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Equal Opportunity Employer
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Idaho's Labor Market Information System
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Your source for labor market information for the state of Idaho. Within this site you can find economic information to help you make informed decisions whether you are an employer or a job seeker, a student or an economic analyst.
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Idaho businesses hired fewer people last month than they have during June for the last decade, pushing the forecasted seasonally adjusted unemployment rate up another half percentage point to 8.3 percent.
June’s rate was the highest jobless rate since October 1983 when the state was pulling out of the double-dip recession that ushered in a major economic shift from natural resources to services augmented by some expanded advanced manufacturing – particularly in the high technology sector. Read more... 7/2/2009
Recession Slows Migration from Rural Communities
The national recession not only reduced migration to Idaho from other states and countries in 2008, but it slowed the exodus of people from Idaho’s rural communities, new U.S. Census Bureau estimates indicate.
Between mid-2007 and mid-2008, 69 of Idaho’s 200 cities either experienced no population growth or modest population losses. According to agency analysts, the length and depth of the current recession that caused the Boise metropolitan area to lose 24,000 jobs during the past two years and the rest of the state to lose over 17,500 more has severely impeded the ability – and the rationale – for people to move. Read more... 7/1/2009
Nearly 5,600 Idaho workers lost their jobs last month, sending the forecasted seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May to 7.8 percent – a 22-year high. Preliminary estimates found 38,000 fewer jobs across the state than in May 2008, a 5.8 percent decline. Read more... 6/5/2009
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Latest Idaho Statistics & Publications
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Statewide 8.3%
(Seasonally Adjusted, Forecast June 2009)
1,523,816 (2008)
1,499,402 (2007)
1,466,465 (2006)
1,429,096 (2005)
$31,197 (2007)
CPI-U 215.3 (Annual 2008)
CPI-U 213.9 (May 2009)
Percent Change
Apr-09 May-08
0.3% -1.3%
The national Consumer Price Index
rate of inflation is used in Idaho
because there is no index for Idaho.
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