Canyon County Idaho Posts Strong Growth

522844 — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:50:00 GMT

While the vast majority of newcomers to Idaho headed to the most populated counties in 2007, new Census Bureau figures show slightly more of the people coming in from other states and nations settled in rural counties than in preceding years.

Based on county population estimates for July 1, 2007, just over 80 percent of the 35,500 increase in statewide population from mid-2006 occurred in the six counties with populations over 70,000. That compared to 84 percent of the growth between mid-2005 and mid-2006 and 85 percent from mid-2004 to mid-2005.

Those large counties - Ada, Bannock, Bonneville, Canyon, Kootenai and Twin Falls - accounted for 28,500 of the additional population, and only Bonneville County had a higher growth rate in 2007 than in 2006. Only Bannock County had a lower growth rate than the statewide average of 2.4 percent.

The new estimates covered the strogest 12-month period that the state economy has experienced in decades.

Statewide, the 2.4 percent growth ranked fouth nationally. Over 55 percent of the growth was the result of people moving from other states or countries, the ninth highest percentage amoung all the states.

Idaho's most populated counties rose 3.1 percent last year compared to 3.6 percent in July 2006 estimates while the rural population was up 1.3 percent compared to a 1.1 percent a year earlier.

Canyon and Jefferson counties wre among the fastest growing counties with over 10,000 population in the United States. Canyon County, which has benefited from living costs lower than neighboring Ada County, recorded a 4.5% population increase to rank 48th nationally, and Jefferson County, which is absorbing new growth around Idaho Falls, was up 4.3 percent to rank 57th. Canyon County posted a 4.9 percent increase in mid-2006 while Jefferson was up just 3 percent. Teton County with a population of 8,349 had the greatest increase at 6.9 percent.

Canyon County is only 15 minutes from Boise and approximatley 20 minutes from the Boise International airport. The affordability of homes and proximity to the capital of Boise has made Canyon County a popular choice of many relocating to Idaho and nothing appears to being slowing down this trend.

County Population Estimates, July 1, 2007
County	2007 Population	Change from 2006	% Change	Net Migration	Net Births
Idaho	1,499,402	35,524	2.43%	21,837	14,198
Ada	373,406	11,762	3.25%	8,301	3,630
Adams	3,546	66	1.90%	59	16
Bannock	79,925	459	0.58%	-430	890
Bear Lake	5,863	-47	-0.80%	-59	16
Benewah	9,243	32	0.35%	0	32
Bingham	43,466	377	0.87%	-170	544
Blaine	21,560	149	0.70%	-71	219
Boise	7,571	109	1.46%	94	21
Bonner	41,050	661	1.64%	580	99
Bonneville	96,545	3,012	3.22%	1,735	1,296
Boundary	10,872	259	2.44%	213	53
Butte	2,771	27	0.98%	2	27
Camas	1,102	35	3.28%	21	15
Canyon	179,381	7,797	4.54%	5,440	2,448
Caribou	6,862	15	0.22%	-26	42
Cassia	20,960	195	0.94%	-6	202
Clark	906	-1	-0.11%	-18	18
Clearwater	8,231	-40	-0.48%	-31	-10
Custer	4,166	58	1.41%	53	7
Elmore	28,856	475	1.67%	116	365
Franklin	12,203	173	1.44%	35	138
Fremont	12,517	112	0.90%	-19	138
Gem	16,496	198	1.21%	139	67
Gooding	14,250	75	0.53%	-27	109
Idaho	15,345	88	0.58%	66	16
Jefferson	22,851	940	4.29%	562	375
Jerome	20,066	402	2.04%	159	240
Kootenai	134,442	3,722	2.85%	3,008	792
Latah	36,299	173	0.48%	-23	192
Lemhi	7,717	-28	-0.36%	-29	-2
Lewis	3,581	-37	-1.02%	-44	10
Lincoln	4,497	105	2.39%	42	68
Madison	36,647	445	1.23%	-327	769
Minidoka	18,564	34	0.18%	-127	161
Nez Perce	38,932	384	1.00%	358	55
Oneida	4,106	14	0.34%	-13	29
Owyhee	10,835	82	0.76%	-4	90
Payette	22,751	610	2.76%	438	172
Power	7,684	11	0.14%	-89	99
Shoshone	12,838	-57	-0.44%	-39	-14
Teton	8,349	539	6.90%	413	127
Twin Falls	73,058	1,811	2.54%	1,289	562
Valley	8,945	272	3.14%	233	50
Washington	10,147	56	0.55%	33	25
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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Canyon County Idaho Posts Strong Growth