2015 State Report for County-Level Data: Employment

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to the following individuals who have contributed to the success of this effort: Deb Brucker, Erin Dame, Adam Lavoie, Rachel Coleman, Kate Filanoski, Karen Volle, and Anna Brennan-Curry.

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2015 Idaho Report for County-Level Data: Employment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Introduction

The State Reports for County-Level Data on Employment are designed to provide the users of disability statistics with the employed count and employment rate for civilians with disabilities, ages 18 to 64 years and living in the community, for any given state and county in the United States (U.S.). This report is intended to be an online complement to Section 2: Employment of the Annual Disability Statistics Compendium and Annual Disability Statistics Supplement, providing greater detail within each state. The State Reports for County-Level Data on Employment can be used to compare county-level statistics between counties in any given state or states. The following report provides county-level statistics for Idaho.

The proportion of the civilian non-institutionalized population with disabilities who are employed, sometimes called the employment rate or employment-to-population ratio, presented in the State Reports for County-Level Data is a useful tool for advocates, researchers, and policy-makers to plan and provide services and supports for the employment of people with disabilities. In this report, the employment of people with disabilities is presented as the number of employed civilians with disabilities, ages 18 to 64 years and living in the community, in a given state and county per total state and county populations, respectively. Counts and percentages (the employment rate) are provided in tables and maps.

The data for this report come from the American Community Survey 5-year data. The American Community Survey (ACS) is a national survey developed by the U.S. Census Bureau to provide information on a number of topics about social, economic, and demographic characteristics of the U.S. population. ACS 5-year data is collected over a longer period of time than 1-year data, providing larger sample sizes and increased reliability for less populated areas and small population subgroups. All of the statistics in this report use the ACS 5-year data which includes data from 2015, the year of the report, and data from the four previous years. In the ACS, people are identified as having a disability based on responses to a series of six questions asking about having difficulties with vision, hearing, ambulation, cognition, self-care, and independent living (see glossary for further details). 

 

 

 

In the ACS, people are also asked a series of questions designed to identify their employment status. Based on the answers, individuals were classified into one of five groups:

  • People who worked at any time during the reference week;
  • People on temporary layoff who were available for work;
  • People who did not work during the reference week but who had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absent (excluding layoff);
  • People who did not work during the reference week, but who were looking for work during the last four weeks and were available for work during the reference week; and
  • People not in the labor force. 

In the ACS, people are identified as being employed if they responded as having worked during the past week. 

Specific to Idaho, the state chosen for this report, sentences providing interpretation and context for employment statistics are included on the following page. A short glossary of terms is also provided at the end of the report explaining the statistics that are illustrated in each sentence.

Additional Resources. The Annual Disability Statistics Compendium and its complement, the Annual Disability Statistics Supplement, are summaries of statistics about people with disabilities, available both in hard copy and online at https://www.disabilitycompendium.org

Help navigating any of the resources described here can be found in the Frequently Asked Questions section at https://www.disabilitycompendium.org/faq. Assistance interpreting and locating additional statistics is available via our toll-free number, 866.538.9521, or by email, disability.statistics@unh.edu. For more information about our research projects, please visit https://www.researchondisability.org.

Suggested Citation. Boege, S.L., Lauer, E.A., & Houtenville, A.J., 2019. 2015 State Report for Idaho County-Level Data: Employment. Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire, Institute on Disability.

Interpretation

The following statements are designed to help understand the 2015 county-level employment statistics from Idaho that are presented:

 

  • For people with disabilities:
    • The employment rate for people with disabilities in Idaho was 38.2%.
    • The range, also known as the difference between largest and smallest values, of employment rates for people with disabilities across Idaho counties was 74.4%.
      • The county with the greatest employment rate for people with disabilities was Clark (94.5%).
      • The county with the smallest employment rate for people with disabilities was Washington (20.1%).
    • The median, also known as the middle-most, employment rate for people with disabilities across all counties in Idaho was 37.3%.

 

