Gem County, Idaho Demographics

Gem County is 5th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Female residents

Gem County is 9th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Gem County is 11th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Race - Asian

Gem County is 11th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Race - Two or More

Gem County is 12th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Gem County is 13th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Income below poverty line

Gem County is 16th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Home median value

Gem County is 16th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Income per household

Gem County is 17th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Income per capita

Gem County is 18th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Race - White

Size Demographics
	Gem County	Rank	Idaho	US
Current population (2012)	16,673	19th	1,595,728	313,914,040
Size in square miles	560.9	40th	82,643.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	29.8	12th	19	87.4

Age Demographics
	Gem County	Rank	Idaho	US
Residents younger than 5	5.8%	29th	7.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.5%	29th	26.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.1%	9th	13.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Gem County	Rank	Idaho	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.0%	29th	88.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.9%	36th	24.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Gem County	Rank	Idaho	US
Race - White	95.8%	18th	93.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.2%	39th	0.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	36th	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.9%	11th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	25th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.2%	11th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	20th	11.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	88.7%	20th	83.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Gem County	Rank	Idaho	US
Female residents	50.5%	5th	50.0%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.7%	20th	5.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Gem County	Rank	Idaho	US
Housing units	7,132	22nd	674,394	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.2%	23rd	15.1%	25.9%
Households	6,491	20th	575,497	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.9%	19th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$160,400	16th	$171,300	$186,200
People per household	2.6	25th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	18	24th	6,265	829,658

Income Demographics
	Gem County	Rank	Idaho	US
Income per capita	$20,660	17th	$22,788	$27,915
Income per household	$44,442	16th	$46,890	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.5%	13th	14.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Gem County	Rank	Idaho	US
Non-farm private establishments	331	25th	42,399	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,109	27th	482,722	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,753	19th	151,671	27,092,908
Retail sales	$113,895	21st	$20,526,631	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,914	30th	$13,691	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,205	24th	$2,415,951	$613,795,732