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Idaho unemployment drops below 5%

The labor department says the unemployment rate dropped seven-tenths of a percent last month from 5.5% to 4.8%.

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho's unemployment rate is now under 5%.

The labor department says the unemployment rate dropped seven-tenths of a percent last month from 5.5% to 4.8%.

That is seven percentage points below April's historic high of 11.8%

Nationally, the unemployment rate also dropped.

That number sits at 6.7% right now.

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