Rexburg, Idaho Rexburg, Idaho Location of Rexburg, Idaho Location of Rexburg, Idaho Rexburg, Idaho is positioned in the US Rexburg, Idaho - Rexburg, Idaho Website City of Rexburg, Idaho Website Rexburg is a town/city in Madison County, Idaho, United States.
The populace was 25,484 at the 2010 census, up from 17,257 in 2000. The town/city is the governmental center of county of Madison County and its biggest city. Rexburg is the principal town/city of the Rexburg, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Fremont and Madison Counties.
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Rexburg Idaho Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Teton River flowed through northern Rexburg, and left most of the town/city underwater for a several days after the Teton Dam ruptured.
A exhibition dedicated to the Teton Dam Flood and the history of Rexburg and the area, positioned in the basement of the Rexburg Tabernacle, has been a primary city landmark for decades.
When the Rexburg Idaho Temple was dedicated in 2008, Rexburg became the third town/city in Idaho with an LDS temple. Rexburg is positioned at 43 49 N 111 47 W, at an altitude of 4,865 feet (1,483 m) above sea level.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 9.84 square miles (25.49 km2), of which, 9.76 square miles (25.28 km2) is territory and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km2) is water. Much of the city, including BYU-Idaho and the Rexburg Idaho Temple, rests on top of a shield volcano just north of Rigby, ID.
There are lava fields to the west and south of Rexburg, the results of open fissure eruptions from about two thousand years ago.
Rexburg experiences a humid continental climate (Koppen climate classification Dfb) with cold winters and hot summers - though even in the summer, evenings are chilly and frosts have occurred in all months of the year.
Climate data for Rexburg, Idaho City officials have contested the census figures on the grounds that many college students were out of town while census workers were counting Rexburg's population. Rexburg also has an estimated 95 percent LDS population. As of the census of 2010, there were 25,484 citizens , 7,179 homeholds, and 4,925 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 93.8% White, 0.6% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 2.3% from other competitions, and 1.7% from two or more competitions.
There were 7,179 homeholds of which 33.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 62.6% were married couples living together, 4.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 1.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 31.4% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 22.3 years.
20.4% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 49.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 19.9% were from 25 to 44; 7% were from 45 to 64; and 3.7% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 17,257 citizens , 4,274 homeholds, and 2,393 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.20% White, 0.30% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.66% Asian, 0.28% Pacific Islander, 2.23% from other competitions, and 1.03% from two or more competitions.
There were 4,274 homeholds out of which 30.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 47.7% were married couples living together, 5.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 44.0% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 18.3% under the age of 18, 57.3% from 18 to 24, 11.9% from 25 to 44, 7.5% from 45 to 64, and 4.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $26,965, and the median income for a family was $36,047.
About 13.2% of families and 44.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 11.7% of those under age 18 and 12.3% of those age 65 or over.
Rexburg has been referred to as the "reddest place in America," owing to the area's strong conservative majority and political trends.
Some political experts have considered Rexburg, Idaho the true antithesis of San Francisco, America's liberal bastion. Since 1980 no Republican presidential candidate has won less than 57 percent of the county vote.
Rexburg is home to BYU-Idaho, a private institution directed by LDS Church.
The City of Rexburg and the encircling areas are serviced by Madison Memorial Hospital positioned just east of the city's downtown area.
The hospital offers regular classes in an attempt to educate the improve on such things as preparing for childbirth and first aid for children, as well as holding Conferences and Health Fairs. In 2012 the Leapfrog Group announced the results of a study which pointed out that Madison Memorial Hospital is the seventh worst performing hospital in the United States. Madison Memorial declined to participate in the Leapfrog survey, which the hospital says made the survey biased against it. Also in 2012, Rachel Gonzales - Madison's CEO, was ranked amongst the "50 Rural Hospital CEO's to Know" by Becker's Hospital Review. In 2013, Madison was ranked the healthiest county in Idaho. In 2014, the Leapfrog Group shared the results of a study which indicates that Madison Memorial Hospital received an A in comparison to other hospitals in the United States. Mark Ricks, Idaho state legislator "City of Rexburg, Idaho".
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