Bear Lake County, Idaho
Bear Lake County is a county located in the state of Idaho in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Paris.
Geography
The County is located in the southeastern corner of Idaho, on the east by Wyoming, south to Utah and has an area of 2718 square kilometers, of which 202 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Caribou County, Lincoln County, Wyoming, Rich County, Utah and Franklin County.
History
Bear Lake County was formed on January 5, 1875 from parts of Oneida County. It was named after the nearby Bear Lake, a lake.
The first settlers were smaller tribes of the Shoshone. The first white men in 1818 were probably some trappers and scouts who explored the area. 1819 outsourced Donald McKenzie on a lake and gave him because of the black bears that were found there, here, the name Black Bear Lake.
In 1836 a small mission to Christianize the Indians was established and in 1841 the Oregon Trail passed through this area. 1863 sent Brigham Young, the second President and Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints, the first Mormons to settle here.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Bear Lake County 6,411 people in 2,259 households and 1,710 families. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 97.66 percent White, 0.09 percent African American, 0.53 percent Native American, 0.08 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.08 percent from other races groups; 0.51 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.4 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 2,259 households out of which 38.8 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 66.9 percent were married couples living together. 6.4 percent were single mothers and 24.3 percent were non-families. 22.2 percent of all households and 12.1 percent living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.33 persons.
33.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.4 percent 18-24 Years, 22.4 percent between 25 and 44, 21.7 percent between 45 and 64 years. 15.6 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 96.7 males.
The median household income was $ 32,162, and the median income for a family $ 38,351. Males have a median income of $ 33,958, women $ 17,829. The per capita income was $ 13,592. 7.1 percent of families and 9.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Alton
- Bear Lake Hot Springs
- Bear Lake Sands
- Bennington
- Bern
- Bloomington
- Border
- Chausse
- Dingle
- Fish Haven
- Geneva
- Georgetown
- Giveout
- Glencoe
- Harer
- Lanark
- Liberty
- Lifton
- Manson
- Montpelier
- Nounan
- Ovid
- Paris
- Pegram
- Raymond
- Saint Charles
- Sharon
- Turnpike
- Wardboro