Idaho by the Numbers

1,466,465

Number of people living in Idaho (2006)

615,528

Number of people living in Ada and Canyon County (2005)

15.6

Number of people per sq mile (national average 79.6)

5%

Population increase in Canyon County since 2005

4%

Population increase in Ada County since 2006

20

Minutes average commute to work for Idahoans

83,557

Number of square miles in Idaho

91

Average high Temp in August

23

Average low temp in January

180 Sq

Miles of Idahos largest lake (Lake Pend Oreille)

880

Number square miles of water

115,595

Number of river and stream miles

4 Million

Acres of designated wilderness in Idaho

$2,098,455

Cost to build State Capital building, completed 1920

1890

The year Idaho became a state

46

Number of Starbucks in the sate (as of 8/8/20075:35 pm)

12,662

Highest point in Idaho (Mount Borah)

770

Lowest point (Lewiston)

5,848,750

Tons of potatoes produced in 2005 (28% of the nations total)

43,600,000

Number of trout raised in Idaho (over 12) or 73% of the nations total