Bonner County

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Bonner County Courthouse
Bonner County Courthouse
administration
US state : Idaho
Administrative headquarters : Sandpoint
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
215 S. First Avenue
Sandpoint, ID 83864-1305
Foundation : February 21, 1907
Made up from: Kootenai County
Area code : 001 208
Demographics
Residents : 40,877  (2010)
Population density : 9.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 4972 km²
Water surface : 471 km²
map
Map of Bonner County within Idaho
Website : www.co.bonner.id.us

Bonner County is a county in the US state of Idaho in the United States . The county seat is Sandpoint .

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme northwest of Idaho, borders Washington to the west, Montana to the east , is about 25 km from Canada in the north and has an area of ​​4972 square kilometers, of which 471 square kilometers are water. In Idaho, it is bordered clockwise by 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 after Edwin L. Bonner , a ferry operator.

17 structures and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1910 13,588 -
1920 12,957 -4.6%
1930 13,152 1.5%
1940 15,667 19.1%
1950 14,853 -5.2%
1960 15,587 4.9%
1970 15,560 -0.2%
1980 24.163 55.3%
1990 26,622 10.2%
2000 36,835 38.4%
2010 40,877 11%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010
Age pyramid of Bonn County (as of 2000)
The Lake Pend Oreille
The Cabinet Gorge Dam in the Clark Fork River

According to the 2000 census , Bonner County had 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 composed of 96.58 percent white, 0.87 percent Native American, 0.27 percent Asian, 0.11 percent African American, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.42 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.70 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.64 percent of the population.

Of the 14,693 households, 30.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.6 percent of them were married couples living together. 7.5 percent were single mothers and 30.1 percent were non-families. 24.0 percent were single households and 8.2 percent had people 65 years of age 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 between 18 and 24 years old, 25.4 percent between 25 and 44 years, 29.3 percent between 45 and 64 years. 13.1 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 100.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 98.2 men.

The median household income was 32,803 USD , and the median income for a family 37,930 USD. Males had a median income of $ 32,504 versus $ 21,086 for females. 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 the county

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 395158. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 25, 2017.
  3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012
  5. ↑ Bonner County, Idaho , Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Bonner County  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 17 ′  N , 116 ° 35 ′  W