Benewah County, Idaho

Benewah County population, land area and income

Benewah County had 10,529 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 776.9 square miles of land. It ranks 30th of 44 in Idaho by population and 34th by land area. That works out to 13.6 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Idaho has 15,019 residents; Benewah County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $60,872 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Benewah County's population changed since 2020

Benewah County gained 950 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 9.9%. That ranks 10th of 44 in Idaho for growth. The median Idaho county changed by +7.2%, and the state as a whole by +8.2%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Benewah County recorded 450 births and 597 deaths, a natural change of -147. Net international migration added +3 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,145. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 1,145 people.

Where Benewah County is

The Census internal point of Benewah County is at 47.218500, -116.633500. It sits in UTM zone 11N. The map shades Idaho's 44 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Benewah County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Benewah County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Benewah County, 3,612 people together, or 34% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Benewah County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is St. Maries with 2,487.

Counties bordering Benewah County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Benewah County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Spokane County, WA, with 555,947 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• WA

  Spokane County, WA

  555,947 people

  45 mi NW

• Kootenai County

  188,323 people

  32 mi N

• WA

  Whitman County, WA

  48,399 people

  48 mi WSW

• Latah County

  42,180 people

  28 mi S

• Shoshone County

  14,074 people

  36 mi ENE

Distance to Boise and the nearest big city

Boise is 249.6 miles S of Benewah County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA (population 108,267), 41.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Coeur d'Alene, ID (population 57,355), 34.3 miles away.

Benewah County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Benewah County is 16009: state code 16 for Idaho plus county code 009. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $60,872.