{"id":13363,"date":"2021-01-25T18:41:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T18:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idahowild.com\/?p=13363"},"modified":"2021-01-25T18:43:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T18:43:56","slug":"the-pro-business-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idahowild.com\/the-pro-business-state\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pro Business State"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13363\" class=\"elementor elementor-13363\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a31c38e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a31c38e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c5b9f5\" data-id=\"3c5b9f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b765205 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b765205\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/idahowild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IW-probiz.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13365\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idahowild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IW-probiz.jpg 800w, https:\/\/idahowild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IW-probiz-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/idahowild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IW-probiz-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/idahowild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IW-probiz-700x466.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dbb8dea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dbb8dea\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d62a557\" data-id=\"d62a557\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eecb44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2eecb44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Poppins; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(39, 39, 39); font-size: 1rem;\">In recent years, Idaho\u2019s branding has shifted from \u201cthe potato state&#8221; to \u201cthe pro business state!\u201d Recently,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Poppins; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 1rem;\">the <i>International Business Times<\/i> declared that <b>&#8220;Idaho has the best economy in America.\u201d<\/b> We couldn&#8217;t agree more and h<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Poppins; font-size: 1rem; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(39, 39, 39);\">ere are a few reasons why!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Poppins; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none;\"><b>\u2022&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Poppins; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-kerning: none;\">Since 2016, Idaho\u2019s population has&nbsp;grown by 6.2%&nbsp;\u2014 one of the fastest rates in the U.S. The number of non-farm workers in Idaho&nbsp;jumped by 8%&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Poppins; font-size: 1rem; font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(26, 26, 26);\"><b>\u2022 <\/b>The population of Idaho is approximately 1.8 million.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Poppins; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(39, 39, 39); font-size: 1rem; font-kerning: none;\">There are over 169,000 small businesses in Idaho making up 99.2% of overall businesses in the entire state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Poppins; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(39, 39, 39); font-size: 1rem;\"><b>\u2022 <\/b>There are over <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Poppins; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(39, 39, 39); font-size: 1rem;\">325,000 small business employees<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Poppins; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(39, 39, 39); font-size: 1rem;\"> in Idaho making up over <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Poppins; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(39, 39, 39); font-size: 1rem;\">56% <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Poppins; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(39, 39, 39); font-size: 1rem;\">of all Idaho employees in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-size: 1rem; color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Poppins; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(39, 39, 39); font-kerning: none;\"><b>\u2022 <\/b><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-size: 1rem; color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Poppins; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(7, 7, 7); font-kerning: none;\">Coeur de\u2019 Alene takes 12th place for the most small businesses per capita in America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Poppins; font-size: 1rem; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(7, 7, 7); font-kerning: none;\"><b>\u2022 <\/b><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Poppins; font-size: 1rem; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-kerning: none;\">The U.S. unemployment rate as of December 2020 is 6.7% while for Idaho it is 4.8% and ranks top 12 in the nation. 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