Tensed is a city in Benewah County, Idaho, United States.

[6] The city is within the Coeur d'Alene Reservation, and is accessed by U.S. Route 95, the state's primary north-south highway.

The city is located about 1 mile (0.6 km) from the north entrance of McCroskey State Park.

The city was originally called Desmet, after the Belgian Jesuit missionary Pierre-Jean De Smet, who was active with the Coeur d'Alene nation, but the post office requested a change as that name was taken by nearby De Smet.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.19 square miles (0.49 km2), all of it land.

There were 65 housing units at an average density of 359.0 per square mile (138.6/km2).

There were 27.0% of families and 37.1% of the population living below the poverty line, including 82.1% of under eighteens and 5.9% of those over 64.