2024 population: 535,799 ( 40,830 from 2020)
Land area: 1052.0 square miles
Population density: 509.3 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	436,396	81.45%	5.3%
Black:	7,911	1.48%	31.1%
Indian:	2,559	0.48%	4.1%
Asian:	18,584	3.47%	29.3%
2+ races:	14,567	2.72%	15.6%
Hispanic:	55,782	10.41%	23.6%

Total non-White:	99,403	18.55%	23.3%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	21,330	10.8
Deaths:	16,604	8.4
Net Migration:	30,239	15.3
Net Immigration:	6,584	3.3

Change in White population:	22,042	4.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	18,788	3.8

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
494,969
414,354	83.71%
6,035	1.22%
2,458	0.50%
14,369	2.90%
12,606	2.55%
45,147	9.12%
80,615	16.29%

2010
392,365
339,332	86.48%
4,180	1.07%
2,058	0.52%
10,051	2.56%
8,334	2.12%
27,905	7.11%
53,033	13.52%

2000
300,904
272,569	90.58%
1,829	0.61%
1,856	0.62%
5,558	1.85%
5,292	1.76%
13,467	4.48%
28,335	9.42%

1990
205,775
195,742	95.12%
1,107	0.54%
1,403	0.68%
2,307	1.12%
n/a
5,216	2.53%
10,033	4.88%

1980
173,036
165,947	95.90%
550	0.32%
938	0.54%
1,691	0.98%
n/a
3,822	2.21%
7,089	4.10%

1970
112,230
109,406	97.48%
299	0.27%
280	0.25%
377	0.34%
n/a
1,688	1.50%
2,824	2.52%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
46,644	11.9
25,848	6.6
62,128	15.8
5,883	1.5

75,022	19.1
27,582	7.0

Number	Rate
2000's
49,406	16.4
19,068	6.3
49,320	16.4
5,622	1.9

66,763	22.2
24,698	8.2

Number	Rate
1990's
39,282	19.1
15,493	7.5
57,391	27.9
3,425	1.7

76,827	37.3
18,302	8.9

Number	Rate
1980's
31,554	18.2
12,147	7.0
13,616	7.9
n/a

29,795	17.2
2,944	1.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
44,807	39.9
n/a

56,541	50.4
4,265	3.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Ada County, ID

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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
38.1
112,655	10.9%
918,113	89.1%
76,317	7.4%

190,641
2.54

126,299	66.2%
102,032	80.8%
8,525	6.7%
64,342	33.8%

2010
Number	Percent
34.8
103,706	26.4%
288,659	73.6%
41,048	10.5%

148,445
2.58

99,282	66.9%
77,808	78.4%
9,282	9.3%
49,163	33.1%

2000
Number	Percent
33.0
81,733	27.2%
219,171	72.8%
27,365	9.1%

113,577
2.59

78,150	68.8%
63,669	81.5%
6,936	8.9%
35,427	31.2%

1990
Number	Percent
31.8
57,957	28.2%
147,818	71.8%
21,419	10.4%

77,502
2.60

54,635	70.5%
45,795	83.8%
4,485	8.2%
22,867	29.5%

1980
Number	Percent
28.2
52,327	30.2%
120,709	69.8%
14,805	8.6%

63,273
2.69

46,105	72.9%
39,495	85.7%
3,738	8.1%
17,168	27.1%

2022 Housing Data for Ada County, ID

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	6,016	3.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,465	2.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	4,598	2.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	5,499	2.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,294	2.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	5,506	2.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	6,940	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	6,066	3.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	6,719	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	13,541	7.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	19,144	10.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	29,749	15.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	20,813	10.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	15,895	8.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	17,584	9.2%
$200,000 or more	22,812	12.0%

Median Household Income	83,881
Per Capita Income	44,645

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	112
Compared to U.S.	97

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	6,401	3.4%
Public Assistance	5,169	2.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	13,481	7.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	219,646	75.1%
Unemployed	7,648	2.6%
In Armed Forces	1,009	0.3%

Total Labor Force	228,303	78.1%
Not in Labor Force	64,018	21.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	97,688	70,144	58.2%
Non-Profit	7,310	13,524	35.1%
Self-Employed	16,846	13,305	55.9%

Local Government	6,243	9,290	40.2%
State Government	5,957	7,458	44.4%
Federal Government	3,543	3,114	53.2%

Total Private + Self	114,534	83,449	57.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	23,053	33,386	40.8%
Total	137,587	116,835	54.1%

Pct. Govt.	14.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	49,399	19.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	54,698	21.4%
Professional, Technical	71,059	27.9%
Service Occupations	36,530	14.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,423	0.6%
All others	43,326	17.0%

White Collar		68.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	36,718	14.4%
Retail trade	29,499	11.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	23,773	9.3%
Manufacturing	21,810	8.6%
Educational services	21,189	8.3%
Construction	20,725	8.1%
Accommodation and food services	16,034	6.3%
Public administration	13,319	5.2%
Finance and insurance	12,394	4.9%
Other services	10,439	4.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	9,372	3.7%
Transportation and warehousing	8,551	3.4%
Wholesale trade	7,684	3.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	6,701	2.6%
Information	5,816	2.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	5,145	2.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,681	1.1%
Utilities	2,511	1.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	391	0.2%
Management	260	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	31,681	6.37%
Puerto Rican	2,096	0.42%
Cuban	401	0.08%
Dominican	390	0.08%

