Gooding County, Idaho

Gooding County is a county located in the state of Idaho in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Gooding.

Geography

The County is located in south-central Idaho, is about 80 km from Nevada and has an area of 1901 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Elmore County, Twin Falls County, Jerome County, Lincoln County and Camas County. It lies entirely in the plane of the Snake River Plain.

History

Gooding County was formed on January 28, 1913 from parts of Lincoln County. It was named for Frank R. Gooding, a rancher, U.S. Senator and Governor of Idaho.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000 lived in Gooding County 14,155 people in 5,046 households and 3,718 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 87.59 percent White, 0.23 percent African American, 0.84 percent Native American, 0.23 percent Asian, 0.06 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 8.24 percent from other races groups; 2.80 percent were descended from two or more races. 17.05 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 5,046 households out of which 36.1 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 61.9 percent were married couples living together. 7.6 percent were single mothers and 26.3 percent were non-families. 22.0 percent of all households and 11.5 percent living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.22.

29.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.7 percent 18-24 Years, 25.1 percent between 25 and 44, 21.2 percent between 45 and 64 years. 15.4 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 104.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over 102.0 males.

The median household income was $ 31,888, and the median income for a family $ 36,290. Males have a median income of $ 25,321, women $ 17,903. The per capita income was $ 14,612. 11.2 percent of families and 13.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in County

• Appleton
• Bliss
• Gooding
• Hagerman
• Tuttle
• Wendell