Idaho Cities by Population (2024)

233 cities

City	Rank	2024 Pop.	2022 Pop.	Density (/mi²)	Area (mi²)	Change	Type
Boise City	1	235,216	236,727	2,782	84.6	-0.09%	City
Meridian	2	139,920	129,707	3,796	36.9	3.8%	City
Nampa	3	118,587	110,858	3,410	34.8	3.78%	City
Caldwell	4	70,901	65,867	3,015	23.5	3.75%	City
Idaho Falls	5	68,699	67,760	2,586	26.6	1.03%	City
Pocatello	6	58,606	57,824	1,746	33.6	0.93%	City
Coeur	7	57,544	56,660	3,571	16.1	1.14%	City
Twin Falls	8	55,896	54,368	2,853	19.6	1.74%	City
Post Falls	9	46,646	44,144	2,515	18.5	4.13%	City
Rexburg	10	40,159	40,453	3,971	10.1	0.46%	City
Lewiston	11	35,033	34,821	2,005	17.5	0.57%	City
Eagle	12	32,802	32,423	1,010	32.5	1.49%	City
Kuna	13	29,238	27,224	1,139	25.7	4.23%	City
Moscow	14	26,677	26,213	3,861	6.9	1.1%	City
Ammon	15	20,197	19,011	2,507	8.1	2.96%	City
Star	16	17,961	14,669	1,847	9.7	9.97%	City
Mountain Home	17	16,921	16,501	2,402	7.0	1.31%	City
Hayden	18	16,678	16,504	1,584	10.5	1.56%	City
Chubbuck	19	16,593	16,174	2,672	6.2	1.41%	City
Jerome	20	13,388	13,001	2,366	5.7	1.93%	City
Blackfoot	21	13,189	12,789	2,146	6.1	1.46%	City
Garden City	22	12,947	12,923	3,173	4.1	1.27%	City
Rathdrum	23	12,343	10,632	1,775	7.0	6.59%	City
Burley	24	12,275	12,145	1,816	6.8	1.06%	City
Middleton	25	11,501	10,642	1,881	6.1	4.4%	City
Sandpoint	26	10,455	9,768	2,444	4.3	4.3%	City
Hailey	27	10,029	9,658	2,551	3.9	2.09%	City
Payette	28	8,784	8,575	2,147	4.1	1.71%	City
Emmett	29	8,749	8,201	3,300	2.7	3.03%	City
Fruitland	30	7,135	6,732	2,972	2.4	3.72%	City
Rupert	31	6,397	6,238	3,107	2.1	1.15%	City
Preston	32	6,273	5,987	919	6.8	2.63%	City
Weiser	33	6,188	5,943	2,075	3.0	2.18%	City
Rigby	34	5,745	5,437	2,376	2.4	3.01%	City
Kimberly	35	5,595	5,084	2,752	2.0	4.4%	City
Shelley	36	5,299	5,115	2,934	1.8	2.26%	City
American Falls	37	4,854	4,698	3,007	1.6	1.53%	City
Buhl	38	4,764	4,674	2,535	1.9	1.04%	City
McCall	39	4,181	3,977	461	9.1	2.83%	City
St. Anthony	40	4,130	3,923	2,145	1.9	2.61%	City
Gooding	41	3,830	3,761	2,521	1.5	0.74%	City
Hidden Springs	42	3,801	3,584	1,443	2.6	2.92%	CDP
Heyburn	43	3,733	3,643	1,429	2.6	0.19%	City
Grangeville	44	3,713	3,557	2,465	1.5	2.65%	City
Lincoln	45	3,636	3,638	2,338	1.6	-0.03%	CDP
Ketchum	46	3,627	3,561	1,132	3.2	0.44%	City
Salmon	47	3,354	3,235	1,337	2.5	1.79%	City
Orofino	48	3,340	3,256	1,353	2.5	0.81%	City
Iona	49	3,225	3,028	2,562	1.3	3.86%	City
Homedale	50	3,222	3,133	2,282	1.4	2.48%	City
Soda Springs	51	3,187	3,178	720	4.4	0.51%	City
Mountain Home AFB	52	3,175	3,184	318	10.0	-0.16%	CDP
