| Region 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| % 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 | |
| Adams | 13.9 | 14.6 | 11.8 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 14.9 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 17.6 | 12.0 | 11.6 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 4.9 |
| Canyon | 6.7 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| Gem | 8.2 | 7.8 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
| Owyhee | 5.8 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| Payette | 10.1 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 10.3 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 3.7 |
| Washington | 10.3 | 9.0 | 9.6 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 11.6 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 |