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Population (year 2000): 816. Estimated population in July 2006: 698 (-14.5% change)

Males: 415	(50.9%)
Females: 401	(49.1%)

Adams County

Median resident age:	43.2 years
Idaho median age:	33.2 years

Zip codes: 83612.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $24,900 (it was $24,375 in 2000)

Council	$24,900
Idaho:	$41,443

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $94,900 (it was $69,500 in 2000)

Council	$94,900
Idaho:	$134,900

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Races in Council:

White Non-Hispanic (95.6%)
American Indian (2.7%)
Hispanic (1.6%)
Two or more races (1.3%)

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Ancestries: United States (32.4%), Irish (14.0%), German (13.4%), English (13.2%), Dutch (3.1%), Scotch-Irish (2.7%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Elevation: 2940 feet

Land area: 0.73 square miles.

Population density: 1006 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Council

High school or higher: 70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.5%
Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
Unemployed: 5.3%
Mean travel time to work: 23.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Council city

Never married: 14.6%
Now married: 59.5%
Separated: 0.3%
Widowed: 6.7%
Divorced: 18.8%

13 residents are foreign born

This city:	1.6%
Idaho:	5.0%

According to our research there were 2 registered sex offenders living in Council, Idaho in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Council to the number of sex offenders is 366 to 1.

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

Council:	1.0% ($665)
Idaho:	0.9% ($1,007)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Boise, ID (78.4 miles , pop. 185,787).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Northwest Clackamas, OR (427.3 miles , pop. 224,220).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (748.1 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: New Meadows, ID (19.6 miles ), Cambridge, ID (19.9 miles ), Donnelly, ID (24.7 miles) , McCall, ID (26.1 miles ), Midvale, ID (27.2 miles) , Cascade, ID (30.8 miles ), Sweet, ID (41.2 miles ), Halfway, OR (47.5 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

Average cost (in 1000s)

Latitude: 44.73 N, Longitude: 116.44 W

People in group quarters in Council

19 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
13 people in nursing homes
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Area code: 208

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Population change in the 1990s: -18 (-2.2%).

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
Construction (20%)
Wood products (16%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
Public administration (7%)
Repair and maintenance (5%)
Health care (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (21%)
Accommodation and food services (14%)
Food and beverage stores (13%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
Educational services (7%)
Gasoline stations (6%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (8%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Woodworkers (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
Cashiers (10%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Council:

MCCALL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 29 miles; MCCALL, ID)
WEISER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 45 miles; WEISER, ID)
CASCADE MEDICAL CENTER (about 56 miles; CASCADE, ID)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Council:

BOISE AIR TERMINAL/GOWEN FLD (about 83 miles; BOISE, ID; ID: BOI)
LEWISTON-NEZ PERCE COUNTY (about 120 miles; LEWISTON, ID; ID: LWS)
PULLMAN/MOSCOW REGIONAL (about 146 miles; PULLMAN/MOSCOW,ID, WA; ID: PUW)

Other public-use airports nearest to Council:

COUNCIL MUNI (about 1 miles; COUNCIL, ID; ID: U82)
NEW MEADOWS (about 20 miles; NEW MEADOWS, ID; ID: 1U4)
DONALD D. COSKI MEMORIAL (about 25 miles; DONNELLY, ID; ID: U84)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Council:

BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 89 miles; BOISE, ID; Full-time enrollment: 12,033)
LEWIS-CLARK STATE COLLEGE (about 121 miles; LEWISTON, ID; FT enrollment: 2,213)
EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY (about 121 miles; LA GRANDE, OR; FT enrollment: 2,192)
WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 143 miles; WALLA WALLA, WA; FT enrollment: 2,812)
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (about 146 miles; MOSCOW, ID; FT enrollment: 9,823)
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 168 miles; PULLMAN, WA; FT enrollment: 18,110)
COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN IDAHO (about 201 miles; TWIN FALLS, ID; FT enrollment: 3,433)

Public high school in Council:

COUNCIL JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 179; Location: 101 EAST BLEEKER AVENUE; Grades: 07 - 12)

Public elementary/middle school in Council:

COUNCIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 133; Location: 202 HIGHWAY 95; Grades: PK - 06)

Library in Council:

COUNCIL VALLEY DISTRICT (Operating income: $42,257; Location: 104 CALIFORNIA AVE; 22,863 books; 286 audio materials; 564 video materials; 10 serial subscriptions)

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Hotel: Starlite Motel (102 North Dartmouth).