Wendell	53	3,038	2,971	2,161	1.4	0.93%	City
Filer	54	3,015	2,898	2,052	1.5	2.17%	City
Bonners Ferry	55	2,751	2,684	1,201	2.3	2%	City
Montpelier	56	2,741	2,732	1,182	2.3	0.96%	City
Bellevue	57	2,578	2,602	1,733	1.5	0.12%	City
Spirit Lake	58	2,522	2,511	1,027	2.5	1.74%	City
Fort Hall	59	2,509	2,608	71	35.1	-1.95%	CDP
St. Maries	60	2,509	2,478	2,114	1.2	1.46%	City
Dalton Gardens	61	2,504	2,530	1,051	2.4	-0.36%	City
Kellogg	62	2,493	2,438	627	4.0	1.75%	City
Malad City	63	2,360	2,287	1,397	1.7	0.68%	City
Driggs	64	2,351	2,245	672	3.5	3.89%	City
Victor	65	2,323	2,245	878	2.6	1.66%	City
Sugar City	66	2,243	2,038	1,131	2.0	6.05%	City
Ponderay	67	2,173	1,602	741	2.9	11.09%	City
Parma	68	2,167	2,123	2,005	1.1	0.84%	City
Paul	69	1,900	1,726	2,561	0.7	10.14%	City
Aberdeen	70	1,870	1,834	1,816	1.0	1.47%	City
Priest River	71	1,849	1,783	825	2.2	2.49%	City
Pinehurst	72	1,813	1,774	1,820	1.0	1.85%	City
Sun Valley	73	1,764	1,790	184	9.6	-0.4%	City
Shoshone	74	1,747	1,724	1,489	1.2	1.27%	City
Wilder	75	1,715	1,643	2,353	0.7	1.78%	City
Tyhee	76	1,714	1,469	597	2.9	7.73%	CDP
Osburn	77	1,686	1,653	1,280	1.3	1.63%	City
New Plymouth	78	1,583	1,542	2,301	0.7	1.09%	City
Avimor	79	1,533	1,314	1,126	1.4	7.65%	CDP
Moreland	80	1,354	1,343	556	2.4	0.45%	CDP
Glenns Ferry	81	1,311	1,295	631	2.1	0.54%	City
Marsing	82	1,264	1,263	1,856	0.7	0.64%	City
Ucon	83	1,257	1,226	1,378	0.9	1.78%	City
Robie Creek	84	1,250	1,237	42	30.1	0.56%	CDP
Groveland	85	1,242	1,190	541	2.3	2.14%	CDP
Lapwai	86	1,217	1,196	1,610	0.8	1%	City
Kamiah	87	1,208	1,181	1,100	1.1	1.85%	City
Dover	88	1,196	998	380	3.1	9.62%	City
Moyie Springs	89	1,162	976	750	1.6	7.59%	City
Franklin	90	1,150	1,096	883	1.3	2.68%	City
Plummer	91	1,144	1,111	906	1.3	2.79%	City
Hansen	92	1,119	1,099	3,206	0.3	0.63%	City
Riverside	93	1,113	1,074	519	2.1	1.74%	CDP
Genesee	94	1,090	1,059	1,775	0.6	1.4%	City
Kootenai	95	1,086	1,037	1,960	0.6	3.04%	City
Cascade	96	1,016	1,012	246	4.1	0.4%	City
Hagerman	97	994	986	1,690	0.6	0.61%	City
Council	98	983	946	932	1.1	2.72%	City
Grace	99	953	940	956	1.0	0.85%	City
Ashton	100	951	962	1,491	0.6	0%	City
Arco	101	946	917	886	1.1	1.72%	City
Cottonwood	102	941	895	1,122	0.8	3.29%	City
Troy	103	935	913	1,182	0.8	1.08%	City
Challis	104	934	930	473	2.0	1.08%	City
Hauser	105	892	837	736	1.2	3.6%	City
Horseshoe Bend	106	872	837	802	1.1	4.31%	City
Teton	107	856	831	1,242	0.7	1.91%	City
Inkom	108	843	824	882	1.0	1.32%	City
Wallace	109	837	824	922	0.9	1.46%	City
Oakley	110	825	816	178	4.6	1.1%	City
