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Idaho / Power County

How's Power County?

One question about Power County, Idaho, each answered from public data, with the method and the raw numbers one click away. More topics for this place are on the way.

Compare with every other county: climate

Power County year by year

Yearly figures for every US county, latest complete year 2009 to 2025:wages and jobs from the Bureau of Labor Statistics; air quality from the EPA, where a monitor reads it.

Jobs and pay

IndicatorLatest1 yr5 yr10 yrAmong countiesTrend
Average weekly wage2025 · jobs covered by unemployment insurance, before tax, not adjusted for inflation$1,113+3.6%+27.2%+47.8%2nd quartile1,023 of 3,221 counties in 2025 · 10 of 44 in Idaho
Jobs located here2025 · by where the job is, not where the worker lives3.9K jobs−2.1%+13.6%+18.6%3rd quartile2,236 of 3,221 counties in 2025 · 28 of 44 in Idaho

Air quality

IndicatorLatest1 yr5 yr10 yrAmong countiesTrend
Days with good air2009 · AQI 50 or below, counties with a monitor reading at least 180 days92.3% of days+17.3 pts+40.2 pts+83.7 ptsHighest quartile118 of 898 counties in 2009 · 5 of 16 in Idaho
Median daily AQI2009 · the middle day of the year; 0–50 is good, 51–100 moderate19 AQI−17.0 AQI−30.0 AQI−65.0 AQILowest quartile873 of 898 counties in 2009 · 13 of 16 in Idaho

4 indicators. Change is a percent change for totals and levels, and a difference in points or units for rates and shares. "Among counties" ranks Power County against every US county with a figure for the same year (1 is the highest value, which is not always the best). In the strip each tick is one of them, the dot is Power County and the taller gray tick is the United States as a whole, where there is a national figure. A year is shown only once it is complete. Each indicator's page ranks every state.