Bear Lake County, Idaho Demographics

Bear Lake County is 1st in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Home ownership rate

Bear Lake County is 2nd in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Race - White

Bear Lake County is 3rd in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Bear Lake County is 9th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Female residents

Bear Lake County is 11th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Bear Lake County is 12th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Bear Lake County is 17th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Bear Lake County is 18th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Income per household

Bear Lake County is 20th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Size Demographics
	Bear Lake County	Rank	Idaho	US
Current population (2012)	5,907	36th	1,595,728	313,914,040
Size in square miles	974.8	32nd	82,643.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	6.1	28th	19	87.4

Age Demographics
	Bear Lake County	Rank	Idaho	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	24th	7.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.0%	20th	26.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.4%	11th	13.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Bear Lake County	Rank	Idaho	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.8%	12th	88.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.6%	24th	24.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Bear Lake County	Rank	Idaho	US
Race - White	97.7%	2nd	93.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	34th	0.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	38th	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	39th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	40th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	43rd	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	32nd	11.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.1%	3rd	83.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Bear Lake County	Rank	Idaho	US
Female residents	50.4%	9th	50.0%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.4%	44th	5.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Bear Lake County	Rank	Idaho	US
Housing units	3,964	34th	674,394	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.9%	27th	15.1%	25.9%
Households	2,427	36th	575,497	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	82.7%	1st	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$135,600	30th	$171,300	$186,200
People per household	2.5	30th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	28	22nd	6,265	829,658

Income Demographics
	Bear Lake County	Rank	Idaho	US
Income per capita	$19,484	26th	$22,788	$27,915
Income per household	$43,897	18th	$46,890	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.6%	27th	14.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Bear Lake County	Rank	Idaho	US
Non-farm private establishments	123	39th	42,399	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	988	35th	482,722	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	645	33rd	151,671	27,092,908
Retail sales	$58,739	33rd	$20,526,631	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,031	17th	$13,691	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	38th	$2,415,951	$613,795,732