| Region 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| % of Labor Force Not Employed | ||||||||||||||||
| Source: Department of Labor | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Benewah | 11.5 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 10.6 | 11.5 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 5.6 |
| Bonner | 10.2 | 9.9 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
| Boundary | 9.6 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 11.6 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 5.9 |
| Kootenai | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 8 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| Shoshone | 16.1 | 14.3 | 11.6 | 10.5 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 12 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 9.5 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 4.9 |