Pocatello, Idaho

Pocatello population, 2020 to 2024

Pocatello added 1,797 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.2%. In the latest year it moved by +55. Among 36 Idaho places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 33rd; the median place changed by +8.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Idaho has 16,745 people, so Pocatello is 3.5 times that size.

Pocatello covers 33.97 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 1,714 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Pocatello is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pocatello is in

All of Pocatello's residents live in Bannock County, which had 91,010 residents in 2024. Pocatello holds 64.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pocatello

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Pocatello by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83201, 83204, 83209. 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 Pocatello is

The Census internal point of Pocatello is at 42.872700, -112.463800. Boise, the capital, is 195.7 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Idaho Falls, ID (69,523 people), 47.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Salt Lake City, UT, 147.4 miles away.

Daylight in Pocatello

At 42.87° N, Pocatello gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pocatello

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Chubbuck, 3.8 miles away, with 16,577 people.