
Idaho State Statistics
State Statistics
- Idaho: The 13th Largest State in the U.S.
- High: 12,662 ft. (Mt. Borah) / Low: 738 ft. (Lewiston)
- Area: 83,557 square miles
- Water Mass: 823 square miles
- River Miles: 3,100 – (more than any other state)
- Capitol: Boise, Idaho’s City of Trees
- State Flower: Syringa
- State Horse: Appaloosa
- State Bird: Mountain Bluebird
- State Gem: Star Garnet
- State Tree: Western White Pine
- State Dance: Square Dance
- State Fish: Rainbow Trout
- State Motto: “Esto Perpetua”
- State Population: 1.2 million
Ten Largest Cities
- Boise: 157,452
- Pocatello: 53,047
- Idaho Falls: 48,122
- Nampa: 41,951
- Twin Falls: 33,296
- Coeur d’Alene: 32,565
- Lewiston: 30,363
- Meridian: 25,377
- Caldwell: 22,340
- Moscow: 19,312
Production
Idaho is number one in the nation in the production of:
- Potatoes
- Trout
- Austrian Winter Peas
- Lentils
Major Industries
- Manufacturing
- Agriculture
- Tourism
- Food Processing
- Timber & Mining
City Designations
- Arco – First City Lit by Atomic Energy, July, 1955
- Ashton – First Dog Sled Race in the Lower 48
- Boise – Idaho’s City of Trees
- Blackfoot – Potato Capital of the World
- Buhl – Trout Capital of the World
- Bruneau – Highest Sand Dunes in America
- Coeur d’Alene – Idaho’s All-America City
- Craters of the Moon – Lava Rock Capital
- Elk River – Western White Pine Capital
- Hagerman – World’s Oldest Horse Fossil
- Hells Canyon – America’s Deepest Gorge
- Kooskia – Elk Capital of the World
- Last Chance – Fly Fishing Capital
- Lewiston – Oldest City in Idaho
- Moscow – Pea & Lentil Capital of the World
- Riggins & Salmon – Whitewater Capitals of the World
- Salmon River – River of No Return
- Sun Valley – America’s First Ski Resort
- Twin Falls – Evel Kneivel Jump Site of 1974
- Wallace & Kellogg – Largest Silver Mines in the U.S.