# Counties in Idaho by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 44 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/idaho-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/idaho-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Clearwater County | 5.6 |
| 2 | Madison County | 5.5 |
| 3 | Adams County | 4.9 |
| 4 | Benewah County | 4.6 |
| 5 | Washington County | 4.4 |
| 6 | Bonner County | 4.3 |
| 7 | Bannock County | 4.1 |
| 7 | Boundary County | 4.1 |
| 7 | Payette County | 4.1 |
| 10 | Shoshone County | 4 |
| 11 | Camas County | 3.8 |
| 11 | Elmore County | 3.8 |
| 11 | Kootenai County | 3.8 |
| 11 | Lewis County | 3.8 |
| 15 | Bingham County | 3.7 |
| 16 | Idaho County | 3.6 |
| 16 | Lincoln County | 3.6 |
| 18 | Boise County | 3.5 |
| 18 | Canyon County | 3.5 |
| 18 | Twin Falls County | 3.5 |
| 21 | Caribou County | 3.4 |
| 21 | Cassia County | 3.4 |
| 21 | Latah County | 3.4 |
| 21 | Valley County | 3.4 |
| 25 | Ada County | 3.3 |
| 25 | Custer County | 3.3 |
| 25 | Minidoka County | 3.3 |
| 25 | Nez Perce County | 3.3 |
| 29 | Bonneville County | 3.2 |
| 29 | Clark County | 3.2 |
| 29 | Franklin County | 3.2 |
| 29 | Gem County | 3.2 |
| 29 | Lemhi County | 3.2 |
| 34 | Butte County | 3.1 |
| 34 | Jerome County | 3.1 |
| 34 | Owyhee County | 3.1 |
| 37 | Gooding County | 3 |
| 37 | Jefferson County | 3 |
| 39 | Oneida County | 2.8 |
| 39 | Power County | 2.8 |
| 41 | Bear Lake County | 2.7 |
| 41 | Fremont County | 2.7 |
| 43 | Blaine County | 2.6 |
| 44 | Teton County | 1.9 |