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Boise, also known as Boise City, is located in Ada County, Idaho. Founded in 1863, Boise is the capital and largest city in the state with just over 200,000 residents. It is also the 3rd largest city in the northwest U.S., behind Seattle, WA and Portland, OR. It is the main city in the Boise City-Nampa metro area, which has close to 600,000 people, making it the 3rd largest in the Northwest.
Boise has been often honored as a top 10 US city to live, work and play:
# 1 Most secure place to live (cities with over 500,000 people), Farmers Insurance, 2006
# 2 Mid-size city boomtown by Inc.com, 2007
# 3 Best Place for Business and Careers, Forbes Magazine, 2007
# 4 Best City to Live, Work and Play, Kiplinger Personal Finance, 2008
# 4 Best Walking City in the U.S., Prevention magazine, 2006
# 6 Urban environmental quality by Earth Day Network, 2007
# 8 Best places to live, CNN Money 2006
# 9 Best place for Business and Careers by Forbes Magazine, 2009
Top Spot for Women to Start a New Career, More Magazine, 2007
Major companies, such as Boise Cascade, Albertsons, Micron Technologies, Pacific Lumber Company, and WinCo Foods, have home headquarters in Boise. Technology companies have found Boise an attractive place to do business.
Higher education choices in the Boise area include Boise State University (the state's largest), University of Idaho, Boise Bible College, University of Phoenix, Northwest Nazarene University and The College of Idaho.
