2024 population: 845,877 ( 81,134 from 2020)
Land area: 11766.5 square miles
Population density: 71.9 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	653,448	77.25%	7.5%
Black:	10,447	1.24%	37.8%
Indian:	4,600	0.54%	5.6%
Asian:	22,790	2.69%	31.0%
2+ races:	21,904	2.59%	20.5%
Hispanic:	132,688	15.69%	21.4%

Total non-White:	192,429	22.75%	22.7%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	37,191	12.2
Deaths:	27,340	8.9
Net Migration:	61,029	20.0
Net Immigration:	11,237	3.7

Change in White population:	45,487	5.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	35,647	4.7

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
764,743
607,961	79.50%
7,583	0.99%
4,358	0.57%
17,393	2.27%
18,185	2.38%
109,263	14.29%
156,782	20.50%

2010
616,561
505,202	81.94%
5,108	0.83%
3,841	0.62%
12,001	1.95%
12,127	1.97%
77,538	12.58%
111,359	18.06%

2000
464,840
402,616	86.61%
2,191	0.47%
3,160	0.68%
6,874	1.48%
7,815	1.68%
41,659	8.96%
62,224	13.39%

1990
319,596
293,134	91.72%
1,255	0.39%
2,421	0.76%
3,374	1.06%
n/a
19,412	6.07%
26,462	8.28%

1980
280,035
261,036	93.22%
830	0.30%
1,631	0.58%
2,776	0.99%
n/a
13,504	4.82%
18,999	6.78%

1970
191,090
182,261	95.38%
501	0.26%
685	0.36%
972	0.51%
n/a
6,228	3.26%
8,829	4.62%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
78,969	12.8
42,129	6.8
89,176	14.5
6,060	1.0

102,759	16.7
45,423	7.4

Number	Rate
2000's
82,980	17.9
31,976	6.9
82,853	17.8
9,767	2.1

102,586	22.1
49,135	10.6

Number	Rate
1990's
63,254	19.8
26,573	8.3
88,323	27.6
7,275	2.3

109,482	34.3
35,762	11.2

Number	Rate
1980's
50,675	18.1
21,471	7.7
10,867	3.9
n/a

32,098	11.5
7,463	2.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
61,720	32.3
n/a

78,775	41.2
10,170	5.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Boise City, ID Metro 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
37.3
185,532	21.9%
660,345	78.1%
118,271	14.0%

285,188
2.64

195,625	68.6%
155,352	79.4%
13,544	6.9%
89,563	31.4%

2010
Number	Percent
34.2
172,174	27.9%
444,387	72.1%
67,281	10.9%

225,594
2.67

156,379	69.3%
121,687	77.8%
14,857	9.5%
69,215	30.7%

2000
Number	Percent
32.6
131,812	28.4%
333,028	71.6%
46,183	9.9%

170,516
2.67

121,252	71.1%
99,166	81.8%
10,354	8.5%
49,264	28.9%

1990
Number	Percent
31.8
93,022	29.1%
226,574	70.9%
37,282	11.7%

117,396
2.66

84,745	72.2%
71,341	84.2%
6,730	7.9%
32,651	27.8%

1980
Number	Percent
28.4
87,196	31.1%
192,839	68.9%
27,563	9.8%

99,908
2.74

74,976	75.0%
64,742	86.4%
5,982	8.0%
24,932	25.0%

2022 Housing Data for Boise City, ID Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	9,096	3.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	7,329	2.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	7,773	2.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	9,163	3.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	8,614	3.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	9,772	3.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	10,386	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	10,045	3.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	11,107	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	22,069	7.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	31,012	10.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	45,338	15.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	31,228	10.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	22,498	7.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	22,904	8.0%
$200,000 or more	26,854	9.4%

Median Household Income	78,569
Per Capita Income	39,471

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	93

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	11,279	4.0%
Public Assistance	8,786	3.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	24,464	8.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	310,215	74.0%
Unemployed	10,719	2.6%
In Armed Forces	1,261	0.3%

Total Labor Force	322,195	76.8%
Not in Labor Force	97,165	23.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	145,818	106,949	57.7%
Non-Profit	10,856	19,217	36.1%
Self-Employed	25,934	19,024	57.7%

Local Government	9,232	14,248	39.3%
State Government	8,320	10,991	43.1%
Federal Government	5,255	4,072	56.3%

Total Private + Self	171,752	125,973	57.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	33,663	48,528	41.0%
Total	205,415	174,501	54.1%

Pct. Govt.	13.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	66,021	17.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	81,263	21.3%
Professional, Technical	93,584	24.6%
Service Occupations	58,341	15.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	4,431	1.2%
All others	81,634	21.4%