Arbon Valley	111	815	784	24	33.9	2%	CDP
Hazelton	112	815	813	2,022	0.4	0.25%	City
McCammon	113	812	821	365	2.2	-0.49%	City
Potlatch	114	799	781	1,718	0.5	0.88%	City
Greenleaf	115	783	800	1,017	0.8	-0.89%	City
Athol	116	742	732	654	1.1	1.09%	City
Menan	117	740	728	717	1.0	0.82%	City
Smelterville	118	721	702	2,356	0.3	1.84%	City
Ririe	119	718	698	1,381	0.5	1.84%	City
Carey	120	688	677	199	3.5	0%	City
Mullan	121	687	676	831	0.8	1.48%	City
Hayden Lake	122	674	666	1,103	0.6	0.75%	City
New Meadows	123	674	570	1,154	0.6	5.97%	City
Silverton	124	672	576	1,480	0.5	7.69%	CDP
Letha	125	667	572	1,476	0.5	7.58%	CDP
Juliaetta	126	642	635	920	0.7	0.78%	City
Roberts	127	604	565	1,924	0.3	4.5%	City
Notus	128	602	608	1,618	0.4	-0.33%	City
Melba	129	593	574	1,298	0.5	0.85%	City
Clark Fork	130	574	554	583	1.0	2.32%	City
Downey	131	571	563	586	1.0	0.18%	City
Kooskia	132	570	548	927	0.6	2.52%	City
Weston	133	561	539	295	1.9	2%	City
Paris	134	552	556	158	3.5	0.55%	City
Idaho City	135	549	509	826	0.7	3.78%	City
Firth	136	548	539	956	0.6	1.29%	City
Dayton	137	541	531	81	6.7	0.93%	City
Pierce	138	541	529	656	0.8	3.44%	City
Deary	139	528	515	802	0.7	0.96%	City
Dubois	140	523	528	192	2.7	0.19%	City
Georgetown	141	520	517	765	0.7	0.78%	City
Fairfield	142	502	475	573	0.9	2.66%	City
Mackay	143	492	476	568	0.9	2.5%	City
Nezperce	144	490	484	749	0.7	1.66%	City
Craigmont	145	489	484	629	0.8	1.45%	City
Richfield	146	480	448	732	0.7	2.78%	City
Grand View	147	471	466	819	0.6	1.29%	City
Blanchard	148	468	438	315	1.5	3.31%	CDP
Clifton	149	467	442	203	2.3	2.86%	City
Lewisville	150	450	429	678	0.7	1.81%	City
Culdesac	151	424	421	1,901	0.2	0.47%	City
Weippe	152	421	412	1,055	0.4	0.96%	City
Garden Valley	153	412	409	56	7.3	0.49%	CDP
Riggins	154	410	396	1,030	0.4	2.24%	City
Eden	155	404	397	1,295	0.3	0.5%	City
Yellow Pine	156	382	327	388	1.0	7.91%	CDP
Lava Hot Springs	157	380	376	552	0.7	1.33%	City
Winchester	158	376	369	2,136	0.2	1.35%	City
Basalt	159	375	369	1,280	0.3	1.08%	City
Gannett	160	369	316	141	2.6	7.9%	CDP
Mud Lake	161	363	341	2,556	0.1	3.13%	City
Declo	162	359	351	1,296	0.3	1.41%	City
Cambridge	163	358	349	740	0.5	1.42%	City
Arimo	164	349	349	777	0.4	-0.29%	City
Laclede	165	340	291	298	1.1	7.94%	CDP
Newdale	166	332	333	1,804	0.2	0%	City
Rockford Bay	167	326	306	86	3.8	3.16%	CDP
Swan Valley	168	323	283	28	11.6	6.6%	City
Bancroft	169	316	309	519	0.6	1.61%	City
Dietrich	170	308	297	951	0.3	1.99%	City
Kendrick	171	298	294	828	0.4	0.68%	City
Parker	172	297	302	856	0.3	-0.34%	City
