Bliss, Idaho

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Population (year 2000): 275. Estimated population in July 2006: 255 (-7.3% change)

Males: 131	(47.6%)
Females: 144	(52.4%)

Gooding County

Median resident age:	32.3 years
Idaho median age:	33.2 years

Zip codes: 83314.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $25,800 (it was $25,313 in 2000)

Bliss	$25,800
Idaho:	$41,443

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $83,700 (it was $61,300 in 2000)

Bliss	$83,700
Idaho:	$134,900

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Races in Bliss:

White Non-Hispanic (72.4%)
Hispanic (27.6%)
Other race (12.7%)
Black (2.2%)
American Indian (1.8%)
Two or more races (1.1%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

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Ancestries: United States (9.5%), English (8.4%), Dutch (5.1%), German (3.6%), Scottish (3.3%), Swedish (2.5%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Elevation: 3262 feet

Land area: 0.52 square miles.

Population density: 501 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Bliss

High school or higher: 63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.3%
Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
Unemployed: 3.5%
Mean travel time to work: 21.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Bliss city

Never married: 20.3%
Now married: 52.9%
Separated: 5.3%
Widowed: 4.0%
Divorced: 17.6%

76 residents are foreign born (27.6% Latin America).

This city:	27.6%
Idaho:	5.0%

According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Bliss, Idaho in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Bliss to the number of sex offenders is 259 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Bliss:	1.0% ($608)
Idaho:	0.9% ($1,007)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Boise, ID (100.5 miles , pop. 185,787).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Las Vegas, NV (466.0 miles , pop. 478,434).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (655.2 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Hagerman, ID (8.3 miles ), Gooding, ID (16.2 miles ), Wendell, ID (19.8 miles ), Glenns Ferry, ID (24.3 miles ), Buhl, ID (25.9 miles ), Castleford, ID (28.6 miles ), Fairfield, ID (31.0 miles ), West Salmon Falls, ID (32.1 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 0 buildings
1997: 0 buildings
1998: 0 buildings
1999: 0 buildings
2000: 0 buildings
2001: 0 buildings
2002: 0 buildings
2003: 0 buildings
2004: 0 buildings
2005: 0 buildings
2006: 0 buildings

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

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Latitude: 42.93 N, Longitude: 114.95 W

Population change in the 1990s: +90 (+48.6%).

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (39%)
Food (14%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Health care (6%)
Truck transportation (4%)
Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Accommodation and food services (30%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
Educational services (14%)
Health care (8%)
Food and beverage stores (6%)
Gasoline stations (6%)
Food (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Agricultural workers including supervisors (25%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
Farmers and farm managers (8%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)

Most common occupations for females

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (15%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (14%)
Waiters and waitresses (12%)
Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (9%)
Cashiers (9%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (8%)
Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Bliss:

GOODING COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; GOODING, ID)
ST BENEDICT'S FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER (about 37 miles; JEROME, ID)
MAGIC VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 40 miles; TWIN FALLS, ID)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Bliss:

JOSLIN FIELD - MAGIC VALLEY RGNL (about 46 miles; TWIN FALLS, ID; ID: TWF)
FRIEDMAN MEMORIAL (about 61 miles; HAILEY, ID; ID: SUN)
BOISE AIR TERMINAL/GOWEN FLD (about 98 miles; BOISE, ID; ID: BOI)

Other public-use airports nearest to Bliss:

GOODING MUNI (about 14 miles; GOODING, ID; ID: GNG)
GLENNS FERRY MUNI (about 26 miles; GLENNS FERRY, ID; ID: U89)
BUHL MUNI (about 27 miles; BUHL, ID; ID: U03)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Bliss:

COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN IDAHO (about 40 miles; TWIN FALLS, ID; Full-time enrollment: 3,433)
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 97 miles; BOISE, ID; FT enrollment: 12,033)
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 184 miles; POCATELLO, ID; FT enrollment: 10,057)
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY (about 229 miles; LOGAN, UT; FT enrollment: 16,384)
RICKS COLLEGE (about 233 miles; REXBURG, ID; FT enrollment: 8,670)
WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY (about 240 miles; OGDEN, UT; FT enrollment: 12,112)
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-UTAH CAMPUS (about 261 miles; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; FT enrollment: 2,021)

Public elementary/middle school in Bliss:

BLISS SCHOOL (Students: 194; Location: 601 EAST HIGHWAY 30; Grades: PK - 12)

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Hotels: Amber Inn Motel (184 Interchange), Y-Inn Motel (260 Highway 30).

Drinking water stations with addresses in Bliss and their reported violations in the past:

BLISS CITY OF (Population served: 325, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: TTHM

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JUL-2004 and SEP-2004, Contaminant: Chlorine

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (SEP-26-2005)

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (SEP-26-2005)

One routine major monitoring violation

One regular monitoring violation

8 other older monitoring violations

Drinking water stations with addresses in Bliss that have no violations reported:

TOPS MOTEL (Population served: 26, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:

This city:	2.4 people
Idaho:	2.7 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	57.0%
Whole state:	71.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	5.3%
Whole state:	4.8%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	12.2%
Whole state:	11.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	2.0%
Whole state:	4.6%

Bliss compared to Idaho state average:

Median household income below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
Length of stay since moving in below state average.
Number of rooms per house below state average.
House age below state average.
Number of college students significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

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2004 Presidential Election results in Gooding County Idaho:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

8.41% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,126 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.41%
Idaho average:	9.61%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Twin Falls County, ID	1.61% ($25,164 average AGI)
from Jerome County, ID	1.28% ($20,241)
from Lincoln County, ID	0.42% ($35,632)

9.91% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,168 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.91%
Idaho average:	8.30%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Twin Falls County, ID	2.60% ($19,250 average AGI)
to Jerome County, ID	1.54% ($33,676)
to Ada County, ID	0.71% ($26,030)

Strongest AM radio stations in Bliss:

KRXR (1480 AM; 5 kW; GOODING, ID; Owner: MARIA ELENA JUAREZ)
KBOI (670 AM; 50 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KTFI (1270 AM; 5 kW; TWIN FALLS, ID; Owner: AGM-IDAHO BROADCASTING, LLC)
KBSU (730 AM; 15 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: IDAHO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION)
KLIX (1310 AM; 5 kW; TWIN FALLS, ID; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KWEI (1260 AM; 50 kW; WEISER, ID; Owner: TREASURE VALLEY BROADCASTING CO.)
KALL (700 AM; 50 kW; NORTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KGEM (1140 AM; 10 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
KIQN (1010 AM; 50 kW; TOOELE, UT)
KART (1400 AM; 1 kW; JEROME, ID; Owner: KART BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
KSL (1160 AM; 50 kW; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
KFXD (630 AM; 5 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KIDO (580 AM; 5 kW; NAMPA, ID; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Bliss:

KTPZ (99.1 FM; MOUNTAIN HOME, ID; Owner: AGM-IDAHO BROADCASTING, LLC)
KISY (100.7 FM; GOODING, ID; Owner: AGM-IDAHO BROADCASTING, LLC)
KYZK (107.5 FM; SUN VALLEY, ID; Owner: ALPINE BROADCASTING, LTD.)
KECH-FM (95.3 FM; SUN VALLEY, ID; Owner: ALPINE BROADCASTING LTD PARTNERSHIP)
KEFX (88.9 FM; TWIN FALLS, ID; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)

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