List of cities in Idaho facts for kids
Idaho is a cool state found in the western part of the United States. In 2020, about 1.8 million people lived there, making it one of the less crowded states. But it's actually quite big in size, covering over 82,000 square miles (about 214,000 square kilometers)!
Idaho is split into 44 counties. Within these counties, there are 201 different cities and towns. This article will show you the biggest and most important cities in Idaho.
† This city is a county seat (the main city of a county).
†† This city is both the state capital and a county seat.
Idaho's Biggest Cities
This table lists the largest cities in Idaho based on how many people lived there in 2020. You can also see how much their population changed since 2010.
2020 Rank | City | 2020 Census | 2010 Census | Change | County |
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1 | Boise †† | 235,684 | 205,671 | +14.59% | Ada |
2 | Meridian | 117,635 | 75,092 | +56.65% | Ada |
3 | Nampa | 100,200 | 81,557 | +22.86% | Canyon |
4 | Idaho Falls † | 64,818 | 56,813 | +14.09% | Bonneville |
5 | Caldwell † | 59,996 | 46,237 | +29.76% | Canyon |
6 | Pocatello † | 56,320 | 54,255 | +3.81% | Bannock |
7 | Coeur d'Alene † | 54,628 | 44,137 | +23.77% | Kootenai |
8 | Twin Falls † | 51,807 | 44,125 | +17.41% | Twin Falls |
9 | Rexburg † | 39,409 | 25,484 | +54.64% | Madison |
10 | Post Falls | 38,485 | 27,574 | +39.57% | Kootenai |
11 | Lewiston † | 34,203 | 31,894 | +7.24% | Nez Perce |
12 | Eagle | 30,346 | 19,908 | +52.43% | Ada |
13 | Moscow † | 25,435 | 23,800 | +6.87% | Latah |
14 | Kuna | 24,011 | 15,210 | +57.86% | Ada |
15 | Ammon | 17,694 | 13,816 | +28.07% | Bonneville |
16 | Mountain Home † | 15,979 | 14,206 | +12.48% | Elmore |
17 | Chubbuck | 15,570 | 13,922 | +11.84% | Bannock |
18 | Hayden | 15,570 | 13,294 | +17.12% | Kootenai |
19 | Jerome † | 12,349 | 10,890 | +13.40% | Jerome |
20 | Blackfoot † | 12,346 | 11,899 | +3.76% | Bingham |
21 | Garden City | 12,316 | 10,972 | +12.25% | Ada |
22 | Burley † | 11,704 | 10,345 | +13.14% | Cassia |
23 | Star | 11,117 | 5,793 | +91.90% | Ada |
24 | Middleton | 9,425 | 5,524 | +70.62% | Canyon |
25 | Rathdrum | 9,211 | 6,826 | +34.94% | Kootenai |
26 | Hailey † | 9,161 | 7,960 | +15.09% | Blaine |
27 | Sandpoint † | 8,639 | 7,365 | +17.30% | Bonner |
28 | Payette † | 8,127 | 7,433 | +9.34% | Payette |
29 | Emmett † | 7,647 | 6,557 | +16.62% | Gem |
30 | Rupert † | 6,082 | 5,554 | +9.51% | Minidoka |
31 | Fruitland | 6,072 | 4,684 | +29.63% | Payette |
32 | Weiser † | 5,630 | 5,507 | +2.23% | Washington |
33 | Preston † | 5,591 | 5,204 | +7.44% | Franklin |
34 | Rigby † | 5,038 | 3,945 | +27.71% | Jefferson |
35 | Shelley | 4,785 | 4,409 | +8.53% | Bingham |