Elk City	173	295	253	118	2.5	7.66%	CDP
Hammett	174	295	253	251	1.2	7.66%	CDP
Irwin	175	293	283	112	2.6	2.45%	City
Tetonia	176	279	300	489	0.6	-2.79%	City
Hollister	177	271	263	253	1.1	2.26%	City
Bliss	178	267	261	362	0.7	0.76%	City
Rockland	179	264	256	907	0.3	2.33%	City
Oldtown	180	259	247	315	0.8	3.6%	City
Donnelly	181	257	258	360	0.7	0.39%	City
East Hope	182	250	242	540	0.5	2.04%	City
Albion	183	248	244	527	0.5	1.22%	City
Worley	184	247	253	1,273	0.2	-0.8%	City
Castleford	185	229	221	2,385	0.1	1.33%	City
Harrison	186	223	228	63	3.6	-0.89%	City
Midvale	187	222	209	86	2.6	2.78%	City
Bloomington	188	219	210	230	1.0	2.34%	City
Onaway	189	218	210	1,453	0.1	2.35%	City
Wardner	190	206	203	236	0.9	1.48%	City
Murphy	191	201	172	50	4.0	8.06%	CDP
Bovill	192	200	196	1,258	0.2	1.01%	City
Stites	193	194	186	2,086	0.1	2.1%	City
St. Charles	194	193	180	263	0.7	3.76%	City
Island Park	195	192	195	32	6.1	-0.52%	City
Rockford	196	186	199	168	1.1	-3.63%	CDP
Crouch	197	183	173	370	0.5	3.39%	City
Moore	198	180	172	634	0.3	2.27%	City
Malta	199	179	175	130	1.4	1.7%	City
Sweetwater	200	177	172	148	1.2	1.72%	CDP
Peck	201	173	170	684	0.3	1.17%	City
Fernwood	202	170	146	132	1.3	7.6%	CDP
Fernan Lake Village	203	160	165	2,105	0.1	-1.23%	City
Conkling Park	204	152	130	145	1.0	7.8%	CDP
Princeton	205	149	149	234	0.6	0%	CDP
Elk River	206	146	143	1,007	0.1	0.69%	City
Ferdinand	207	145	141	829	0.2	2.11%	City
Acequia	208	137	134	257	0.5	0.73%	City
Bennington	209	134	142	21	6.5	-2.9%	CDP
Murtaugh	210	122	121	542	0.2	0.83%	City
Stanley	211	119	120	219	0.5	0%	City
De Smet	212	113	122	118	1.0	-4.24%	CDP
Hope	213	106	104	108	1.0	1.92%	City
Huetter	214	103	101	2,289	0.0	0.98%	City
Leadore	215	101	99	327	0.3	1%	City
Tensed	216	97	93	519	0.2	3.19%	City
Smiths Ferry	217	96	82	52	1.8	7.87%	CDP
Minidoka	218	90	89	857	0.1	0%	City
White Bird	219	90	87	1,385	0.1	2.27%	City
Butte City	220	87	84	515	0.2	2.35%	City
Viola	221	66	57	65	1.0	6.45%	CDP
Parkline	222	52	45	105	0.5	6.12%	CDP
Bruneau	223	48	41	30	1.6	9.09%	CDP
Placerville	224	48	48	48	1.0	0%	City
Reubens	225	45	43	266	0.2	2.27%	City
Oxford	226	44	41	169	0.3	2.33%	City
State Line	227	37	38	336	0.1	0%	City
Spencer	228	29	29	25	1.1	0%	City
Lowman	229	26	22	13	2.0	8.33%	CDP
Drummond	230	15	15	156	0.1	0%	City
Clayton	231	10	9	156	0.1	0%	City
Coolin	232	10	9	20	0.5	0%	CDP
Banks	233	6	5	3	2.2	20%	CDP

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.

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.

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