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

Boundary County

• Boundary County School Dist.
• U.S. Forest Service Timber
• Boundary County Government
• Clifty View Nursery
• Schweitzer Mountain
• Kootenai River Inn Hospitality

Kootenai County

• Hagadone Corporation
• Coeur d’Alene Tribe
• Kootenai Medical Center
• North Idaho College
• Center Partners Call Center
• Coeur d’Alene School District

Shoshone County

• Shoshone Medical Center
• Dave Smith Motors
• Silver Mountain Resort
• Bunker Hill
• Kellogg Joint School District
• US Forest Service

Bonner County

• Coldwater Creek
• Lake Pend Oreille School District
• Litehouse, Inc.
• Life Care Center
• Encoder Products
• Louisiana Pacific Corp.

Benewah County

• Potlatch Corp.
• Buell Trucking
• Benewah Community Hospital
• St. Maries School District
• Regulas Lumber Manufacturer
• Valley Vista Care Center

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

 

 

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