Shoshone County, Idaho Demographics

Shoshone County is 5th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Shoshone County is 1st in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Shoshone County is 8th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Shoshone County is 8th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Retail sales

Shoshone County is 8th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Size in square miles

Shoshone County is 9th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Shoshone County is 11th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Shoshone County is 14th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Income below poverty line

Shoshone County is 15th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Female residents

Shoshone County is 15th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Shoshone County is 17th in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Size Demographics
	Shoshone County	Rank	Idaho	US
Current population (2012)	12,702	24th	1,595,728	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,629.7	8th	82,643.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	4.9	30th	19	87.4

Age Demographics
	Shoshone County	Rank	Idaho	US
Residents younger than 5	4.9%	36th	7.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.3%	37th	26.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.6%	8th	13.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Shoshone County	Rank	Idaho	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.3%	31st	88.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.9%	35th	24.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Shoshone County	Rank	Idaho	US
Race - White	95.5%	20th	93.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	35th	0.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.6%	15th	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	33rd	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	17th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	19th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	37th	11.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	92.8%	9th	83.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Shoshone County	Rank	Idaho	US
Female residents	49.8%	15th	50.0%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.7%	35th	5.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Shoshone County	Rank	Idaho	US
Housing units	7,013	23rd	674,394	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.5%	11th	15.1%	25.9%
Households	5,792	21st	575,497	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.0%	33rd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$140,100	25th	$171,300	$186,200
People per household	2.1	43rd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	3	41st	6,265	829,658

Income Demographics
	Shoshone County	Rank	Idaho	US
Income per capita	$19,717	22nd	$22,788	$27,915
Income per household	$37,934	35th	$46,890	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.5%	14th	14.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Shoshone County	Rank	Idaho	US
Non-farm private establishments	356	22nd	42,399	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,974	17th	482,722	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,217	24th	151,671	27,092,908
Retail sales	$623,117	8th	$20,526,631	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$48,689	1st	$13,691	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$11,068	21st	$2,415,951	$613,795,732