36 | Kimberly | 4,626 | 3,264 | +41.73% | Twin Falls |
37 | American Falls † | 4,568 | 4,457 | +2.49% | Power |
38 | Buhl | 4,558 | 4,122 | +10.58% | Twin Falls |
39 | Gooding † | 3,707 | 3,567 | +3.92% | Gooding |
40 | Heyburn | 3,700 | 3,089 | +19.78% | Minidoka |
41 | McCall | 3,686 | 2,991 | +23.24% | Valley |
42 | St. Anthony † | 3,606 | 3,542 | +1.81% | Fremont |
43 | Ketchum | 3,555 | 2,689 | +32.21% | Blaine |
44 | Grangeville † | 3,308 | 3,141 | +5.32% | Idaho |
45 | Orofino † | 3,239 | 3,142 | +3.09% | Clearwater |
46 | Soda Springs † | 3,133 | 3,058 | +2.45% | Caribou |
47 | Salmon † | 3,119 | 3,112 | +0.22% | Lemhi |
48 | Wendell | 2,917 | 2,782 | +4.85% | Gooding |
49 | Homedale | 2,881 | 2,633 | +9.42% | Owyhee |
50 | Filer | 2,738 | 2,508 | +9.17% | Twin Falls |
51 | Iona | 2,717 | 1,803 | +50.69% | Bonneville |
52 | Montpelier | 2,643 | 2,597 | +1.77% | Bear Lake |
53 | Bellevue | 2,560 | 2,287 | +11.94% | Blaine |
54 | Dalton Gardens | 2,537 | 2,335 | +8.65% | Kootenai |
55 | Bonners Ferry † | 2,520 | 2,543 | −0.90% | Boundary |
56 | St. Maries † | 2,357 | 2,402 | −1.87% | Benewah |
57 | Spirit Lake | 2,337 | 1,945 | +20.15% | Kootenai |
58 | Kellogg | 2,314 | 2,120 | +9.15% | Shoshone |
59 | Malad City † | 2,299 | 2,095 | +9.74% | Oneida |
60 | Victor | 2,157 | 1,928 | +11.88% | Teton |
61 | Parma | 2,096 | 1,983 | +5.70% | Canyon |
62 | Driggs † | 1,984 | 1,660 | +19.52% | Teton |
63 | Sun Valley | 1,783 | 1,406 | +26.81% | Blaine |
64 | Aberdeen | 1,756 | 1,994 | −11.94% | Bingham |
65 | Sugar City | 1,715 | 1,514 | +13.28% | Madison |
66 | Priest River | 1,696 | 1,751 | −3.14% | Bonner |
67 | Pinehurst | 1,679 | 1,619 | +3.71% | Shoshone |
68 | Shoshone † | 1,653 | 1,461 | +13.14% | Lincoln |
69 | Wilder | 1,597 | 1,533 | +4.17% | Canyon |
70 | Osburn | 1,567 | 1,555 | +0.77% | Shoshone |
71 | New Plymouth | 1,494 | 1,538 | −2.86% | Payette |
72 | Ponderay | 1,289 | 1,137 | +13.37% | Bonner |
73 | Glenns Ferry | 1,282 | 1,319 | −2.81% | Elmore |
74 | Marsing | 1,229 | 1,031 | +19.20% | Owyhee |
75 | Paul | 1,195 | 1,169 | +2.22% | Minidoka |
76 | Lapwai | 1,169 | 1,137 | +2.81% | Nez Perce |
77 | Ucon | 1,160 | 1,108 | +4.69% | Bonneville |
78 | Kamiah | 1,117 | 1,295 | −13.75% | Lewis |
79 | Hansen | 1,086 | 1,144 | −5.07% | Twin Falls |
80 | Genesee | 1,030 | 955 | +7.85% | Latah |
81 | Franklin | 1,025 | 641 | +59.91% | Franklin |
82 | Plummer | 1,015 | 1,044 | −2.78% | Benewah |
83 | Cascade † | 1,005 | 939 | +7.03% | Valley |
84 | Hagerman | 968 | 872 | +11.01% | Gooding |
85 | Ashton | 949 | 1,127 | −15.79% | Fremont |
86 | Kootenai | 941 | 678 | +38.79% | Bonner |
87 | Grace | 920 | 915 | +0.55% | Caribou |
88 | Challis † | 902 | 1,081 | −16.56% | Custer |
