Date:
3/10/2011
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Migration to Urban Idaho Persisted in 2000s
The migration from rural to urban Idaho continued unabated between 2000 and 2010. Eighty percent of the state’s population growth over the decade occurred in the 11 metropolitan counties, according to new 2010 census figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The Boise, Idaho Falls and Coeur d’Alene metropolitan areas posted growth rates above the statewide rate of 21.1 percent. Pocatello and Lewiston, which showed little growth in the expansion but did not seem to be hit as hard during the recession, recorded single-digit percentage increases. Statewide the population grew 273,000 to nearly 1.57 million.
Also growing faster than the state overall were Jerome and Twin Falls counties, which could be designated a metropolitan areas as a result of the 2010 census; Lincoln County, which has benefited from spillover growth from both the Twin Falls and Sun Valley areas; Madison County, where Brigham Young University-Idaho has attracted thousands of students; Teton County on the Wyoming border, which has been cited by a number of national publications as one of the best places in America; and Valley County, whose tremendous growth earlier in the decade in response to the Tamarack resort has weakened in recent years with the resort’s bankruptcy.
Teton County posted the highest growth rate at 69.5 percent.
Eight rural counties lost population during the 10-year period – Butte, Minidoka, Clearwater, Clark, Caribou, Bear Lake, Elmore and Shoshone. Both Shoshone and Elmore suffered the largest losses at over 7 percent.
Idaho’s Hispanic population accounted for more than a quarter of the growth – over 74,000 – to reach 176,000, or 11.2 percent of the total population. In 2000 there were just over 100,000 Hispanics in Idaho, accounting for less than 8 percent of the population.
Some counties like Power in southeastern Idaho would have suffered a loss in population without the Hispanic growth.
Forty-one of the 200 cities posted growth rates higher than the statewide rate and seven more than doubled their populations. The strongest growth was the small eastern Idaho community of Hamer at 300 percent.
Another 73 cities suffered losses in population during the 2000s, the largest 74 percent in the central Idaho town of Clayton.
