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Idaho: population density

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 45 of 51 · Regions of United States Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1990 – 2025

Population density, 1990 – 2025 per km² · Idaho · United States · World
+23% since 2015
Idaho United States World

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Population density · per km²
Idaho
9.5
World
62.1 · 2023

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Idaho · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 9.5 · 2025
First value 4.7 · 1990
Highest 9.5 · 2025
Lowest 4.7 · 1990
Average change +2.0% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearIdahoChange United StatesWorld
2025 9.5 +1.4% 37.3 —
2024 9.3 +1.5% 37.1 —
2023 9.2 +1.4% 36.8 62.1
2022 9.1 +2.0% 36.5 61.6
2021 8.9 +3.0% 36.2 61.0
2020 8.6 +3.5% 36.2 60.4
2019 8.3 +2.1% 35.8 59.8
2018 8.2 +2.0% 35.7 59.2
2017 8.0 +2.0% 35.5 58.6
2016 7.8 +1.9% 35.2 57.9
2015 7.7 +1.2% 35.0 57.3
2014 7.6 +1.2% 34.7 56.6
2013 7.5 +1.1% 34.5 55.9
2012 7.4 +0.7% 34.2 55.2
2011 7.4 +0.8% 34.0 55.6
2010 7.3 +1.1% 33.8 54.9
2009 7.2 +1.3% 33.5 54.3
2008 7.2 +2.0% 33.2 53.6
2007 7.0 +2.5% 32.9 52.9
2006 6.8 +2.9% 32.6 52.3
2005 6.7 +2.6% 32.2 51.6
2004 6.5 +2.0% 32.0 51.0
2003 6.4 +1.8% 31.7 50.4
2002 6.2 +1.5% 31.4 49.7
2001 6.2 +1.7% 31.1 49.1
2000 6.1 +1.8% 30.8 48.4
1999 6.0 +1.9% 30.5 47.8
1998 5.8 +1.9% 30.1 47.2
1997 5.7 +2.1% 29.8 46.5
1996 5.6 +2.2% 29.4 45.8
1995 5.5 +2.8% 29.1 45.1
1994 5.3 +3.3% 28.7 44.5
1993 5.2 +3.4% 28.4 43.8
1992 5.0 +2.9% 28.0 43.5
1991 4.9 +3.0% 27.6 51.7
1990 4.7 27.2 50.8

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Regions of United States

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation density
1 District of Columbia 4,439
2 New Jersey 462
3 Rhode Island 391
4 Massachusetts 339
5 Connecticut 284
6 Maryland 239
7 Delaware 192
8 New York 159
9 Florida 154
10 Pennsylvania 110
11 Ohio 110
12 California 97.8
13 Illinois 88.0
14 Hawaii 85.1
15 Virginia 83.2
16 North Carolina 83.1
17 Indiana 72.5
18 Georgia 70.8
19 Michigan 67.9
20 South Carolina 66.0
21 Tennessee 64.0
22 New Hampshire 58.5
23 Washington 44.2
24 Kentucky 43.4
25 Texas 42.8
26 Wisconsin 41.4
27 Louisiana 41.2
28 Alabama 37.3
29 Missouri 34.4
30 West Virginia 28.7
31 Minnesota 27.4
32 Vermont 26.0
33 Arizona 24.7
34 Mississippi 24.5
35 Arkansas 22.4
36 Oklahoma 22.2
37 Iowa 21.8
38 Colorado 21.4
39 Oregon 17.0
40 Maine 16.8
41 Utah 15.1
42 Kansas 13.8
43 Nevada 10.8
44 Nebraska 9.7
45 Idaho 8.3
46 New Mexico 6.7
47 South Dakota 4.5
48 North Dakota 4.3
49 Montana 2.8
50 Wyoming 2.3
51 Alaska 0.5

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2019

What it means

How crowded a place is: residents per square kilometre.

How it is calculated

Residents divided by land area in square kilometres.