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):

2024
Number	Percent
37.9
219,269	22.0%
779,229	78.0%
155,633	15.6%

349,348
2.61

237,629	68.0%
189,585	79.8%
16,714	7.0%
111,719	32.0%

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%

2024 Housing Data for Boise, ID-OR Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	11,788	3.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	8,503	2.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	7,955	2.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	10,448	3.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	9,521	2.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	10,723	3.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	11,028	3.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	12,924	3.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	11,895	3.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	24,978	7.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	37,595	10.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	52,058	14.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	41,037	11.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	28,185	8.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	32,807	9.4%
$200,000 or more	37,903	10.8%

Median Household Income	83,024
Per Capita Income	42,490

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	13,735	3.9%
Public Assistance	10,699	3.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	30,349	8.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	359,538	72.7%
Unemployed	13,005	2.6%
In Armed Forces	3,905	0.8%

Total Labor Force	376,448	76.1%
Not in Labor Force	118,133	23.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	169,272	125,832	57.4%
Non-Profit	12,601	22,809	35.6%
Self-Employed	32,856	22,119	59.8%

Local Government	11,915	18,263	39.5%
State Government	10,395	13,329	43.8%
Federal Government	6,644	4,991	57.1%

Total Private + Self	202,128	147,951	57.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	41,555	59,392	41.2%
Total	243,683	207,343	54.0%

Pct. Govt.	14.5%
Pct. Private + Self	77.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	80,800	17.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	88,191	19.5%
Professional, Technical	109,458	24.2%
Service Occupations	71,957	15.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	5,886	1.3%
All others	101,598	22.5%

White Collar		61.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	61,420	13.6%
Retail trade	50,754	11.2%
Construction	42,379	9.4%
Manufacturing	41,548	9.2%
Educational services	37,024	8.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	34,697	7.7%
Accommodation and food services	28,786	6.4%
Public administration	23,735	5.3%
Other services	20,600	4.6%
Finance and insurance	18,300	4.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	17,979	4.0%
Transportation and warehousing	17,608	3.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	12,621	2.8%
Wholesale trade	11,332	2.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	11,100	2.5%
Information	8,557	1.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	7,379	1.6%
Utilities	4,966	1.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	896	0.2%
Management	323	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	117,218	12.53%
Puerto Rican	3,784	0.40%
Cuban	853	0.09%
Dominican	314	0.03%

Total Central American	5,696	0.61%
Costa Rican	120	0.01%
Guatemalan	2,360	0.25%
Honduran	390	0.04%
Nicaraguan	298	0.03%
Panamanian	296	0.03%
Salvadoran	2,213	0.24%
Other Central American	19	0.00%

Total South American	5,945	0.64%
Argentinean	279	0.03%
Bolivian	34	0.00%
Chilean	83	0.01%
Colombian	2,407	0.26%
Ecuadorian	418	0.04%
Paraguayan	64	0.01%
Peruvian	1,964	0.21%
Uruguayan	56	0.01%
Venezuelan	640	0.07%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	12,051	1.29%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	2,937	0.31%
Filipino	2,841	0.30%
Chinese	2,759	0.29%
Japanese	1,932	0.21%
Vietnamese	1,846	0.20%
Korean	1,833	0.20%
Laotian	549	0.06%
Thai	412	0.04%
Taiwanese	138	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	772,502	87.5%
Spanish	76,965	8.7%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	6,617	0.7%
Other Indo-European	5,338	0.6%
Other Asian	4,577	0.5%
Other	4,087	0.5%
German, other Germanic	2,920	0.3%
Chinese	2,209	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2,209	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	166,357	17.8%
German	157,248	16.8%
Irish	96,301	10.3%
American	43,154	4.6%
Italian	32,006	3.4%
Scottish	28,490	3.0%
European	27,537	2.9%
Norwegian	24,513	2.6%
French	21,369	2.3%
Swedish	20,054	2.1%
Dutch	14,583	1.6%
Polish	13,543	1.4%
Danish	12,305	1.3%
Welsh	9,786	1.0%
Scandinavian	7,922	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	902,389	96.4%
Not a citizen	33,380	3.6%

Native	871,506	93.1%
Foreign-born	64,263	6.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
20,844	3.3%	30,521	4.8%	157,749	24.9%	203,570	32.1%	147,485	23.3%	73,936	11.7%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	20,844	3.3%
9-12 Years	30,521	4.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	157,749	24.9%
Some College	203,570	32.1%
Bach. Degree	147,485	23.3%
Grad Degree	73,936	11.7%
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	378,256
Median Value	$457,741

Occupied	349,348	92.4%
Vacant	28,908	7.6%

Owned	252,722	72.3%
Rented	96,626	27.7%
Median Rent	$1,399

Single-Family Units	300,900	79.5%
Detached	285,637	75.5%
Attached	15,263	4.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	32,489	8.6%
Mobile Homes	21,644	5.7%

Boise, ID-OR Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

2024 Housing Data for Boise, ID-OR Market Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Boise, ID-OR Market Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Boise, ID-OR Market Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Boise, ID-OR Market Area

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