Idaho · Census place 1608830
Boise City, Idaho
Boise City is a city in Ada County, Idaho with an estimated 237,963 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 237,963
- #1 of 86 in Idaho
- Change since 2020
- +0.8%
- +1,920 people
- Land area
- 85.2 sq mi
- + 0.99 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,794 / sq mi
- State median 2,389
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Boise City population, 2020 to 2024
Boise City added 1,920 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +1,530. Among 36 Idaho places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 36th; the median place changed by +8.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Idaho has 16,745 people, so Boise City is 14.2 times that size.
Boise City covers 85.16 square miles of land and 0.99 of water, for 2,794 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Boise City is denser than the typical town.
What county Boise City is in
All of Boise City's residents live in Ada County, which had 535,799 residents in 2024. Boise City holds 44.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Boise City
11 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Boise City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83702, 83703, 83704, 83705, 83706, 83709, 83712, 83713, 83716, 83720, 83725. 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 Boise City is
The Census internal point of Boise City is at 43.599300, -116.229800. Boise, the capital, is 1.5 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Reno, NV (281,714 people), 336.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Meridian, ID, 8.6 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 837 m (2,746 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.599300, -116.229800
- DMS
- 43°35'57.48"N 116°13'47.28"W
- UTM
- 11N 562164.3E 4827657.7N
- Geohash
- 9rv251h03
- Plus code
- 85M5HQXC+P3
- Time zone
- America/Boise
Daylight in Boise City
At 43.60° N, Boise City gets about 15 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Boise City daylight page.
Places near Boise City
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Garden City, 5.8 miles away, with 12,936 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Boise City, ID?
237,963 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,920 (0.8%) from 236,043 in July 2020.
What county is Boise City in?
Ada County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Boise City?
11 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 83702, 83703, 83704, 83705, 83706, 83709, 83712, 83713, 83716, 83720, 83725.
How far is Boise City from Boise?
1.5 miles (2.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Boise City.
What is the nearest larger city to Boise City?
Reno, NV, with 281,714 residents, 336.5 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.