American Falls, Idaho

American Falls population, 2020 to 2024

American Falls added 296 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.5%. In the latest year it moved by +50.

American Falls covers 1.61 square miles of land, for 3,020 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so American Falls is denser than the typical town.

What county American Falls is in

All of American Falls's residents live in Power County, which had 8,381 residents in 2024. American Falls holds 58.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in American Falls

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps American Falls by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83211. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where American Falls is

The Census internal point of American Falls is at 42.782800, -112.854200. Boise, the capital, is 178.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pocatello, ID (58,231 people), 20.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Salt Lake City, UT, 146.5 miles away.

Daylight in American Falls

At 42.78° N, American Falls gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near American Falls

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Aberdeen, 11.2 miles away, with 1,856 people.