| | People QuickFacts | Ada County | Idaho |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 409,061 | 1,595,728 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 392,365 | 1,567,652 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 4.3% | 1.8% |
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Population, 2010 | 392,365 | 1,567,582 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.9% | 7.5% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 26.0% | 27.0% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 10.9% | 12.8% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 49.9% | 49.9% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 92.7% | 93.9% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.2% | 0.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.9% | 1.7% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.5% | 1.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 0.2% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.5% | 2.1% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 7.3% | 11.5% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 86.2% | 83.6% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 80.6% | 82.0% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.2% | 5.9% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 8.9% | 10.2% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 93.1% | 88.5% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 35.2% | 24.6% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 31,422 | 127,438 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 19.4 | 20.0 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 161,083 | 674,394 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 69.0% | 70.6% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.6% | 15.1% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $206,200 | $171,300 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 147,753 | 575,497 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.57 | 2.64 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $27,956 | $22,788 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $55,304 | $46,890 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.2% | 14.3% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Ada County | Idaho |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 11,898 | 42,3991 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 164,701 | 482,7221 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 0.4% | -1.1%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 31,330 | 112,316 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 42,344 | 151,671 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.4% | 0.2% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.0% | 0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.3% | 0.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | S |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.1% | 2.6% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.4% | 23.5% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 4,942,388 | 18,010,976 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 6,006,918 | 14,286,715 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 5,855,102 | 20,526,631 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $15,720 | $13,691 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 795,953 | 2,415,951 |
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Building permits, 2012 | 2,631 | 6,265 |