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| Table 1-2 |
| Land Area and Population Density of Idaho Counties, Census Years, 1980-1990 |
| 1980 | 1990 | ||||||
| Land Area (sq. mi.) |
Population | Density (/sq. mi.) |
Change from
Prior Census (%) |
Population | Density (/sq. mi.) |
Change from
Prior Census (%) |
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| State of Idaho | 82,751 | 944,127 | 11.4 | 32.4 | 1,006,749 | 12.2 | 6.6 |
| Ada | 1,055 | 173,125 | 164.1 | 54.3 | 205,775 | 195.1 | 18.9 |
| Adams | 1,365 | 3,347 | 2.5 | 16.3 | 3,254 | 2.4 | -2.8 |
| Bannock | 1,113 | 65,421 | 58.8 | 25.3 | 66,026 | 59.3 | 0.9 |
| Bear Lake | 971 | 6,931 | 7.1 | 19.5 | 6,084 | 6.3 | -12.2 |
| Benewah | 776 | 8,292 | 10.7 | 33.1 | 7,937 | 10.2 | -4.3 |
| Bingham | 2,095 | 36,489 | 17.4 | 25.1 | 37,583 | 17.9 | 3 |
| Blaine | 2,645 | 9,841 | 3.7 | 71.2 | 13,552 | 5.1 | 37.7 |
| Boise | 1,903 | 2,999 | 1.6 | 70.1 | 3,509 | 1.8 | 17 |
| Bonner | 1,738 | 24,163 | 13.9 | 55.3 | 26,622 | 15.3 | 10.2 |
| Bonneville | 1,869 | 65,980 | 35.3 | 25.8 | 72,207 | 38.6 | 9.4 |
| Boundary | 1,269 | 7,289 | 5.7 | 32.9 | 8,332 | 6.6 | 14.3 |
| Butte | 2,233 | 3,342 | 1.5 | 14.3 | 2,918 | 1.3 | -12.7 |
| Camas | 1,075 | 818 | 0.8 | 12.4 | 727 | 0.7 | -11.1 |
| Canyon | 590 | 83,756 | 142 | 36.7 | 90,076 | 152.7 | 7.6 |
| Caribou | 1,766 | 8,695 | 4.9 | 33.1 | 6,963 | 3.9 | -19.9 |
| Cassia | 2,567 | 19,427 | 7.6 | 14.2 | 19,532 | 7.6 | 0.5 |
| Clark | 1,765 | 798 | 0.5 | 7.7 | 762 | 0.4 | -4.5 |
| Clearwater | 2,462 | 10,390 | 4.2 | -4.4 | 8,505 | 3.5 | -18.1 |
| Custer | 4,926 | 3,385 | 0.7 | 14.1 | 4,133 | 0.8 | 22.1 |
| Elmore | 3,078 | 21,565 | 7 | 23.4 | 21,205 | 6.9 | -1.7 |
| Franklin | 666 | 8,895 | 13.4 | 20.6 | 9,232 | 13.9 | 3.8 |
| Fremont | 1,867 | 10,813 | 5.8 | 24.1 | 10,937 | 5.9 | 1.2 |
| Gem | 563 | 11,972 | 21.3 | 27.5 | 11,844 | 21 | -1.1 |
| Gooding | 731 | 11,874 | 16.2 | 37.4 | 11,633 | 15.9 | -2 |
| Idaho | 8,485 | 14,769 | 1.7 | 14.6 | 13,783 | 1.6 | -6.7 |
| Jefferson | 1,095 | 15,304 | 14 | 30.4 | 16,543 | 15.1 | 8.1 |
| Jerome | 600 | 14,840 | 24.7 | 44.7 | 15,138 | 25.2 | 2 |
| Kootenai | 1,245 | 59,770 | 48 | 69.2 | 69,795 | 56.1 | 16.8 |
| Latah | 1,077 | 28,749 | 26.7 | 15.5 | 30,617 | 28.4 | 6.5 |
| Lemhi | 4,564 | 7,460 | 1.6 | 34 | 6,899 | 1.5 | -7.5 |
| Lewis | 479 | 4,118 | 8.6 | 6.5 | 3,516 | 7.3 | -14.6 |
| Lincoln | 1,206 | 3,436 | 2.9 | 12.4 | 3,308 | 2.7 | -3.7 |
| Madison | 472 | 19,480 | 41.3 | 44.8 | 23,674 | 50.2 | 21.5 |
| Minidoka | 760 | 19,718 | 25.9 | 25.3 | 19,361 | 25.5 | -1.8 |
| Nez Perce | 849 | 33,220 | 39.1 | 9.4 | 33,754 | 39.8 | 1.6 |
| Oneida | 1,200 | 3,258 | 2.7 | 13.8 | 3,492 | 2.9 | 7.2 |
| Owyhee | 7,678 | 8,272 | 1.1 | 28.8 | 8,392 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Payette | 408 | 15,825 | 38.8 | 27.6 | 16,434 | 40.3 | 3.9 |
| Power | 1,406 | 6,844 | 4.9 | 40.7 | 7,086 | 5 | 3.5 |
| Shoshone | 2,634 | 19,226 | 7.3 | -2.5 | 13,931 | 5.3 | -27.5 |
| Teton | 450 | 2,897 | 6.4 | 23.2 | 3,439 | 7.6 | 18.7 |
| Twin Falls | 1,925 | 52,927 | 27.5 | 26.6 | 53,580 | 27.8 | 1.2 |
| Valley | 3,678 | 5,604 | 1.5 | 55.3 | 6,109 | 1.7 | 9 |
| Washington | 1,456 | 8,803 | 6.1 | 15.3 | 8,550 | 5.9 | -2.9 |
| Source: | U.S. Bureau of the Census, County and City Data Book: 1994, 12th ed., 1994. |
| Note: | Land area data are 1990 figures and include dry land and land temporarily or partially covered by water. All density calculations are based on these 1990 figures. |
Compiled by: Lily Wai, data input assisted by: Robert
Anton-Erik
Contact: Lily Wai
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