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Demographics and Socioeconomics. Idaho, located in the Mountain region of the United States, has a population of 1.4 million people, making it the twelfth least populous state in 2005. The state’s population increased by 101,681 people from 2000 to 2005, and is projected to increase to 1.9 million by 2025. This 1.4 percent projected annual growth rate is above the projected national average of 1.0 percent. In 2005 Idaho had a per capita personal income of $28,938, which was $6,097 below the national average and the nineth lowest in the country. The state’s per capita income grew at an average annual rate of 3.4 percent from 2000 to 2005, compared to 2.9 percent nationally.
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Watkins, S.D., Anderson, P.L. (2007). Idaho. In: Watkins, S.D., Anderson, P.L. (eds) The State Economic Handbook 2008 Edition. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230607248_13
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