The number of cities over 10,000 population grew by five to 22 with the addition of Kuna, Ammon, Chubbuck, Burley and Hayden.
The Census Bureau report is available online at http://factfinder2.census.gov/main.html.
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2010 Census Figures By County and Hispanic Ethnicity
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| |
Total Population
|
Change from 2000
|
%Change from 2000
|
Hispanic Population
|
Change from 2000
|
%Change from 2000
|
Hispanic % of Total
|
|
Idaho
|
1,567,582
|
273629
|
21.1%
|
175,901
|
74,211
|
73.0%
|
11.2%
|
|
Ada
|
392,365
|
91461
|
30.4%
|
27,905
|
14,438
|
107.2%
|
7.1%
|
|
Adams
|
3,976
|
500
|
14.4%
|
94
|
40
|
74.1%
|
2.4%
|
|
Bannock
|
82,839
|
7274
|
9.6%
|
5,587
|
2,047
|
57.8%
|
6.7%
|
|
Bear Lake
|
5,986
|
-425
|
-6.6%
|
216
|
62
|
40.3%
|
3.6%
|
|
Benewah
|
9,285
|
114
|
1.2%
|
235
|
93
|
65.5%
|
2.5%
|
|
Bingham
|
45,607
|
3872
|
9.3%
|
7,864
|
2,314
|
41.7%
|
17.2%
|
|
Blaine
|
21,376
|
2385
|
12.6%
|
4,272
|
2,242
|
110.4%
|
20.0%
|
|
Boise
|
7,028
|
358
|
5.4%
|
249
|
21
|
9.2%
|
3.5%
|
|
Bonner
|
40,877
|
4042
|
11.0%
|
911
|
307
|
50.8%
|
2.2%
|
|
Bonneville
|
104,234
|
21712
|
26.3%
|
11,912
|
6,209
|
108.9%
|
11.4%
|
|
Boundary
|
10,972
|
1101
|
11.2%
|
402
|
67
|
20.0%
|
3.7%
|
|
Butte
|
2,891
|
-8
|
-0.3%
|
119
|
-1
|
-0.8%
|
4.1%
|
|
Camas
|
1,117
|
126
|
12.7%
|
75
|
20
|
36.4%
|
6.7%
|
|
Canyon
|
188,923
|
57482
|
43.7%
|
45,069
|
20,614
|
84.3%
|
23.9%
|
|
Caribou
|
6,963
|
-341
|
-4.7%
|
336
|
47
|
16.3%
|
4.8%
|
|
Cassia
|
22,952
|
1536
|
7.2%
|
5,724
|
1,711
|
42.6%
|
24.9%
|
|
Clark
|
982
|
-40
|
-3.9%
|
398
|
48
|
13.7%
|
40.5%
|
|
Clearwater
|
8,761
|
-169
|
-1.9%
|
268
|
103
|
62.4%
|
3.1%
|
|
Custer
|
4,368
|
26
|
0.6%
|
176
|
-7
|
-3.8%
|
4.0%
|
|
Elmore
|
27,038
|
-2092
|
-7.2%
|
4,118
|
626
|
17.9%
|
15.2%
|
|
Franklin
|
12,786
|
1457
|
12.9%
|
838
|
247
|
41.8%
|
6.6%
|
|
Fremont
|
13,242
|
1423
|
12.0%
|
1,694
|
439
|
35.0%
|
12.8%
|
|
Gem
|
16,719
|
1538
|
10.1%
|
1,336
|
286
|
27.2%
|
8.0%
|
|
Gooding
|
15,464
|
1309
|
9.2%
|
4,344
|
1,930
|
80.0%
|
28.1%
|
|
Idaho
|
16,267
|
756
|
4.9%
|
421
|
178
|
73.3%
|
2.6%
|
|
Jefferson
|
26,140
|
6985
|
36.5%
|
2,641
|
734
|
38.5%
|
10.1%
|
|
Jerome
|
22,374
|
4032
|
22.0%
|
6,929
|
3,779
|
120.0%
|
31.0%
|
|
Kootenai
|
138,494
|
29809
|
27.4%
|
5,268
|
2,740
|
108.4%
|
3.8%
|
|
Latah
|
37,244
|
2309
|
6.6%
|
1,326
|
586
|
79.2%
|
3.6%
|
|
Lemhi
|
7,936
|
130
|
1.7%
