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Boise, ID
237,963 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1608830 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Boise ranked #32 of 340 cities and 3rd of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Boise and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Reno NV, Des Moines IA, Modesto CA, Lincoln NE, Sioux Falls SD, Santa Rosa CA, Madison WI, Cedar Rapids IA, Salem OR, Fort Collins CO, Lexington KY, Little Rock AR, Colorado Springs CO · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #32 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #63 | #92 | #71 | #39 | #60 | #55 | #42 | #32 | #42 | #20 | #27 | #28 | #26 | #15 | #37 | #93 | #29 | #16 | #32 | #45 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 200,728 | 204,937 | 207,379 | 207,317 | 206,527 | 209,576 | 212,635 | 215,627 | 217,330 | 219,440 | 220,850 | 224,604 | 227,648 | 228,442 | 228,959 | 236,043 | 238,214 | 237,614 | 236,433 | 237,963 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #28 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | +2.8 | +2.9 | +2.0 | +0.8 | +0.3 | — | +1.1 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +1.5 | +0.9 | +1.9 | +2.1 | +2.2 | +2.3 | +0.6 | +2.8 | +0.9 | +0.5 | +1.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #133 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 11 in its peer group with data | 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | — | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.1 | — | 6.9 | 4.8 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 3.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #110 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 16.8% | 16.7% | 17.1% | 18.1% | 19.2% | 19.4% | 21.1% | 19.5% | 19.8% | 18.9% | 18.8% | 18.9% | 19.5% | 19.9% | 19.1% | — | 20.7% | 20.0% | 22.3% | 22.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #35 of 304 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 2.5 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #120 of 295 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data | 21.4 | 28.8 | 19.8 | 15.4 | 13.1 | 13.8 | 10.8 | 17.6 | 13.8 | 19.6 | 23.1 | 19.1 | 22.0 | 23.6 | 21.4 | 35.6 | 32.3 | 25.3 | 24.1 | 39.9 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 155,509 | 157,389 | 160,283 | 157,867 | 146,248 | 146,430 | 148,878 | 149,061 | 152,877 | 157,530 | 160,888 | 166,528 | 169,467 | 176,580 | 179,096 | 177,166 | 174,875 | 184,237 | 187,869 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #226 of 329 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -1.1 | -3.4 | -2.0 | -0.1 | +0.1 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -1.7 | -1.4 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -1.2 | -1.9 | -0.8 | -1.4 | -1.6 | -5.2 | -0.6 | -0.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 103,592 | 108,811 | 110,427 | 108,441 | 114,337 | 116,035 | 120,845 | 120,973 | 125,351 | — | 125,575 | 131,781 | 127,819 | 127,194 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #88 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.3% | 8.4% | 5.9% | 5.2% | 5.4% | 4.5% | 3.9% | 3.3% | 4.5% | — | 2.8% | 1.9% | 3.5% | 4.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #216 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 13 in its peer group with data | 20% | 25% | 27% | 25% | 19% | 14% | 17% | 16% | 21% | 21% | 28% | 27% | 30% | 22% | 17% | 18% | 25% | 18% | 18% | 13% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #37 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 13 in its peer group with data | $1,596 | $1,522 | $1,470 | $1,306 | $899 | $766 | $320 | $505 | $875 | $853 | $770 | $682 | $731 | $708 | $529 | $458 | $383 | $536 | $711 | $671 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Boise. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.