Power County, Idaho

Power County is a located in the  of. As of the 2000 Census the county had a population of 7,538 ( estimate: 7,753). Power County, Idaho is part of the ' which encompasses all of  and Power counties of Idaho. The is.

Power County was created by the Idaho Legislature on, by a partition of. It is named for the American Falls Power Plant.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 3,736 (1,443 ). 3,640 km² (1,406 sq mi) of it is land and 96 km² (37 sq mi) of it (2.57%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 7,538 people, 2,560 households, and 1,968 families residing in the county. The was 2/km² (5/sq mi). There were 2,844 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 83.78%, 0.09% or , 3.29% , 0.32% , 0.04% , 11.10% from , and 1.38% from two or more races. 21.73% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,560 households out of which 40.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.40% were living together, 8.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.10% were non-families. 20.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.38.

In the county the population was spread out with 33.80% under the age of 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 25.40% from 25 to 44, 22.00% from 45 to 64, and 10.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 101.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,226, and the median income for a family was $36,685. Males had a median income of $29,676 versus $20,930 for females. The for the county was $14,007. About 10.80% of families and 16.10% of the population were below the, including 20.10% of those under age 18 and 12.70% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

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