The Boise–Nampa, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) (commonly known as the Boise Metropolitan Area or the

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) is an area that encompasses Ada,

Boise Boise (, , ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho and is the county seat of Ada County. On the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and north of the Nevada border. The downtown area' ...

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, Gem, and Owyhee counties in

southwestern Idaho Southwestern Idaho is a geographical term for the area along the U.S. state of Idaho's borders with Oregon and Nevada. It includes the populous areas of the Boise metropolitan area The Boise–Nampa, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) (co ...

, anchored by the cities of

and Nampa. It is the main component of the wider Boise–Mountain Home–Ontario, ID–OR Combined Statistical Area, which adds Elmore and Payette counties in Idaho and

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. It is the state's largest officially designated

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and includes Idaho's three largest cities: Boise, Nampa, and

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. Nearly 40 percent of Idaho's total population lives in the area. Boise City Horizon

As of the 2021 estimate, the Boise–Nampa, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) had a population of 795,268, while the larger Boise City–Mountain Home–Ontario, ID–OR Combined Statistical Area (CSA) had a population of 850,341. The metro area is currently the third largest in the U.S. section of the

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after

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and

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, and is the 75th-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Downtown Boise 2013

Counties

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, there were 616,561 people, 170,291 households, and 120,118 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 89.80%

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, 0.52%

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, 0.80% Native American, 1.38% Asian, 0.14%

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, 5.02% from

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, and 2.35% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 8.96% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $36,695, and the median income for a family was $42,196. Males had a median income of $31,854 versus $23,244 for females. The

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for the MSA was $17,041.

Communities

Over 200,000 inhabitants

(principal city)

50,001 to 200,000 inhabitants

* Caldwell *

* Nampa

10,001 to 50,000 inhabitants

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* Kuna * Middleton * Mountain Home * Garden City *

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Ontario, Oregon Ontario is the largest city in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. It lies along the Snake River at the Idaho border. The population was 11,366 at the 2010 census. The city is the largest community in the region of far eastern Oregon, also k ...

5,001 to 10,000 inhabitants

* Emmett * Fruitland * Payette

1,001 to 5,000 inhabitants

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* Homedale * Marsing *

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Nyssa, Oregon Nyssa is a city in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. The population was 3,267 at the 2010 census. The city is located along the Snake River on the Idaho border, in the region of far eastern Oregon known as the "Treasure Valley". It is par ...

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* Wilder *

Vale, Oregon Vale is a city in and the county seat of Malheur County, Oregon, United States, about west of the Idaho border. It is at the intersection of U.S. Routes 20 and 26, on the Malheur River at its confluence with Bully Creek. Vale was selected a ...

1,000 inhabitants or fewer

* Adrian, Oregon * Crouch * Greenleaf * Horseshoe Bend * Idaho City *

Jordan Valley, Oregon Jordan Valley is a city in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Ontario, OR– ID Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies along Jordan Creek, a tributary of the Owyhee River; the creek is named for a 19th-century ...

* Melba *

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* Placerville

Unincorporated places

* Annex, Oregon * Arock, Oregon *

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* Basque, Oregon *

Beulah, Oregon Beulah is an unincorporated community in Malheur County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is along the North Fork Malheur River near Beulah Reservoir, north of Juntura. The community was named for Beulah Arnold, daughter of Thomas L. Arnold ...

* Bowmont * Bruneau * Burns Junction, Oregon * Cairo, Oregon * Crowley, Oregon *

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* Garden Valley * Hamilton Corner * Harper, Oregon * Huston * Ironside, Oregon * Jamieson, Oregon * Jonesboro, Oregon *

Juntura, Oregon Juntura is an unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon, United States on U.S. Route 20. The word ''juntura'' is Spanish for "juncture", and the community was named for its proximity to the confluence of the Malheur River with the Nor ...

* Letha * Lowman * McDermitt, Nevada-Oregon *

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* Ola * Owyhee, Oregon * Payette Junction, Oregon *

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* Riverside, Oregon * Rome, Oregon * Roswell * Sunnyslope *

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Transportation

Airports

Boise Airport Boise Airport (Boise Air Terminal or Gowen Field) is a joint civil-military airport in the western United States, south of downtown Boise in Ada County, Idaho. The airport is operated by the city of Boise Department of Aviation and is overs ...

* Nampa Municipal Airport * Caldwell Industrial Airport * Mountain Home Municipal Airport

Interstates

Interstate 84 * I-184

Interstate 184 Interstate 184 (I-184) is a short auxiliary Interstate Highway in Boise, Idaho, United States. It is a spur route of I-84 that connects the freeway to Downtown Boise, terminating at US Highway 20 (US 20) and US 26. Rou ...

U.S. highways

U.S. Route 20 U.S. Route 20 or U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest east to New England. The "0" in its route number indicates that US 20 is a major coast-to-coast route. ...

U.S. Route 26 U.S. Route 26 (US 26) is an east–west United States highway that runs from Seaside, Oregon to Ogallala, Nebraska. When the U.S. highway system was first defined, it was limited to Nebraska and Wyoming; by the 1950s, it continued into Idaho an ...