  • For people without disabilities:
    • The employment rate for people without disabilities in Idaho was 75.1%.
    • The range, also known as the difference between largest and smallest values, of employment rates for people without disabilities across Idaho counties was 20.9%.
      • The county with the greatest employment rate for people without disabilities was Blaine (83.4%).
      • The county with the smallest employment rate for people without disabilities was Gem and Madison (62.5%).
    • The median, also known as the middle-most, employment rate for people without disabilities across all counties in Idaho was 75.0%.
Employment of Civilians with and without Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for Idaho, by County: 2015
County Disability No Disability   County Disability No Disability
Total Employed % [1] Total Employed % [2] Total Employed % [1] Total Employed % [2]
  Idaho    105,585 40,381 38.2 842,727 633,168 75.1    Gem       1,595    418 26.2   7,771   4,859 62.5
   Ada      21,360  8,255 38.6 234,954 182,245 77.6  Gooding       938    305 32.5   7,339   6,003 81.8
  Adams        399    129 32.3   1,787   1,160 64.9   Idaho      1,587    718 45.2   7,108   5,260 74.0
 Bannock     6,535  2,630 40.2  43,352  32,920 75.9 Jefferson    1,663    745 44.8  12,898   9,596 74.4
Bear Lake      334    110 32.9   2,849   2,219 77.9   Jerome     1,419    507 35.7  11,313   8,431 74.5
 Benewah       863    246 28.5   4,316   3,083 71.4  Kootenai   10,168  3,688 36.3  75,932  57,809 76.1
 Bingham     2,955  1,247 42.2  22,061  16,669 75.6   Latah      2,320    983 42.4  24,506  16,895 68.9
  Blaine       637    367 57.6  12,474  10,398 83.4   Lemhi        824    279 33.9   3,503   2,471 70.5
  Boise        587    166 28.3   3,553   2,400 67.5   Lewis        355    119 33.5   1,671   1,265 75.7
  Bonner     3,320    926 27.9  20,744  14,298 68.9  Lincoln       373    125 33.5   2,585   1,953 75.6
Bonneville   7,677  3,563 46.4  52,832  40,711 77.1  Madison     1,249    553 44.3  23,936  14,951 62.5
 Boundary      990    232 23.4   5,191   3,347 64.5  Minidoka    1,223    550 45.0  10,205   7,882 77.2
  Butte        227     76 33.5   1,243     813 65.4 Nez Perce    3,333  1,143 34.3  20,231  16,270 80.4
  Camas         96     67 69.8     509     389 76.4   Oneida       302    111 36.8   1,944   1,460 75.1
  Canyon    14,632  4,679 32.0  98,956  72,306 73.1   Owyhee       815    301 36.9   5,562   3,761 67.6
 Caribou       294    131 44.6   3,370   2,734 81.1  Payette     1,558    662 42.5  11,132   8,037 72.2
  Cassia     1,295    597 46.1  11,154   8,472 76.0   Power        611    230 37.6   3,655   2,748 75.2
  Clark         73     69 94.5     444     368 82.9  Shoshone    1,283    460 35.9   6,016   4,139 68.8
Clearwater     962    393 40.9   3,200   2,229 69.7   Teton        637    391 61.4   5,900   4,655 78.9
  Custer       318    109 34.3   2,170   1,491 68.7 Twin Falls   4,891  2,305 47.1  40,683  31,550 77.6
  Elmore     1,638    703 42.9  12,302   8,861 72.0   Valley       965    197 20.4   4,938   3,754 76.0
 Franklin      713    420 58.9   6,023   4,564 75.8 Washington     869    175 20.1   4,425   3,258 73.6
 Fremont       702    301 42.9   5,990   4,484 74.9                                                    
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
Count of Employed Civilians with Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for Idaho, by County: 2015

Employment Rate for Civilians with Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for Idaho, by County: 2015

Discussion

There are a number of concepts and factors which complicate the interpretation of the estimates presented in this report. These concerns affect all statistics from population-based surveys. The estimates included in this document should be interpreted the following limitations in mind and generalized with caution. In each point, a link to the U.S. Census Bureau website describing the limitation or concept in greater detail in the ACS has been provided.

Additional links to resources for the ACS:

Glossary

American Community Survey (ACS) — The American Community Survey is a large, continuous demographic survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau that will provide accurate and up-to-date profiles of America’s communities every year. Annual and multiyear estimates of population and housing data are generated for small areas, including tracts and population subgroups. This information is collected by mailing questionnaires to a sample of addresses. See the U.S. Census Bureau website for additional details.

The Six Disability Questions in the American Community Survey:

  1. Is this person deaf or does he/she have serious difficulty hearing? (yes or no)
  2. Is this person blind or does he/she have serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses? (yes or no)
  3. (If person 5 years old or over) Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, does this person have serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions? (yes or no)
  4. (If person 5 years or old over) Does this person have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs? (yes or no)
  5. (If person 5 years old or over) Does this person have difficulty dressing or bathing? (yes or no)
  6. (If person 15 years old or over) Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, does this person have difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or shopping? (yes or no)

Average — The sum of all of the values in a sample divided by the number of values in the sample.

Civilian — A person not in active-duty military.

Employed – Individuals were asked a series of questions designed to identify their employment status. Based on the answers, individuals were classified into one of five groups: (1) people who worked at any time during the reference week; (2) people on temporary layoff who were available for work; (3) people who did not work during the reference week but who had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absent (excluding layoff); (4) people who did not work during the reference week, but who were looking for work during the last four weeks and were available for work during the reference week; and (5) people not in the labor force. People who responded as having worked during the past week were considered "employed".

Employment Rate — The number of individuals that are employed as a percent of the civilian non-institutional population.

Living in the Community – A person lives in the community, if the person is not living in an institution, such as jail, prison, nursing home, and hospital. A college dormitory is not considered an institution.

Median — The middle-most value of a sample that separates the upper half of the values from the lower half of the values. 

Non-Institutionalized Population — Describes individuals who are residing in the community and who are not living in institutions such as jails, prisons, nursing homes, hospitals, etc.

Population — The total number of inhabitants in a defined geographic area including all races, classes, and groups.

Range — The difference between the largest and smallest values in a sample. In a sample, when the smallest value is subtracted from the largest value the resulting value is called the range. 

Sampling Variability — The variation of a statistic when estimated from repeated samples.

United States Census Bureau — An agency within the United States Federal Statistical System tasked with producing data about the American people and economy. Their primary task is to conduct the United States Census every ten years.

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Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics (StatsRRTC)

Led by the University of New Hampshire, the StatsRRTC is a collaborative effort involving the following partners: American Association of People with Disabilities, Center for Essential Management Services, Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation, Kessler Foundation, Mathematica Policy Research, and Public Health Institute.

The StatsRRTC is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research under grant number 90RTGE00010100, from 2018–2023.

Employment Policy and Measurement Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (EPM-RRTC)

Led by the University of New Hampshire, the EPM-RRTC is a collaborative effort involving the following partners: Association of University Centers on Disability, Hunter College, Kessler Foundation, Mathematica Policy Research, and the University of Chicago.

The EPM-RRTC is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research under grant number 90RT503701, from 2015–2020.

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