Boise City-Nampa, Idaho Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Boise City fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 8.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the Idaho rate. The unemployment rate in Boise City peaked in February 2011 at 10.0% and is now 1.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Boise City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Idaho	8.4%	-0.1	-1.3
Boise City	8.4%	-0.2	-1.5

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Boise City, Idaho, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Boise City, Idaho Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Boise City peaked in February 2011 at 29,220. There are now 4,024 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Boise City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Boise City, Idaho) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Boise City	25,196	-531	-3,752

Number of Unemployed Persons

Boise City, Idaho Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Idaho Unemployment Rate	Boise City Unemployment Rate	Boise City Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	8.4%	8.4%	25,196
November 2011	8.7%	8.5%	8.6%	25,727
October 2011	8.9%	8.8%	8.9%	26,418
September 2011	9.0%	9.0%	9.1%	27,045
August 2011	9.1%	9.2%	9.3%	27,621
July 2011	9.1%	9.4%	9.5%	28,181
June 2011	9.1%	9.4%	9.6%	28,632
May 2011	9.0%	9.4%	9.6%	28,308
April 2011	9.0%	9.6%	9.8%	28,833
March 2011	8.9%	9.7%	9.9%	29,112
February 2011	9.0%	9.7%	10.0%	29,220
January 2011	9.1%	9.7%	9.9%	29,085