- Nickname: Gem State
- Motto: Esto perpetua (Let it be perpetual)
- Flower: Syringa
- Bird: Mountain bluebird
- Area: 83,570 square miles (2000; U.S. rank: 14th)
- Elevation: Ranges from 710 feet to 12,662 feet
above sea level
- Climate: Tempered by Pacific westerly winds,
varying by altitude; hot summers in the arid south, cold
snowy winters in the central and northern mountains
- Admitted to Union: July 3, 1890
- Capital: Boise
- Head Official: Governor Dirk Kempthorne (R)
(until 2007)
- Population
- 1980: 944,000
- 1990: 1,006,749
- 2000: 1,293,953
- 2004 estimate: 1,393,262
- Percent change, 1990–2000: 28.5%
- U.S. rank in 2004: 39th
- Percent of residents born in state: 47.2% (2000)
- Density: 15.6 people per square mile (2000)
- 2002 FBI Crime Index Total: 42,547
- Racial and Ethnic Characteristics (2000)
- White: 1,177,304
- Black or African American: 5,456
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 17,645
- Asian: 11,889
- Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander: 1,308
- Hispanic or Latino (may be of any race): 101,690
- Other: 54,742
- Age Characteristics (2000)
- Population under 5 years old: 97,643
- Population 5 to 19 years old: 316,222
- Percent of population 65 years and over: 11.3%
- Median age: 33.2 years (2000)
- Vital Statistics
- Total number of births (2003): 21,823
- Total number of deaths (2003): 10,466 (infant
deaths,158)
- AIDS cases reported through 2003: 274
- Economy
- Major industries: Mining, lumbering, agriculture,
high technology, tourism
- Unemployment rate: 4.1% (February 2005)
- Per capita income: $25,583 (2003; U.S. rank:
46th)
- Median household income: $40,230 (3-year
average,2001-2003)
- Percentage of persons below poverty level:
11.8%(1999)
- Income tax rate: Ranges from 1.6% to 7.8%
- Sales tax rate: 6.0%
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