|
181
|
11
|
6.5%
|
2.3%
|
|
Lewis
|
3,821
|
74
|
2.0%
|
128
|
57
|
80.3%
|
3.3%
|
|
Lincoln
|
5,208
|
1164
|
28.8%
|
1,476
|
934
|
172.3%
|
28.3%
|
|
Madison
|
37,536
|
10069
|
36.7%
|
2,218
|
1,140
|
105.8%
|
5.9%
|
|
Minidoka
|
20,069
|
-105
|
-0.5%
|
6,493
|
1,356
|
26.4%
|
32.4%
|
|
Nez Perce
|
39,265
|
1855
|
5.0%
|
1,109
|
388
|
53.8%
|
2.8%
|
|
Oneida
|
4,286
|
161
|
3.9%
|
126
|
31
|
32.6%
|
2.9%
|
|
Owyhee
|
11,526
|
882
|
8.3%
|
2,979
|
520
|
21.1%
|
25.8%
|
|
Payette
|
22,623
|
2045
|
9.9%
|
3,363
|
910
|
37.1%
|
14.9%
|
|
Power
|
7,817
|
279
|
3.7%
|
2,328
|
690
|
42.1%
|
29.8%
|
|
Shoshone
|
12,765
|
-1006
|
-7.3%
|
380
|
114
|
42.9%
|
3.0%
|
|
Teton
|
10,170
|
4171
|
69.5%
|
1,721
|
1,016
|
144.1%
|
16.9%
|
|
Twin Falls
|
77,230
|
12946
|
20.1%
|
10,570
|
4,544
|
75.4%
|
13.7%
|
|
Valley
|
9,862
|
2211
|
28.9%
|
386
|
236
|
157.3%
|
3.9%
|
|
Washington
|
10,198
|
221
|
2.2%
|
1,716
|
344
|
25.1%
|
16.8%
|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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|
2010 U.S. Census Figures by City
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|
|
City
|
Total population
|
Change from 2000
|
%Change from 2000
|
|
|
State
|
1,567,582
|
273,629
|
21.1%
|
|
|
Aberdeen
|
1,994
|
154
|
8.4%
|
|
|
Acequia
|
124
|
-20
|
-13.9%
|
|
|
Albion
|
267
|
5
|
1.9%
|
|
|
American Falls
|
4,457
|
346
|
8.4%
|
|
|
Ammon
|
13,816
|
7,629
|
123.3%
|
|
|
Arbon Valley CDP*
|
599
|
599
|
N/A
|
|
|
Arco
|
995
|
-31
|
-3.0%
|
|
|
Arimo
|
355
|
7
|
2.0%
|
|
|
Ashton
|
1,127
|
-2
|
-0.2%
|
|
|
Athol
|
692
|
16
|
2.4%
|
|
|
Atomic City
|
29
|
4
|
16.0%
|
|
|
Bancroft
|
377
|
-5
|
-1.3%
|
|
|
Banks CDP*
|
17
|
17
|
N/A
|
|
|
Basalt
|
394
|
-25
|
-6.0%
|
|
|
Bellevue
|
2,287
|
411
|
21.9%
|
|
|
Bennington CDP*
|
190
|
190
|
|
|
|
Blackfoot
|
11,899
|
1,480
|
14.2%
|
|
|
Blanchard CDP*
|
261
|
261
|
N/A
|
|
|
Bliss
|
318
|
43
|
15.6%
|
|
|
Bloomington
|
206
|
-45
|
-17.9%
|
|
|
Boise City
|
205,671
|
19,884
|
10.7%
|
|
|
Bonners Ferry
|
2,543
|
28
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Bovill
|
260
|
-45
|
-14.8%
|
|
|
Buhl
|
4,122
|
137
|
3.4%
|
|
|
Burley
|
10,345
|
1,029
|
11.0%
|
|
|
Butte City
|
74
|
-2
|
-2.6%
|
|
|
Caldwell
|
46,237
|
20,270
|
78.1%
|
|
|
Cambridge
|
328
|
-32
|
-8.9%
|
|
|
Carey
|
604
|
91
|
17.7%
|
|
|
Cascade
|
939
|
-58
|
-5.8%
|
|
|
Castleford
|
226
|
-51
|
-18.4%
|
|
|
Challis
|
1,081
|
172
|
18.9%
