Jerome County, Idaho Demographics

Jerome County is 47th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Jerome County is 2nd in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Foreign born residents

Jerome County is 2nd in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Jerome County is 4th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Jerome County is 7th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Jerome County is 9th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Jerome County is 10th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Jerome County is 10th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Income below poverty line

Jerome County is 10th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Jerome County is 11th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in People per household

Jerome County is 11th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Jerome County	Rank	Idaho	US
Current population (2012)	22,499	16th	1,595,728	313,914,040
Size in square miles	597.2	38th	82,643.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	37.5	10th	19	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jerome County	Rank	Idaho	US
Residents younger than 5	9.5%	4th	7.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	31.0%	7th	26.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.6%	36th	13.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jerome County	Rank	Idaho	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	71.7%	43rd	88.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.4%	37th	24.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jerome County	Rank	Idaho	US
Race - White	95.2%	22nd	93.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	17th	0.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.3%	9th	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	28th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	22nd	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	38th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	32.8%	2nd	11.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	64.8%	42nd	83.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jerome County	Rank	Idaho	US
Female residents	48.7%	34th	50.0%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	15.6%	2nd	5.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jerome County	Rank	Idaho	US
Housing units	8,204	20th	674,394	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.9%	19th	15.1%	25.9%
Households	7,481	17th	575,497	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.0%	42nd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$135,900	28th	$171,300	$186,200
People per household	2.9	11th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	63	10th	6,265	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jerome County	Rank	Idaho	US
Income per capita	$17,415	42nd	$22,788	$27,915
Income per household	$39,232	34th	$46,890	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.1%	10th	14.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jerome County	Rank	Idaho	US
Non-farm private establishments	526	15th	42,399	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,347	14th	482,722	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,719	20th	151,671	27,092,908
Retail sales	$300,421	15th	$20,526,631	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,013	11th	$13,691	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$14,045	18th	$2,415,951	$613,795,732