sangres.com sangres.com

Owyhee County, Idaho

Cities & Towns:
Grand View
Homedale
Marsing

Owyhee County is in the southwestern corner of Idaho with Oregon to the west and Nevada to the south. Owyhee County was founded in 1863 and contains 7,678 square miles of land and 19 square miles of water. The county seat is Murphy.

Fast Facts about Owyhee County, Idaho
Resident Racial Breakdown:
White Non-Hispanic: 71.7%
Hispanic: 23.1%
Native American: 4.5%
Other: 16.5%
Two or More Races: 2.7%
Types of Jobs:
Private Sector, wages or salary: 71%
Government Sector: 15%
Unincorporated, Self-Employed: 13%
Homemaker, Unpaid: 1%
Population Density: 1 Person per Square Mile
2008 Cost of Living Index for Owyhee County: 85.4
2007 Estimates:
Population: 10,835
Males: 5,656
Females: 5,179
Median Resident Age: 32.9 Years
Estimated Median Household Income: $34,886
Estimated Median Home Value: $151,071
Major Industries:
Agriculture & Forestry, Educational Services, Construction, Food Processing, Lodging & Food Services, Wood Products, Government, Retail Services, Transportation Services, Waste Management Services
Photos courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management
Text is available for re-use under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.
 Back to the top

Free Sitemap Generator