Owyhee County, Idaho Demographics

Owyhee County is 38th out of 3,143 other counties in Size in square miles

Owyhee County is 2nd in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Income below poverty line

Owyhee County is 2nd in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Size in square miles

Owyhee County is 5th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in People per household

Owyhee County is 5th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Owyhee County is 6th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Owyhee County is 7th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Foreign born residents

Owyhee County is 8th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Owyhee County is 15th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Owyhee County is 15th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Owyhee County is 16th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Owyhee County	Rank	Idaho	US
Current population (2012)	11,439	25th	1,595,728	313,914,040
Size in square miles	7,665.5	2nd	82,643.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1.5	40th	19	87.4

Age Demographics
	Owyhee County	Rank	Idaho	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	22nd	7.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	28.1%	15th	26.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.0%	26th	13.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Owyhee County	Rank	Idaho	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	75.3%	42nd	88.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	8.9%	43rd	24.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Owyhee County	Rank	Idaho	US
Race - White	91.8%	39th	93.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	6th	0.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	4.6%	5th	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	16th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	15th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.8%	25th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	25.9%	8th	11.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	68.7%	39th	83.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Owyhee County	Rank	Idaho	US
Female residents	48.7%	33rd	50.0%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	11.8%	7th	5.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Owyhee County	Rank	Idaho	US
Housing units	4,776	28th	674,394	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.4%	34th	15.1%	25.9%
Households	3,873	28th	575,497	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	68.1%	36th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$135,100	32nd	$171,300	$186,200
People per household	2.9	5th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	16	25th	6,265	829,658

Income Demographics
	Owyhee County	Rank	Idaho	US
Income per capita	$16,665	43rd	$22,788	$27,915
Income per household	$32,169	44th	$46,890	$52,762
Income below poverty line	24.8%	2nd	14.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Owyhee County	Rank	Idaho	US
Non-farm private establishments	184	33rd	42,399	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,687	31st	482,722	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	999	29th	151,671	27,092,908
Retail sales	$50,935	34th	$20,526,631	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,653	39th	$13,691	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$4,150	29th	$2,415,951	$613,795,732