2024 population: 998,498 ( 88,934 from 2020)
Land area: 39856.6 square miles
Population density: 25.1 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	765,741	76.69%	6.7%
Black:	12,032	1.21%	32.4%
Indian:	5,856	0.59%	6.1%
Asian:	25,205	2.52%	29.7%
2+ races:	25,435	2.55%	20.5%
Hispanic:	164,229	16.45%	20.0%

Total non-White:	232,757	23.31%	21.2%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	44,272	12.2
Deaths:	33,771	9.3
Net Migration:	66,348	18.2
Net Immigration:	13,149	3.6

Change in White population:	48,176	5.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	40,758	4.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
909,564
717,565	78.89%
9,088	1.00%
5,517	0.61%
19,439	2.14%
21,101	2.32%
136,854	15.05%
191,999	21.11%

2010
751,509
609,640	81.12%
6,235	0.83%
4,772	0.63%
13,947	1.86%
14,410	1.92%
101,636	13.52%
141,869	18.88%

2000
595,184
508,907	85.50%
3,528	0.59%
4,101	0.69%
8,493	1.43%
9,891	1.66%
59,527	10.00%
86,277	14.50%

1990
423,318
383,711	90.64%
2,134	0.50%
3,319	0.78%
5,166	1.22%
n/a
28,988	6.85%
39,607	9.36%

1980
380,841
351,071	92.18%
1,743	0.46%
2,183	0.57%
4,563	1.20%
n/a
20,941	5.50%
29,770	7.82%

1970
271,731
255,742	94.12%
1,243	0.46%
980	0.36%
2,316	0.85%
n/a
10,717	3.94%
15,989	5.88%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
94,790	12.6
52,335	7.0
86,280	11.5
7,554	1.0

107,925	14.4
50,130	6.7

Number	Rate
2000's
100,932	17.0
41,101	6.9
76,942	12.9
12,391	2.1

100,733	16.9
55,592	9.3

Number	Rate
1990's
81,971	19.4
36,033	8.5
94,885	22.4
10,023	2.4

125,196	29.6
46,670	11.0

Number	Rate
1980's
69,676	18.3
29,549	7.8
3,314	0.9
n/a

32,640	8.6
9,837	2.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
70,370	25.9
n/a

95,329	35.1
13,781	5.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Boise, ID-OR Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.6
213,840	11.2%
1,694,222	88.8%
142,008	7.4%

328,579
2.64

223,981	68.2%
177,476	79.2%
16,098	7.2%
104,598	31.8%

2010
Number	Percent
35.0
206,440	27.5%
545,069	72.5%
87,145	11.6%

277,244
2.65

191,606	69.1%
149,888	78.2%
17,903	9.3%
85,638	30.9%

2000
Number	Percent
33.2
166,999	28.1%
428,185	71.9%
61,603	10.4%

217,040
2.66

154,583	71.2%
127,011	82.2%
12,739	8.2%
62,457	28.8%

1990
Number	Percent
32.0
123,838	29.3%
299,480	70.7%
50,668	12.0%

156,154
2.65

113,084	72.4%
95,723	84.6%
8,760	7.7%
43,070	27.6%

1980
Number	Percent
28.6
118,596	31.1%
262,245	68.9%
38,475	10.1%

135,457
2.75

102,042	75.3%
88,865	87.1%
7,595	7.4%
33,415	24.7%

2022 Housing Data for Boise, ID-OR Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	11,433	3.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	9,300	2.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	9,773	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	11,097	3.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	10,869	3.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	12,450	3.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	12,500	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	12,203	3.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	12,764	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	26,070	7.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	35,786	10.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	50,656	15.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	35,008	10.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	24,978	7.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	24,742	7.5%
$200,000 or more	28,950	8.8%

Median Household Income	75,644
Per Capita Income	38,014

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	92

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	13,512	4.1%
Public Assistance	10,415	3.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	31,322	9.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	343,604	72.0%
Unemployed	12,733	2.7%
In Armed Forces	4,050	0.8%

Total Labor Force	360,387	75.6%
Not in Labor Force	116,558	24.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	161,303	119,359	57.5%
Non-Profit	12,123	21,170	36.4%
Self-Employed	30,184	21,121	58.8%

Local Government	10,865	16,391	39.9%
State Government	9,800	12,486	44.0%
Federal Government	6,615	4,857	57.7%

Total Private + Self	191,487	140,480	57.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	39,403	54,904	41.8%
Total	230,890	195,384	54.2%

Pct. Govt.	14.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	72,332	16.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	90,003	21.1%
Professional, Technical	100,819	23.6%
Service Occupations	66,857	15.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	7,056	1.7%
All others	97,372	22.8%

