People QuickFacts Bingham County Idaho Population, 2012 estimate 45,474 1,595,728 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 45,607 1,567,652 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.3% 1.8% Population, 2010 45,607 1,567,582 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 9.3% 7.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 32.6% 27.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 11.6% 12.8% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.7% 49.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 89.8% 93.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 0.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 7.0% 1.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 1.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.8% 2.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 17.6% 11.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 74.8% 83.6%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.9% 82.0% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.8% 5.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 16.0% 10.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 84.7% 88.5% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 16.2% 24.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,947 127,438 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.1 20.0  Housing units, 2011 16,241 674,394 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 78.2% 70.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 10.1% 15.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $133,300 $171,300 Households, 2007-2011 14,432 575,497 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.09 2.64 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $18,918 $22,788 Median household income, 2007-2011 $46,169 $46,890 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.4% 14.3%     Business QuickFacts Bingham County Idaho Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 816 43,450 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 9,641 487,875 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 6.9 8.2 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,776 112,316  Total number of firms, 2007 3,193 151,671 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.2% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.5% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.0% 0.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.6% 2.6% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 20.0% 23.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 624,524 18,010,976 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 14,286,715 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 339,940 20,526,631 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $7,822 $13,691 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 24,298 2,415,951 Building permits, 2011 65 3,815     Geography QuickFacts Bingham County Idaho Land area in square miles, 2010 2,093.98 82,643.12 Persons per square mile, 2010 21.8 19.0 FIPS Code 011 16 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Blackfoot, ID Micro Area   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts