Idaho · Census place 1661210

Paul, Idaho

Paul is a city in Minidoka County, Idaho with an estimated 1,722 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 71st largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,722
#71 of 86 in Idaho
Change since 2020
+43.9%
+525 people
Land area
0.7 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
2,327 / sq mi
State median 2,389
Orange pin: Paul. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boise.

Paul population, 2020 to 2024

Paul added 525 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +43.9%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,192. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Paul covers 0.74 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 2,327 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Paul is close to the typical town.

What county Paul is in

All of Paul's residents live in Minidoka County, which had 22,691 residents in 2024. Paul holds 7.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Paul

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Paul by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83347. 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 Paul is

The Census internal point of Paul is at 42.604300, -113.784800. Boise, the capital, is 141.2 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Heyburn, ID (3,744 people), 3.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Boise City, ID, 141.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.604300, -113.784800
DMS
42°36'15.48"N 113°47'5.28"W
UTM
12N 271556.8E 4720634.1N
Geohash
9rx46gbkj
Plus code
85J8J638+P3

Daylight in Paul

At 42.60° N, Paul gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Paul

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Heyburn, 3.3 miles away, with 3,744 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Paul, ID?

1,722 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 525 (43.9%) from 1,197 in July 2020.

What county is Paul in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Paul?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83347.

How far is Paul from Boise?

141.2 miles (227.2 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Paul.

What is the nearest larger city to Paul?

Heyburn, ID, with 3,744 residents, 3.3 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.