County population in 2014: 45,269 (44% urban, 56% rural); it was 41,735 in 2000County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 7,460 County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 4,103 County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 10,568 Renter-occupied apartments: 3,436 (it was 2,749 in 2000)
% of renters here:
21%
State:
30%
Land area: 2095 sq. mi.
Water area: 25.5 sq. mi.
Population density: 22 people per square mile (low).
Mar. 2016 cost of living index in Bingham County: 84.8 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (24.7%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (15.4%), Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (14.5%), Transportation and warehousing,and utilities (13.5%).
Estimated median household income in 2015: $50,884 ($36,423 in 1999)
This county:
$50,884
Idaho:
$48,275
Median contract rent in 2015 for apartments: $546 (lower quartile is $378, upper quartile is $709)
This county:
$546
State:
$658
Estimated median house or condo value in 2015: $153,031 (it was $81,700 in 2000)
Bingham:
$153,031
Idaho:
$176,300
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $104,239 - $231,129 Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,080 Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $332
Institutionalized population: 302
Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 3
Rapes: 6
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 23
Burglaries: 88
Thefts: 234
Auto thefts: 41
Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 0
Rapes: 3
Robberies: 2
Assaults: 14
Burglaries: 103
Thefts: 186
Auto thefts: 25
Single-family new house construction building permits:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2015: $1,148 (0.7%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2015: $1,057 (0.8%)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2015: 13.5%
(9.7% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 21.8% for Black residents, 23.8% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 28.5% for American Indian residents, 16.7% for other race residents, 21.5% for two or more races residents)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2015: 13.2%
Bingham County:
13.2%
Idaho:
15.1%
(9.7% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 21.8% for Black residents, 22.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 25.2% for American Indian residents, 15.3% for other race residents, 18.4% for two or more races residents)
Median age of residents in 2015: 33 years old
(Males: 33 years old, Females: 33 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 36 years old, Black residents: 13 years old, American Indian residents: 35 years old, Asian residents: 50 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 23 years old, Other race residents: 27 years old)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Bingham County is $392 a month. Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month. Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $692 a month.
Current college students: 1,423 People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 80.6% People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.4%
Number of foreign born residents: 2,534 (24% naturalized citizens)
Bingham County:
6.1%
Whole state:
5.0%
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
1995 to March 2000: 477
1990 to 1994: 673
1985 to 1989: 351
1980 to 1984: 361
1975 to 1979: 260
1970 to 1974: 208
1970 to 1974: 68
1965 to 1969: 136
Note: State values scaled to Bingham County population
Mean travel time to work (commute): 21.2 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 67.5%
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 10,301
One, attached: 122
Two: 379
3 or 4: 423
5 to 9: 265
10 to 19: 74
20 or more: 163
Mobile homes: 2,565
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Housing units in Bingham County with a mortgage: 5,024 (556 second mortgage, 520 home equity loan, 40 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 2,276
Here:
68.8% with mortgage
State:
73.2% with mortgage
Religion statistics for Bingham County
Religion
Adherents
Congregations
Other
27,106
75
Catholic
1,992
5
Mainline Protestant
1,188
8
Evangelical Protestant
757
13
None
14,564
-
Bingham County Religion Details
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 6
Bingham County:
1.38 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.88 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
Here:
0.23 / 10,000 pop.
Idaho:
0.28 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 2
This county:
0.46 / 10,000 pop.
Idaho:
0.53 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 15
Bingham County:
3.46 / 10,000 pop.
Idaho:
3.87 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 22
This county:
5.07 / 10,000 pop.
State:
7.75 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Bingham County:
10.5%
Idaho:
7.7%
Adult obesity rate:
Bingham County:
30.9%
State:
25.7%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
18.0%
State:
11.7%
Agriculture in Bingham County:
Average size of farms: 645 acres Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $211,224 Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $644.58 The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.17% The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 26.38% Average total farm production expenses per farm: $180,370 Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 37.40% Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 97.03% Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $144,797 The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 88.30% Average age of principal farm operators: 53 years Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 10.24 Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 12.82% All wheat for grain: 113117 harvested acres Land in orchards: 24 acres
Earthquake activity:
Bingham County-area historical earthquake activity is near Idaho state average. It is 259% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 8/18/1959 at 06:37:13, a magnitude 7.7 (7.7 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 128.3 miles away from Bingham County center, causing $26,000,000 total damage On 10/28/1983 at 14:06:06, a magnitude 7.3 (6.2 MB, 7.3 MS, 7.0 MW) earthquake occurred 95.1 miles away from the county center, causing 2 deaths (2 shaking deaths) and 3 injuries, causing $15,000,000 total damage On 10/3/1915 at 06:52:48, a magnitude 7.6 (7.6 UK) earthquake occurred 323.0 miles away from the county center On 3/28/1975 at 02:31:05, a magnitude 6.2 (6.1 MB, 6.0 MS, 6.2 ML, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 81.0 miles away from the county center On 6/30/1975 at 18:54:13, a magnitude 6.1 (5.6 MB, 5.9 MS, 6.1 UK, 6.1 ML) earthquake occurred 131.3 miles away from Bingham County center On 2/3/1994 at 09:05:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.4 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.8 MW, 5.8 ML, Depth: 4.9 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 76.1 miles away from the county center Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
Idaho Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3244: September 13, 2005, FEMA Id: 3244, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
Idaho Wildfires, Incident Period: July 27, 2000 to September 26, 2000, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1341: September 01, 2000, FEMA Id: 1341, Natural disaster type: Fire
Idaho Flooding, Incident Period: March 14, 1997 to June 30, 1997, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1177: June 13, 1997, FEMA Id: 1177, Natural disaster type: Flood
Idaho Dam Collapse, Incident Period: June 06, 1976, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-505: June 06, 1976, FEMA Id: 505, Natural disaster type: Other
The number of natural disasters in Bingham County (4) is a lot smaller than the US average (13). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 3 Emergencies Declared: 1
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (8%)
Transportation occupations (7%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations (7%)
Sales and related occupations (6%)
Office and administrative support occupations (22%)
Education, training, and library occupations (10%)
Sales and related occupations (8%)
Healthcare support occupations (7%)
Personal care and service occupations (7%)
Food preparation and serving related occupations (6%)
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico (87%)
Canada (2%)
Peru (2%)
South Africa (1%)
Italy (1%)
Laos (1%)
Korea (1%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bingham County (%):
English (24%)
United States or American (12%)
German (9%)
Danish (5%)
Swedish (4%)
Irish (4%)
European (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 13,072 (74%)
Carpooled: 2,497 (14%)
Bus or trolley bus: 532 (3%)
Taxi: 17 (0%)
Bicycle: 4 (0%)
Walked: 527 (3%)
Other means: 50 (0%)
Worked at home: 986 (6%)
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)
People in group quarters in Bingham County, Idaho in 2000:
107 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
104 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
99 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
54 people in nursing homes
9 people in unknown juvenile institutions
9 people in homes for the mentally ill
7 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
7 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
3 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
2 people in other group homes
2 people in religious group quarters
People in group quarters in Bingham County, Idaho in 2010:
115 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
94 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
86 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals and psychiatric units in other hospitals
20 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
7 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional)
Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2010 was $47,644.