|
|
|
Chubbuck
|
13,922
|
4,222
|
43.5%
|
|
|
Clark Fork
|
536
|
6
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Clayton
|
7
|
-20
|
-74.1%
|
|
|
Clifton
|
259
|
46
|
21.6%
|
|
|
Coeur d'Alene
|
44,137
|
9,623
|
27.9%
|
|
|
Conkling Park CDP*
|
43
|
43
|
N/A
|
|
|
Cottonwood
|
900
|
-44
|
-4.7%
|
|
|
Council
|
839
|
23
|
2.8%
|
|
|
Craigmont
|
501
|
-55
|
-9.9%
|
|
|
Crouch
|
162
|
8
|
5.2%
|
|
|
Culdesac
|
380
|
2
|
0.5%
|
|
|
Dalton Gardens
|
2,335
|
57
|
2.5%
|
|
|
Dayton
|
463
|
19
|
4.3%
|
|
|
Deary
|
506
|
-46
|
-8.3%
|
|
|
Declo
|
343
|
5
|
1.5%
|
|
|
De Smet CDP*
|
175
|
175
|
N/A
|
|
|
Dietrich
|
332
|
182
|
121.3%
|
|
|
Donnelly
|
152
|
14
|
10.1%
|
|
|
Dover
|
556
|
214
|
62.6%
|
|
|
Downey
|
625
|
12
|
2.0%
|
|
|
Driggs
|
1,660
|
560
|
50.9%
|
|
|
Drummond
|
16
|
1
|
6.7%
|
|
|
Dubois
|
677
|
30
|
4.6%
|
|
|
Eagle
|
19,908
|
8,823
|
79.6%
|
|
|
East Hope
|
210
|
10
|
5.0%
|
|
|
Eden
|
405
|
-6
|
-1.5%
|
|
|
Elk City CDP*
|
202
|
202
|
N/A
|
|
|
Elk River
|
125
|
-31
|
-19.9%
|
|
|
Emmett
|
6,557
|
1,067
|
19.4%
|
|
|
Fairfield
|
416
|
21
|
5.3%
|
|
|
Ferdinand
|
159
|
14
|
9.7%
|
|
|
Fernan Lake Village
|
169
|
-17
|
-9.1%
|
|
|
Filer
|
2,508
|
888
|
54.8%
|
|
|
Firth
|
477
|
69
|
16.9%
|
|
|
Fort Hall CDP*
|
3,201
|
3,201
|
N/A
|
|
|
Franklin
|
641
|
0
|
0.0%
|
|
|
Fruitland
|
4,684
|
879
|
23.1%
|
|
|
Garden City
|
10,972
|
348
|
3.3%
|
|
|
Garden Valley CDP*
|
394
|
394
|
N/A
|
|
|
Genesee
|
955
|
9
|
1.0%
|
|
|
Georgetown
|
476
|
-62
|
-11.5%
|
|
|
Glenns Ferry
|
1,319
|
-292
|
-18.1%
|
|
|
Gooding
|
3,567
|
183
|
5.4%
|
|
|
Grace
|
915
|
-75
|
-7.6%
|
|
|
Grand View
|
452
|
-18
|
-3.8%
|
|
|
Grangeville
|
3,141
|
-87
|
-2.7%
|
|
|
Greenleaf
|
846
|
-16
|
-1.9%
|
|
|
Groveland CDP*
|
877
|
877
|
N/A
|
|
|
Hagerman
|
872
|
216
|
32.9%
|
|
|
Hailey
|
7,960
|
1,760
|
28.4%
|
|
|
Hamer
|
48
|
36
|
300.0%
|
|
|
Hansen
|
1,144
|
174
|
17.9%
|
|
|
Harrison
|
203
|
-64
|
-24.0%
|
|
|
Hauser
|
678
|
10
|
1.5%
|
|
|
Hayden
|
13,294
|
4,135
|
45.1%
|
|
|
Hayden Lake
|
574
|
80
|
16.2%
|
|
|
Hazelton
|
753
|
66
|
9.6%
|
|
|
Heyburn
|
3,089
|
190
|
6.6%
|
|
|
Hidden Spring CDP*
|
2,280
|
2,280
|
N/A
|
|
|
Hollister
|
272
|
35
|
14.8%
|
|
|
Homedale
|
2,633
|
105
|
4.2%
|
|
|
Hope
|
86
|
7
|
8.9%
|
|
|
Horseshoe Bend
|
707
|
-63
|
-8.2%
|
|
|
Huetter
|
100
|
4
|
4.2%
|
|
|
Idaho City
|
485
|
27
|
5.9%
|
|
|
Idaho Falls
|
56,813
|
6,083
|
12.0%
|
|
|
Inkom
|
854
|
116
|
