Gooding County, Idaho

Gooding County is a located in the  of. As of the 2000 Census the county had a population of 14,155 ( estimate: 14,461). The is.

Gooding County was created by the Idaho Legislature on, by a partition of. It is named for, an early 20th Century governor and United States Senator from Idaho.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,901 (734 ). 1,893 km² (731 sq mi) of it is land and 8 km² (3 sq mi) of it (0.42%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 14,155 people, 5,046 households, and 3,718 families residing in the county. The was 7/km² (19/sq mi). There were 5,505 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 87.59%, 0.23% or , 0.84% , 0.23% , 0.06% , 8.24% from , and 2.80% from two or more races. 17.05% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 5,046 households out of which 36.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.90% were living together, 7.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.30% were non-families. 22.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.22.

In the county the population was spread out with 29.60% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 25.10% from 25 to 44, 21.20% from 45 to 64, and 15.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 104.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,888, and the median income for a family was $36,290. Males had a median income of $25,321 versus $17,903 for females. The for the county was $14,612. About 11.20% of families and 13.80% of the population were below the, including 18.90% of those under age 18 and 11.30% of those age 65 or over.