Idaho

Idaho Capital  | Boise

|

Nickname  | The Gem State

Official Language | None
Governor | Brad Little, R
Senator | Mike Crapo, R
(202) 224-6142
Contact
Senator | James Risch, R
(202) 224-2752
[No contact info]

Population  | 1,810,000 (2020)

Ratification of Constitution/or statehood  | July 3, 1890 (43rd)
| Motto: "Esto Perpetua" (Let it be Perpetual)

Idaho is a state in the USA, becoming the 43rd state to enter the Union on July 3, 1890. It is to the south of Canada, to the north of Nevada, to the west of Montana and to the east of Washington and Oregon. Idaho is known for producing potatoes.

The state Constitution of Idaho, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe. It says:

We, the people of the state of Idaho, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and promote our common welfare do establish this Constitution.

## Contents

* 1 Elected officials
* 1.1 Federal
* 1.2 Statewide
* 2 Statistics
* 3 NRA Grades Rankings of the State
* 3.1 U.S. Senate
* 3.2 U.S. House of Representatives
* 3.3 Local newspapers
* 3.4 Railroads
* 3.5 Utilities
* 3.6 Agriculture
* 3.7 Mines
* 3.8 Forestry
* 3.9 Other Large Employers
* 3.10 Cities/Counties
* 3.11 List of Major Companies Headquartered in the State
* 4 Politics
* 5 Counties
* 5.1 Idaho County
* 5.2 Idaho Cities Above 6000 Persons
* 6 Higher education
* 7 Miscellaneous facts
* 8 Notable people from Idaho
* 9 References
* 10 See also

## Elected officials[edit]

### Federal[edit]

* Sen. Mike Crapo (R)
* Sen. James Risch (R)
* Rep. Russ Fulcher [R, ID-1]
* Rep. Mike Simpson [R, ID-2]

### Statewide[edit]

* Governor Butch Otter (R)
* Lt. Governor Brad Little (R)
* State Controller Donna Jones (R)
* Secretary of State Ben Ysursa (R)
* State Treasurer Ron Crane (R)
* Attorney General Lawrence Wasden (R)
* Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna (R)

## Statistics[edit]

* Population: 1.3 million (and about 2.1 million cattle.)
* Population Density: 15.5 per square mile.
* Area: 83,437 square miles (rank 13 of 50).
* Average car insurance cost: $608/yr. (rank 48 of 50).
* Average home insurance cost: $326/yr. (rank 50 of 50).
* Average home price in Clearwater County: $112,725
* Average home price in Idaho County: $109,500
* Average home price in Kootenai County: $112,849
* Average home price in Latah County: $118,325 (skewed because of the large number of 120+ acre farms and ranches)
* Boston T. Party’s State Firearms Laws Ranking (see Essay:State Firearms Laws Ranking) from Boston's Gun Bible: 97%.[1]
* Per capita income: $23,727 (rank 41 of 50).
* ACT & SAT Scores Ranking: 15 of 50.[2]

## NRA Grades Rankings of the State[edit]

What the NRA Grades mean

### U.S. Senate[edit]

### U.S. House of Representatives[edit]

* https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/archive/2014/Idaho
* http://www.nrapvf.org/grades-archive/2012/Idaho.aspx
* http://www.nrapvf.org/grades-archive/2010/Idaho.aspx

### Local newspapers[edit]

* Coeur d’Alene Press
* Idaho State Journal
* Lewiston Tribune
* Idaho Statesman

### Railroads[edit]

* Watco Companies
* Union Pacific

### Utilities[edit]

* Idaho Power
* Intermountain Gas Company

### Agriculture[edit]

* Simplot
* Glanbia
* Cloverleaf Creamery
* Darigold
* Amalgamated Sugar

### Mines[edit]

* Hecla Mining Co.
* Agrium Conda
* US Silver
* Thompson Creek Mining Co.

### Forestry[edit]

* Idaho Forest Group
* Bennett Lumber
* Potlatch Corp
* Stimson Lumber
* Boise Inc.
* Clearwater Paper Corp.