89 | Troy | 890 | 862 | +3.25% | Latah |
90 | Arco † | 879 | 995 | −11.66% | Butte |
91 | Council † | 867 | 839 | +3.34% | Adams |
92 | McCammon | 825 | 809 | +1.98% | Bannock |
93 | Cottonwood | 822 | 900 | −8.67% | Idaho |
94 | Moyie Springs | 822 | 718 | +14.48% | Boundary |
95 | Greenleaf | 812 | 846 | −4.02% | Canyon |
96 | Hazelton | 803 | 753 | +6.64% | Jerome |
97 | Inkom | 792 | 854 | −7.26% | Bannock |
98 | Wallace † | 791 | 784 | +0.89% | Shoshone |
99 | Teton | 787 | 735 | +7.07% | Fremont |
100 | Oakley | 786 | 763 | +3.01% | Cassia |
101 | Potlatch | 763 | 804 | −5.10% | Latah |
102 | Hauser | 761 | 678 | +12.24% | Kootenai |
103 | Dover | 752 | 556 | +35.25% | Bonner |
104 | Horseshoe Bend | 715 | 707 | +1.13% | Boise |
105 | Menan | 715 | 741 | −3.51% | Jefferson |
106 | Athol | 709 | 692 | +2.46% | Kootenai |
107 | Carey | 685 | 604 | +13.41% | Blaine |
108 | Smelterville | 670 | 627 | +6.86% | Shoshone |
109 | Ririe | 667 | 656 | +1.68% | Jefferson |
110 | Hayden Lake | 649 | 574 | +13.07% | Kootenai |
111 | Mullan | 646 | 692 | −6.65% | Shoshone |
112 | Juliaetta | 624 | 579 | +7.77% | Latah |
113 | Notus | 609 | 531 | +14.69% | Canyon |
114 | Melba | 572 | 513 | +11.50% | Canyon |
115 | Downey | 571 | 625 | −8.64% | Bannock |
116 | Paris † | 541 | 513 | +5.46% | Bear Lake |
117 | Firth | 517 | 477 | +8.39% | Bingham |
118 | New Meadows | 517 | 496 | +4.23% | Adams |
119 | Kooskia | 514 | 607 | −15.32% | Idaho |
120 | Clark Fork | 513 | 536 | −4.29% | Bonner |
121 | Dubois † | 511 | 677 | −24.52% | Clark |
122 | Weston | 511 | 437 | +16.93% | Franklin |
123 | Dayton | 510 | 463 | +10.15% | Franklin |
124 | Deary | 508 | 506 | +0.40% | Latah |
125 | Georgetown | 503 | 476 | +5.67% | Bear Lake |
126 | Roberts | 500 | 580 | −13.79% | Jefferson |
127 | Pierce | 467 | 508 | −8.07% | Clearwater |
128 | Idaho City † | 466 | 485 | −3.92% | Boise |
129 | Craigmont | 458 | 501 | −8.58% | Lewis |
130 | Nezperce † | 458 | 466 | −1.72% | Lewis |
131 | Fairfield † | 441 | 416 | +6.01% | Camas |
132 | Grand View | 440 | 452 | −2.65% | Owyhee |
133 | Mackay | 439 | 517 | −15.09% | Custer |
134 | Richfield | 431 | 482 | −10.58% | Lincoln |
135 | Lewisville | 421 | 458 | −8.08% | Jefferson |
136 | Clifton | 413 | 259 | +59.46% | Franklin |
137 | Culdesac | 413 | 380 | +8.68% | Nez Perce |
138 | Weippe | 400 | 441 | −9.30% | Clearwater |
139 | Eden | 393 | 405 | −2.96% | Jerome |
140 | Riggins | 372 | 419 | −11.22% | Idaho |
141 | Lava Hot Springs | 358 | 407 | −12.04% | Bannock |
142 | Basalt | 357 | 394 | −9.39% | Bingham |
143 | Winchester | 356 | 340 | +4.71% | Lewis |
144 | Arimo | 354 | 355 | −0.28% | Bannock |
145 | Declo | 338 | 343 | −1.46% | Cassia |
