North Idaho Demographics

Taxes

The state of Idaho collects a state income tax and a sales tax of 6%. The Idaho sales and use tax has been in effect since 1965. Sales tax applies to the sale, rental, lease of tangible personal property and some services. Food is taxed but prescription drugs are not. Hotel, motel and campground accommodations are taxed at a higher rate, 7 to 11%. Corporate state tax is 8 percent of net taxable income. Motor vehicle taxes are levied on cars and trucks on a sliding scale, depending on vehicle year. Commercial vehicles are charged by gross weight up to 16,000 pounds.

North Idaho's Largest Employers

Benewah County

  • Benewah Community Hospital
  • Berg Integrated Systems
  • Coeur d’Alene Tribe 
  • Jack A. Buell Trucking
  • Peet Shoe Dryer
  • Potlatch Corp.
  • Stimson Lumber
  • Valley Vista Care Center 

Bonner County

  • Bonner General Hospital
  • Coldwater Creek
  • Litehouse 
  • Panhandle State Bank
  • Quest Aircraft
  • Schweitzer Mountain Resort
  • Unicep Packaging
  • Wal-Mart

Boundary County

  • Boundary Community Hospital
  • Boundary Regional Community Health
  • Boundary Trading Co.
  • Elk Mountain Farms
  • Idaho Educational Services 
  • Idaho Forest Group
  • Kootenai River Inn & Casino
  • U.S. Government

Kootenai County

  • Center Partners Call Center
  • Coeur d’Alene Resort
  • Coeur d’Alene Casino
  • Esterline Advanced Input Systems 
  • Kimball Office
  • Kootenai Health
  • North Idaho College
  • U.S. Bank Call Center

Shoshone County

  • Dave Smith Motors
  • Galena Mine
  • Lookout Pass Ski Area
  • Lucky Friday Mine
  • Shoshone Medical Center
  • Silver Mountain Resort
  • U.S. Forest Service
  • Wal-Mart

Source:

Idaho Commerce & Labor 
1221 W. Ironwood Drive, Suite 200  
Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814-2606  
Ph: (208) 769-1558 
labor.idaho.gov

Population

  2000 2008
Panhandle 178,333  211,870
     
Benewah County
9,171 9,352
St.Maries   2,652    2,657
 Plummer       990 998
Bonner County 36,835 41,168
Dover        342 486
Hope        86 87
Oldtown        151 204
Ponderay    449 771
Priest Lake    510  
Priest River    1,800 1,925
Sandpoint   6,855 8,206
Boundary County 9,871 10,962
Bonners Ferry   2,515 2,723
Moyie Springs        656 728
Kootenai County 108,685 137,475
Athol        676 692
Bayview        296  
Coeur d’Alene      34,514 38,246
Dalton Gardens      2,278  2,382
Fernan Lake       186 185
Harrison        267 282
Hauser        668 705
Hayden       9,159 12,349
Hayden Lake        494 253
Huetter        105 98
Post Falls      17,247  24,515
Rathdrum      4,816 6,308
Spirit Lake       1,376 1,621
Shoshone County 13,771   12,913
Kellogg     2,395   2,296
Mullan      840  791
Osburn        1,545 1,459
Pinehurst   1,661 1,614
Smelterville  651 618
Wallace        960 907