In 2014, Idaho emerged as the second most small business friendly state, ranking behind Utah, based on a study drawing upon data from more than 12,000 small business owners. Idaho's energy landscape is favorable to the development of renewable energy systems. The plain served as an easy pass through the Rocky Mountains for westward-bound settlers on the Oregon Trail, and many settlers chose to settle the area rather than risking the treacherous route through the Blue Mountains and the Cascade Range to the west. In 2007, the Idaho Transportation Department stated the state's highway infrastructure faces a $200 million per year shortfall in maintenance and upgrades.

Above charts are based on data from the U.S. Census American Community Survey | ODN Dataset | API - Notes:1. Important industries in Idaho are food processing, lumber and wood products, machinery, chemical products, paper products, electronics manufacturing, silver and other mining, and tourism. Inland water consists of any lake, reservoir, pond, or similar body of water that is recorded in the Census Bureau’s geographic database. The central region of the Snake River Plain is known as the Magic Valley. In the 2006 elections, Republicans, led by gubernatorial candidate CL "Butch" Otter, won all the state's constitutional offices and retained both of the state's seats in the United States House of Representatives. The highest court in Idaho is the Idaho Supreme Court. As of January 2020, the State of Idaho contains 105 school districts[94] and 62 charter schools. The data was received as population per census tract. Boise is the home of Micron Technology, the only U.S. manufacturer of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips. [74] As the 13th‑largest state in terms of land area of 83,570 square miles (53,480,000 acres; 216,400 km2), distance creates the additional problem of "line loss". The Census Bureau developed the Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) System to automate the geographic support processes needed to meet the major geographic needs of the 1990 census. Idaho has a bicameral legislature, elected from 35 legislative districts, each represented by one senator and two representatives. Land area was calculated from the specific set of boundaries recorded for the entity (in this case, counties, which were then aggregated to metropolitan totals) in the Census Bureau's geographic database. Private institutions in Idaho are Boise Bible College, affiliated with congregations of the Christian churches and churches of Christ; Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg, which is affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a sister college to Brigham Young University; The College of Idaho in Caldwell, which still maintains a loose affiliation with the Presbyterian Church; Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa; and New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, of reformed Christian theological background. Shoshone Falls falls down cliffs from a height greater than Niagara Falls. On The Map is an interactive mapping application that shows in high definition where people live and where they work. In keeping with this, while there are no large wineries or breweries in Idaho, there are numerous and growing numbers of award-winning boutique wineries and microbreweries in the northern part of the state. The quantity of infrastructure assets is represented by the total estimated length of the following: • Arterial, collector and local roads (centre-line kilometres) • Alleys (kilometres) • Sidewalks (kilometres) • Sanitary, storm and combined sewers (kilometres), WAOFM - Census - Population and Housing, 2000 and 2010, WAOFM - Census - Population Density by County by Decade, 1900 to 2010, Hospital Inpatient Discharge Rates, Average Charges, Average Payments, and Charge-to-Payment Ratios by DRG - U.S., Northwest, and Washington State - FY2011, Choose Maryland: Compare Counties - Demographics, Census 2006 - Total Population By Census Year, Deer Tick Surveillance: Nymphs (May to Sept) excluding Powassan virus: Beginning 2008, Deer Tick Surveillance: Adults (Oct to Dec) excluding Powassan virus: Beginning 2008.

These maps clearly describe the uneven distribution of Homo sapiens on our planet.. Maps were created by Alasdair Rae, using Aerialod software and population density data.The height of each bar represents the number of people living in any one square kilometer. Science and technology have become the largest single economic center (over 25% of the state's total revenue) within the state and are greater than agriculture, forestry and mining combined. Nowadays, the population density in the United States is 94 per square mile. It opened its doors in 1892 and is the land-grant institution and primary research university of the state. Washington State provides most of the natural gas used in Idaho through one of the two major pipeline systems supplying the state. http://opendatanetwork.com/region/1600000US5363000/Seattle_WA. The Shoshoni word is "Ee-dah-how", and the Indian thought thus conveyed when translated into English means, "Behold! Boise State University is the most recent school to attain university status in Idaho. Sales tax applies to the sale, rental or lease of tangible personal property and some services. The state sales tax is 6% with a very limited, selective local option up to 6.5%. Food is taxed, but prescription drugs are not.