Boise metropolitan area

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Boise Metropolitan Area

| official_name = Boise, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area

| settlement_type = Metropolitan Statistical Area

| image_skyline = Idaho Capitol Building.JPG

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| imagesize = 300px

| image_caption = Idaho State Capitol 2024

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| map_alt = Map of Boise metropolitan area

| map_caption = Map of Boise–Mountain Home–Ontario, ID–OR CSA

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{{leftlegend|#80009F|City of Boise}}

{{leftlegend|#FF0000|City of Meridian}}

{{leftlegend|#0000FF|City of Nampa}}

{{leftlegend|#A9A9A9|City of Caldwell}}

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{{leftlegend|#FF9200|Mountain Home, ID µSA}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = File:Flag of United States.svg United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = 23px Idaho
23px Oregon

| subdivision_type2 = Largest city

| subdivision_name2 = Boise

| subdivision_type3 = Other cities

| subdivision_name3 = - Meridian
- Nampa
- Caldwell
- Eagle
- Kuna
- Mountain Home
- Ontario, OR
- Payette

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| unit_pref = US

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_sq_mi = 11,833.06

| elevation_max_footnotes =

| elevation_max_ft = 10,751

| elevation_max_m = 3,277

| elevation_min_footnotes =

| elevation_min_ft = 2,000

| elevation_min_m = 610

| population_as_of = 2024

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 865,000

| population_density_sq_mi = 73.1

| population_density_km2 = 20.118

| population_rank = 74th in the U.S.

| demographics_type2 = GDP

| demographics2_footnotes = {{Cite web|title=Total Gross Domestic Product for Boise City, ID (MSA) |url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NGMP14260|work=Federal Reserve Economic Data |publisher=Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis}}

| demographics2_title1 = MSA

| demographics2_info1 = $49.947 billion (2022)

| timezone = MST

| utc_offset = -7

| timezone_DST = MDT

| utc_offset_DST = -6

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{{USCensusPop

| 1870=

| 1880=

| 1890=

| 1900=27034

| 1910=63705

| 1920=75088

| 1930=82224

| 1940=108917

| 1950=141059

| 1960=168270

| 1970=191090

| 1980=280035

| 1990=319596

| 2000=464840

| 2010=616561

| 2020=764718

| estimate=865000

| estyear=2024

| footnote=sources:[https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/id190090.txt census.gov – Idaho population by county, 1900–90] accessed 2009-05-03

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The Boise, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) (commonly known as the Boise Metropolitan Area or the Treasure Valley) is an area that encompasses Ada, Boise, Canyon, Gem, and Owyhee counties in southwestern Idaho, anchored by the cities of Boise and Nampa.[https://labor.idaho.gov/publications/lmi/pubs/BoiseMSAprofile.pdf Idaho Dept. of Labor] 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 Malheur County, Oregon. It is the state's largest officially designated metropolitan area and includes Idaho's three largest cities: Boise, Nampa, and Meridian. Nearly 40 percent of Idaho's total population lives in the area.

File:Boise City Horizon.jpg

As of the 2021 estimate, the Boise–Nampa, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) had a population of 795,268,{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/owyheecountyidaho,gemcountyidaho,canyoncountyidaho,boisecountyidaho,adacountyidaho/PST045221 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=U.S. Census website |access-date=2022-04-17 }} while the larger Boise City–Mountain Home–Ontario, ID–OR Combined Statistical Area (CSA) had a population of 850,341.{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=2022-04-20}} American Fact Finder The metro area is currently the third largest in the U.S. section of the Pacific Northwest after Seattle and Portland, and is the 74th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.

File:Downtown Boise 2013.jpg