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Population

Gem County

Idaho

Population, 2007 estimate

16,496

1,499,402

Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2007

8.7%

13.9%

Population, 2000

15,181

1,293,953

Persons under 5 years old, percent 2007

6.7%

7.9%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007

25.1%

27.2%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007

17.2%

11.7%

Female persons, percent, 2007

50.2%

49.7%

White persons, percent, 2007 (a)

97.0%

94.8%

Black persons, percent, 2007 (a)

0.1%

0.9%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a)

1.0%

1.4%

 

Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a)

0.5%

1.2%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a)

0.1%

0.1%

 

Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2007 (a)

3.2%

4.2%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007

1.3%

1.6%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b)

8.1%

9.8%

White persons, not of Hispanic origin, percent, 2007

89.3%

85.6%

High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 2000

79.4%

84.7%

 

College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 2000

11.4%

21.7%

Housing units, 2007

6,778

631,071

Homeownership rate, 2000

79.8%

72.4%

Households, 2000

5,539

469,645

Persons per household, 2000

2.70

2.69

Median household income, 2007

$41,392

$46,136

 

Persons below poverty, percent, 2007

13.0%

12.1%

 

Business

Gem County

Idaho

Private nonfarm establishments, 2006

414

45,739

Private nonfarm employment, 2006

2,375

546,251

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006

3.0%

21.2%

Nonemployer establishments, 2006

1,189

109,196

Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)

NA

15,174,196

Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)

48,866

13,540,952

Retail sales per capita, 2002

$3,136

$10,081

Women-owned firms, percent of total, 2002

16.5%

23.7%

Building permits, 2007

76

12,105

Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)

85,630

10,946,374

Geography

Gem County

Idaho

Land area, 2000 (square miles)

563

82,747

Persons per square mile, 2000

27.0

15.6

Metropolitan Area

None

Other Information

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Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, 2007 Census of Population and Housing, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, County Business Patterns, 2006 Economic Census, Minority- and Women-Owned Business, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report, 2006 Census of Governments


 

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