White Collar		63.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	52,177	13.7%
Retail trade	43,951	11.5%
Manufacturing	35,069	9.2%
Construction	34,936	9.2%
Educational services	30,797	8.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	29,333	7.7%
Accommodation and food services	24,153	6.3%
Public administration	19,354	5.1%
Finance and insurance	17,095	4.5%
Other services	17,025	4.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	15,084	4.0%
Transportation and warehousing	14,554	3.8%
Wholesale trade	10,733	2.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	9,085	2.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	8,021	2.1%
Information	7,722	2.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	6,452	1.7%
Utilities	4,272	1.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	701	0.2%
Management	329	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	87,761	11.37%
Puerto Rican	3,471	0.45%
Cuban	504	0.07%
Dominican	426	0.06%

Total Central American	4,281	0.55%
Costa Rican	190	0.02%
Guatemalan	1,429	0.19%
Honduran	482	0.06%
Nicaraguan	330	0.04%
Panamanian	99	0.01%
Salvadoran	1,736	0.22%
Other Central American	15	0.00%

Total South American	4,422	0.57%
Argentinean	360	0.05%
Bolivian	52	0.01%
Chilean	129	0.02%
Colombian	1,329	0.17%
Ecuadorian	366	0.05%
Paraguayan	73	0.01%
Peruvian	1,306	0.17%
Uruguayan	9	0.00%
Venezuelan	798	0.10%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	9,145	1.19%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	2,716	0.35%
Indian	2,182	0.28%
Vietnamese	1,718	0.22%
Filipino	1,682	0.22%
Korean	1,460	0.19%
Japanese	1,319	0.17%
Laotian	1,081	0.14%
Thai	345	0.04%
Bhutanese	223	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	640,322	88.1%
Spanish	60,044	8.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	4,569	0.6%
Other Indo-European	3,864	0.5%
Other Asian	3,718	0.5%
Other	2,876	0.4%
Arabic	2,299	0.3%
German, other Germanic	2,270	0.3%
Chinese	2,043	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	139,255	18.0%
German	127,388	16.5%
Irish	79,289	10.3%
American	38,087	4.9%
Italian	26,943	3.5%
European	25,420	3.3%
Scottish	23,457	3.0%
Norwegian	20,225	2.6%
French	19,095	2.5%
Swedish	17,595	2.3%
Dutch	13,614	1.8%
Polish	11,169	1.4%
Welsh	9,540	1.2%
Danish	9,419	1.2%
Scandinavian	7,414	1.0%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	745,384	96.6%
Not a citizen	26,218	3.4%

Native	720,761	93.4%
Foreign-born	50,841	6.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
15,057	2.9%	23,673	4.6%	120,896	23.5%	172,631	33.5%	121,631	23.6%	61,463	11.9%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	15,057	2.9%
9-12 Years	23,673	4.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	120,896	23.5%
Some College	172,631	33.5%
Bach. Degree	121,631	23.6%
Grad Degree	61,463	11.9%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	328,764	313,550	15,214	4.6%
1991	341,918	323,970	17,948	5.2%
1992	359,338	340,988	18,350	5.1%
1993	377,898	359,938	17,960	4.8%
1994	407,676	390,776	16,900	4.1%
1995	423,088	405,038	18,050	4.3%
1996	442,640	424,472	18,168	4.1%
1997	458,716	441,198	17,518	3.8%
1998	479,144	460,460	18,684	3.9%
1999	487,284	469,256	18,028	3.7%

2000	502,826	484,066	18,760	3.7%
2001	521,054	498,656	22,398	4.3%
2002	524,458	496,866	27,592	5.3%
2003	532,488	504,474	28,014	5.3%
2004	536,928	512,794	24,134	4.5%
2005	562,120	541,732	20,388	3.6%
2006	582,096	564,400	17,696	3.0%
2007	591,026	573,440	17,586	3.0%
2008	594,340	563,078	31,262	5.3%
2009	597,640	540,582	57,058	9.5%

2010	595,994	542,208	53,786	9.0%
2011	602,402	552,950	49,452	8.2%
2012	616,372	571,514	44,858	7.3%
2013	625,084	583,748	41,336	6.6%
2014	629,814	602,964	26,850	4.3%
2015	648,506	623,844	24,662	3.8%
2016	669,562	645,794	23,768	3.5%
2017	694,738	673,460	21,278	3.1%
2018	722,918	703,592	19,326	2.7%
2019	750,732	731,074	19,658	2.6%

2020	762,364	719,916	42,448	5.6%
2021	794,190	766,934	27,256	3.4%
2022	818,348	797,760	20,588	2.5%
2023	842,702	817,618	25,084	3.0%
2024	894,974	863,720	31,254	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	298,787
Median Value	$384,829

Occupied	285,188	95.4%
Vacant	13,599	4.6%

Owned	206,983	72.6%
Rented	78,205	27.4%
Median Rent	$1,239

Single-Family Units	238,870	79.9%
Detached	226,668	75.9%
Attached	12,202	4.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	26,086	8.7%
Mobile Homes	15,020	5.0%

Boise City, ID Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Boise City, ID Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Boise City, ID Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Boise City, ID Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Boise City, ID Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Boise City, ID Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Boise City, ID Metro Area