Hagerman is a city in Gooding County,

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, United States. The population was 872 at the 2010 census, up from 656 in 2000. The area is noted for its fossil beds and the Thousand Springs of the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer. Hagerman is home to a national fish hatchery, a university research station, and extensive

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, assisted by an abundance of geothermal water for temperature regulation.

Fossil beds

Hagerman is the home of the

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument is a Pliocene-age site near Hagerman, Idaho, Hagerman, Idaho. The Monument is internationally significant because it protects one of the richest known fossil deposits from the Blancan North American Land Ma ...

of the U. S. National Park Service. No other fossil beds preserve such varied land and aquatic species from the

Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch (geology), epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.33 to 2.58Hagerman horse, ''Equus simplicidens'', exemplifies the quality of the fossils. The Hagerman Horse Quarry fossil beds have produced 20 complete skeletons and a number of partial skeletons of this zebra-like ancestor of today's horse.

Geography

According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water.

Climate

According to the

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system, Hagerman has a cold-semi arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Hagerman was on July 18, 1998, while the coldest temperature recorded was on December 22, 1990.

Demographics

2010 census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 872 people, 380 households, and 231 families living in the city. The

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was . There were 452 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 93.8%

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, 0.1%

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, 0.7% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 3.4% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 13.8% of the population. There were 380 households, of which 26.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% were

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living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.2% were non-families. 33.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.88. The median age in the city was 46.1 years. 24.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18.9% were from 25 to 44; 25.3% were from 45 to 64; and 25.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.3% male and 51.7% female.

2000 census

As of the

of 2000, there were 656 people, 277 households, and 178 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 324 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 93.29%

, 0.61% Native American, 0.46%

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, 3.05% from other races, and 2.59% from two or more races.

or Latino of any race were 8.84% of the population. There were 277 households, out of which 23.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.9% were

living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.7% were non-families. 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.93. In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.9% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 22.1% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 23.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $25,455, and the median income for a family was $29,886. Males had a median income of $23,750 versus $20,938 for females. The

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for the city was $13,182. About 17.1% of families and 14.4% of the population were below the

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, including 11.3% of those under age 18 and 13.7% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Hagerman is in the Hagerman Joint School District 233. Gooding County is in the catchment area, but not the taxation zone, for

College of Southern Idaho College of Southern Idaho (CSI) is a public community college in Twin Falls, Idaho. It also has off-campus programs in Jerome, Hailey, Burley and Gooding. Together with the College of Eastern Idaho, College of Western Idaho and North Ida ...

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