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Unemployment rate in Nampa

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 7 of 14 · Towns of Idaho Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Nampa · Idaho · United States · World
−1.1 pp since 2015
Nampa Idaho United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Nampa
3.6%
Idaho
3.7%
United States
3.6% · 2023
World
4.8%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Nampa · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 3.6% · 2025
First value 6.9% · 1990
Highest 11.9% · 2009
Lowest 2.6% · 2022
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearNampaChange IdahoUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.6% +0.2 pp 3.7% — 4.8%
2024 3.4% +0.4 pp 3.6% — 4.8%
2023 3.0% +0.4 pp 3.2% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 2.6% −0.7 pp 2.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 3.3% −2.0 pp 3.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 5.3% +2.6 pp 5.5% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 2.7% ±0.0 pp 2.9% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 2.7% −0.4 pp 2.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 3.1% −0.6 pp 3.2% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 3.7% −1.0 pp 3.7% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 4.7% −0.6 pp 3.9% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.3% −3.2 pp 4.4% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 8.5% −1.1 pp 6.9% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 9.6% −1.5 pp 7.5% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 11.1% −0.6 pp 8.4% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 11.7% −0.2 pp 9.1% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 11.9% +5.6 pp 9.1% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 6.3% +2.8 pp 5.0% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 3.5% −0.7 pp 3.0% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.2% −0.6 pp 3.4% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.8% −1.4 pp 4.0% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 6.2% −0.8 pp 4.9% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 7.0% +0.1 pp 5.6% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 6.9% +1.3 pp 5.7% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 5.6% +0.8 pp 5.1% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 4.8% −0.2 pp 4.6% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 5.0% −0.6 pp 5.0% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 5.6% −0.2 pp 5.3% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 5.8% −0.1 pp 5.2% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 5.9% −0.3 pp 5.4% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 6.2% ±0.0 pp 5.5% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 6.2% −0.8 pp 5.5% — 5.8%
1993 7.0% −0.3 pp 6.1% — 5.5%
1992 7.3% −0.4 pp 6.5% — 5.3%
1991 7.7% +0.8 pp 6.3% — 5.1%
1990 6.9% 5.6% — —

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Idaho

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Post Falls 3.6%
2 Caldwell 3.2%
3 Coeur d'Alene 3.2%
4 Pocatello 3.2%
5 Lewiston 2.9%
6 Nampa 2.7%
7 Twin Falls 2.7%
8 Eagle 2.6%
9 Rexburg 2.6%
10 Idaho Falls 2.5%
11 Boise 2.4%
12 Meridian 2.3%
13 Moscow 2.2%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2019

What it means

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.