15.7%
|
|
|
Iona
|
1,803
|
602
|
50.1%
|
|
|
Irwin
|
219
|
62
|
39.5%
|
|
|
Island Park
|
286
|
71
|
33.0%
|
|
|
Jerome
|
10,890
|
3,110
|
40.0%
|
|
|
Juliaetta
|
579
|
-30
|
-4.9%
|
|
|
Kamiah
|
1,295
|
135
|
11.6%
|
|
|
Kellogg
|
2,120
|
-275
|
-11.5%
|
|
|
Kendrick
|
303
|
-66
|
-17.9%
|
|
|
Ketchum
|
2,689
|
-314
|
-10.5%
|
|
|
Kimberly
|
3,264
|
650
|
24.9%
|
|
|
Kooskia
|
607
|
-68
|
-10.1%
|
|
|
Kootenai
|
678
|
237
|
53.7%
|
|
|
Kuna
|
15,210
|
9,828
|
182.6%
|
|
|
Lapwai
|
1,137
|
3
|
0.3%
|
|
|
Lava Hot Springs
|
407
|
-114
|
-21.9%
|
|
|
Leadore
|
105
|
15
|
16.7%
|
|
|
Lewiston
|
31,894
|
990
|
3.2%
|
|
|
Lewisville
|
458
|
-9
|
-1.9%
|
|
|
Lincoln CDP*
|
3,647
|
3,647
|
N/A
|
|
|
Lost River
|
68
|
68
|
N/A
|
|
|
Lowman CDP*
|
42
|
42
|
N/A
|
|
|
McCall
|
2,991
|
907
|
43.5%
|
|
|
McCammon
|
809
|
4
|
0.5%
|
|
|
Mackay
|
517
|
-49
|
-8.7%
|
|
|
Malad City
|
2,095
|
-63
|
-2.9%
|
|
|
Malta
|
193
|
16
|
9.0%
|
|
|
Marsing
|
1,031
|
141
|
15.8%
|
|
|
Melba
|
513
|
74
|
16.9%
|
|
|
Menan
|
741
|
34
|
4.8%
|
|
|
Meridian
|
75,092
|
40,173
|
115.0%
|
|
|
Middleton
|
5,524
|
2,546
|
85.5%
|
|
|
Midvale
|
171
|
-5
|
-2.8%
|
|
|
Minidoka
|
112
|
-17
|
-13.2%
|
|
|
Montpelier
|
2,597
|
-188
|
-6.8%
|
|
|
Moore
|
189
|
-7
|
-3.6%
|
|
|
Moreland CDP*
|
1,278
|
1,278
|
N/A
|
|
|
Moscow
|
23,800
|
2,509
|
11.8%
|
|
|
Mountain Home
|
14,206
|
3,063
|
27.5%
|
|
|
Mountain Home AFB CDP*
|
3,238
|
3,238
|
N/A
|
|
|
Moyie Springs
|
718
|
62
|
9.5%
|
|
|
Mud Lake
|
358
|
88
|
32.6%
|
|
|
Mullan
|
692
|
-148
|
-17.6%
|
|
|
Murphy CDP*
|
97
|
97
|
N/A
|
|
|
Murtaugh
|
115
|
-24
|
-17.3%
|
|
|
Nampa
|
81,557
|
29,690
|
57.2%
|
|
|
Newdale
|
323
|
-35
|
-9.8%
|
|
|
New Meadows
|
496
|
-37
|
-6.9%
|
|
|
New Plymouth
|
1,538
|
138
|
9.9%
|
|
|
Nezperce
|
466
|
-57
|
-10.9%
|
|
|
Notus
|
531
|
73
|
15.9%
|
|
|
Oakley
|
763
|
95
|
14.2%
|
|
|
Oldtown
|
184
|
-6
|
-3.2%
|
|
|
Onaway
|
187
|
-43
|
-18.7%
|
|
|
Orofino
|
3,142
|
-105
|
-3.2%
|
|
|
Osburn
|
1,555
|
10
|
0.6%
|
|
|
Oxford
|
48
|
-5
|
-9.4%
|
|
|
Paris
|
513
|
-63
|
-10.9%
|
|
|
Parker
|
305
|
-14
|
-4.4%
|
|
|
Parkline CDP*
|
80
|
80
|
N/A
|
|
|
Parma
|
1,983
|
212
|
12.0%
|
|
|
Paul
|
1,169
|
171
|
17.1%
|
|
|
Payette
|
7,433
|
379
|
5.4%
|
|
|
Peck
|
197
|
11
|
5.9%
|
|
|
Pierce
|
508
|
-109
|
-17.7%
|
|
|
Pinehurst
|
1,619
|
-42
|
-2.5%
|
|
|
Placerville
|
53
|
-7
|
-11.7%
|
|
|
Plummer
|
1,044
|
54
|
5.5%
|
|
|
Pocatello
|
54,255
