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Idaho County Map With Cities

Complete list of all 44 counties in Idaho with population, area, and median income — plus a free printable blank map.

Counties
44
Population
1,803,111
Area
82,644 sq mi
Capital
Boise
Time Zone
America/Boise

Tap or click any county for details. Need a printable version? Blank Idaho county map (PDF/PNG/SVG).

All 44 Idaho counties

County Largest City Population Area Median Income Cities
AdaBoise500,7591,053 mi²$92,7827
CanyonNampa249,392587 mi²$78,6598
KootenaiCoeur D Alene184,2281,244 mi²$82,27610
BonnevilleIdaho Falls131,0271,866 mi²$79,5038
Twin FallsTwin Falls95,2121,921 mi²$67,7108
BannockPocatello72,8241,112 mi²$68,7927
MadisonRexburg56,613469 mi²$59,6934
ElmoreMountain Home49,6253,075 mi²$92,5506
BonnerSandpoint48,4681,735 mi²$69,92017
BinghamBlackfoot48,3392,094 mi²$78,74510
Nez PerceLewiston43,845848 mi²$71,9218
LatahMoscow40,9601,076 mi²$67,03310
JeffersonRigby32,1601,094 mi²$86,9407
CassiaBurley26,5402,565 mi²$70,3477
PowerAmerican Falls26,1261,404 mi²$59,4124
PayettePayette25,676407 mi²$67,3673
JeromeJerome25,223597 mi²$71,2133
BlaineHailey24,8832,644 mi²$93,5036
MinidokaRupert22,211758 mi²$67,1564
GemEmmett20,075561 mi²$66,2814
IdahoGrangeville18,7598,477 mi²$67,30814
OwyheeHomedale15,3497,666 mi²$68,6057
FranklinPreston15,056664 mi²$70,1046
ShoshoneKellogg13,6682,630 mi²$56,70712
GoodingGooding13,486729 mi²$63,1333
BoundaryBonners Ferry13,1531,269 mi²$67,7435
ValleyMccall12,5483,665 mi²$75,7445
TetonVictor12,425449 mi²$105,4974
FremontSaint Anthony11,7661,864 mi²$71,1536
WashingtonWeiser11,1381,453 mi²$53,5953
BenewahSaint Maries10,658777 mi²$61,8646
ClearwaterOrofino8,5562,457 mi²$63,9955
LemhiSalmon8,2484,563 mi²$54,38810
CaribouSoda Springs7,3551,764 mi²$67,9273
Bear LakeMontpelier6,384975 mi²$73,8199
BoiseGarden Valley6,0531,899 mi²$71,6786
LincolnShoshone5,3791,201 mi²$70,2253
OneidaMalad City4,7561,200 mi²$76,3282
AdamsCouncil4,7181,363 mi²$68,4984
CusterChallis4,1984,921 mi²$54,9525
ButteArco2,9572,232 mi²$56,4203
LewisCraigmont1,536479 mi²$62,8642
CamasFairfield1,0531,074 mi²$66,2502
ClarkDubois7531,764 mi²$54,1482

How many counties does Idaho have?

Idaho has 44 counties covering 82,644 square miles and roughly 1,803,111 residents. The state was admitted to the Union in 1890 as the 43rd state, and the current county boundaries reflect more than a century of administrative subdivision.

The largest county by land area is Idaho County at 8,477 square miles, home to about 18,759 residents. The most populous is Ada County with approximately 500,759 residents — a density of about 476 people per square mile.

At the other end of the scale, Clark County has only about 753 residents.

Boise is both the state capital and the largest city in Idaho.

Related resources

Download a printable outline of Idaho’s county boundaries from our blank map of Idaho page — available in SVG, PNG, and PDF.

Use the What County Am I In? tool to detect which Idaho county a GPS location or address falls in, or the Address to County Lookup for batch input.

For demographic radius analysis, the Find ZIP Codes in Radius and Population Within Radius tools let you draw a circle around any Idaho address and see every ZIP code and the total population inside.

Two SimpleMapLab studies cover Idaho specifically: the 100-mile radius around Boise measures how much of the state lives within 100 miles of its capitol, and the loneliest town in Idaho ranks the state’s most isolated inhabited place. The county-counts blog post puts Idaho’s 44 counties in national context.

Frequently asked questions

Idaho has 44 counties. The state was admitted to the Union in 1890 as the 43rd state. County boundaries have shifted over time as the population spread and new administrative units were carved from existing ones.
Idaho County is the largest by land area at 8,477 square miles, with about 18,759 residents.
Ada County is the most populous, with approximately 500,759 residents over 1,053 square miles.
Clark County has the smallest population at about 753 residents.
Boise is both the state capital and the largest city in Idaho.
Population, area, and demographic figures are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data (via the SimpleMaps dataset) and the US Census Gazetteer. County boundaries used to render the map are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line shapefiles. The data is public domain.
Data sources

Population and demographics are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data via the SimpleMaps dataset. Countiesboundaries are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. Land area is from the Census Gazetteer. State counts follow the US Census Bureau’s definition of counties and county-equivalents (50 states + DC = 3,144). All sources are public domain.

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