2022 population: 20,418 ( 3,699 from 2010 , 1,292 from 2020)
Land area: 559.8 square miles
Population density: 36.5 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	17,597	86.18%	18.1%
Black:	66	0.32%	230.0%
Indian:	146	0.72%	89.6%
Asian:	219	1.07%	148.9%
2+ races:	443	2.17%	54.4%
Hispanic:	1,947	9.54%	45.7%

Total non-White:	2,821	13.82%	54.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	484	12.7
Deaths:	626	16.4
Net Migration:	1,419	37.1
Net Immigration:	30	0.8

Change in White population:	2,699	16.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	1,000	6.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
16,719
14,898	89.11%
20	0.12%
77	0.46%
88	0.53%
287	1.72%
1,336	7.99%
1,821	10.89%

2000
15,181
13,762	90.65%
11	0.07%
97	0.64%
63	0.41%
190	1.25%
1,050	6.92%
1,419	9.35%

1990
11,844
11,000	92.87%
0	0.00%
159	1.34%
28	0.24%
n/a
657	5.55%
844	7.13%

1980
11,972
11,408	95.29%
0	0.00%
117	0.98%
66	0.55%
n/a
381	3.18%
564	4.71%

1970
9,387
9,138	97.35%
10	0.11%
28	0.30%
32	0.34%
n/a
172	1.83%
249	2.65%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
1,978	13.0
1,624	10.7
706	4.7
269	1.8

1,136	7.5
402	2.6

Number	Rate
1990's
1,834	15.5
1,433	12.1
2,724	23.0
262	2.2

2,762	23.3
575	4.9

Number	Rate
1980's
1,873	15.6
1,219	10.2
-724	-6.0
n/a

-408	-3.4
280	2.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
1,613	17.2
n/a

2,270	24.2
315	3.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Gem County, ID

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
44.0
4,324	21.2%
16,094	78.8%
4,273	20.9%

7,196
2.64

5,297	73.6%
4,058	76.6%
402	7.6%
1,899	26.4%

2010
Number	Percent
42.9
4,098	24.5%
12,621	75.5%
3,107	18.6%

6,495
2.55

4,611	71.0%
3,698	80.2%
319	6.9%
1,884	29.0%

2000
Number	Percent
37.5
4,246	28.0%
10,935	72.0%
2,384	15.7%

5,530
2.71

4,174	75.5%
3,539	84.8%
214	5.1%
1,356	24.5%

1990
Number	Percent
36.1
3,367	28.4%
8,477	71.6%
2,115	17.9%

4,446
2.63

3,382	76.1%
3,000	88.7%
205	6.1%
1,064	23.9%

1980
Number	Percent
31.4
3,816	31.9%
8,156	68.1%
1,703	14.2%

4,245
2.79

3,431	80.8%
3,004	87.6%
248	7.2%
814	19.2%

2022 Housing Data for Gem County, ID

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	305	4.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	274	3.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	167	2.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	257	3.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	374	5.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	307	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	334	4.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	236	3.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	300	4.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	721	10.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	1,063	14.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	956	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	623	8.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	469	6.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	353	4.9%
$200,000 or more	457	6.4%

Median Household Income	65,204
Per Capita Income	33,032

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	97
Compared to U.S.	83

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	366	5.1%
Public Assistance	286	4.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	781	10.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	7,478	73.7%
Unemployed	168	1.7%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	7,646	75.4%
Not in Labor Force	2,499	24.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	3,265	2,319	58.5%
Non-Profit	130	288	31.1%
Self-Employed	842	496	62.9%

Local Government	138	668	17.1%
State Government	56	270	17.2%
Federal Government	94	9	91.3%

Total Private + Self	4,107	2,815	59.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	418	1,235	25.3%
Total	4,525	4,050	52.8%

Pct. Govt.	14.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	1,273	14.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	1,799	20.9%
Professional, Technical	1,690	19.6%
Service Occupations	1,128	13.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	186	2.2%
All others	2,718	31.6%

