Amazing how robust Idaho’s economy is!
That last number is the most disturbing to me, though. The labor force participation rate refers to the number of people available for work as a percentage of the total population. How can 35% of working age adults not be working?
2 Thess. 3:10: “For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.”
BOISE — Idaho’s unemployment has dropped to 2.6 percent.
The Idaho Department of Labor in a Friday news release said the state’s unemployment rate in November dropped a tenth of a point from the previous month’s 2.7 percent.
The agency said it’s the 15th consecutive month Idaho’s unemployment rate has been at or below 3 percent.The agency said the number of people in the state age 16 or older working or looking for work is at 854,243.
The agency said total employment is 831,851, an increase of nearly 15,000 from a year ago. The number of people seeking work is 22,392.The labor force participation rate is 63.4 percent.