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 Power County’s population has fluctuated in a range of about 250 people over the past ten years, but for the most part has remained fairly steady. The population estimate for 2007 of 7,684 is only four more than the 1997 population of 7,280. Population increased early in the decade mostly from births minus deaths, as well as international and domestic migration. But the loss of manufacturing jobs forced individuals to leave the county to find work, and its population steadily decreased until 2003 when it began to rebound. The American Falls Reservoir, the largest on the Snake River, sparkles as one of the best boating and fishing lakes in the state and also provides irrigation water storage and hydroelectric power. The original American Falls, below the dam, adds stunning scenery to the county’s lush and fertile farm land.
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