People QuickFacts Canyon County Idaho Population, 2012 estimate 193,888 1,595,728 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 188,923 1,567,652 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.6% 1.8% Population, 2010 188,923 1,567,582 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 8.8% 7.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 31.2% 27.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 11.2% 12.8% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.5% 49.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 94.0% 93.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 0.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.6% 1.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 1.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.4% 2.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 24.1% 11.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 71.9% 83.6%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 81.0% 82.0% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 8.9% 5.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 18.4% 10.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 82.4% 88.5% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 16.5% 24.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 13,578 127,438 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 24.1 20.0  Housing units, 2011 69,774 674,394 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 71.2% 70.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 11.9% 15.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $145,400 $171,300 Households, 2007-2011 62,824 575,497 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.92 2.64 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $18,171 $22,788 Median household income, 2007-2011 $42,943 $46,890 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 18.1% 14.3%     Business QuickFacts Canyon County Idaho Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 3,437 42,399 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 41,541 482,722 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 0.6% -1.1% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 11,315 112,316  Total number of firms, 2007 14,561 151,671 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.2% 0.2% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.7% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.6% 0.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.9% 2.6% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 22.4% 23.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 18,010,976 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 992,925 14,286,715 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,176,039 20,526,631 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,171 $13,691 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 140,865 2,415,951 Building permits, 2012 866 6,265     Geography QuickFacts Canyon County Idaho Land area in square miles, 2010 587.37 82,643.12 Persons per square mile, 2010 321.6 19.0 FIPS Code 027 16 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Boise City-Nampa, ID Metro 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