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People QuickFacts |
Owyhee County |
Idaho |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
10,877 | 1,523,816 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
2.2% | 17.8% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
10,644 | 1,293,955 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008 |
7.8% | 8.0% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008 |
28.3% | 27.1% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008 |
12.7% | 12.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2008 |
47.2% | 49.7% |
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White persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
93.9% | 94.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.2% | 0.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
3.5% | 1.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.5% | 1.1% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.2% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008 |
1.7% | 1.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) |
25.6% | 10.2% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008 |
69.7% | 85.1% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
51.4% | 49.6% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
11.9% | 5.0% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
23.0% | 9.3% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
67.6% | 84.7% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
10.2% | 21.7% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
2,053 | 200,498 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
25.6 | 20.0 |
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Housing units, 2008 |
4,838 | 641,479 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
69.6% | 72.4% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
4.0% | 14.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$82,500 | $106,300 |
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Households, 2000 |
3,710 | 469,645 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.85 | 2.69 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$35,683 | $46,136 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$13,405 | $17,841 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
17.5% | 12.1% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Owyhee County |
Idaho |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2007 |
195 | 47,4111 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2007 |
1,702 | 544,5411 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2007 |
16.4% | 20.8%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2007 |
692 | 114,338 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
649 | 121,560 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 2.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 23.7% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
NA | 15,174,196 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 11,458,012 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
23,481 | 13,540,952 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$2,148 | $10,081 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
3,500 | 1,653,671 |
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Building permits, 2008 |
23 | 6,470 |
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Federal spending, 2008 |
66,800 | 11,227,1851 |
