39th Fastest Growing County In The US
Canyon County, Idaho
Seat: Caldwell
Canyon County is the 39th fastest growing county in America
based on percent of growth between January 2000 and July 2006
for all counties that began the period with more than ten thousand residents, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau
estimates.
Canyon County which was established in 1892, had already grown
in population to 131,441 by the year 2000. But in the six
years that marked the beginning of the 21st Century, the
county increased the number of inhabitants by 31.8 percent
bringing the estimated total population in July 2006 to
173,302.
The astounding growth of the last six years has made Canyon
County the fastest growing county in the Gem State of Idaho
and the 39th fastest in the nation.
It is difficult to determine how the growth may have affected
the price of homes in the area but in 2000 the median cost for
a home within the 590 square mile jurisdiction of Canyon
County was $96,300.
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