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The population of Idaho went from 1,299,551 to 1,595,728 from 2000 to 2012 for a total growth of 296,177. The population of the United States for that same time period went from 282,171,957 to 313,914,040 for a total population growth of 31,742,083. Idaho had a total percentage growth for those 12 years of 22.8 percent which was faster than the overall United States total percentage growth which was 11.2 over those same years. The trends of growth for both the United States and Idaho can be seen on the logarithmic graph below. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Estimates and data of the Resident Population for the United States and States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (NST-EST2009-01) |
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The race percentages for Idaho are shown with the table and charts below that indicate there have been changes from 2000 to 2012. The percentage of the population of white only has decreased from 88.3 to 83.5. The percent of the black only population has increased from 0.4 to 0.6. The percent of population of hispanic / mixed has increased from 7.9% to 11.6% and other/mixed races have increased from 3.4% to 4.3%.
*Hispanics are technically not considered a race but rather an ethnicity. Representative pie charts for the different races of the Idaho for it's population.
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References: Population Estimates, 2013, United States Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/popest/data/historical/2010s/index.html List of U.S. states and territories by population, 2013, Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population |
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