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Boise (locally / ˈ b ɔɪ s i / ⓘ BOY-see [5]) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho.As of the 2020 census, there were 235,684 people residing in the city.
States (highlighted in purple) whose capital city is also their most populous States (highlighted in blue) that have changed their capital city at least once. This is a list of capital cities of the United States, including places that serve or have served as federal, state, insular area, territorial, colonial and Native American capitals.
The Boise Capitol Area District in Boise, Idaho, is an area of Downtown Boise that includes current and former government buildings, a former hotel, one cathedral, and one monument. [2] The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Idaho's state capital and largest city is Boise. With an area of 83,569 square miles (216,440 km 2), Idaho is the 14th-largest state by land area. The state has a population of approximately two million people; it ranks as the 13th-least populous and the seventh-least densely populated of the 50 U.S. states.
By the time Idaho was admitted to the Union as the 43rd state in 1890, a further eight counties had been created, bringing the total to 18. After Canyon, Fremont and Bannock Counties had been created, Alturas and Logan Counties were merged to form Blaine County in March 1895; Lincoln County was formed out of Blaine County later the same month.
Boise has been an official city for less than two centuries, but it is still full of history. The Idaho State Penitentiary was built in 1870 and is open to the public for open and guided tours.
Who is Boise competing with? Here were WalletHub’s top 10 best state capitals to live in: Austin, Texas. Madison, Wisconsin. Raleigh, North Carolina. Boise, Idaho. Atlanta, Georgia. Lincoln ...
Idaho ranked as the second-best state capital for employment and education, and among the top half of cities for all other categories.