What is the biggest city in Idaho?

Boise City is the biggest city in Idaho, with a population of 235,216 in 2024.

What is the fastest growing city in Idaho?

Ponderay is the fastest growing city in Idaho over the past 4 years, having grown 11.09% annually since 2020.

What are the 10 largest cities in Idaho?

The 10 largest cities in Idaho are: Boise City, Meridian, Nampa, Caldwell, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Coeur, Twin Falls, Post Falls and Rexburg.

Idaho Cities by Population (2024)

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City	Rank	2024 Population	2020 Census	Annual Change	Density (mi²)	Area (mi²)	Type
Boise	1	235,216	236,034	-0.09%	2,782	84.55	City
Meridian	2	139,920	119,443	3.8%	3,796	36.86	City
Nampa	3	118,587	101,310	3.78%	3,410	34.77	City
Caldwell	4	70,901	60,641	3.75%	3,015	23.52	City
Idaho Falls	5	68,699	65,905	1.03%	2,586	26.57	City
Pocatello	6	58,606	56,436	0.93%	1,746	33.57	City
Coeur	7	57,544	54,942	1.14%	3,571	16.11	City
Twin Falls	8	55,896	52,083	1.74%	2,853	19.59	City
Post Falls	9	46,646	39,253	4.13%	2,515	18.55	City
Rexburg	10	40,159	39,421	0.46%	3,971	10.11	City
Lewiston	11	35,033	34,245	0.57%	2,005	17.47	City
Eagle	12	32,802	30,870	1.49%	1,010	32.46	City
Kuna	13	29,238	24,484	4.23%	1,139	25.68	City
Moscow	14	26,677	25,515	1.1%	3,861	6.91	City
Ammon	15	20,197	17,875	2.96%	2,507	8.05	City
Star	16	17,961	11,447	9.97%	1,847	9.72	City
Mountain Home	17	16,921	16,048	1.31%	2,402	7.04	City
Hayden	18	16,678	15,652	1.56%	1,584	10.53	City
Chubbuck	19	16,593	15,669	1.41%	2,672	6.21	City
Jerome	20	13,388	12,376	1.93%	2,366	5.66	City
Blackfoot	21	13,189	12,427	1.46%	2,146	6.15	City
Garden City	22	12,947	12,295	1.27%	3,173	4.08	City
Rathdrum	23	12,343	9,289	6.59%	1,775	6.95	City
Burley	24	12,275	11,759	1.06%	1,816	6.76	City
Middleton	25	11,501	9,559	4.4%	1,881	6.11	City
Sandpoint	26	10,455	8,730	4.3%	2,444	4.28	City
Hailey	27	10,029	9,208	2.09%	2,551	3.93	City
Payette	28	8,784	8,192	1.71%	2,147	4.09	City
Emmett	29	8,749	7,721	3.03%	3,300	2.65	City
Fruitland	30	7,135	6,109	3.72%	2,972	2.40	City
Rupert	31	6,397	6,104	1.15%	3,107	2.06	City
Preston	32	6,273	5,629	2.63%	919	6.83	City
Weiser	33	6,188	5,660	2.18%	2,075	2.98	City
Rigby	34	5,745	5,072	3.01%	2,376	2.42	City
Kimberly	35	5,595	4,651	4.4%	2,752	2.03	City
Shelley	36	5,299	4,831	2.26%	2,934	1.81	City
American Falls	37	4,854	4,561	1.53%	3,007	1.61	City
Buhl	38	4,764	4,567	1.04%	2,535	1.88	City
McCall	39	4,181	3,721	2.83%	461	9.06	City
St. Anthony	40	4,130	3,708	2.61%	2,145	1.93	City
Lincoln	41	3,896	3,380	3.42%	2,505	1.55	CDP
Gooding	42	3,830	3,716	0.74%	2,521	1.52	City
Hidden Springs	43	3,752	3,416	2.29%	1,424	2.63	CDP
Heyburn	44	3,733	3,703	0.19%	1,429	2.61	City
Grangeville	45	3,713	3,328	2.65%	2,465	1.51	City
Ketchum	46	3,627	3,561	0.44%	1,132	3.21	City
Salmon	47	3,354	3,117	1.79%	1,337	2.51	City