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

COUNCIL CITY OF (Population served: 890, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In MAR-2006, Contaminant: Coliform

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-1998, Contaminant: Coliform

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-1997, Contaminant: Coliform

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In OCT-1999, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)

2 minor monitoring violations

PINERIDGE (Population served: 41, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

7 routine major monitoring violations

2 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:

This city:	2.3 people
Idaho:	2.7 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	65.8%
Whole state:	71.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	4.1%
Whole state:	4.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	15.2%
Whole state:	11.8%

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

This city:	5.0%
Whole state:	4.6%

Council compared to Idaho state average:

Median household income below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age significantly above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Institutionalized population percentage above 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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Banks with branches in Council (2007 data):

U.S. Bank National Association: Council Branch at 210 Illinois Avenue, branch established on 1946-09-03. Info updated 2006-10-10: Bank assets: $217,802.3 mil, Deposits: $135,903.1 mil, headquarters in Cincinnati, OH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2565 total offices, Holding Company: U.S. Bancorp

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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration	1	$1,313	$15,756	6	$400
Financial Administration	1	$1,397	$16,764	0	$0
Streets and Highways	1	$1,686	$20,232	0	$0
Water Supply	1	$2,072	$24,864	0	$0
Totals for Government	4	$6,468	$19,404	6	$400

9.57% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($44,054 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.57%
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 Ada County, ID	1.69% ($46,435 average AGI)
from Valley County, ID	1.03% ($21,571)
from Canyon County, ID	0.81% ($35,273)

9.37% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,118 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.37%
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 Ada County, ID	1.55% ($31,810 average AGI)
to Valley County, ID	1.18% ($36,875)
to Washington County, ID	0.74% ($37,300)

Strongest AM radio stations in Council:

KWEI (1260 AM; 50 kW; WEISER, ID; Owner: TREASURE VALLEY BROADCASTING CO.)
KBOI (670 AM; 50 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KBSU (730 AM; 15 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: IDAHO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION)
KBGN (1060 AM; daytime; 10 kW; CALDWELL, ID; Owner: NELSON M. AND KAREN E. WILSON)
KGEM (1140 AM; 10 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
KIDO (580 AM; 5 kW; NAMPA, ID; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KMCL (1240 AM; 1 kW; DONNELLY, ID; Owner: BRUNDAGE MOUNTAIN AIR INC.)
KFXD (630 AM; 5 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KSRV (1380 AM; 5 kW; ONTARIO, OR; Owner: HBG-RADIO ONTARIO LLC)
KQQQ (1150 AM; 25 kW; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: RADIO PALOUSE, INC.)
KERR (750 AM; 50 kW; POLSON, MT; Owner: ANDERSON RADIO BROADCASTING, INC.)
KGA (1510 AM; 50 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KTBI (810 AM; daytime; 50 kW; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: TACOMA BROADCASTERS, INCORPORATED)

Strongest FM radio stations in Council:

KDZY (98.3 FM; MCCALL, ID; Owner: KSPD, INC.)
KMCL-FM (101.1 FM; MCCALL, ID; Owner: BRUNDAGE MOUNTAIN AIR INC.)
KBSK (89.9 FM; MCCALL, ID; Owner: IDAHO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION)
KBSQ (90.7 FM; MCCALL, ID; Owner: IDAHO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION)
KBSM (91.7 FM; MCCALL, ID; Owner: IDAHO STATE BOARD OF EDUC. (B.S.U.))
KWEI-FM (99.5 FM; FRUITLAND, ID; Owner: TREASURE VALLEY BROADCASTING CO.)
KJHY (101.9 FM; EMMETT, ID; Owner: CAPITAL WEST INC)
KIZN (92.3 FM; BOISE, ID; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KKGL (96.9 FM; NAMPA, ID; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KQFC (97.9 FM; BOISE, ID; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KZMG (93.1 FM; NEW PLYMOUTH, ID; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KBSU-FM (90.3 FM; BOISE, ID; Owner: IDAHO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION)
KBSX (91.5 FM; BOISE, ID; Owner: IDAHO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION)
KCIX (105.9 FM; GARDEN CITY, ID; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KRVB (94.9 FM; NAMPA, ID; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
KXLT-FM (107.9 FM; EAGLE, ID; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KJOT (105.1 FM; BOISE, ID; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
KTHI (107.1 FM; CALDWELL, ID; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
KBXL (94.1 FM; CALDWELL, ID; Owner: KSPD, INC.)
KTSY (89.5 FM; CALDWELL, ID; Owner: GEM STATE ADVENTIST ACADEMY)

TV broadcast stations around Council:

K05GO (Channel 5; COUNCIL, ID; Owner: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (IEPBS))

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