6.03% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($28,266 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
6.03%
Idaho average:
7.20%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.86% relocated from other counties in Idaho ($17,424 average AGI)
2.17% relocated from other states ($10,842 average AGI)
Bingham County:
2.17%
Idaho average:
3.91%
Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
6.58% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($31,472 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
6.58%
Idaho average:
7.21%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.13% relocated to other counties in Idaho ($19,685 average AGI)
2.44% relocated to other states ($11,786 average AGI)
Bingham County:
2.44%
Idaho average:
3.91%
Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2010 and 2011:
Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Bingham County
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 5,814 (4,783 aged, 1,031 disabled) Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 1,563 (11%)
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Aged persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Disabled persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Most common underlying causes of death in Bingham County, Idaho in 1999 - 2014:
Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (181)
Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (146)
Unspecified dementia (136)
Alzheimer's disease, unspecified (104)
Pneumonia, unspecified (104)
Unspecified diabetes mellitus, without complications (100)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21% Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 2.31 Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 4,395 Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 231 Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 21,183
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,882 Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 764 Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 2
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 38 Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 55
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 5
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 195.5. This is more than state average.
Mechanisms of suicide:
Deaths per 1,000,000 population:
Firearm - 121.3
Other - 74.2
Household type by relationship:
Households: 45,284
In family households: 41,382 (9,206 male householders, 2,525 female householders)
9,361 spouses, 16,693 children (15,414 natural, 449 adopted, 830 stepchildren), 1,336 grandchildren, 317 brothers or sisters, 211 parents, 496 other relatives, 903 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,902 (1,603 male householders (1,291 living alone)), 1,665 female householders (1,487 living alone)), 634 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 323 (302 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,409 2-persons, 2,261 3-persons, 2,092 4-persons, 1,485 5-persons, 876 6-persons, 608 7-or-more-persons.
11,213 married couples with children.
2,214 single-parent households (603 men, 1,611 women).
86.4% of residents of Bingham County speak English at home.
11.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $192,985,000 ($4,467 per capita) Department of Defense expenditure: $4,821,000 Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $79,464,000 Federal other direct payments to individuals: $27,442,000 Federal direct payments not to individuals: $15,549,000 Federal grants: $50,914,000 Federal procurement contracts: $6,032,000 ($259,000 Department of Defense) Federal salaries and wages: $13,584,000 ($1,078,000 Department of Defense) Federal Government direct loans: $3,746,000 Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $19,199,000 Federal Government insurance: $104,598,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 3,962
Here:
91 per 1000 residents
State:
78 per 1000 residents
Deaths: 1,505
Here:
34 per 1000 residents
State:
37 per 1000 residents
Net international migration: +392
Here:
+9 per 1000 residents
State:
+10 per 1000 residents
Net internal migration: -783
Here:
-18 per 1000 residents
State:
+43 per 1000 residents
Population growth in Bingham County
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 5.71 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:
6.3
State:
6.1
Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:
4.2
State:
4.1
Year house built
2014 or later: 0
2010 to 2013: 571
2000 to 2009: 2,454
1990 to 1999: 1,946
1980 to 1989: 1,808
1970 to 1979: 3,492
1960 to 1969: 1,459
1950 to 1959: 2,024
1940 to 1949: 747
1939 or earlier: 1,805
Note: State values scaled to Bingham population
Rooms in houses/apartments in Bingham County, Idaho
Note: State values scaled to Bingham County population
no vehicle: 248
1 vehicle: 1,744
2 vehicles: 4,770
3 vehicles: 2,483
4 vehicles: 890
5+ vehicles: 433
no vehicle: 268
1 vehicle: 1,203
2 vehicles: 887
3 vehicles: 314
4 vehicles: 32
5+ vehicles: 45
63% of Bingham County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Idaho.
Bingham County:
62.7%
State average:
50.5%
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 28,899
Northeast: 481
Midwest: 1,699
South: 1,253
West: 6,678
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $56,200
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Year Householders Moved Into Unit
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