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Canyon County growth one of the strongest in the nation

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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Advantage

 New Census Bureau figures show slightly more of the people coming from other states and nations settled in rural counties than in preceding years. Canyon County has been reckognized for having a growth which was higher than neighboring Ada County, the home of Boise.

Based on county population estimates for July 1, 2007, just over 80 percent of the 35,500 increase in statewide population from mid-2006 occurred in the six counties with populations over 70,000. That compared to 84 percent of the growth between mid-2005 and mid-2006 and 85 percent from mid-2004 to mid-2005.

Those large counties - Ada, Bannock, Bonneville, Canyon, Kootenai and Twin Falls - accounted for 28,500 of the additional population, and only Bonneville County had a higher growth rate in 2007 than in 2006. Only Bannock County had a lower growth rate than the statewide average of 2.4 percent.

Statewide, the 2.4 percent population growth ranked fourth nationally. Over 55 percent of the growth was the result of people moving from other states or countries, this represented the ninth highest percentage among all the states.

Idaho's most populated counties rose 3.1 percent last year compared to 3.6 percent in the July 2006 estimates while the rural population was up 1.3 percent compared to 1.1 percent a year earlier.

Canyon and Jefferson counties were among the fastest growing counties with over 10,000 population in the United States. Canyon County, which has benefited from living costs lower than neighboring Ada County, recorded a 4.5 percent population increase to rank 46th nationally, and Jefferson County, which is absorbing new growth around Idaho Falls, was up 4.3 percent to rank 57th. Canyon County posted a 4.9 percent increase in mid-2006 while Jefferson was up just 3 percent. The complete report is available at Census Report on fastest growing counties

Recent real estate sales data through February, 2008 showed Caldwell having the highest percentage of new home sales in the Treasure Valley and out performed neighboring cities in Ada County.

Posted By: George Tallabas - Boise Idaho Real Estate Agent - Associate Broker 
with RE/MAX Advantage, Canyon Counties #1 Brokerage in sales and listings
specializing in Boise Idaho Real Estate and Southwest Idaho Real Estate.
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Comments (2)

Melissa Grant
A Serendipity World - Greenbackville, VA
The Law of Attraction In Life & Business
Just wanted to stop by and Wish you a VERY HAPPY EASTER ! Nice blog !
Mar 22, 2008 01:21 PM
George Tallabas
RE/MAX Advantage - Nampa, ID
Idaho Real Estate
Melissa - Thank you so very much.  I hope you and those you hold close to your heart have an awesome Easter my friend.
Mar 22, 2008 01:25 PM