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Clearwater County, Idaho

A county in Idaho, ranked 31 of 44 by population.

CountyFIPS 16035

Within Idaho
Clearwater County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Orofino, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
9,118
+360 (+4.1%) since 2020
Land area
2,457
square miles. A further 1.2% of the total area is water
Population density
3.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Orofino
Seat of county government.
Established
1911
114 years ago
Largest city
Orofino city
Population 3,259.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Clearwater County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Clearwater County, Idaho from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 459 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Clearwater County ranks

Position among the 44 counties of Idaho, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn IdahoNationally
Population9,11831st of 442,479th of 3,144
Land area2,457 sq mi10th of 44222nd of 3,144
Population density3.7 per sq mi35th of 442,852nd of 3,144
Median household income$60,00036th of 442,082nd of 3,143

Full data for Clearwater County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population9,118Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,758Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,735Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,457 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area30.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,488 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?3.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$268,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age52.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,636American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,626American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-74
77 births, 151 deaths
Net migration
+46
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Clearwater County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Idaho CountyIdaho98 mi17,874
Shoshone CountyIdaho65 mi14,130
Mineral CountyMontana36 mi5,185
Latah CountyIdaho27 mi41,842
Nez Perce CountyIdaho17 mi42,905
Lewis CountyIdaho15 mi3,704
Missoula CountyMontana12 mi123,513

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 44 counties of Idaho

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.