Kootenai County, ID

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2023 Population

177,736

2.5% 1-year growth

US Senator

N/AMike Crapo

Republican Party

US Senator

N/AJim Risch

Republican Party

2023 Median Household Income

$77,034

7.07% 1-year growth

About

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None of the households in Kootenai County, ID reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

The largest universities in Kootenai County, ID are North Idaho College (1,523 degrees awarded in 2023).

Most people in Kootenai County, ID drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 22.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Kootenai County, ID was 2 cars per household.

Kootenai County, ID borders Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, and Spokane County, WA.

United States Idaho Coeur d'Alene, ID

Economy

The economy of Kootenai County, ID employs N/A people. The largest industries in Kootenai County, ID are Health Care & Social Assistance (13,079 people), Retail Trade (10,464 people), and Construction (9,046 people), and the highest paying industries are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($79,852), Utilities ($73,663), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($63,103).

Employment

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The most common job groups, by number of people living in Kootenai County, ID, are Sales & Related Occupations (9,460 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (9,303 people), and Management Occupations (9,030 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Kootenai County, ID.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Idaho (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Kootenai County, ID, are Health Care & Social Assistance (13,079 people), Retail Trade (10,464 people), and Construction (9,046 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Kootenai County, ID, though some of these residents may live in Kootenai County, ID and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

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The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Public Administration ($76,962), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($71,171), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($71,132).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Public Administration ($50,820), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($48,817), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($45,767).

Employment by Industry Sector

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3.01%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 836k people employed in Idaho. This represents a 3.01% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 8.06%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Idaho.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

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Construction
484
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
442
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$686k
Health Care and Social Assistance
$428k
Construction
$379k
Retail Trade

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Kootenai County, ID went to Donald J. Trump with 70.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (27.2%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (1.78%).

Mike Crapo and Jim Risch are the senators currently representing the state of Idaho. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Idaho is currently represented by 2 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

2020 Election Results

N/ADonald J. Trump (70.2%)
Republican Party
N/AJoseph R Biden Jr. (27.2%)
Democratic Party
N/AJo Jorgensen (1.78%)
Libertarian Party

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Kootenai County, ID for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Idaho

N/AMike Crapo

Senator from Idaho

Assumed office on January 3, 1999

N/AJim Risch

Senator from Idaho

Assumed office on January 3, 2009

Mike Crapo and Jim Risch are the senators currently representing Idaho.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Idaho over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Idaho

Idaho is currently represented by 2 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Idaho have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

In 2023, universities in Kootenai County, ID awarded 1,523 degrees. The student population of Kootenai County, ID in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 1,509 male students and 2,470 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Kootenai County, ID are White (1,225 and 80.8%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (104 and 6.86%), Unknown (83 and 5.47%), and Two or More Races (61 and 4.02%).

The largest universities in Kootenai County, ID by number of degrees awarded are North Idaho College (1,523 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Kootenai County, ID are General Studies (876 and 57.5%), Registered Nursing (73 and 4.79%), and Other Business Operations Support & Secretarial Services (44 and 2.89%).

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 3,979 students enrolled in Kootenai County, ID, 37.9% men and 62.1% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 2,812 records, of which 63.1% were women and 36.9% men.

Completions

Concentrations

Most Common

Registered Nursing
73 degrees awarded
Other Business Administration, Management, & Operations
34 degrees awarded
General Studies
338 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Associates Degree recipients in Kootenai County, ID was Registered Nursing with 73 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Associates Degree from schools in Kootenai County, ID according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Race

North Idaho College

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

1,523 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was North Idaho College with 1,523 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

In 2023, 562 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Kootenai County, ID, which is 0.585 times less than the 961 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 1,225 degrees mean that there were 11.8 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 104 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Public, 2-year ($4,000) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Public, 2-year ($960) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Public, 2-year ($1,584) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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In 2022, 0.722% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.698% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (392k), Some college (372k), and Bachelors Degree (254k).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in Kootenai County, ID have an average commute time of 22.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Kootenai County, ID is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the tracts in Kootenai County, ID colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

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$77,034

Median Household Income

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The following chart displays the households in Kootenai County, ID distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Kootenai County, ID is from Idaho.

0.473

2022 Wage GINI in Idaho

0.473

2021 Wage GINI in Idaho

In 2022, the income inequality in Idaho was 0.473 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.111% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Idaho was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Idaho in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Idaho across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (74.6%)
Worked At Home (14%)
Carpooled (8.1%)

In 2023, 74.6% of workers in Kootenai County, ID drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (14%) and those who carpooled to work (8.1%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

22.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Kootenai County, ID have a shorter commute time (22.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 1.56% of the workforce in Kootenai County, ID have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Kootenai County, ID compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Kootenai County, ID distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Kootenai County, ID have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

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The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Kootenai County, ID is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

N/A% of the population of Kootenai County, ID has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

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By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

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The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Kootenai County, ID changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.