Jerome County

administration
Jerome County Courthouse in Jerome, listed on NRHP No. 87001600
US state :	Idaho
Administrative headquarters :	Jerome
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 300 N. Lincoln Avenue Jerome, ID 83338-2344
Foundation :	February 8, 1919
Made up from:	Jerome County
Area code :	001 208
Demographics
Residents :	22,374 (2010)
Population density :	14.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1559 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

Website : www.jeromecounty.org

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

geography

The county is located in south-central Idaho, about 70 km from Nevada and Utah , and has an area of 1,559 square kilometers, of which 5 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Lincoln County , Gooding County , Twin Falls County , Cassia County, and Minidoka County .

The landscape is determined by the plain de Snake River Plain , the southern border is formed by the Snake River . Centrally located in the county was the Minidoka War Relocation Center during the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II . Today it is designated as a memorial.

history

Jerome County was formed on February 8, 1919 from parts of Jerome County.

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

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1920	5729	-
1930	8358	45.9%
1940	9900	18.4%
1950	12,080	22%
1960	11,712	-3%
1970	10,253	-12.5%
1980	14,840	44.7%
1990	15,138	2%
2000	18,342	21.2%
2010	22,374	22%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Jerome County (as of 2000)

The Milner Dam on the Snake River . In the foreground the North Side Canal

According to the 2000 census , Jerome County had 18,342 people in 6,298 households and 4,805 families. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 86.99 percent white, 0.23 percent African American, 0.69 percent Native American, 0.27 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 9.84 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.94 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 17.17 percent of the population.

Of the 6,298 households, 39.1 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 63.8 percent of them were married couples living together. 7.6 percent were single mothers and 23.7 percent were non-families. 19.5 percent were single households and 8.7 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.33 people.

31.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.9 percent between 18 and 24 years, 27.1 percent between 25 and 44 years, 20.2 percent between 45 and 64 years. 12.3 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 104.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 104.5 men.

The median household income was 34,696 USD , and the median income for a family 39,083 USD. Males had a median income of $ 28,036 versus $ 20,194 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,530. 13.9 percent of the population and 10.7 percent of families lived below the poverty line.