Orofino	48	3,340	3,231	0.81%	1,353	2.47	City
Iona	49	3,225	2,745	3.86%	2,562	1.26	City
Homedale	50	3,222	2,910	2.48%	2,282	1.41	City
Mountain Home AFB	51	3,217	3,151	0.53%	323	9.97	CDP
Soda Springs	52	3,187	3,121	0.51%	720	4.43	City
Wendell	53	3,038	2,925	0.93%	2,161	1.41	City
Filer	54	3,015	2,759	2.17%	2,052	1.47	City
Bonners Ferry	55	2,751	2,534	2%	1,201	2.29	City
Montpelier	56	2,741	2,637	0.96%	1,182	2.32	City
Bellevue	57	2,578	2,564	0.12%	1,733	1.49	City
Spirit Lake	58	2,522	2,348	1.74%	1,027	2.46	City
St. Maries	59	2,509	2,364	1.46%	2,114	1.19	City
Dalton Gardens	60	2,504	2,539	-0.36%	1,051	2.38	City
Kellogg	61	2,493	2,320	1.75%	627	3.97	City
Fort Hall	62	2,483	2,733	-2.44%	71	35.13	CDP
Malad City	63	2,360	2,294	0.68%	1,397	1.69	City
Driggs	64	2,351	1,998	3.89%	672	3.50	City
Victor	65	2,323	2,170	1.66%	878	2.65	City
Sugar City	66	2,243	1,729	6.05%	1,131	1.98	City
Ponderay	67	2,173	1,303	11.09%	741	2.93	City
Parma	68	2,167	2,094	0.84%	2,005	1.08	City
Paul	69	1,900	1,198	10.14%	2,561	0.74	City
Aberdeen	70	1,870	1,761	1.47%	1,816	1.03	City
Priest River	71	1,849	1,669	2.49%	825	2.24	City
Pinehurst	72	1,813	1,681	1.85%	1,820	1	City
Sun Valley	73	1,764	1,791	-0.4%	184	9.56	City
Shoshone	74	1,747	1,657	1.27%	1,489	1.17	City
Wilder	75	1,715	1,595	1.78%	2,353	0.73	City
Osburn	76	1,686	1,576	1.63%	1,280	1.32	City
New Plymouth	77	1,583	1,514	1.09%	2,301	0.69	City
Tyhee	78	1,471	1,335	0.07%	512	2.87	CDP
Moreland	79	1,440	1,246	3.52%	591	2.44	CDP
Avimor	80	1,417	1,211	3.81%	1,040	1.36	CDP
Glenns Ferry	81	1,311	1,283	0.54%	631	2.08	City
Groveland	82	1,289	1,091	4.04%	561	2.30	CDP
Marsing	83	1,264	1,230	0.64%	1,856	0.68	City
Ucon	84	1,257	1,167	1.78%	1,378	0.91	City
Lapwai	85	1,217	1,169	1%	1,610	0.76	City
Kamiah	86	1,208	1,118	1.85%	1,100	1.10	City
Dover	87	1,196	775	9.62%	380	3.15	City
Moyie Springs	88	1,162	832	7.59%	750	1.55	City
Franklin	89	1,150	1,029	2.68%	883	1.30	City
Plummer	90	1,144	1,018	2.79%	906	1.26	City
Hansen	91	1,119	1,089	0.63%	3,206	0.35	City
Robie Creek	92	1,094	1,380	-6.09%	36	30.09	CDP
Genesee	93	1,090	1,030	1.4%	1,775	0.61	City
Kootenai	94	1,086	958	3.04%	1,960	0.55	City
Riverside	95	1,017	1,131	-2.68%	474	2.15	CDP
Cascade	96	1,016	999	0.4%	246	4.12	City
Hagerman	97	994	970	0.61%	1,690	0.59	City
Council	98	983	879	2.72%	932	1.05	City
Grace	99	953	921	0.85%	956	1	City
Ashton	100	951	950	0%	1,491	0.64	City
Arco	101	946	882	1.72%	886	1.07	City
Cottonwood	102	941	820	3.29%	1,122	0.84	City
Troy	103	935	894	1.08%	1,182	0.79	City
Challis	104	934	894	1.08%	473	1.97	City
Hauser	105	892	766	3.6%	736	1.21	City
Horseshoe Bend	106	872	726	4.31%	802	1.09	City
Teton	107	856	791	1.91%	1,242	0.69	City
Inkom	108	843	797	1.32%	882	0.96	City
Wallace	109	837	789	1.46%	922	0.91	City
Oakley	110	825	787	1.1%	178	4.62	City
Hazelton	111	815	806	0.25%	2,022	0.40	City
McCammon	112	812	828	-0.49%	365	2.23	City
Potlatch	113	799	769	0.88%	1,718	0.47	City