|
2,789
|
5.4%
|
|
|
Ponderay
|
1,137
|
499
|
78.2%
|
|
|
Post Falls
|
27,574
|
10,327
|
59.9%
|
|
|
Potlatch
|
804
|
13
|
1.6%
|
|
|
Preston
|
5,204
|
522
|
11.1%
|
|
|
Priest River
|
1,751
|
-3
|
-0.2%
|
|
|
Princeton CDP*
|
148
|
148
|
N/A
|
|
|
Rathdrum
|
6,826
|
2,010
|
41.7%
|
|
|
Reubens
|
71
|
-1
|
-1.4%
|
|
|
Rexburg
|
25,484
|
8,227
|
47.7%
|
|
|
Richfield
|
482
|
70
|
17.0%
|
|
|
Rigby
|
3,945
|
947
|
31.6%
|
|
|
Riggins
|
419
|
9
|
2.2%
|
|
|
Ririe
|
656
|
111
|
20.4%
|
|
|
Riverside CDP*
|
838
|
838
|
N/A
|
|
|
Roberts
|
580
|
-67
|
-10.4%
|
|
|
Robie Creek CDP*
|
1,162
|
1,162
|
N/A
|
|
|
Rockford CDP*
|
276
|
276
|
N/A
|
|
|
Rockford Bay CDP*
|
184
|
184
|
N/A
|
|
|
Rockland
|
295
|
-21
|
-6.6%
|
|
|
Rupert
|
5,554
|
-91
|
-1.6%
|
|
|
St. Anthony
|
3,542
|
200
|
6.0%
|
|
|
St. Charles
|
131
|
-25
|
-16.0%
|
|
|
St. Maries
|
2,402
|
-250
|
-9.4%
|
|
|
Salmon
|
3,112
|
-10
|
-0.3%
|
|
|
Sandpoint
|
7,365
|
530
|
7.8%
|
|
|
Shelley
|
4,409
|
596
|
15.6%
|
|
|
Shoshone
|
1,461
|
63
|
4.5%
|
|
|
Smelterville
|
627
|
-24
|
-3.7%
|
|
|
Smiths Ferry CDP*
|
75
|
75
|
N/A
|
|
|
Soda Springs
|
3,058
|
-323
|
-9.6%
|
|
|
Spencer
|
37
|
-1
|
-2.6%
|
|
|
Spirit Lake
|
1,945
|
569
|
41.4%
|
|
|
Stanley
|
63
|
-37
|
-37.0%
|
|
|
Star
|
5,793
|
3,998
|
222.7%
|
|
|
State Line
|
38
|
10
|
35.7%
|
|
|
Stites
|
221
|
-5
|
-2.2%
|
|
|
Sugar City
|
1,514
|
272
|
21.9%
|
|
|
Sun Valley
|
1,406
|
-21
|
-1.5%
|
|
|
Swan Valley
|
204
|
-9
|
-4.2%
|
|
|
Sweetwater CDP*
|
143
|
143
|
N/A
|
|
|
Tensed
|
123
|
-3
|
-2.4%
|
|
|
Teton
|
735
|
166
|
29.2%
|
|
|
Tetonia
|
269
|
22
|
8.9%
|
|
|
Troy
|
862
|
64
|
8.0%
|
|
|
Twin Falls
|
44,125
|
9,656
|
28.0%
|
|
|
Tyhee CDP*
|
1,123
|
1,123
|
N/A
|
|
|
Ucon
|
1,108
|
165
|
17.5%
|
|
|
Victor
|
1,928
|
1,088
|
129.5%
|
|
|
Wallace
|
784
|
-176
|
-18.3%
|
|
|
Wardner
|
188
|
-27
|
-12.6%
|
|
|
Warm River
|
3
|
-7
|
-70.0%
|
|
|
Weippe
|
441
|
25
|
6.0%
|
|
|
Weiser
|
5,507
|
164
|
3.1%
|
|
|
Wendell
|
2,782
|
444
|
19.0%
|
|
|
Weston
|
437
|
12
|
2.8%
|
|
|
White Bird
|
91
|
-15
|
-14.2%
|
|
|
Wilder
|
1,533
|
71
|
4.9%
|
|
|
Winchester
|
340
|
32
|
10.4%
|
|
|
Worley
|
257
|
34
|
15.2%
|
|
|
Yellow Pine CDP*
|
32
|
32
|
N/A
|
|
|
CDP* stands for Census Designated Place, which is not an incorporated city and was not enumerated in the 2000 census.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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