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Ada County, ID

535,799 Population
1,052.2 square miles 509.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Idaho: 37.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$49,268 ±$1,379 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Idaho: $39,870 ±$633
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$91,725 ±$2,489 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Idaho: $81,166 ±$1,340
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9% ±1% (46,949  ±5,397) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Idaho: 10.5% 204,268 (±0.7% / ±13,558)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.1 minutes ±0.6 (4,919,340  ±188,489) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Idaho: 22.2 18,443,220 (±0.4 / ±405,208)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

214,178 ±2,408 Number of households
  • Idaho: 751,181 ±5,831
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (521,380  ±212) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Idaho: 2.6 1,951,380
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.6% ±1% (5,900  ±1,319) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Idaho: 5.5% † 25,828 (±0.7% / ±3,038)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

224,134 ±105 Number of housing units
  • Idaho: 832,052 ±1,315
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$541,300 ±$12,945 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Idaho: $446,400 ±$5,301
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.6% ±1.4% (88,192  ±7,216.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Idaho: 13.6% 269,828 (±0.7% / ±13,062.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.8% ±2.2% (358,767  ±8,377) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Idaho: 92.5% 1,235,112 (±1.2% / ±16,539)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
46.3% ±1.5% (173,380  ±5,651.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Idaho: 33% 441,039 (±0.7% / ±9,997.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.8% (36,160  ±3,707) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Idaho: 6.3% 126,009
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7% ±0.5% (29,614  ±2,180) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Idaho: 7.4% 113,576 (±0.3% / ±4,370)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
29,614 Total veterans ±2,180 26,950 Male ±2,085 2,664 Female ±559

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