1990 Census County ranked by Population Hams % of pop
762 Clark County          1    0.13%
727 Camas County        2   0.28%
2918 Butte County         7    0.24%
16077 Power County      8    0.05%

3308 Lincoln County       10   0.30%
16081 Teton County       11   0.07%
4133 Custer County       15    0.36%
3492 Oneida County      20    0.57%
3254 Adams County      22    0.68%
6899 Lemhi County        24    0.35%
11633 Gooding County   25   0.21%
6963 Caribou County     30   0.43%
15138 Jerome County    32    0.21%
3509 Boise County        32     0.91%
16087 Washington County 37 0.23%
8392 Owyhee County    38     0.45%
19532 Cassia County     39     0.20%
3516 Lewis County        39     1.11%
19361 Minidoka County 44     0.23%
7937 Benewah County    48    0.60%
10937 Fremont County   50    0.46%
16079 Shoshone County 55    0.34%
13552 Blaine County       60    0.44%
8505 Clearwater County 63     0.74%
6084 Bear Lake County  64     1.05%
8332 Boundary County   69     0.83%
9232 Franklin County     73      0.79%
16085 Valley County       85     0.53%
16434 Payette County    87      0.53%
23674 Madison County  89      0.38%
16543 Jefferson County 90       0.54%
13783 Idaho County     118      0.86%
11844 Gem County       129     1.09%
37583 Bingham County 132      0.35%
21205 Elmore County   145      0.68%
33754 Nez Perce County 146   0.43%
16083 Twin Falls County 205    1.27%
30617 Latah County        246    0.80%
26622 Bonner County     283    1.06%
66026 Bannock County  334     0.51%
72207 Bonneville County 497     0.69%
90076 Canyon County     686     0.76%
69795 Kootenai County   707     1.01%
205775 Ada County       1791     0.87%
 

Idaho was the 43rd state in the USA; it became a state on July 3, 1890

State Abbreviation - ID
State Capital - Boise
Largest City - Boise
Area - 83,574 square miles [Idaho is the 14th biggest state in the USA]
Population - 1,293,953 (as of 2000) [Idaho is the 39th most populous state in the USA]
Major Industries - agriculture (potatos, wheat, sugar beets, barley), lumber, mining

Major Rivers - Snake River, Coeur d'Alene River, St. Joe River, St. Maries River, Kootenai River
Major Lakes - Lake Pend Oreille, American Falls Reservoir, Bear Lake, Coeur d'Alene Lake
Highest Point - Borah Peak - 12,662 feet (3,859 m) above sea level
Lowest Point - Snake River at Lewiston - 770 feet (235 m) above sea level
Bordering States - Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Bordering Country - Canada
 


 

IDQP County Abbreviation List


 

Idaho Stations send “ID” plus your County for QTH portion of Exchange. Example – a station in Payette County will send “IDPAY” as the QTH.

ADAMS  ADM
 

ADA Ada CLA Clark LIN Lincoln
BAN Bannock CLE Clearwater MAD Madison
BEA Bear Lake CUS Custer MIN Minidoka
BEN Benewah ELM Elmore NEZ Nez Perce
BIN Bingham FRA Franklin ONE Oneida
BLA Blaine FRE Fremont OWY Owyhee
BOI Boise GEM Gem PAY Payette
BNR Bonner GOO Gooding POW Power
BNV Bonneville IDA Idaho SHO Shoshone
BOU Boundary JEF Jefferson TET Teton
BUT Butte JER Jerome TWI Twin Falls
CAM Camas KOO Kootenai VAL Valley
CAN Canyon LAT Latah WAS Washington
CAR Caribou LEM Lemhi
 
 
CAS Cassia LEW Lewis
 
 

 

The actual official abbreviations are now as follows:

     Alberta: AB
     British Columbia: BC
     Manitoba: MB
     New Brunswick: NB
     Newfoundland-Labrador: NL
     Nova Scotia: NS
     Nunavut: NU
     NW Territories: NT
     Ontario: ON
     Prince Edward Island: PE
     Quebec: QC
     Saskatchewan: SK
     Yukon Territories: YT

Please note that Newfoundland and Labrador are now united in
one province. Canada Post, RAC and NCJ (NAQP) have been using the
13 provinces/territories list for a while now.