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For many years Idaho’s most famous industry was potatoes. This changed in the recent years. Today, the largest industry in Idaho is the science and technology sector.
It amounts for over 25% of the State's total revenue. Still, the state's landscape is rugged with some of the largest unspoiled natural areas in the United States. The result is: Today’s Idaho is both cosmopolitan and small-town friendly.
Boise, the capital and largest city, developed near Fort Boise along the Oregon Trail has grown to a population of 190,000. Since 1990, Idaho’s population has increased by 386,000 (38%)
Idaho is actually pretty big, if you would flatten the mountains the size would be comparable to Texas. Idaho covers two time zones, runs from Canada to Nevada, and encompasses the western side of the continental divide of the Rocky Mountains.
Idaho is also home to wild horses. They are descendants of domestic horses, which farmers and ranchers in the great depression set free because they couldn’t afford to feed them anymore.
Idaho in Numbers:
Horses: 159,000 horses
Land Area: 82751 sq. miles
Population: 1,466,465BCoiseise
Capital: Boise
Counties: 44
Highest Point:
Borah Peak at 12,662 feet
Lowest Point: Snake River at 710 feet
Geographic Center: Settlement of Custer on the Yankee Fork River, Custer County
10 largest Cities:
Boise, 193,161
Nampa, 71,713
Pocatello, 53,372
Idaho Falls, 52,338
Meridian, 52,240
Coeur d'Alene, 40,059
Twin Falls, 38,630
Caldwell, 34,433
Lewiston, 31,081
Rexburg, 26,265
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