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| | Idaho |
 | | In 1887 Idaho Territory was nearly legislated out of existence, but President Grover Cleveland refused to sign a bill that would have split Idaho Territory between Washington Territory in the north and Nevada in the south. |
| | During its first years of statehood Idaho was plagued by labor unrest in its mining community, culminating in the December 1905 assasination of former governor Frank Steunenberg by Harry Orchard, aka Albert Horsley, a radicial unionist incensed by Steunenberg's efforts as governor to break an 1899 strike after being elected on a pro-labor platform. |
| | As of 2005, Idaho has an estimated population of 1,429,096, which is an increase of 33,956, or 2.4%, from the prior year and an increase of 135,140, or 10.4%, since the year 2000. |
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