Canyon County, Idaho Demographics

Canyon County is 2nd in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Current population (2012)

Canyon County is 2nd in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Households

Canyon County is 2nd in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Housing units

Canyon County is 2nd in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Canyon County is 2nd in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Retail sales

Canyon County is 3rd in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Canyon County is 3rd in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Canyon County is 3rd in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Canyon County is 3rd in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Canyon County is 4th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Female residents

Size Demographics
	Canyon County	Rank	Idaho	US
Current population (2012)	193,888	2nd	1,595,728	313,914,040
Size in square miles	587.4	39th	82,643.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	321.6	2nd	19	87.4

Age Demographics
	Canyon County	Rank	Idaho	US
Residents younger than 5	8.5%	10th	7.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	30.8%	9th	26.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.7%	35th	13.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Canyon County	Rank	Idaho	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.4%	34th	88.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.5%	25th	24.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Canyon County	Rank	Idaho	US
Race - White	94.0%	33rd	93.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.7%	9th	0.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.6%	16th	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	10th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3%	3rd	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.4%	8th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	9th	11.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	71.8%	37th	83.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Canyon County	Rank	Idaho	US
Female residents	50.6%	4th	50.0%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	8.9%	12th	5.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Canyon County	Rank	Idaho	US
Housing units	69,774	2nd	674,394	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.9%	12th	15.1%	25.9%
Households	62,824	2nd	575,497	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.2%	29th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$145,400	21st	$171,300	$186,200
People per household	2.9	8th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	866	3rd	6,265	829,658

Income Demographics
	Canyon County	Rank	Idaho	US
Income per capita	$18,171	39th	$22,788	$27,915
Income per household	$42,943	24th	$46,890	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.1%	6th	14.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Canyon County	Rank	Idaho	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,437	3rd	42,399	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	41,541	4th	482,722	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	14,561	3rd	151,671	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,176,039	2nd	$20,526,631	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,171	13th	$13,691	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$140,865	5th	$2,415,951	$613,795,732