Jefferson County, Idaho Demographics

Jefferson County is 13th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Jefferson County is 38th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Jefferson County is 1st in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Jefferson County is 3rd in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Income per household

Jefferson County is 3rd in Idaho out of 44 other counties in People per household

Jefferson County is 3rd in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Jefferson County is 6th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Home ownership rate

Jefferson County is 11th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Race - White

Jefferson County is 12th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Current population (2012)

Jefferson County is 13th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Jefferson County is 14th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Jefferson County is 15th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Idaho	US
Current population (2012)	26,684	12th	1,595,728	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,093.5	28th	82,643.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	23.9	14th	19	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Idaho	US
Residents younger than 5	9.6%	3rd	7.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	34.8%	1st	26.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.2%	42nd	13.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Idaho	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.3%	22nd	88.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.8%	15th	24.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Idaho	US
Race - White	96.3%	11th	93.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	31st	0.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.3%	24th	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	27th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	23rd	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	35th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	19th	11.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	87.4%	23rd	83.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Idaho	US
Female residents	49.6%	19th	50.0%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.3%	21st	5.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Idaho	US
Housing units	8,857	16th	674,394	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.3%	35th	15.1%	25.9%
Households	8,155	15th	575,497	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	81.5%	6th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$158,200	17th	$171,300	$186,200
People per household	3.1	3rd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	54	15th	6,265	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Idaho	US
Income per capita	$19,648	23rd	$22,788	$27,915
Income per household	$52,799	3rd	$46,890	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.6%	38th	14.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Idaho	US
Non-farm private establishments	424	19th	42,399	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,221	19th	482,722	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,929	13th	151,671	27,092,908
Retail sales	$92,388	25th	$20,526,631	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,058	40th	$13,691	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$7,387	26th	$2,415,951	$613,795,732