Editing Idaho (section)

===Population===
[[File:Idaho population density 2020.png|thumb|upright=0.8|Idaho population density map]]
{{US Census population
| 1870 = 14999
| 1880 = 32610
| 1890 = 88548
| 1900 = 161772
| 1910 = 325594
| 1920 = 431866
| 1930 = 445032
| 1940 = 524873
| 1950 = 588637
| 1960 = 667191
| 1970 = 712567
| 1980 = 943935
| 1990 = 1006749
| 2000 = 1293953
| 2010 = 1567582
| 2020 = 1839106
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 2001619
| align-fn = center
| footnote = Source: 1910–2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical Population Change Data (1910–2020) |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |website=www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/ID,adacountyidaho/PST045221 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429012609/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<br/>2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=QuickFacts: Idaho |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/ID | website=Census.gov | publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 21, 2024}}</ref>
}}

The [[United States Census Bureau]] determined Idaho's population was 1,900,923 on July 1, 2021, a 21% increase since the [[2010 United States census|2010 U.S. census]].<ref name="PopEstUS">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/ID,adacountyidaho/PST045221|title=QuickFacts Idaho; UNITED STATES|website=2018 Population Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division|date=March 10, 2019|access-date=March 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121064053/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/id,US/PST045218|archive-date=January 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Idaho had an estimated population of 1,754,208 in 2018, which was an increase of 37,265, from the prior year and an increase of 186,626, or 11.91%, since 2010. This included a natural increase since the last census of 58,884 (111,131 births minus 52,247 deaths) and an increase due to net [[Human migration|migration]] of 75,795 people into the state. There are large numbers of Americans of English and German ancestry in Idaho. [[Immigration to the United States|Immigration]] from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 14,522 people, and migration within the country produced a net increase of 61,273 people.

According to the American Immigration Council, in 2018, the top countries of origin for Idaho's immigrants were Mexico, Canada, the Philippines, China and Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_idaho.pdf|title=Immigrants in Idaho}}</ref>

Idaho's population increased by 17.3% from 2010 to 2020, the second fastest rate of growth of any state that decade.<ref>[https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/idaho-population-change-between-census-decade.html Idaho: 2020 Census], United States Census Bureau, August 25, 2021.</ref>

Nampa, about {{convert|20|mi|-1}} west of downtown Boise, became the state's second largest city in the late 1990s, passing Pocatello and Idaho Falls. Nampa's population was under 29,000 in 1990 and grew to over 81,000 by 2010. Located between Nampa and Boise, Meridian also experienced high growth, from fewer than 10,000 residents in 1990 to more than 75,000 in 2010 and is now Idaho's third largest city. Growth of 5% or more over the same period has also been observed in [[Caldwell, Idaho|Caldwell]], [[Coeur d'Alene, Idaho|Coeur d'Alene]], [[Post Falls, Idaho|Post Falls]], and Twin Falls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/16000.html|title=Idaho|website=QuickFacts|place=US|publisher=Census Bureau|access-date=July 30, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611033538/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/16000.html|archive-date=June 11, 2012}}</ref>

From 1990 to 2010, Idaho's population increased by over 560,000 (55%). The [[Boise metropolitan area]] (officially known as the Boise City-Nampa, ID Metropolitan Statistical Area) is Idaho's largest. Other metropolitan areas, in order of size, are [[Coeur d'Alene, Idaho|Coeur d'Alene]], [[Idaho Falls, Idaho|Idaho Falls]], [[Pocatello, Idaho|Pocatello]] and [[Lewiston, Idaho|Lewiston]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 AHAR: Part 1 - PIT Estimates of Homelessness in the U.S. {{!}} HUD USER |url=https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/ahar/2022-ahar-part-1-pit-estimates-of-homelessness-in-the-us.html |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=www.huduser.gov}}</ref>

According to [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|HUD]]'s 2022 [[Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress|Annual Homeless Assessment Report]], there were an estimated 1,998 [[Homelessness|homeless]] people in Idaho.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2007-2022 PIT Counts by State |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress |url=https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf}}</ref>

[[File:Ethnic Origins in Idaho.png|thumb|295x295px|Ethnic origins in Idaho]]
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible nowrap" style="font-size: 90%; display:inline-table;"
|+ '''Idaho historical racial composition'''
|-
! Racial composition !! 1970<ref name="census"/>!! 1990<ref name="census">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725044857/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html|url-status=dead|title=Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States|archivedate=July 25, 2008}}</ref>!! 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://idaho.us.censusviewer.com/client|title=Idaho :: Census Viewer :: CensusViewer :: Powered by Moonshadow Mobile|website=Idaho.us.censusviewer.com|access-date=September 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430075250/http://idaho.us.censusviewer.com/client|archive-date=April 30, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>!! 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|title=2010 Census Data|author=Center for New Media and Promotions (C2PO)|website=Census.gov|access-date=September 4, 2017}}</ref>!! 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html |title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census
 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=August 12, 2021 |website=census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2021-09-26}}</ref>
|-
| [[White people|White or European American]] || 98.1% || 94.4% || 90.1% || 89.1% || 82.1%
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Indigenous]] || 0.9% || 1.4% || 1.4% || 1.4% || 1.4%
|-
| [[Asian American|Asian]] || 0.5% || 0.9% || 0.9% || 1.2% || 1.5%
|-
| [[African American|Black]] || 0.3% || 0.3% || 0.4% || 0.6% || 0.9%
|-
| [[Native Hawaiian]] and <br />[[Pacific Islander|other Pacific Islander]] ||—||—|| 0.1% || 0.1% || 0.2%
|-
| [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Other race]] || 0.2% || 3.0% || 4.2% || 5.1% || 5.6%
|-
| [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]] ||—||—|| 2.0% || 2.5% || 8.3%
|}

[[File:Idaho ancestry.png|thumb|There are large numbers of Americans of German and English ancestry in Idaho.]]

According to the 2017 [[American Community Survey]], 12.2% of Idaho's population was of [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] origin, of any race: [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]] (10.6%), [[Stateside Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]] (0.2%), [[Cuban Americans|Cuban]] (0.1%), and other Hispanic or Latino origin (1.3%).<ref name="ACS2017DEMO">{{cite web |title=2017 American Community Survey—Demographic and Housing Estimates |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=March 25, 2020 }}</ref> The five largest ancestry groups were: [[German Americans|German]] (17.5%), [[English Americans|English]] (16.4%), [[Irish Americans|Irish]] (9.3%), [[American ancestry|American]] (8.1%), and [[Scottish Americans|Scottish]] (3.2%).<ref>{{cite web |title=2016 American Community Survey—Selected Social Characteristics |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP02/0400000US16 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213005501/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP02/0400000US16 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The majority of Idaho's population is of European descent. Most of Idaho's white residents trace their ancestry to the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, France, Italy, or Poland. There are also small numbers of Native Americans, Asians, and African Americans in the state.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| title=Rocky Mountains, Semi-arid Climate |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica | date=26 October 1998 | url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Idaho/Climate#ref79078}}</ref>

In 2018, the top countries of origin for Idaho's immigrants were [[Mexico]], [[Canada]], the [[Philippines]], [[China]] and [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_idaho.pdf|title=Immigrants in Idaho|website=americanimmigrationcouncil.org}}</ref>