Greenleaf	114	783	811	-0.89%	1,017	0.77	City
Athol	115	742	709	1.09%	654	1.14	City
Menan	116	740	715	0.82%	717	1.03	City
Smelterville	117	721	669	1.84%	2,356	0.31	City
Ririe	118	718	665	1.84%	1,381	0.52	City
Carey	119	688	688	0%	199	3.45	City
Mullan	120	687	646	1.48%	831	0.83	City
Arbon Valley	121	686	882	-6.67%	20	33.88	CDP
Hayden Lake	122	674	653	0.75%	1,103	0.61	City
New Meadows	123	674	521	5.97%	1,154	0.58	City
Juliaetta	124	642	621	0.78%	920	0.70	City
Roberts	125	604	500	4.5%	1,924	0.31	City
Notus	126	602	608	-0.33%	1,618	0.37	City
Melba	127	593	573	0.85%	1,298	0.46	City
Letha	128	579	565	0.7%	1,281	0.45	CDP
Clark Fork	129	574	520	2.32%	583	0.98	City
Downey	130	571	566	0.18%	586	0.97	City
Kooskia	131	570	513	2.52%	927	0.61	City
Weston	132	561	515	2%	295	1.90	City
Paris	133	552	540	0.55%	158	3.49	City
Silverton	134	552	309	-2.13%	1,216	0.45	CDP
Idaho City	135	549	468	3.78%	826	0.67	City
Firth	136	548	520	1.29%	956	0.57	City
Dayton	137	541	519	0.93%	81	6.67	City
Pierce	138	541	467	3.44%	656	0.82	City
Deary	139	528	507	0.96%	802	0.66	City
Dubois	140	523	517	0.19%	192	2.73	City
Georgetown	141	520	502	0.78%	765	0.68	City
Fairfield	142	502	448	2.66%	573	0.88	City
Mackay	143	492	444	2.5%	568	0.87	City
Nezperce	144	490	458	1.66%	749	0.65	City
Craigmont	145	489	460	1.45%	629	0.78	City
Richfield	146	480	427	2.78%	732	0.66	City
Blanchard	147	472	222	3.74%	318	1.48	CDP
Grand View	148	471	445	1.29%	819	0.57	City
Clifton	149	467	415	2.86%	203	2.30	City
Lewisville	150	450	416	1.81%	678	0.66	City
Culdesac	151	424	416	0.47%	1,901	0.22	City
Weippe	152	421	403	0.96%	1,055	0.40	City
Riggins	153	410	373	2.24%	1,030	0.40	City
Garden Valley	154	405	475	-0.49%	55	7.33	CDP
Eden	155	404	394	0.5%	1,295	0.31	City
Elk City	156	390	116	21.5%	156	2.51	CDP
Lava Hot Springs	157	380	360	1.33%	552	0.69	City
Winchester	158	376	354	1.35%	2,136	0.18	City
Basalt	159	375	357	1.08%	1,280	0.29	City
Yellow Pine	160	371	235	6.3%	377	0.98	CDP
Mud Lake	161	363	318	3.13%	2,556	0.14	City
Declo	162	359	338	1.41%	1,296	0.28	City
Cambridge	163	358	336	1.42%	740	0.48	City
Arimo	164	349	352	-0.29%	777	0.45	City
Newdale	165	332	331	0%	1,804	0.18	City
Swan Valley	166	323	242	6.6%	28	11.61	City
Bancroft	167	316	296	1.61%	519	0.61	City
Dietrich	168	308	283	1.99%	951	0.32	City
Kendrick	169	298	290	0.68%	828	0.36	City
Parker	170	297	300	-0.34%	856	0.35	City
Hammett	171	294	212	7.69%	250	1.18	CDP
Irwin	172	293	263	2.45%	112	2.61	City
Tetonia	173	279	311	-2.79%	489	0.57	City
Hollister	174	271	245	2.26%	253	1.07	City
Bliss	175	267	259	0.76%	362	0.74	City
Gannett	176	264	388	-8.97%	101	2.62	CDP
Rockland	177	264	240	2.33%	907	0.29	City
Oldtown	178	259	221	3.6%	315	0.82	City
Donnelly	179	257	251	0.39%	360	0.71	City
Rockford Bay	180	257	355	-8.54%	68	3.77	CDP
East Hope	181	250	228	2.04%	540	0.46	City
Albion	182	248	235	1.22%	527	0.47	City
Worley	183	247	254	-0.8%	1,273	0.19	City
