Shoshone County, Idaho

Shoshone County population, land area and income

Shoshone County had 14,074 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,637.4 square miles of land. It ranks 24th of 44 in Idaho by population and 8th by land area. That works out to 5.3 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, about the same as Shoshone County.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $59,937 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Shoshone County's population changed since 2020

Shoshone County gained 869 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 6.6%. That ranks 25th 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, Shoshone County recorded 640 births and 920 deaths, a natural change of -280. Net international migration added +23 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,160. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 1,160 people.

Where Shoshone County is

The Census internal point of Shoshone County is at 47.347700, -115.885100. 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 Shoshone County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Shoshone County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Shoshone County, 5,903 people together, or 42% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Shoshone County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Kellogg with 2,441.

Counties bordering Shoshone County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Shoshone County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Kootenai County, ID, with 188,323 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Kootenai County

  188,323 people

  44 mi WNW

• Bonner County

  53,955 people

  76 mi NNW

• Latah County

  42,180 people

  54 mi SW

• MT

  Sanders County, MT

  13,895 people

  43 mi NE

• Benewah County

  10,529 people

  36 mi WSW

• Clearwater County

  9,151 people

  48 mi SSE

• MT

  Mineral County, MT

  5,195 people

  40 mi ESE

Distance to Boise and the nearest big city

Boise is 258.2 miles S of Shoshone County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA (population 108,267), 66.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Coeur d'Alene, ID (population 57,355), 49.1 miles away.

Shoshone County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Shoshone County is 16079: state code 16 for Idaho plus county code 079. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $59,937.