Bonner County, Idaho
Bonner County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Sandpoint.
Geography
The County is located almost in the extreme north-west of Idaho, on the west by Washington, on the east by Montana, about 25 miles from Canada in the north away and has an area of 4972 square kilometers, of which 471 square kilometers are water surface. It borders in Idaho clockwise to the following counties: Boundary County, Shoshone County and Kootenai County.
History
Bonner County was formed on February 21, 1907 from parts of Kootenai County. It was named for Edwin L. Bonner, a ferry entrepreneur.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Bonner County 36 835 people in 14,693 households and 10,270 families. The population density was 8 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 96.58 percent White, 0.11 percent African American, 0.87 percent Native American, 0.27 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.42 percent from other races groups; 1.70 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.64 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 14,693 households out of which 30.6 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.6 percent were married couples living together. 7.5 percent were single mothers and 30.1 percent were non-families. 24.0 percent of all households and 8.2 percent living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.94.
25.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 6.7 percent 18-24 Years, 25.4 percent between 25 and 44, 29.3 percent between 45 and 64 years. 13.1 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 98.2 males.
The median household income was $ 32,803, and the median income for a family $ 37,930. Males have a median income of $ 32,504, women $ 21,086. The per capita income was $ 17,263. 11.9 percent of families and 15.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Algoma
- Blacktail
- Blanchard
- Bronx
- Breads
- Cabinet
- Careywood
- Cedar Creek
- Clagstone
- Clark Fork
- Cocolalla
- Colburn
- Coleman
- Coolin
- Culver
- Dick Sheet Junction
- Dover
- Dufort
- Easthope
- Edgemere
- Elmira
- Four Corners
- Glengary
- Granite
- Harlem
- Hope
- Kootenai
- Laclede
- Lakeview
- Lamb Creek
- Morton
- Nordman
- Oldtown
- Outlet Bay
- Ponderay
- Priest River
- Sagle
- Samuels
- Sandpoint
- Sawyer
- Selle
- Seneacquoteen
- Sherwood Beach
- Sunnyside
- Talache
- Thama
- Trestle Creek
- Vans Corner
- Vay
- West moon
- Wrencoe