People QuickFacts Pocatello Idaho Population, 2011 estimate 54,810 1,583,744 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 54,255 1,567,652 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.0% 1.0% Population, 2010 54,255 1,567,582 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 8.3% 7.8% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 25.8% 27.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 10.7% 12.4% Female persons, percent, 2010 50.1% 49.9%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 90.5% 89.1% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.0% 0.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.7% 1.4% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.6% 1.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.8% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 7.2% 11.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 86.8% 84.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 75.3% 82.0% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.9% 5.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 6.4% 10.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 91.5% 88.5% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 30.0% 24.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 3,922 127,438 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 16.2 20.0  Housing units, 2010 22,404 667,796 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 66.1% 70.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 24.1% 15.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $129,900 $171,300 Households, 2007-2011 20,589 575,497 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.54 2.64 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $21,232 $22,788 Median household income, 2007-2011 $42,402 $46,890 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 17.1% 14.3%     Business QuickFacts Pocatello Idaho Total number of firms, 2007 4,662 151,671 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.2% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.6% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.6% 2.6% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 23.1% 23.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 634,835 18,010,976 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 383,111 14,286,715 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 762,555 20,526,631 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,953 $13,691 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 92,744 2,415,951     Geography QuickFacts Pocatello Idaho Land area in square miles, 2010 32.22 82,643.12 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,683.8 19.0 FIPS Code 64090 16 Counties Bannock County Power County (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