Total Central American	1,353	0.27%
Costa Rican	167	0.03%
Guatemalan	396	0.08%
Honduran	99	0.02%
Nicaraguan	128	0.03%
Panamanian	99	0.02%
Salvadoran	449	0.09%
Other Central American	15	0.00%

Total South American	3,016	0.61%
Argentinean	273	0.05%
Bolivian	14	0.00%
Chilean	129	0.03%
Colombian	955	0.19%
Ecuadorian	366	0.07%
Paraguayan	73	0.01%
Peruvian	633	0.13%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	573	0.12%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	5,380	1.08%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	2,349	0.47%
Indian	2,048	0.41%
Vietnamese	1,429	0.29%
Korean	1,303	0.26%
Filipino	1,302	0.26%
Japanese	1,113	0.22%
Laotian	908	0.18%
Thai	266	0.05%
Bhutanese	223	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	430,366	91.3%
Spanish	20,539	4.4%
Other Indo-European	3,322	0.7%
Other Asian	3,129	0.7%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	2,488	0.5%
Other	2,346	0.5%
Arabic	1,895	0.4%
Chinese	1,671	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,498	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	97,304	19.6%
German	86,326	17.4%
Irish	57,185	11.5%
American	22,317	4.5%
Italian	20,775	4.2%
European	18,575	3.7%
Scottish	15,692	3.2%
Norwegian	14,137	2.8%
Swedish	12,957	2.6%
French	12,518	2.5%
Dutch	8,726	1.8%
Polish	8,509	1.7%
Welsh	7,707	1.5%
Danish	6,144	1.2%
Scandinavian	5,530	1.1%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	484,081	97.3%
Not a citizen	13,413	2.7%

Native	468,733	94.2%
Foreign-born	28,761	5.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
5,303	1.6%	10,669	3.1%	67,466	19.8%	111,181	32.7%	94,823	27.9%	50,565	14.9%
Average years of education: 14.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	5,303	1.6%
9-12 Years	10,669	3.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	67,466	19.8%
Some College	111,181	32.7%
Bach. Degree	94,823	27.9%
Grad Degree	50,565	14.9%
Average years of education: 14.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	111,077	106,882	4,195	3.8%	5.6%
1991	115,546	110,602	4,944	4.3%	6.3%
1992	121,928	116,705	5,223	4.3%	6.5%
1993	129,140	124,080	5,060	3.9%	6.1%
1994	138,759	134,012	4,747	3.4%	5.5%
1995	143,754	138,612	5,142	3.6%	5.5%
1996	150,733	145,552	5,181	3.4%	5.4%
1997	156,240	151,398	4,842	3.1%	5.2%
1998	163,577	158,204	5,373	3.3%	5.2%
1999	166,743	161,479	5,264	3.2%	5.0%

2000	170,264	164,533	5,731	3.4%	4.7%
2001	175,821	169,047	6,774	3.9%	5.1%
2002	175,987	167,561	8,426	4.8%	5.6%
2003	177,508	168,962	8,546	4.8%	5.6%
2004	178,256	171,101	7,155	4.0%	4.9%
2005	186,803	180,684	6,119	3.3%	4.0%
2006	193,098	187,965	5,133	2.7%	3.4%
2007	196,976	191,741	5,235	2.7%	3.1%
2008	197,620	188,197	9,423	4.8%	5.0%
2009	198,030	180,477	17,553	8.9%	8.7%

2010	197,285	181,222	16,063	8.1%	8.8%
2011	200,106	185,656	14,450	7.2%	8.2%
2012	205,064	192,057	13,007	6.3%	7.4%
2013	208,167	196,090	12,077	5.8%	6.8%
2014	210,952	203,035	7,917	3.8%	4.4%
2015	217,455	210,124	7,331	3.4%	3.9%
2016	225,135	217,925	7,210	3.2%	3.7%
2017	234,461	227,935	6,526	2.8%	3.2%
2018	244,253	238,271	5,982	2.4%	2.8%
2019	253,677	247,613	6,064	2.4%	2.8%

2020	257,677	243,784	13,893	5.4%	5.4%
2021	267,054	258,509	8,545	3.2%	3.5%
2022	275,602	269,248	6,354	2.3%	2.7%
2023	286,174	278,326	7,848	2.7%	3.1%
2024	293,329	283,597	9,732	3.3%	3.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	198,516
Median Value	$423,500

Occupied	190,641	96.0%
Vacant	7,875	4.0%

Owned	136,018	71.3%
Rented	54,623	28.7%
Median Rent	$1,320

Single-Family Units	157,522	79.3%
Detached	147,881	74.5%
Attached	9,641	4.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	21,788	11.0%
Mobile Homes	6,458	3.3%

Ada County, ID

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Ada County, ID

2022 Housing Data for Ada County, ID

2022 Income & Employment Data for Ada County, ID

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Ada County, ID

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Ada County, ID

Historical Labor Force Data for Ada County, ID