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  Owyhee County is the least wealthy county in Idaho. Homedale is the largest city located within Owyhee County.
  The population of Owyhee county is estimated at 11,363. In 2017 there were 136 births and 89 deaths in Owyhee county. Owyhee county has 1,724 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,132 that are owned free and clear and 1,220 that are renter occupied.


  The upstanding residents of Owyhee County filed 4,670 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Idaho filings and 0.003% of the entire nation. Owyhee had a combined total federal tax liability of $22,581,000 on earned income of $175,349,000. Other notable statistics from Owyhee County were 280 unemployment claims which collected a total of $757,000 and 550 charitable contributions valued at $2,663,000. 620 filings from Owyhee County paid a combined total of $1,110,000 in property taxes and 560 filings paid $3,896,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Owyhee county had 25 religious congregations with an estimated 3,331 members.

9.7% of the Owyhee population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 24.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.


Approximately 34% of Owyhee County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 197 votes.

At $44,251 the median income is 84.6% of the Idaho average. An estimated 207 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Owyhee, the equivalant of around 4.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.6%.


Top 15 Industries in Owyhee County.
Total # EmployedIndustry Job Type
169Retail trade
146Manufacturing
142Health care and social assistance
112Food services and drinking places
49Farm supplies merchant wholesalers
49Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
49Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers
48Full-service restaurants
42Motor vehicle and parts dealers
40Gasoline stations
36Limited-service restaurants
25Professional, scientific, and technical services
21Offices of other health practitioners
15Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
15Building material and supplies dealers


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