Cassia County Population Statistics

People QuickFacts Cassia County Idaho
Cassia County Situation Statement
Population, 2011 estimate NA 1,584,985
Population, 2010 22,952 1,567,582
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 7.2% 21.1%
Population, 2000 21,416 1,293,953
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 9.3% 7.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 33.1% 27.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 12.9% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2010 49.4% 49.9%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 81.8% 89.1%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.8% 1.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.5% 1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.3% 2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 24.9% 11.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 72.9% 84.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 84.3% 81.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 9.9% 5.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 17.9% 10.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 78.8% 88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 15.7% 24.3%
Veterans, 2006-2010 1,444 130,011
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 16.1 20.1
Housing units, 2010 8,372 667,796
Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 68.6% 71.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 8.8% 14.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $114,600 $172,700
Households, 2006-2010 7,550 570,283
Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.89 2.63
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $17,782 $22,518
Median household income 2006-2010 $39,866 $46,423
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 15.4% 13.6%
    Business QuickFacts Cassia County Idaho
Private nonfarm establishments, 2009 641 44,3001
Private nonfarm employment, 2009 6,787 500,2261
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2009 13.4% 11.0%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2009 1,389 107,029
Total number of firms, 2007 2,218 151,671
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.2%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.6% 2.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.7% 23.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 371,255 18,010,976
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 335,892 14,286,715
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 318,904 20,526,631
Retail sales per capita, 2007 $15,216 $13,691
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 33,455 2,415,951
Building permits, 2010 37 4,153
Federal spending, 2009 146,656 13,833,0301
   Geography QuickFacts Cassia County Idaho
Land area in square miles, 2010 2,565.08 82,643.12
Persons per square mile, 2010 8.9 19.0
FIPS Code 031 16
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Burley, ID Micro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county. 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. 

D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information 
F: Fewer than 100 firms 
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data 
NA: Not available 
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards 
X: Not applicable 
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown



Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report