State Minimum Rent Calculation for Idaho

For FY2008, State Minimum rents are based on the lower of the population-weighted median state nonmetropolitan unadjusted 2-bedroom FMR, or the population-weighted median U.S. nonmetropolitan unadjusted 2-bedroom FMR.

State Nonmetropolitan Median FMR

The table below illustrates how the population-weighted median state nonmetropolitan unadjusted 2-bedroom FMR is derived for Idaho. The population-weighted median unadjusted nonmetropolitan 2-bedroom FMR for a state is the 2-bedroom FMR where half of a state's nonmetropolitan population lives in counties with the same or lower 2-bedroom FMRs, and half of the nonmetropolitan population lives in counties with the same or higher 2-bedroom FMRs. The nonmetropolitan population of Idaho is 486,909, and half of the nonmetropolitan population of Idaho is 243,455.

In the table below, the unadjusted 2-bedroom FMRs for the nonmetropolitan counties of Idaho are arranged in ascending order, and the cumulative population of the counties at each FMR is listed in the last column. The median unadjusted nonmetropolitan 2-bedroom FMR is the first FMR listed in the table where the cumulative population of counties with that FMR or less first exceeds one-half of the nonmetropolitan population, or 243,455. The row of the table containing the median unadjusted nonmetropolitan 2-bedroom FMR is in bold.

Unadjusted 2-Bedroom FMR County or Counties with Specified Unadjusted 2-Bedroom FMR Aggregate Population at Specified Unadjusted 2-Bedroom FMR Cumulative Nonmetro Population
$523 Madison County 27,467 27,467
$530 Minidoka County 20,174 47,641
$536 Shoshone County 13,771 61,412
$549 Bingham County 41,735 103,147
$563 Bear Lake County, Caribou County, Oneida County 17,840 120,987
$579 Latah County 34,935 155,922
$583 Butte County, Clark County, Custer County, Fremont County, Lemhi County, Teton County 33,887 189,809
$585 Clearwater County, Lewis County 12,677 202,486
$589 Adams County, Valley County, Washington County 21,104 223,590
$591 Payette County 20,578 244,168
$597 Elmore County 29,130 273,298
$623 Camas County, Cassia County, Gooding County, Jerome County, Lincoln County 58,948 332,246
$630 Idaho County 15,511 347,757
$634 Twin Falls County 64,284 412,041
$660 Benewah County, Boundary County 19,042 431,083
$670 Bonner County 36,835 467,918
$899 Blaine County 18,991 486,909

State Minimum Rent Determination

The Idaho State Nonmetropolitan Median FMR is $591. Because it is greater than the U.S. Nonmetropolitan Median FMR of $555, the Idaho State Minimum 2-Bedroom FMR is set at $555.


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