Idaho · Census place 1607840

Blackfoot, Idaho

Blackfoot is a city in Bingham County, Idaho with an estimated 13,224 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 21st largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
13,224
#21 of 86 in Idaho
Change since 2020
+6.6%
+814 people
Land area
6.2 sq mi
+ 0.28 sq mi water
Density
2,150 / sq mi
State median 2,389
Orange pin: Blackfoot. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boise.

Blackfoot population, 2020 to 2024

Blackfoot added 814 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.6%. In the latest year it moved by +235. Among 36 Idaho places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 23rd; the median place changed by +8.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Idaho has 16,745 people, so Blackfoot is 79% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,408. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Blackfoot covers 6.15 square miles of land and 0.28 of water, for 2,150 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Blackfoot is close to the typical town.

What county Blackfoot is in

All of Blackfoot's residents live in Bingham County, which had 50,889 residents in 2024. Blackfoot holds 26.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Blackfoot

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Blackfoot by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83221. 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 Blackfoot is

The Census internal point of Blackfoot is at 43.194600, -112.346800. Boise, the capital, is 196.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chubbuck, ID (16,577 people), 19.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Salt Lake City, UT, 168.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.194600, -112.346800
DMS
43°11'40.56"N 112°20'48.48"W
UTM
12N 390571.0E 4783305.6N
Geohash
9x8jerrdc
Plus code
85M95MV3+R7

Daylight in Blackfoot

At 43.19° N, Blackfoot gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Blackfoot

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Shelley, 17.0 miles away, with 5,262 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Blackfoot, ID?

13,224 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 814 (6.6%) from 12,410 in July 2020.

What county is Blackfoot in?

Bingham County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Blackfoot?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83221.

How far is Blackfoot from Boise?

196.3 miles (316.0 km) in a straight line, heading W from Blackfoot.

What is the nearest larger city to Blackfoot?

Chubbuck, ID, with 16,577 residents, 19.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.