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| Table 1-6 |
| Urban and Rural Population of Idaho Counties, Census Years, 1980-1990 |
| Urban | Rural | |||||||||
| 1980 | 1990 | 1980 | 1990 | |||||||
| N | % Total | % Change | N | % Total | % Change | N | % Change | N | % Change | |
| State of Idaho | 509,702 | 54 | 32.2 | 578,214 | 57.4 | 13.4 | 434,233 | 32.7 | 428,535 | -1.3 |
| Ada | 144,126 | 83.3 | 64.1 | 180,864 | 87.9 | 25.5 | 28,910 | 18.4 | 24,911 | -13.8 |
| Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,347 | 16.3 | 3,254 | -2.8 |
| Bannock | 53,401 | 81.6 | 24.3 | 55,220 | 83.6 | 3.4 | 12,020 | 30.1 | 10,806 | -10.1 |
| Bear Lake | 3,107 | 44.8 | 19.3 | 2,656 | 43.7 | -14.5 | 3,824 | 19.6 | 3,428 | -10.4 |
| Benewah | 2,794 | 33.7 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | -100 | 5,498 | 50.3 | 7,937 | 44.4 |
| Bingham | 13,365 | 36.6 | 18 | 14,493 | 38.6 | 8.4 | 23,124 | 29.6 | 23,090 | -0.1 |
| Blaine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,210 | 45.8 | 0 | 9,841 | 71.2 | 7,342 | -25.4 |
| Boise | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,999 | 70.1 | 3,509 | 17 |
| Bonner | 4,460 | 18.5 | 7.6 | 5,203 | 19.5 | 16.7 | 19,703 | 72.6 | 21,419 | 8.7 |
| Bonneville | 44,259 | 67.1 | 23.7 | 56,356 | 78 | 27.3 | 21,721 | 40.4 | 15,851 | -27 |
| Boundary | 0 | 0 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,289 | 103.9 | 8,332 | 14.3 |
| Butte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,342 | 14.3 | 2,918 | -12.7 |
| Camas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 818 | 12.4 | 727 | -11.1 |
| Canyon | 42,811 | 51.1 | 22.4 | 46,765 | 51.9 | 9.2 | 40,945 | 55.7 | 43,311 | 5.8 |
| Caribou | 4,051 | 46.6 | 36.1 | 3,111 | 44.7 | -23.2 | 4,644 | 30.6 | 3,852 | -17.1 |
| Cassia | 8,525 | 43.9 | 5.5 | 8,420 | 43.1 | -1.2 | 10,902 | 22 | 11,112 | 1.9 |
| Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 798 | 7.7 | 762 | -4.5 |
| Clearwater | 3,711 | 35.7 | -4.4 | 2,868 | 33.7 | -22.7 | 6,679 | -4.4 | 5,637 | -15.6 |
| Custer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,385 | 14.1 | 4,133 | 22.1 |
| Elmore | 13,943 | 64.7 | 11.6 | 13,849 | 65.3 | -0.7 | 7,622 | 52.7 | 7,356 | -3.5 |
| Franklin | 3,759 | 42.3 | 13.6 | 3,710 | 40.2 | -1.3 | 5,136 | 26.4 | 5,522 | 7.5 |
| Fremont | 3,212 | 29.7 | 11.6 | 3,010 | 27.5 | -6.3 | 7,601 | 30.3 | 7,927 | 4.3 |
| Gem | 4,605 | 38.5 | 16.7 | 4,601 | 38.8 | -0.1 | 7,367 | 35.4 | 7,243 | -1.7 |
| Gooding | 2,949 | 24.8 | 13.5 | 2,820 | 24.2 | -4.4 | 8,925 | 47.6 | 8,813 | -1.3 |
| Idaho | 3,666 | 24.8 | 0.8 | 3,226 | 23.4 | -12 | 11,103 | 20 | 10,557 | -4.9 |
| Jefferson | 2,624 | 17.1 | 100 | 2,681 | 16.2 | 2.2 | 12,680 | 9.1 | 13,862 | 9.3 |
| Jerome | 6,891 | 46.4 | 64.7 | 6,529 | 43.1 | -5.3 | 7,949 | 31 | 8,609 | 8.3 |
| Kootenai | 28,376 | 47.5 | 74.9 | 35,656 | 51.1 | 25.7 | 31,394 | 64.3 | 34,139 | 8.7 |
| Latah | 16,513 | 57.4 | 16.7 | 18,519 | 60.5 | 12.1 | 12,236 | 13.9 | 12,098 | -1.1 |
| Lemhi | 3,308 | 44.3 | 13.7 | 2,941 | 42.6 | -11.1 | 4,152 | 56.3 | 3,958 | -4.7 |
| Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,118 | 6.5 | 3,516 | -14.6 |
