People QuickFacts Payette County Idaho Population, 2012 estimate 22,639 1,595,728 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 22,623 1,567,652 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.1% 1.8% Population, 2010 22,623 1,567,582 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.6% 7.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 28.0% 27.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.9% 12.8% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.6% 49.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 94.7% 93.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.4% 1.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 1.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.5% 2.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 15.2% 11.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 80.8% 83.6%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.0% 82.0% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 4.3% 5.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 9.8% 10.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 83.2% 88.5% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 14.6% 24.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,078 127,438 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 20.1 20.0  Housing units, 2011 8,942 674,394 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 76.0% 70.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 7.0% 15.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $135,500 $171,300 Households, 2007-2011 8,361 575,497 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.68 2.64 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $19,590 $22,788 Median household income, 2007-2011 $44,943 $46,890 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 16.5% 14.3%     Business QuickFacts Payette County Idaho Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 472 42,399 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 4,356 482,722 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -2.0% -1.1% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,432 112,316  Total number of firms, 2007 2,215 151,671 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.2% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.9% 2.6% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 21.9% 23.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 18,010,976 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 133,096 14,286,715 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 145,621 20,526,631 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $6,401 $13,691 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 12,757 2,415,951 Building permits, 2012 49 6,265     Geography QuickFacts Payette County Idaho Land area in square miles, 2010 406.87 82,643.12 Persons per square mile, 2010 55.6 19.0 FIPS Code 075 16 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Ontario, OR-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