146 | Newdale | 337 | 323 | +4.33% | Fremont |
147 | Cambridge | 335 | 328 | +2.13% | Washington |
148 | Mud Lake | 321 | 358 | −10.34% | Jefferson |
149 | Tetonia | 308 | 269 | +14.50% | Teton |
150 | Parker | 302 | 305 | −0.98% | Fremont |
151 | Bancroft | 299 | 377 | −20.69% | Caribou |
152 | Kendrick | 288 | 303 | −4.95% | Latah |
153 | Dietrich | 284 | 332 | −14.46% | Lincoln |
154 | Irwin | 259 | 219 | +18.26% | Bonneville |
155 | Bliss | 258 | 318 | −18.87% | Gooding |
156 | Worley | 253 | 257 | −1.56% | Kootenai |
157 | Donnelly | 249 | 152 | +63.82% | Valley |
158 | Hollister | 243 | 272 | −10.66% | Twin Falls |
159 | Rockland | 242 | 295 | −17.97% | Power |
160 | Albion | 234 | 267 | −12.36% | Cassia |
161 | Harrison | 233 | 203 | +14.78% | Kootenai |
162 | East Hope | 229 | 210 | +9.05% | Bonner |
163 | Swan Valley | 225 | 204 | +10.29% | Bonneville |
164 | Oldtown | 221 | 184 | +20.11% | Bonner |
165 | Castleford | 215 | 226 | −4.87% | Twin Falls |
166 | Bloomington | 199 | 206 | −3.40% | Bear Lake |
167 | Onaway | 196 | 187 | +4.81% | Latah |
168 | Island Park | 193 | 286 | −32.52% | Fremont |
169 | Midvale | 193 | 171 | +12.87% | Washington |
170 | Wardner | 192 | 188 | +2.13% | Shoshone |
171 | Bovill | 191 | 260 | −26.54% | Latah |
172 | Stites | 171 | 221 | −22.62% | Idaho |
173 | Malta | 167 | 193 | −13.47% | Cassia |
174 | Peck | 166 | 197 | −15.74% | Nez Perce |
175 | Fernan Lake Village | 164 | 169 | −2.96% | Kootenai |
176 | Moore | 162 | 189 | −14.29% | Butte |
177 | St. Charles | 161 | 131 | +22.90% | Bear Lake |
178 | Crouch | 154 | 162 | −4.94% | Boise |
179 | Elk River | 139 | 125 | +11.20% | Clearwater |
180 | Ferdinand | 133 | 159 | −16.35% | Idaho |
181 | Acequia | 131 | 124 | +5.65% | Minidoka |
182 | Stanley | 116 | 63 | +84.13% | Custer |
183 | Murtaugh | 114 | 115 | −0.87% | Twin Falls |
184 | Huetter | 104 | 100 | +4.00% | Kootenai |
185 | Hope | 98 | 86 | +13.95% | Bonner |
186 | Leadore | 98 | 105 | −6.67% | Lemhi |
187 | Minidoka | 86 | 112 | −23.21% | Minidoka |
188 | Tensed | 84 | 123 | −31.71% | Benewah |
189 | Hamer | 83 | 48 | +72.92% | Jefferson |
190 | White Bird | 83 | 91 | −8.79% | Idaho |
191 | Butte City | 78 | 74 | +5.41% | Butte |
192 | Placerville | 48 | 53 | −9.43% | Boise |
193 | Reubens | 46 | 71 | −35.21% | Lewis |
194 | Lost River | 42 | 68 | −38.24% | Custer |
195 | Oxford | 42 | 48 | −12.50% | Franklin |
196 | Atomic City | 41 | 29 | +41.38% | Bingham |
197 | State Line | 39 | 38 | +2.63% | Kootenai |
198 | Spencer | 31 | 37 | −16.22% | Clark |
199 | Drummond | 13 | 16 | −18.75% | Fremont |
200 | Clayton | 10 | 7 | +42.86% | Custer |
201 | Warm River | 4 | 3 | +33.33% | Fremont |
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