Idaho · Census place 1671470

St. Maries, Idaho

St. Maries is a city in Benewah County, Idaho with an estimated 2,487 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 56th largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,487
#56 of 86 in Idaho
Change since 2020
+5.2%
+122 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
2,090 / sq mi
State median 2,389
Orange pin: St. Maries. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boise.

St. Maries population, 2020 to 2024

St. Maries added 122 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.2%. In the latest year it moved by +9.

2,36520202,42120212,48120222,47820232,4872024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,358. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

St. Maries covers 1.19 square miles of land, for 2,090 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so St. Maries is less dense than the typical town.

What county St. Maries is in

All of St. Maries's residents live in Benewah County, which had 10,529 residents in 2024. St. Maries holds 23.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in St. Maries

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps St. Maries by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83861. 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 St. Maries is

The Census internal point of St. Maries is at 47.314600, -116.572200. Boise, the capital, is 256.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Coeur d'Alene, ID (57,355 people), 28.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 39.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.314600, -116.572200
DMS
47°18'52.56"N 116°34'19.92"W
UTM
11N 532332.3E 5240214.2N
Geohash
c2mj5m6ew
Plus code
85V58C7H+R4

Daylight in St. Maries

At 47.31° N, St. Maries gets about 15 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near St. Maries

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Plummer, 14.7 miles away, with 1,125 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of St. Maries, ID?

2,487 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 122 (5.2%) from 2,365 in July 2020.

What county is St. Maries in?

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

What ZIP codes cover St. Maries?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83861.

How far is St. Maries from Boise?

256.0 miles (412.0 km) in a straight line, heading S from St. Maries.

What is the nearest larger city to St. Maries?

Coeur d'Alene, ID, with 57,355 residents, 28.8 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.