### Other Large Employers[edit]

* Albertsons
* Micron Technologies
* Kootenai Health
* Boise State University
* Idaho State University
* State of Idaho Jobs
* Idaho Dept. of Education

### Cities/Counties[edit]

* Boise
* Nampa
* Lewiston
* Idaho Falls
* Pocatello
* Twin Falls
* Moscow
* Ada County
* Bonner County
* Twin Falls County
* Bannock County
* Nez Perce County
* Latah County

### List of Major Companies Headquartered in the State[edit]

* Albertsons (now Safeway/Albertsons)
* Amalgamated Sugar Company
* Boise Cascade
* Chelton Flight Systems
* Coldwater Creek
* Empire Airlines
* Hansen-Rice
* Idahoan Foods
* King's Discount Stores
* Micron Technology
* Native American Services Corp.
* Pacific Press Publishing Association
* Salmon Air
* Simplot
* Washington Group International
* WinCo Foods (an employee-owned discount grocery chain that does not accept credit cards)
* Yellowstone Bear World

## Politics[edit]

Idaho is strongly conservative, with the Republican Party dominating federal and state elections there since achieving statehood.

## Counties[edit]

### Idaho County[edit]

Much of Idaho is sparsely populated. As an example of the low population density in the West, one can cite Idaho County, Idaho: This one county measures 8,485 square miles-bigger than Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. But it has a population of just 15,400. And of those residents, roughly 3,300 people live in Grangeville, the county seat. Who lives in the rest of the county? There are far more deer and elk than there are people. The population density of the county is 1.8 people per square mile. The county has more than 3 million acres of United States Forest Service land, BLM land, and designated federal wilderness areas.

### Idaho Cities Above 6000 Persons[edit]

* Ammon, Population 14,199
* Blackfoot, 11,852
* Blanchard-Glengary 13,946
* Boise, 212,303
* Burley, 10,425
* Caldwell, 47,668
* Chubbuck, 14,166
* Coeur d'Alene, 45,579
* Eagle, 21,025
* Emmett Valley, 12,022
* Emmett, 6,516
* Garden City, 11,251
* Hailey, 7,920
* Hayden, 13,549
* Idaho Falls, 57,899
* Jerome, 11,027
* Kuna, 16,189
* Lewiston, 32,051
* Meridian, 80,386
* Moreland, 9,573
* Moscow, 24,499
* Mountain Home, 13,791
* Nampa, 83,930
* Orchard, 18,120
* Payette, 7,451
* Pocatello, 54,777
* Post Falls, 28,651
* Rathdrum, 7,024
* Rexburg, 25,732
* Sandpoint, 7,403
* Star, 6,194
* Thornton, 24,416
* Twin Falls, 45,158

## Higher education[edit]

Three major universities are located in Idaho. In the city of Moscow, in northwestern Idaho on the border of Washington, is the University of Idaho. Boise State University, located in southwestern Idaho in the city of Boise, is the biggest and most well known University. In the city of Pocatello, Idaho State University can be found. Recently, Boise State University has had great success in NCAA football, winning their first BCS Bowl game in winter of 2006-2007 with their thrilling Fiesta Bowl victory over Oklahoma.[3]

## Miscellaneous facts[edit]

The capital and largest city of Idaho is Boise.

The state is known as the Gem state.

The name "Idaho" is almost certainly a word made up by lobbyist George Willing, who falsely claimed it was a word in the Shoshone language.[4]

The movie Napoleon Dynamite was set in Idaho, and the Idaho State House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring the movie.[5]

## Notable people from Idaho[edit]

* Philo Farnsworth, a pioneer of television, was from Rigby.

* W. Mark Felt, who admitted to being the government source that exposed President Richard Nixon in the Watergate Affair, was born in Twin Falls.

* Ernest Hemingway lived in Ketchum.

* Ezra Pound, a notable Modernist poet, was born in Hailey.

* Steve Symms, Republican former U.S. Senator.

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Boston T. Party, Boston's Gun Bible, Chapter 34 Essay:Gun Laws in the 50 States and DC, Common law copyright, Wyoming American Redoubt \- Printed in the "united states of America" without any 4 USC §§ 105-110 Federal area or State: Javelin Press 1997-2008: pp. 34/3-8. ISBN 1-888766-06-9
2. ↑ Recommended Retreat Areas". Idaho,: The Survival Blog. Accessed February 10, 2015
3. ↑ FIESTA BOWL | BOISE STATE 43, OKLAHOMA 42 (OT): Broncos stun Sooners, accessed March 29, 2007
4. ↑ http://www1.relocate-america.com/states/id/
5. ↑ http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/2005/HCR029.html

## See also[edit]

* Idaho Falls Idaho Temple

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