Kootenai County experienced three more births than deaths last year.
Neighboring counties Bonner and Shoshone had more deaths than births.
"If Kootenai County is surrounded by a wall all of last year and no one can get in or out, the net population growth of the county is three," Idaho Department of Labor economist Sam Wolkenhauer said Monday evening.
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In reference to the Saturday Press article “Idaho is Running Hot,” I would like to point to some statements by Sam Wolkenhauer of the Idaho Dept. of Labor. Comparing Idaho’s economy to the rest of the nation’s, he says, “In Idaho everything is wonderful. We’re kind of like this oasis in the midst of an arid desert.” He then quotes the average new jobs created in Idaho as nearly twice as many as created before COVID.
The Idaho Department of Labor will host a hiring event with more than 60 employers from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at at Real Life Ministries, 1866 N. Cecil Road, Post Falls.
Economic headwinds are fiercely blowing throughout Idaho and the rest of the country.
Rising interest rates, inflation and other challenges are evident and prevalent.
"We don’t want to minimize the impact of these problems, but when you have such a strong labor market as Idaho, and when you have wage growth, you have a lot of resiliency in the face of these headwinds," Sam Wolkenhauer, a labor economist with the Idaho Department of Labor, said Thursday.