Twin Falls County

administration
Twin Falls County Courthouse
US state :	Idaho
Administrative headquarters :	Twin Falls
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 425 Shoshone St. North Twin Falls, ID 83301-6153
Foundation :	February 21, 1907
Made up from:	Cassia County
Area code :	001 208
Demographics
Residents :	77,230 (2010)
Population density :	15.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	4995 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
map

Website : www.twinfallscounty.org

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

geography

The county is located in southern Idaho, bordering Nevada, and has an area of 4995 square kilometers, of which nine square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Gooding County , Jerome County , Cassia County , Owyhee County, and Elmore County . The south of the county is shaped by the Basin and Range region. An extension of the Owyhee Plateau joins them. The north of the county is on the Snake River Plain .

history

Twin Falls County was formed on February 21, 1907 from parts of Cassia County. It was named after the Snake River falls .

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

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	13,543	-
1920	28,398	109.7%
1930	29,828	5%
1940	36,403	22%
1950	40,979	12.6%
1960	41,842	2.1%
1970	41,807	-0.1%
1980	52,927	26.6%
1990	53,580	1.2%
2000	64.284	20%
2010	77,230	20.1%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Twin Falls County (as of 2000)

The IB Perrine Bridge near Twin Falls

Shoshone Falls

Twin Falls County's population was 64,284 as of the 2000 census . 1,420 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 23,853 households and 16,959 families. The population density was 13 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.5 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian, 0.1 percent from the Pacific island area and 3.8 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.0 percent are descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 9.4 percent of the population.

Of the 23,853 households, 34.7 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.0 percent of them were married couples living together. 9.2 percent were single mothers and 28.9 percent were non-families. 23.6 percent were single households and 10.4 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.13.

27.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 10.4 percent between 18 and 24 years, 26.0 percent between 25 and 44 years, 21.5 percent between 45 and 64 years. 14.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 96.5 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 93.7 men.

The median household income was 34,506 USD , and the median income for a family 39,886 USD. Males had a median income of $ 30,058 versus $ 20,825 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,678. 9.1 percent of families and 12.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.