White Collar		55.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Construction	1,355	15.7%
Health care and social assistance	975	11.3%
Retail trade	946	11.0%
Educational services	895	10.4%
Manufacturing	731	8.5%
Accommodation and food services	550	6.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	446	5.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	416	4.8%
Other services	411	4.8%
Public administration	375	4.4%
Transportation and warehousing	312	3.6%
Wholesale trade	304	3.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	276	3.2%
Utilities	227	2.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	146	1.7%
Finance and insurance	109	1.3%
Information	48	0.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	45	0.5%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	41	0.5%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,383	7.18%
Puerto Rican	0	0.00%
Cuban	27	0.14%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	99	0.51%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	81	0.42%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	18	0.09%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	147	0.76%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	147	0.76%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	75	0.39%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	38	0.20%
Vietnamese	11	0.06%
Japanese	3	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	16,436	90.0%
Spanish	1,191	6.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	404	2.2%
German, other Germanic	103	0.6%
Other Indo-European	42	0.2%
Tagalog	40	0.2%
Other Asian	25	0.1%
Vietnamese	11	0.1%
Other	5	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	3,474	18.0%
English	2,869	14.9%
American	1,824	9.5%
Irish	1,811	9.4%
Scottish	886	4.6%
European	843	4.4%
French	693	3.6%
Norwegian	666	3.5%
Italian	480	2.5%
Swedish	384	2.0%
Dutch	345	1.8%
Scotch-Irish	295	1.5%
Polish	283	1.5%
Ukrainian	231	1.2%
Northern European	219	1.1%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	18,571	96.5%
Not a citizen	679	3.5%

Native	18,165	94.4%
Foreign-born	1,085	5.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
385	2.8%	948	7.0%	4,714	34.8%	4,461	32.9%	2,476	18.3%	566	4.2%
Average years of education: 13.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	385	2.8%
9-12 Years	948	7.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	4,714	34.8%
Some College	4,461	32.9%
Bach. Degree	2,476	18.3%
Grad Degree	566	4.2%
Average years of education: 13.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	5,242	4,891	351	6.7%	5.6%
1991	5,221	4,764	457	8.8%	6.3%
1992	5,402	4,958	444	8.2%	6.5%
1993	5,348	4,939	409	7.6%	6.1%
1994	5,807	5,426	381	6.6%	5.5%
1995	6,139	5,672	467	7.6%	5.5%
1996	6,245	5,788	457	7.3%	5.4%
1997	6,321	5,905	416	6.6%	5.2%
1998	6,436	5,975	461	7.2%	5.2%
1999	6,273	5,854	419	6.7%	5.0%

2000	7,026	6,667	359	5.1%	4.7%
2001	7,233	6,734	499	6.9%	5.1%
2002	7,122	6,589	533	7.5%	5.6%
2003	7,061	6,613	448	6.3%	5.6%
2004	7,017	6,626	391	5.6%	4.9%
2005	7,224	6,882	342	4.7%	4.0%
2006	7,305	6,994	311	4.3%	3.4%
2007	7,105	6,834	271	3.8%	3.1%
2008	7,076	6,582	494	7.0%	5.0%
2009	7,047	6,223	824	11.7%	8.7%

2010	7,696	6,827	869	11.3%	8.8%
2011	7,699	6,877	822	10.7%	8.2%
2012	7,650	6,910	740	9.7%	7.4%
2013	7,581	6,921	660	8.7%	6.8%
2014	7,475	7,074	401	5.4%	4.4%
2015	7,532	7,164	368	4.9%	3.9%
2016	7,723	7,373	350	4.5%	3.7%
2017	7,865	7,556	309	3.9%	3.2%
2018	8,033	7,759	274	3.4%	2.8%
2019	8,303	8,042	261	3.1%	2.8%

2020	8,422	7,924	498	5.9%	5.4%
2021	8,737	8,384	353	4.0%	3.5%
2022	8,947	8,690	257	2.9%	2.7%
2023	8,774	8,442	332	3.8%	3.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	7,640
Median Value	$324,700

Occupied	7,196	94.2%
Vacant	444	5.8%

Owned	5,429	75.4%
Rented	1,767	24.6%
Median Rent	$827

Single-Family Units	6,050	79.2%
Detached	5,918	77.5%
Attached	132	1.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	286	3.7%
Mobile Homes	900	11.8%

Gem County, ID

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Gem County, ID

2022 Housing Data for Gem County, ID

2022 Income & Employment Data for Gem County, ID

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Gem County, ID

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Gem County, ID

Historical Labor Force Data for Gem County, ID