Bingham County, Idaho

A county in Idaho, ranked 9 of 44 by population.

CountyFIPS 16011

Within Idaho
Bingham County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Blackfoot, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
51,153
+3,056 (+6.4%) since 2020
Land area
2,094
square miles. A further 1.2% of the total area is water
Population density
24.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Blackfoot
Seat of county government.
Established
1885
140 years ago
Largest city
Blackfoot city
Population 13,361.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Bingham County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Bingham County, Idaho from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 613 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Bingham County ranks

Position among the 44 counties of Idaho, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn IdahoNationally
Population51,1539th of 441,000th of 3,144
Land area2,094 sq mi12th of 44268th of 3,144
Population density24.4 per sq mi17th of 442,080th of 3,144
Median household income$77,8788th of 44678th of 3,143

Full data for Bingham County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population51,153Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202048,097Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?47,987Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,094 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area26.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,120 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?24.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$77,878American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$293,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households16,132American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units17,528American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+255
692 births, 437 deaths
Net migration
-71
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Bingham County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Bonneville CountyIdaho89 mi135,771
Bannock CountyIdaho41 mi91,591
Butte CountyIdaho39 mi2,783
Power CountyIdaho36 mi8,246
Caribou CountyIdaho24 mi7,252
Blaine CountyIdaho12 mi25,517
Jefferson CountyIdaho9.1 mi35,297

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 44 counties of Idaho

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.