Gooding County, Idaho QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Gooding County Idaho
?  Population, 2000 14,1551,293,953
?  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%
?  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%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 49.0%49.9%
?  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%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 5,347479,505
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 979106,135
?  Housing units, 2000 5,505527,824
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 72.3%72.4%
?  Households, 2000 5,046469,645
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.762.69
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 39.1%38.7%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $28,957$33,612
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 14.8%13.0%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 19.6%17.3%

Business QuickFacts Gooding County Idaho
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 32535,961
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 3,907423,615
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 146.5%41.1%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 76779,240
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA16,952,872
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 66,75011,649,609
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $4,919$9,623
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA2,747
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 31829,946
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 9612,181
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 53,9236,164,663
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 61846,035

Geography QuickFacts Gooding County Idaho
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 73182,747
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 19.415.6
?  Metropolitan Area None 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown