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Idaho: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity

By Kevin Schwaner, Founder; Chief Marketing OfficerUpdated

Idaho recorded 22,830 births in 2024 across 44 counties, served by 18 hospitals confirmed to provide inpatient labour and delivery, with 18 more whose status CMS does not report. There are 861 Offices of Lawyers establishments statewide, across all practice areas.

Births, 2024
22,830+4.5% since 2021
Delivering hospitals
1818 more not reported
Offices of Lawyers
861CBP 2023, NAICS 541110, all practice areas
Births per lawyer office
26.5national median for 500+ birth counties: 34.3

Births by county

Births by county in Idaho, 2024A choropleth of Idaho counties shaded by births recorded in 2024.
Births, 2024 ≤ 103 > 3,338

Figure 1. Hover any county for births, lawyer offices and delivering hospitals. Projected at build time; no mapping library on this page.

Idaho births, 2021 to 2024. Four-year births series for Idaho alongside the national total. Idaho 22,830 +4.5% 2021→2024 United States 3,605,563 +0.6% 2021→2024 Delivering hospitals 18 +0.0% 2024 only Lawyer offices 861 +0.0% CBP 2023
Figure 2 — Idaho against the national series. Only the first two series are time series; the third and fourth are single-vintage values shown flat, and are labelled as such rather than being interpolated into a trend. National births detail. Sources: Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 county population estimates (components of change), released June 2025; Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023, NAICS 541110 Offices of Lawyers, released May 2025; CMS Care Compare, Maternal Health · Hospital, reporting period 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2024.

Every county

All 44 counties in Idaho. Sorted by births. Copy it into a spreadsheet — it is a real table.
CountyPopulation 2024Births 2024Lawyer officesBirths per officeDelivering hospitalsStatus unknown
Ada County535,7995,13633915.220
Canyon County266,8923,4305463.520
Kootenai County188,3231,9439520.510
Bonneville County133,6441,7988920.220
Twin Falls County96,5091,1505620.510
Madison County55,5491,1161669.810
Bannock County91,0101,0414423.710
Bingham County50,8896601350.811
Elmore County29,729480596.010
Jefferson County34,8544730undefined00
Bonner County53,9554642419.301
Latah County42,1804381627.410
Nez Perce County42,8473832118.210
Jerome County26,0563733124.300
Cassia County25,976366940.710
Payette County27,662320840.000
Minidoka County22,691312652.000
Franklin County15,638230376.701
Gem County21,857223827.901
Gooding County16,189220373.301
Fremont County14,3992080undefined00
Blaine County25,2611931612.110
Idaho County17,912179629.802
Shoshone County14,0741640undefined01
Boundary County14,040157352.301
Owyhee County12,7481410undefined00
Washington County11,539136345.301
Teton County12,9321291012.901
Benewah County10,5291200undefined01
Power County8,381990undefined00
Valley County12,77792811.511
Caribou County7,239910undefined01
Bear Lake County6,779770undefined10
Lincoln County5,556750undefined00
Boise County8,581720undefined00
Clearwater County9,151650undefined01
Lemhi County8,39758319.301
Oneida County4,976490undefined01
Custer County4,597390undefined00
Lewis County3,728370undefined00
Adams County4,998350undefined00
Butte County2,735300undefined01
Clark County794170undefined00
Camas County1,247110undefined00

14 counties record births with no confirmed delivering hospital, covering 2,212 births. As on the national page, this describes where facilities sit relative to where births are recorded by residence — not access to care.

Hospitals with obstetric services

36 Idaho hospitals reporting an obstetric service status. Facilities confirming they do not provide labour and delivery are excluded from this table and counted on the national page.
HospitalCityCountyOwnershipLabour & deliveryBirthing Friendly
Bear Lake Memorial HospitalMontpelierBear LakeGovernment - LocalYesDesignated
Benewah Community HospitalSaint MariesBenewahGovernment - LocalNot reported—
Bingham Memorial HospitalBlackfootBinghamVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Bonner General HospitalSandpointBonnerVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Boundary Community HospitalBonners FerryBoundaryVoluntary non-profit - OtherNot reported—
Caribou Medical CenterSoda SpringsCaribouGovernment - LocalNot reported—
Cascade Medical CenterCascadeValleyGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityNot reported—
Cassia Regional HospitalBurleyCassiaVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Clearwater Valley Hospital & ClinicsOrofinoClearwaterVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical CenterIdaho FallsBonnevilleProprietaryYesDesignated
Franklin County Medical CenterPrestonFranklinVoluntary non-profit - OtherNot reported—
Gritman Medical CenterMoscowLatahVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesNo
Grove Creek Medical CenterBlackfootBinghamVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Kootenai HealthCoeur D'AleneKootenaiGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityYesDesignated
Lost Rivers Medical CenterArcoButteGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityNot reported—
Madison Memorial HospitalRexburgMadisonGovernment - LocalYesNo
Mountain View HospitalIdaho FallsBonnevillePhysicianYesDesignated
Nell J Redfield Memorial HospitalMalad CityOneidaGovernment - LocalNot reported—
North Canyon Medical CenterGoodingGoodingVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Portneuf Medical CenterPocatelloBannockProprietaryYesDesignated
Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - NampaNampaCanyonVoluntary non-profit - ChurchYesDesignated
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical CenterBoiseAdaVoluntary non-profit - ChurchYesDesignated
Shoshone Medical CenterKelloggShoshoneGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityNot reported—
St Joseph Regional Medical CenterLewistonNez PerceVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
St Luke'S Elmore Medical CenterMountain HomeElmoreVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
St Luke'S MccallMccallValleyProprietaryYesDesignated
St Luke'S Nampa Medical CenterNampaCanyonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
St Luke'S Regional Medical CenterBoiseAdaVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
St Luke'S Wood River Medical CenterKetchumBlaineVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
St Lukes Magic Valley Medical CenterTwin FallsTwin FallsVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
St Mary'S HospitalCottonwoodIdahoVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Steele Memorial Medical CenterSalmonLemhiGovernment - LocalNot reported—
Syringa General HospitalGrangevilleIdahoVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Teton Valley HospitalDriggsTetonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Valor HealthEmmettGemGovernment - LocalNot reported—
Weiser Memorial HospitalWeiserWashingtonGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityNot reported—

Birthing Friendly is a CMS designation reflecting a hospital's attestation to participating in a perinatal quality improvement collaborative and implementing recommended safety practices. It records reported structure and participation. It is not an outcome measure, and CMS published no obstetric outcome scores at all for 2024 — see the blackout.

A limit we will not cross. Nothing on this page links a clinical outcome rate to a legal claim. Adverse-event rates measure medicine. Litigation measures a legal process. They are different quantities, they are collected by different agencies for different reasons, and correlating them would be the fastest way to publish something false. Where we present clinical data and legal data together, it is to describe a market — never to imply that one causes, predicts, or justifies the other.

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau — County Population Totals and Components of Change, Vintage 2024 — births by county, 2021–2024
  2. U.S. Census Bureau — County Business Patterns, 2023 — NAICS 541110, Offices of Lawyers; establishment counts by county
  3. CMS Care Compare — Maternal Health · Hospital — PC-02, PC-07a, PC-07b, SM-7; 2024 reporting period
  4. CMS Care Compare — Hospital General Information — ownership, facility type, Birthing Friendly designation
  5. U.S. Census Bureau — Cartographic Boundary Files, 2023 (1:20,000,000) — county and state polygons; projected to Albers equal-area at build time

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Birth Injury Marketing. “Idaho: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity.” 24 August 2026. https://birthinjurymarketing.com/intelligence/idaho/

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