U.S. Route 30 U.S. Route 30 or U.S. Highway 30 (US 30) is an east–west main route in the system of the United States Numbered Highways, with the highway traveling across the northern tier of the country. With a length of , it is the third longest ...

U.S. Route 95 US Route 95 (US 95) is a major north–south US Highway in the western United States. It travels through the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho, staying inland from the Pacific Coast. US 95 begins in San Luis, ...

State highways

State Highway 16 * ID-19

State Highway 19 * ID-21

State Highway 21 * ID-44

State Highway 44 * ID-45

State Highway 45 * ID-51

State Highway 51 * ID-52

State Highway 52 * ID-55

State Highway 55 * ID-67

State Highway 67 * ID-69

State Highway 69 * ID-72

State Highway 72 * ID-78

State Highway 78 * ID-167

State Highway 167 * OR 52

Oregon Route 52 * OR 78

Oregon Route 78 * OR 201

Oregon Route 201 Oregon Route 201 is a north–south state highway in eastern Oregon. It currently runs from the Idaho state line just south of Adrian to Interstate 84 south of Huntington. Between the state line and Succor Creek Road, it is known the Homeda ...

Oregon Route 451 * OR 452

Oregon Route 452 * OR 453

Oregon Route 453 * OR 454

Oregon Route 454

Mass transit

ValleyRide

Colleges and universities

Major universities

Boise State University Boise State University (BSU) is a public research university in Boise, Idaho. Founded in 1932 by the Episcopal Church, it became an independent junior college in 1934 and has been awarding baccalaureate and master's degrees It became a pub ...

(BSU),

Boise, Idaho Boise (, , ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho and is the county seat of Ada County. On the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and north of the Nevada border. The downtown area ...

Four-year colleges and universities

Northwest Nazarene University Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) is a private Nazarene university in Nampa, Idaho. History Eugene Emerson organized a combination grade school and Bible school in 1913 as Idaho Holiness School. It was renamed twice in 1916, first to Northwe ...

(NNU),

Nampa, Idaho Nampa () is the largest city in Canyon County, Idaho. Its population was 100,200 at the time of the 2020 Census. It is Idaho's third-most populous city. Nampa is about west of Boise along Interstate 84, and six miles (10 km) west of Meridian. ...

* The

College of Idaho The College of Idaho (C of I) is a private liberal arts college in Caldwell, Idaho. Founded in 1891, it is the state's oldest private liberal arts college and has an enrollment of over 1,000 students. The college's alumni include eight Rhod ...

(C of I), Caldwell, Idaho *

University of Idaho The University of Idaho (U of I, or UIdaho) is a public land-grant research university in Moscow, Idaho. It is the state's land-grant and primary research university,, and the lead university in the Idaho Space Grant Consortium. The University ...

(U of I), Boise; Extension Campus *

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(ISU),

Meridian, Idaho Meridian is a city located in Ada County in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population of Meridian was 117,635, making it the second largest city in Idaho after Boise. Meridian is considered the state's fastest-growing city a ...

; Extension Campus

Community colleges and trade schools

* College of Western Idaho,

(CWI) Nampa; Main Campus, Aspen Classroom Bldg., Canyon County Extension Boise; Ada County Campus *

Treasure Valley Community College Treasure Valley Community College is a Public college, public community college in Ontario, Oregon, at the western edge of the Treasure Valley. Its service area is sections of Malheur County, Oregon, Malheur and Baker County, Oregon, Baker co ...

, Caldwell, Idaho (TVCC)

; Main Campus Caldwell, Idaho; Caldwell Campus * Northwest Lineman College (NLC), Kuna, Idaho * Heavy Equipment Operator School of Idaho, Boise * Stevens-Henager College,

* Carrington College, Boise *

Broadview University Broadview College, formerly Utah Career College, is a private for-profit college in West Jordan, Utah. It primarily award associate degrees. History Broadview College, originally The Bryman School, and later Utah Career College, was founded in ...

University of Phoenix University of Phoenix (UoPX) is a private for-profit university headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 1976, the university confers certificates and degrees at the certificate, associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree ...

Meridian; Main Campus *

Boise Bible College Boise Bible College (BBC) is a private Christian Bible college in Boise, Idaho. History BBC was founded in 1945 as a ministry of First Church of Christ in Boise, and housed in the basement of the church building at the corner of 18th and Eastma ...

, Boise

Major valley employers

Micron Technology Micron Technology, Inc. is an American producer of computer memory and computer data storage including dynamic random-access memory, flash memory, and USB flash drives. It is headquartered in Boise, Idaho. Its consumer products, includin ...

Boise, Nampa * Saint Luke's Medical Centers Boise, Meridian, Eagle, Nampa * Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Centers Boise, Nampa, Caldwell, Ontario * Simplot Boise, Caldwell *

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Garden City / Boise *

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBS, BCBSA) is a federation, or supraorganization, of, in 2022, 34 independent and locally operated BCBSA companies that provide health insurance in the United States to more than 106 million people. It was f ...

Meridian *

Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pac ...

Nampa *

T-Mobile US T-Mobile US, Inc. is an American wireless network operator headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas and Bellevue, Washington, U.S. Its largest shareholder is a multinational telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom AG, which , holds 48.4 per ...