Image courtesy of the U.S. CENSUS BUREAU A rural population map of the local area depicting the few “urban clusters” inside the Silver Valley in brown. Urban clusters are areas with a population of at least 2,500 and less than 50,000. The rest of the unmarked map is considered “rural.” While Cataldo is still considered rural, it does lie in Kootenai County, which is seen by the Census Bureau as a “metro area” and shown in purple on the map.

January 28, 2020