1,000,658 while the labor force participation rate — the percentage of people 16 years of age or older who are […]
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Labor economist Sam Wolkenhauer discusses Idaho’s housing interest rates and home inventories. Watch the webinar
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Idaho’s poverty rate is at 10.6%, ranking 15th lowest among the 50 states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s recently released 2019-2023 data. The state has dropped five percentage points from the prior (2014-2018) level of 15.6% improving from its previous 28th rank.