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People QuickFacts | Gem County | Idaho
Population, 2012 estimate | 16,673 | 1,595,728
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 16,719 | 1,567,652
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.3% | 1.8%
Population, 2010 | 16,719 | 1,567,582
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.1% | 7.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 24.0% | 27.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 18.9% | 12.8%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.5% | 49.9%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 96.2% | 93.9%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.8% | 1.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.6% | 1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.0% | 2.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 8.2% | 11.5%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 88.7% | 83.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 79.8% | 82.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.7% | 5.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 8.0% | 10.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 84.0% | 88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 12.9% | 24.6%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,590 | 127,438
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 30.8 | 20
Housing units, 2011 | 7,132 | 674,394
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 75.9% | 70.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.2% | 15.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $160,400 | $171,300
Households, 2007-2011 | 6,491 | 575,497
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.56 | 2.64
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $20,660 | $22,788
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $44,442 | $46,890
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.5% | 14.3%
Business QuickFacts | Gem County | Idaho
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 354 | 43,450
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 2,228 | 487,875
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -3.3 | 8.2
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 1,219 | 112,316
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,753 | 151,671
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.2%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 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 | S | 2.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 23.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 18,010,976
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 13,552 | 14,286,715
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 113,895 | 20,526,631
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $6,914 | $13,691
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 9,205 | 2,415,951
Building permits, 2011 | 14 | 3,815
Geography QuickFacts | Gem County | Idaho
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 560.9 | 82,643.12
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 29.8 | 19
FIPS Code | 45 | 16
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Boise City-Nampa, ID Metro Area
(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