White Collar		61.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	57,585	13.5%
Retail trade	49,278	11.5%
Manufacturing	40,098	9.4%
Construction	38,450	9.0%
Educational services	34,440	8.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	30,817	7.2%
Accommodation and food services	27,438	6.4%
Public administration	23,079	5.4%
Other services	18,868	4.4%
Finance and insurance	17,801	4.2%
Transportation and warehousing	16,760	3.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	16,759	3.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	13,182	3.1%
Wholesale trade	11,725	2.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	9,859	2.3%
Information	8,263	1.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	6,901	1.6%
Utilities	4,786	1.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	956	0.2%
Management	338	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	108,143	12.11%
Puerto Rican	3,936	0.44%
Cuban	576	0.06%
Dominican	467	0.05%

Total Central American	4,734	0.53%
Costa Rican	204	0.02%
Guatemalan	1,590	0.18%
Honduran	497	0.06%
Nicaraguan	330	0.04%
Panamanian	136	0.02%
Salvadoran	1,961	0.22%
Other Central American	16	0.00%

Total South American	4,480	0.50%
Argentinean	363	0.04%
Bolivian	52	0.01%
Chilean	129	0.01%
Colombian	1,346	0.15%
Ecuadorian	366	0.04%
Paraguayan	73	0.01%
Peruvian	1,343	0.15%
Uruguayan	10	0.00%
Venezuelan	798	0.09%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	11,041	1.24%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	2,993	0.34%
Indian	2,278	0.26%
Filipino	2,137	0.24%
Vietnamese	1,731	0.19%
Japanese	1,710	0.19%
Korean	1,517	0.17%
Laotian	1,098	0.12%
Thai	384	0.04%
Bhutanese	223	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	737,784	87.8%
Spanish	73,948	8.8%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	4,932	0.6%
Other Indo-European	4,152	0.5%
Other Asian	4,088	0.5%
Other	3,190	0.4%
German, other Germanic	2,537	0.3%
Arabic	2,317	0.3%
Chinese	2,282	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	156,047	17.5%
German	144,909	16.2%
Irish	90,071	10.1%
American	44,725	5.0%
Italian	29,756	3.3%
European	27,953	3.1%
Scottish	26,847	3.0%
Norwegian	22,605	2.5%
French	21,642	2.4%
Swedish	19,386	2.2%
Dutch	16,005	1.8%
Polish	12,285	1.4%
Danish	11,026	1.2%
Welsh	10,956	1.2%
Scandinavian	8,545	1.0%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	861,462	96.5%
Not a citizen	31,277	3.5%

Native	833,884	93.4%
Foreign-born	58,855	6.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
19,582	3.3%	29,851	5.0%	146,503	24.5%	201,724	33.8%	133,290	22.3%	66,737	11.2%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	19,582	3.3%
9-12 Years	29,851	5.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	146,503	24.5%
Some College	201,724	33.8%
Bach. Degree	133,290	22.3%
Grad Degree	66,737	11.2%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	208,618	197,850	10,768	5.2%
1991	215,916	203,242	12,674	5.9%
1992	225,458	212,079	13,379	5.9%
1993	235,898	222,707	13,191	5.6%
1994	251,140	238,972	12,168	4.8%
1995	259,010	246,386	12,624	4.9%
1996	269,956	256,858	13,098	4.9%
1997	278,243	265,354	12,889	4.6%
1998	289,111	275,465	13,646	4.7%
1999	292,549	279,398	13,151	4.5%

2000	300,465	287,607	12,858	4.3%
2001	309,794	294,869	14,925	4.8%
2002	311,604	293,761	17,843	5.7%
2003	315,713	297,461	18,252	5.8%
2004	317,982	301,963	16,019	5.0%
2005	330,846	317,333	13,513	4.1%
2006	340,952	329,453	11,499	3.4%
2007	345,706	334,508	11,198	3.2%
2008	347,214	328,168	19,046	5.5%
2009	350,438	316,416	34,022	9.7%

2010	349,439	317,107	32,332	9.3%
2011	351,910	322,062	29,848	8.5%
2012	357,941	330,850	27,091	7.6%
2013	361,766	336,845	24,921	6.9%
2014	363,407	346,861	16,546	4.6%
2015	372,860	357,880	14,980	4.0%
2016	384,471	370,097	14,374	3.7%
2017	397,822	384,991	12,831	3.2%
2018	412,211	400,517	11,694	2.8%
2019	426,623	414,812	11,811	2.8%

2020	433,685	409,431	24,254	5.6%
2021	450,589	434,618	15,971	3.5%
2022	463,038	450,765	12,273	2.7%
2023	474,917	460,342	14,575	3.1%
2024	501,395	483,368	18,027	3.6%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	356,741
Median Value	$367,436

Occupied	328,579	92.1%
Vacant	28,162	7.9%

Owned	236,647	72.0%
Rented	91,932	28.0%
Median Rent	$1,182

Single-Family Units	282,984	79.3%
Detached	269,051	75.4%
Attached	13,933	3.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	28,986	8.1%
Mobile Homes	22,386	6.3%

Boise, ID-OR Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Boise, ID-OR Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Boise, ID-OR Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Boise, ID-OR Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Boise, ID-OR Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Boise, ID-OR Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Boise, ID-OR Market Area