Elmore County, Idaho

• White (non-Hispanic) 20,370 69.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,334 18.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 827 2.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 776 2.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,534 5.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 140 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 112 0.4%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 228 0.8%

• Under 18 7,101 24.2%
• 18–24 3,494 11.9%
• 25–44 8,511 29.0%
• 45–64 5,877 20.0%
• 65 and over 4,338 14.8%

Median household income

$68,067

90% interval $61,382–$74,752

−$12,785 vs ID · 27th of 44

Below poverty line

11.3%

90% interval 8.8%–13.8%

+0.9 pp vs ID · 24th of 44

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

+0.66 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.9B

1.48% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,549

Establishments

759

• Education & health services 1,618 21.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,465 19.5%
• Public administration 947 12.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 825 11.0%
• Manufacturing 752 10.0%
• Natural resources & mining 561 7.5%
• Construction 457 6.1%
• Professional & business services 368 4.9%
• Financial activities 265 3.5%
• Other services 202 2.7%
• Information 54 0.7%
• Unclassified 8 0.1%

Home ownership

65.6%

−6.5 pp vs ID · 41st of 44

Median gross rent

$1,243

+$5 vs ID · 6th of 44

Owner-occupied

7,259

Renter-occupied

3,808

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 54% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $90,909/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,007/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 7,791 73.0%
• Democratic 2,611 24.5%
• Other / third-party 270 2.5%

• Spanish 2,734 10.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 317 1.2%
• Tagalog 181 0.7%
• Chinese 161 0.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 89 0.3%
• Korean 72 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 58 0.2%
• Arabic 11 0.0%
• Vietnamese 8 0.0%

Households

11,067

Family households

7,037

63.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,386

33.9% of families

Single-mother families

587

8.3% of families

Veterans

3,960

20.8% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 3,870 13.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,386 11.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,424 8.5%
• Mainline Protestant 905 3.2%

Health insured

90.9%

±2 pp

Uninsured

9.1%

±2 pp

26th of 44

With a disability

16.6%

±2 pp

20th of 44

Bachelor's or higher

22.4%

±2.5 pp

−9.4 pp vs ID · 24th of 44

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.6%

90% interval 11.2%–14.0% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

4th Judicial District Court

Judges

13 (District Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); magistrate judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 isc.idaho.gov per-district directory.)

Court seats

Boise, Cascade, Idaho City, Mountain Home

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

13.5 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3