Gooding County Facts

Census Statistics

	Gooding County	Idaho
Population, 2003 estimate	14,329	1,366,332
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.2%	5.6%
Population, 2000	14,155	1,293,953
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	21.7%	28.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.8%	7.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	29.6%	28.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	15.4%	11.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.0%	49.9%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	87.6%	91.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	1.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	8.2%	4.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.8%	2.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	17.1%	7.9%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	80.3%	88.0%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	50.1%	49.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	11.6%	5.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	18.0%	9.3%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	72.6%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	12.0%	21.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	2,504	200,498
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	20.2	20.0?
Housing units, 2002	5,662	552,117
Homeownership rate, 2000	72.3%	72.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	5.8%	14.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$82,500	$106,300?
Households, 2000	5,046	469,645
Persons per household, 2000	2.76	2.69
Median household income, 1999	$31,888	$37,572
Per capita money income, 1999	$14,612	$17,841
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	13.8%	11.8%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	315	37,622
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	2,293	467,316
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-3.3%	3.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	812	84,378
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	16,952,872
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	66,750	11,649,609
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$4,919	$9,623
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	4.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	27.9%	23.5%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	59	13,488
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	71,280	8,377,844
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	731	82,747
Persons per square mile, 2000	19.4	15.6
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	047	16

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