The self-employment rate is the percent of all employed people who have their own businesses (“proprietors”) as opposed to working for someone else in return for wages or salary.
In 2021, the self-employment rate in Jefferson. . .
- was 39.2 percent, compared to 39.9 percent in 2010, 33.7 percent in 2000, 33.0 percent in 1990, and 31.5 percent in 1980;
- was 39.2 percent, compared to 26.1 in Idaho;
- ranked 11th – from highest to lowest – out of Idaho's 44 counties.