| Lincoln | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,436 | 12.4 | 3,308 | -3.7 |
| Madison | 11,559 | 59.3 | 39.7 | 14,302 | 60.4 | 23.7 | 7,921 | 52.9 | 9,372 | 18.3 |
| Minidoka | 8,601 | 43.6 | 80.6 | 8,451 | 43.6 | -1.7 | 11,117 | 1.4 | 10,910 | -1.9 |
| Nez Perce | 27,986 | 84.2 | 7.4 | 28,082 | 83.2 | 0.3 | 5,234 | 21.5 | 5,672 | 8.4 |
| Oneida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,258 | 13.8 | 3,492 | 7.2 |
| Owyhee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8,272 | 28.8 | 8,392 | 1.5 |
| Payette | 5,448 | 34.7 | 20.5 | 5,592 | 34 | 2.6 | 10,274 | 30.4 | 10,842 | 5.5 |
| Power | 3,626 | 53 | 30.9 | 3,810 | 53.8 | 5.1 | 3,218 | 53.6 | 3,276 | 1.8 |
| Shoshone | 3,417 | 17.8 | -10.3 | 2,591 | 18.6 | -24.2 | 15,809 | -0.6 | 11,340 | -28.3 |
| Teton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,897 | 23.2 | 3,439 | 18.7 |
| Twin Falls | 29,838 | 56.4 | 19.9 | 31,107 | 58.1 | 4.3 | 23,089 | 36.5 | 22,473 | -2.7 |
| Valley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,604 | 55.3 | 6,109 | 9 |
| Washington | 4,771 | 54.2 | 16.1 | 4,571 | 53.5 | -4.2 | 4,032 | 14.4 | 3,979 | -1.3 |
| Source: | U.S. Bureau of the Census, [year] Census of Population and Housing, Vol. 2, Population and Housing Unit Counts, Pt. 14, Idaho, CPH-2-14, 1980, 1990. |
| Notes: | % Total is the percentage of total population. |
| % Change is the percentage of change from the prior census year. | |
| According to the 1990 census definition, the urban population comprises all persons living in (a) places of 2,500 or more inhabitants incorporated as cities, villages, boroughs (except in Alaska and New York), and towns (except in the New England states, New York, and Wisconsin), but excluding those persons living in the rural portions of extended cities (places with low population density in one or more large parts of their area); (b) census designated places (previously termed unincorporated) of 2,500 or more inhabitants; and (c) other territory, incorporated or unincorporated, included in urbanized areas. An urbanized area comprises one or more places and the adjacent densely settled surrounding territory that together have a minimum population of 50,000 persons. | |
| In censuses prior to 1950, the urban population comprised all persons living in incorporated places of 2,500 or more inhabitants and areas (usually minor civil divisions) classified as urban under special rules relating to population size and density. To improve its measure of the urban population, the Bureau of the Census in 1950 adopted the concept of the urbanized area and delineated boundaries for unincorporated places. The 1950 definition has continued substantially unchanged, except for minor modifications in 1960, the introduction of the extended city concept in 1970, and changes since the 1970 census in the criteria for defining urbanized areas so as to permit such areas to be defined around smaller centers. In all definitions, the population not classified as urban constitutes the rural population. | |
Compiled by: Lily Wai, data input assisted by: Robert
Anton-Erik
Contact: Lily Wai
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