Camas County

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Camas County Courthouse
Camas County Courthouse
administration
US state : Idaho
Administrative headquarters : Fairfield
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
501 Soldier Rd.
Fairfield, ID 83327-9700
Foundation : February 6, 1917
Made up from: Blaine County
Area code : 001 208
Demographics
Residents : 1117  (2010)
Population density : 0.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2795 km²
Water surface : 11 km²
map
Map of Camas County within Idaho

Camas County is a county in the state of Idaho in the United States . The county seat is Fairfield .

geography

The county is located just southwest of the geographic center of Idaho and covers an area of ​​2,795 square kilometers, of which eleven square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Blaine Counties , Lincoln Counties , Gooding Counties , and Elmore Counties . The south of the county juts out into the Snake River Plain .

history

Camas County was formed on February 6, 1917 from parts of Blaine County. It was named after the Big Camas Prairie .

One of the county's buildings is on the National Register of Historic Places , the John Skillern House .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1920 1730 -
1930 1411 -18.4%
1940 1360 -3.6%
1950 1079 -20.7%
1960 917 -15%
1970 728 -20.6%
1980 818 12.4%
1990 727 -11.1%
2000 991 36.3%
2010 1117 12.7%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010
Age pyramid of Camas County (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Camas County had 991 people in 396 households and 287 families. The population density was 1 person / km². The racial the population was composed of 95.16 percent white, 1.21 percent African American, 0.30 percent Native American, 0.20 percent Asian, 0.91 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.22 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.55 percent of the population.

Of the 396 households, 30.8 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 65.2 percent of them were married couples living together. 4.5 percent were single mothers and 27.5 percent were non-families. 22.2 percent were single households and 8.3 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.92 people.

24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 6.6 percent between 18 and 24 years, 28.2 percent between 25 and 44 years, 27.5 percent between 45 and 64 years. 13.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 104.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 102.2 men.

The median household income was 34,167 USD , and the median income for a family 40,156 USD. Males had a median income of $ 30,500 versus $ 21,563 for women. The per capita income was $ 19,550. 7.2 percent of families and 8.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 399408. 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. ↑ Camas County, Idaho , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 43 ° 28 ′  N , 114 ° 49 ′  W