Power County, ID Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Power county idaho dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,319	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	146	6.3
Kindergarten	89	3.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,180	50.9
High school (grades 9-12)	629	27.1
College or graduate school	275	11.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	4,344	100.0
Less than 9th grade	646	14.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	451	10.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,427	32.8
Some college, no degree	943	21.7
Associate degree	254	5.8
Bachelor's degree	469	10.8
Graduate or professional degree	154	3.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	74.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	5,448	100.0
Never married	1,152	21.1
Now married, except separated	3,481	63.9
Separated	50	0.9
Widowed	372	6.8
Female	283	5.2
Divorced	393	7.2
Female	204	3.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	156	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	61	39.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	4,990	100.0
Civilian veterans	615	12.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,284	100.0
With a disability	262	11.5

Population 21 to 64 years	3,852	100.0
With a disability	758	19.7
Percent employed	63.5	(X)
No disability	3,094	80.3
Percent employed	77.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	731	100.0
With a disability	312	42.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	6,920	100.0
Same house in 1995	4,229	61.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	2,574	37.2
Same county	1,244	18.0
Different county	1,330	19.2
Same state	857	12.4
Different state	473	6.8
Elsewhere in 1995	117	1.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	7,538	100.0
Native	6,745	89.5
Born in United States	6,726	89.2
State of residence	4,618	61.3
Different state	2,108	28.0
Born outside United States	19	0.3
Foreign born	793	10.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	405	5.4
Naturalized citizen	139	1.8
Not a citizen	654	8.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	793	100.0
Europe	17	2.1
Asia	4	0.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	759	95.7
Northern America	13	1.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	6,920	100.0
English only	5,458	78.9
Language other than English	1,462	21.1
Speak English less than 'very well	635	9.2
Spanish	1,292	18.7
Speak English less than "very well"	604	8.7
Other Indo-European languages	43	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	13	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	4	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	7,538	100.0
Total ancestries reported	7,779	103.2
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	38	0.5
Danish	236	3.1
Dutch	123	1.6
English	1,459	19.4
French (except Basque)¹	95	1.3
French Canadian¹	0	0.0
German	1,443	19.1
Greek	15	0.2
Hungarian	9	0.1
Irish¹	468	6.2
Italian	68	0.9
Lithuanian	8	0.1
Norwegian	109	1.4
Polish	53	0.7
Portuguese	9	0.1
Russian	54	0.7
Scotch-Irish	83	1.1
Scottish	131	1.7
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	289	3.8
Swiss	85	1.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	682	9.0
Welsh	106	1.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,216	29.4

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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