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Boise City, ID MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 21,737
  equals Births 42,853
  less Deaths 21,116
Net Migration 36,244
  equals net International Migration 4,457
  plus net Domestic Migration 31,787

The population of the Boise City, ID MSA changed from 618,020 on 2010 to 676,909 in 2015 -- a change of 58,889 (9.53%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), net migration (36,244) exceeded natural change (21,737); net migration has been the primary contributing factor for the metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • Boise City, ID MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Ada County, ID16001P0000001 393,464 401,088 408,921 416,439 426,847 434,211 40,747 10.36
Boise County, ID16015P0000001 7,008 7,003 6,801 6,739 6,826 7,058 50 0.71
Canyon County, ID16027P0000001 189,400 191,439 193,863 198,875 202,951 207,478 18,078 9.54
Gem County, ID16045P0000001 16,676 16,716 16,665 16,646 16,774 16,852 176 1.06
Owyhee County, ID16073P0000001 11,472 11,401 11,403 11,398 11,309 11,310 -162 -1.41
Total P0000001 618,020 627,647 637,653 650,097 664,707 676,909 58,889 9.53
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Ada County, ID16001B0000001 5,228 5,149 5,032 5,043 5,051 5,128 25,403 
Boise County, ID16015B0000001 28 38 32 40 44 43 197 
Canyon County, ID16027B0000001 3,252 3,154 2,986 3,094 3,163 3,211 15,608 
Gem County, ID16045B0000001 164 177 215 204 182 195 973 
Owyhee County, ID16073B0000001 140 128 147 139 131 127 672 
Total B0000001 8,812 8,646 8,412 8,520 8,571 8,704 42,853 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Ada County, ID16001D0000001 1,940 2,502 2,550 2,575 2,651 2,636 12,914 
Boise County, ID16015D0000001 72 59 44 48 51 47 249 
Canyon County, ID16027D0000001 976 1,251 1,256 1,432 1,321 1,303 6,563 
Gem County, ID16045D0000001 128 206 175 198 185 189 953 
Owyhee County, ID16073D0000001 128 97 88 96 74 82 437 
Total D0000001 3,244 4,115 4,113 4,349 4,282 4,257 21,116 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Ada County, ID16001NC000001 3,288 2,647 2,482 2,468 2,400 2,492 12,489 
Boise County, ID16015NC000001 -44 -21 -12 -8 -7 -4 -52 
Canyon County, ID16027NC000001 2,276 1,903 1,730 1,662 1,842 1,908 9,045 
Gem County, ID16045NC000001 36 -29 40 6 -3 6 20 
Owyhee County, ID16073NC000001 12 31 59 43 57 45 235 
Total NC000001 5,568 4,531 4,299 4,171 4,289 4,447 21,737 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Ada County, ID16001MI000001 648 569 760 796 918 933 3,976 
Boise County, ID16015MI000001 4 10 13 14 16 16 69 
Canyon County, ID16027MI000001 80 69 44 50 72 93 328 
Gem County, ID16045MI000001 24 17 9 9 11 11 57 
Owyhee County, ID16073MI000001 4 4 4 5 7 7 27 
Total MI000001 760 669 830 874 1,024 1,060 4,457 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Ada County, ID16001MD000001 592 4,100 4,606 4,590 6,576 3,838 23,710 
Boise County, ID16015MD000001 -36 7 -203 -60 80 237 61 
Canyon County, ID16027MD000001 -400 -41 683 3,311 1,976 2,416 8,345 
Gem County, ID16045MD000001 -236 35 -98 -24 120 55 88 
Owyhee County, ID16073MD000001 -244 -110 -59 -62 -150 -36 -417 
Total MD000001 -324 3,991 4,929 7,755 8,602 6,510 31,787 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Ada County, ID16001MN000001 1,240 4,669 5,366 5,386 7,494 4,771 27,686 
Boise County, ID16015MN000001 -32 17 -190 -46 96 253 130 
Canyon County, ID16027MN000001 -320 28 727 3,361 2,048 2,509 8,673 
Gem County, ID16045MN000001 -212 52 -89 -15 131 66 145 
Owyhee County, ID16073MN000001 -240 -106 -55 -57 -143 -29 -390 
Total MN000001 436 4,660 5,759 8,629 9,626 7,570 36,244 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Ada County, ID16001GQ000001 9,672 9,938 9,976 10,091 10,845 10,834 1,162 12.01
Boise County, ID16015GQ000001 34 34 34 34 34 34 0 0.00
Canyon County, ID16027GQ000001 3,335 3,328 3,275 3,362 3,440 3,439 104 3.12
Gem County, ID16045GQ000001 151 151 151 151 151 151 0 0.00
Owyhee County, ID16073GQ000001 160 160 160 160 160 160 0 0.00
Total GQ000001 13,352 13,611 13,596 13,798 14,630 14,618 1,266 9.48

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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