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Idaho population by race and ethnicity

Population by race and Hispanic or Latino origin from table B03002: eight mutually exclusive categories (White alone, Black or African American alone, American Indian and Alaska Native alone, Asian alone, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, some other race alone and two or more races, all not Hispanic or Latino, plus Hispanic or Latino of any race) that sum to the total population (B03002_003E-009E and 012E).

Change and comparison

White alone, not Hispanic or Latino is the largest category at 1,558,007; Hispanic or Latino is next at 286,185.

Historical data

Idaho population by race and ethnicity, 2010 to 2024Idaho population by race and ethnicity, 2010 to 2024. 8 series. White alone, not Hispanic or Latino: 1,320,295 in 2010, 1,558,007 in 2024.0500k1M1.5M2M201020152020Whitealone, notHispanic orLatinoHispanic orLatinoTwo or moreraces, notHispanic orLatinoAsianalone, notHispanic orLatinoPeopleIdaho population by race and ethnicity, 2010 to 2024Idaho population by race and ethnicity, 2010 to 2024. 8 series. White alone, not Hispanic or Latino: 1,320,295 in 2010, 1,558,007 in 2024.0500k1M1.5M2M201020152020White alone,not Hispanicor LatinoHispanic orLatinoTwo or moreraces, notHispanic orLatinoAsian alone,not Hispanicor LatinoPeopleIdaho population by race and ethnicity, 2010 to 2024Idaho population by race and ethnicity, 2010 to 2024. 8 series. White alone, not Hispanic or Latino: 1,320,295 in 2010, 1,558,007 in 2024.0500k1M1.5M2M201020152020White alone, notHispanic orLatinoHispanic orLatinoTwo or moreraces, notHispanic orLatinoAsian alone, notHispanic orLatinoBlack or AfricanAmerican alone,not Hispanic orLatinoPeople

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates. Published .

Data table (14 rows)
PeriodWhite alone, not Hispanic or Latino (people)Hispanic or Latino (people)Two or more races, not Hispanic or Latino (people)Asian alone, not Hispanic or Latino (people)Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino (people)American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic or Latino (people)Some other race alone, not Hispanic or Latino (people)Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic or Latino (people)
20101,320,295177,32626,90118,6168,52417,2824112,095
20111,323,093181,74031,09020,1967,49618,0092,410951
20121,330,942185,15931,84718,7578,26317,1571,9171,686
20131,340,870190,25029,57524,3438,53216,5784301,558
20141,352,954196,91231,05522,64710,31717,8471,0861,646
20151,367,034199,84037,83320,4158,82818,8374681,675
20161,385,885207,24832,69622,99310,18421,5227021,910
20171,407,302213,61939,20422,69810,94719,1361,7242,313
20181,434,463222,46438,57026,18610,00718,8671,4292,222
20191,458,027229,49439,87924,18612,34918,3542,4872,289
20211,495,476251,91684,09225,84913,67513,55414,6321,729
20221,531,219261,92181,11225,17411,86815,8258,7523,162
20231,539,914271,65780,19125,87115,22713,61314,7453,508
20241,558,007286,18587,11329,21514,35412,54111,2852,919

Residents by race and Hispanic origin

Population by race and Hispanic or Latino origin from table B03002: eight mutually exclusive categories (White alone, Black or African American alone, American Indian and Alaska Native alone, Asian alone, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, some other race alone and two or more races, all not Hispanic or Latino, plus Hispanic or Latino of any race) that sum to the total population (B03002_003E-009E and 012E).

  1. White alone, not Hispanic or Latino1,558,007
  2. Hispanic or Latino286,185
  3. Two or more races, not Hispanic or Latino87,113
  4. Asian alone, not Hispanic or Latino29,215
  5. Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino14,354
  6. American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic or Latino12,541
  7. Some other race alone, not Hispanic or Latino11,285
  8. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic or Latino2,919

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates. Data period 2024. Published .

Data table (8 rows)
Race and Hispanic origin2024 (people)
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino1,558,007
Hispanic or Latino286,185
Two or more races, not Hispanic or Latino87,113
Asian alone, not Hispanic or Latino29,215
Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino14,354
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic or Latino12,541
Some other race alone, not Hispanic or Latino11,285
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic or Latino2,919

Source

Organization
U.S. Census Bureau
Dataset
American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates
Geography
Nation and states, including the District of Columbia, plus the five Idaho places with population over 65,000: Boise City, Caldwell, Idaho Falls, Meridian and Nampa
Time coverage
2010-2019, 2021-2024
Update frequency
Annual
Published
Original file
https://api.census.gov/data/{year}/acs/acs1?get=NAME,{variables}&for=state:*|us:*|place:*+in+state:16&key=... (2021-2024 instead pulled from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/, see caveats)
Methodology
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/methodology.html
License
Public domain. U.S. federal government work.
Our copy
American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates, built by scripts/fetch-census-acs.py

Caveats

  • Values are single-year estimates; margins of error are not shown.
  • Dollar figures are in that survey year's dollars, not adjusted for inflation across years.
  • 1-year estimates are not comparable to 5-year estimates (census-acs5) for the same geography or metric.
  • There is no standard 2020 ACS 1-year release: the Census Bureau replaced it with experimental COVID-19 estimates, so 2020 is omitted here.
  • Place figures are for the incorporated city as the Census Bureau defines its boundary, not the metro area or county.
  • Which of Idaho's places clear the 65,000-person floor for 1-year estimates can vary by year.
  • The race and ethnicity breakdown uses table B03002, not B02001, whose race categories double-count people who are also Hispanic or Latino.

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Cite this page as Understand Idaho, “Idaho population by race and ethnicity”, https://understandidaho.com/population/race-ethnicity/, retrieved on the date you read it, and the publisher named above for the figures themselves. The dataset behind it is described in the data catalog.

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