County Population Now 137,475

Item: Recession has rural Idahoans staying put /Betsy Russell, SR; and: Kootenai County population edges higher/Brian Walker , CdA Press; and: Recession has

More Info: Idaho’s population of 1.52 million in 2008 was up 1.8 percent from 2007. The state’s largest city, by far, is still Boise, with a population of 205,300, up 1.3 percent. Coeur d’Alene is sixth-largest, with 43,360 residents, up 2.7 percent, while Post Falls is the 11th largest, at 26,460; its population grew by 4.2 percent. Sandpoint is 23rd, having grown by 1.6 percent since 2007 to reach a population of 8,337.

Question: Do you consider the population of your community to be — too big, too small, just right?