Castleford	184	229	217	1.33%	2,385	0.10	City
Harrison	185	223	231	-0.89%	63	3.56	City
Midvale	186	222	196	2.78%	86	2.57	City
Bloomington	187	219	197	2.34%	230	0.95	City
Laclede	188	218	364	-14.17%	191	1.14	CDP
Onaway	189	218	197	2.35%	1,453	0.15	City
Wardner	190	206	192	1.48%	236	0.87	City
Bovill	191	200	191	1.01%	1,258	0.16	City
Stites	192	194	176	2.1%	2,086	0.09	City
St. Charles	193	193	163	3.76%	263	0.73	City
Island Park	194	192	194	-0.52%	32	6.08	City
Crouch	195	183	159	3.39%	370	0.49	City
Moore	196	180	163	2.27%	634	0.28	City
Malta	197	179	166	1.7%	130	1.38	City
Princeton	198	175	123	8.03%	274	0.64	CDP
Rockford	199	175	223	-6.42%	158	1.11	CDP
Peck	200	173	165	1.17%	684	0.25	City
Bennington	201	172	94	9.55%	26	6.50	CDP
Fernan Lake Village	202	160	167	-1.23%	2,105	0.08	City
Murphy	203	154	190	-5.52%	39	4	CDP
Elk River	204	146	140	0.69%	1,007	0.14	City
Ferdinand	205	145	132	2.11%	829	0.17	City
Acequia	206	137	132	0.73%	257	0.53	City
Conkling Park	207	132	128	0.76%	126	1.04	CDP
Fernwood	208	126	222	-7.35%	98	1.29	CDP
Murtaugh	209	122	116	0.83%	542	0.23	City
Stanley	210	119	117	0%	219	0.54	City
Hope	211	106	97	1.92%	108	0.98	City
Huetter	212	103	99	0.98%	2,289	0.04	City
Leadore	213	101	95	1%	327	0.31	City
Tensed	214	97	85	3.19%	519	0.19	City
Minidoka	215	90	89	0%	857	0.10	City
White Bird	216	90	82	2.27%	1,385	0.07	City
Butte City	217	87	79	2.35%	515	0.17	City
De Smet	218	84	160	-18.45%	88	0.96	CDP
Sweetwater	219	80	264	-36.51%	67	1.19	CDP
Parkline	220	56	34	12%	113	0.49	CDP
Smiths Ferry	221	56	108	-18.84%	30	1.85	CDP
Placerville	222	48	46	0%	48	1	City
Reubens	223	45	41	2.27%	266	0.17	City
Oxford	224	44	39	2.33%	169	0.26	City
State Line	225	37	36	0%	336	0.11	City
Bruneau	226	33	60	-10.81%	21	1.61	CDP
Spencer	227	29	28	0%	25	1.14	City
Lowman	228	24	14	4.35%	12	2.03	CDP
Viola	229	24	90	-40%	24	1.01	CDP
Drummond	230	15	14	0%	156	0.10	City
Clayton	231	10	9	0%	156	0.06	City
Coolin	232	7	12	-12.5%	14	0.51	CDP
Banks	233	4	6	0%	2	2.21	CDP

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Idaho is one of America’s least populated states, ranking 39th with a population of 1.6 million despite ranking 11th in terms of size by area. Boise City is the only city in the state to have a population that surpasses 100,000, with a total of 218,281 people. The next largest city, Meridian, has less than half of this population, at just over 90,000, while the third most populous city, Nampa, barely trails behind with over 89,000 residents. There is a total of 21 cities with a population that exceeds 10,000.

In all, there are 201 incorporated municipalities that are designated as cities. These cities are spread across 44 counties. Idaho has many incorporated cities with populations that are less than 100 people, with the smallest being Warm River that has an estimated population of just 3 people.

Idaho Cities by Population (2024)