Idaho: cities and towns by population

By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated 18 September 2026 · GeoNames

The largest of Idaho's 135 recorded places, ranked by population — 1,216,149 people across the state's towns and cities.

The essentials

Boise is the largest place we record in Idaho, with 235,684 residents. The three largest together hold 34% of the 1,216,149 people counted across the state's recorded towns and cities. That total sums listed places rather than measuring the state itself, so treat it as coverage, never as an official population.

All 135 places, ranked

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.

#	Place	Population
1	Boise	235,684
2	Meridian	90,739
3	Nampa	89,839
4	Idaho Falls	59,184
5	Pocatello	54,441
6	Caldwell	51,686
7	Coeur d'Alene	49,122
8	Twin Falls	47,468
9	Lewiston	32,544
10	Lewiston Orchards	31,422
11	Post Falls	30,453
12	Rexburg	27,663
13	Moscow	25,060
14	Eagle	23,612
15	Conda	21,260
16	Kuna	17,226
17	Ammon	14,960
18	Chubbuck	14,428
19	Hayden	14,133
20	Mountain Home	13,730
21	Blackfoot	11,740
22	Garden City	11,550
23	Jerome	11,184
24	Burley	10,436
25	Hailey	8,134
26	Sandpoint	7,835
27	Star	7,797
28	Rathdrum	7,538
29	Payette	7,380
30	Middleton	6,828
31	Emmett	6,604
32	Rupert	5,705
33	Weiser	5,317
34	Preston	5,212
35	Fruitland	5,087
36	Shelley	4,339
37	American Falls	4,321
38	Buhl	4,275
39	Rigby	4,029
40	Lincoln	3,647
41	Kimberly	3,610
42	Saint Anthony	3,542
43	Gooding	3,509
44	Heyburn	3,223
45	Fort Hall	3,201
46	Grangeville	3,155
47	McCall	3,106
48	Orofino	3,054
49	Salmon	3,036
50	Soda Springs	2,944
51	Wendell	2,744
52	Ketchum	2,728
53	Filer	2,691
54	Homedale	2,565
55	Bonners Ferry	2,549
56	Montpelier	2,509
57	Saint Maries	2,402
58	Dalton Gardens	2,386
59	Bellevue	2,300
60	Hidden Spring	2,280
61	Spirit Lake	2,086
62	Parma	2,082
63	Kellogg	2,069
64	Iona	2,056
65	Malad City	2,050
66	Victor	1,961
67	Aberdeen	1,929
68	Priest River	1,758
69	Driggs	1,689
70	Wilder	1,622
71	Pinehurst	1,580
72	Osburn	1,510
73	New Plymouth	1,503
74	Shoshone	1,488
75	Sun Valley	1,422
76	Sugar City	1,328
77	Marsing	1,287
78	Moreland	1,278
79	Kamiah	1,273
80	Hansen	1,249
81	Glenns Ferry	1,229
82	Paul	1,192
83	Lapwai	1,147
84	Ponderay	1,138
85	Ucon	1,132
86	Tyhee	1,123
87	Ashton	1,051
88	Challis	1,043
89	Plummer	1,019
90	Genesee	955
91	Cascade	938
92	Cottonwood	921
93	Grace	897
94	Greenleaf	882
95	Troy	880
96	Groveland	877
97	Inkom	870
98	Hagerman	867
99	Arco	857
100	Riverside	838
101	Council	808
102	Potlatch	805
103	McCammon	797
104	Oakley	790
105	Kootenai	789
106	Franklin	769
107	Wallace	761
108	Menan	754
109	Hazelton	741
110	Moyie Springs	717
111	Teton	709
112	Athol	696
113	Hauser	689
114	Horseshoe Bend	688
115	Mullan	675
116	Dover	660
117	Ririe	637
118	Downey	616
119	Dubois	606
120	Kooskia	606
121	Smelterville	603
122	Carey	602
123	Hayden Lake	599
124	Arbon Valley	599
125	Juliaetta	578
126	Roberts	573
127	Notus	546
128	Clark Fork	541
129	Melba	531
130	Deary	508
131	Paris	506
132	Idaho City	474
133	Nezperce	468
134	Fairfield	389
135	Murphy	97

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