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Burley, Idaho Micropolitan Area
The Burley Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in the Magic Valley region of Idaho, anchored by the city of Burley. It is commonly referred to locally as the "Mini-Cassia" area, an amalgam of Minidoka and Cassia Counties. As of the 2000 census, the micropolitan statistical area(μSA) had a population of 41,590 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 40,924). Counties * Cassia * Minidoka Communities *Acequia *Albion * Almo (unincorporated) * Burley (principal city) * Declo * Heyburn *Malta * Minidoka * Oakley * Paul * Rupert Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 41,590 people, 14,033 households, and 10,847 families residing within the μSA. The racial makeup of the μSA was 81.48% White, 0.21% African American, 0.84% Native American, 0.39% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 14.86% from other races, and 2.19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were ...
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Almo, Idaho
Almo is an unincorporated town in the Upper Raft River Valley in Cassia County, Idaho, United States. Description Almo is just over east away from the City of Rocks National Reserve, a area with granite columns as much as high. The ZIP Code for Almo is 83312. Almo is part of the Burley, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Many pioneers followed the Oregon Trail west in the middle of the 19th century, and passed by the future site of Almo. Several of these pioneers wrote letters home describing their encounters with Native Americans. Although these accounts tended to be exaggerated by participants, there is historical evidence of several small incidents that took place from 1860 to 1862. However, Almo's most famous historical event, the Almo Massacre of 1861, did not occur. In 1938, the Sons and Daughters of Idaho Pioneers paid for and erected a marker in remembrance of the massacre, in which a wagon train of nearly 300 pioneers was supposedly surrounded an ...
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Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, Pacificans, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the Pacific Islands. As an ethnic/racial term, it is used to describe the original peoples—inhabitants and diasporas—of any of the three major subregions of Oceania ( Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia) or any other island located in the Pacific Ocean. Melanesians include the Fijians (Fiji), Kanaks (New Caledonia), Ni-Vanuatu (Vanuatu), Papua New Guineans (Papua New Guinea), Solomon Islanders (Solomon Islands), West Papuans (Indonesia's West Papua) and Moluccans (Indonesia's Maluku Islands). Micronesians include the Carolinians ( Caroline Islands), Chamorros ( Guam and Northern Mariana Islands), Chuukese ( Chuuk), I-Kiribati ( Kiribati), Kosraeans ( Kosrae), Marshallese ( Marshall Islands), Nauruans auru Palauans ( Palau), Pohnpeians ( Pohnpei), and Yapese ( Yap). Polynesians include the New Zealand Māori (New Zealand), Native Hawaiians (Hawaii), Rapa N ...
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Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asia ** Asian (cat), a cat breed similar to the Burmese but in a range of different coat colors and patterns * Asii (also Asiani), a historic Central Asian ethnic group mentioned in Roman-era writings * Asian option, a type of option contract in finance * Asyan, a village in Iran See also * * * East Asia * South Asia * Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ... * Asiatic (other) {{disambiguation ...
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Native Americans or Native American usually refers to Native Americans in the United States Native Americans (also called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans) are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the United States, particularly of the Contiguous United States, lower 48 states and A .... Related terms and peoples include: Ethnic groups * Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the pre-Columbian peoples of North, South, and Central America and their descendants * Indigenous peoples in Canada ** First Nations in Canada, Canadian Indigenous peoples who are neither Inuit nor Métis ** Inuit, Indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and Alaska. ** Métis in Canada, specific cultural communities who trace their descent to early communities consisting of both First Nations people and European settlers * Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica * Indi ...
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African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black people, Black racial groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the U.S. after White Americans. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Slavery in the United States, Africans enslaved in the United States. In 2023, an estimated 48.3 million people self-identified as Black, making up 14.4% of the country’s population. This marks a 33% increase since 2000, when there were 36.2 million Black people living in the U.S. African-American history began in the 16th century, with Africans being sold to Atlantic slave trade, European slave traders and Middle Passage, transported across the Atlantic to Slavery in the colonial history of the United States, the Western He ...
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White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on television and computer screens is created by a mixture of red, blue, and green light. The color white can be given with white pigments, especially titanium dioxide. In ancient Egypt and ancient Rome, priestesses wore white as a symbol of purity, and Romans wore white togas as symbols of citizenship. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance a white unicorn symbolized chastity, and a white lamb sacrifice and purity. It was the royal color of the kings of France as well as the flag of monarchist France from 1815 to 1830, and of the monarchist movement that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917–1922). Greek temples and Roman temples were faced with white marble, and beginning in the 18th c ...
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Census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of statistics. This term is used mostly in connection with Population and housing censuses by country, national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include Census of agriculture, censuses of agriculture, traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses. The United Nations (UN) defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every ten years. UN recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications, and other useful information to coordinate international practices. The United Nations, UN's Food ...
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Rupert, Idaho
Rupert is the county seat and largest city of Minidoka County, Idaho, United States. It is part of the Burley, Idaho, Burley Burley micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 6,082 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 5,554 in 2010 United States census, 2010.quickfacts.census.gov Rupert, Idaho
, United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau, 2010. Accessed 2011-12-11.
Rupert, founded in 1906, sprang up after the announcement of the Minidoka Project, Minidoka Reclamation Project, which provided irrigation and electricity following the completion of the Minidoka Dam on the Snake River in 1906. After the dam was built, Rupert became one of the first cities in the world to have its streets lit by electricity.


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Paul, Idaho
Paul is a city in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States. founded in 1907. The population was 1,195 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Burley, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town received its name from Charles H. Paul, an engineer who worked on the Minidoka Project. Geography Paul is in southern Minidoka County, west of Rupert, the county seat, and north of Burley. Idaho State Highway 25 passes east-west through the city, and State Highway 27 leads south from the city center. According to the United States Census Bureau, Paul has a total area of , of which , or 4.08%, are water. Demographics 2010 census As of the 2010 census, there were 1,169 people, 446 households, and 311 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 473 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 76.6% White, 0.9% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 18.0% from other races, and 3.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any r ...
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Oakley, Idaho
Oakley is a city in Cassia County, Idaho, United States. The population was 763 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, up from 668 in 2000.Spokesman-Review
- 2010 census - Oakley, Idaho - accessed 2011-12-27
It is part of the Burley, Idaho, Burley Burley micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area.


History

The city was named for William Oakley, the proprietor of a 19th-century stagecoach station located at a spring currently located about west of the present townsite known as Oakley Meadows. Oakley Academy was established in 1901, and Howells Opera House was established in 1907.


Geography

Oakley is located at the very southern limit of the Snake River Plain, and close to Goose Creek (Snake River), Goose Creek, between the Middle and Albion Mountains. According ...
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Minidoka, Idaho
Minidoka is a city in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States. The population was 86 at the 2020 census, down from 112 in 2010. It is part of the Burley, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area. Over two thirds of the population of Minidoka identify as Hispanic or Latino. Geography Minidoka is in eastern Minidoka County, northeast of Rupert, the county seat, and east-southeast of Shoshone by Idaho State Highway 24. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Climate According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Minidoka has a cold semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Minidoka was on July 12, 2002, while the coldest temperature recorded was on January 22, 1962. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 112 people, 30 households, and 28 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 43 housing units at an average den ...
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