Clearwater County, Idaho

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Clearwater County is one of the 44 county of Idaho, located towards the Western Region (Mountain) of United States. In 2000, county's population was 8930 inhabitants. It has an estimated population (as of July 2008) of 8176, It is the 14th least populous county in the U.S. state of Idaho. The county encompasses an area of 2488.1 mi˛ (6444.15 square kilometre ), of which, 2461.4 square miles (6375 square kilometre) of it is land and 26.7 square miles (69.15 square kilometre) of it is water, making it Idaho's tenth largest county by total area. It is ranks tenth in the size of its inland waterways in Idaho.


As of the census of 2000, there were 8930 people, 3456 households, and 2483 families residing in the county. The population density was 3.6 people per square mile (1.39/km˛), it is Idaho's 13th least densely populated county. There were 4144 housing units at an average density of 1.7 per square mile (0.66/km˛). The average household size was 2.41 people, and the average family size was 2.84 people. In the county the population is diverse age-wise, with 23% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 29.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 or older. For every 100 females there were 113.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 115.9 males. In July 2008, its estimated population was 8176, The racial makeup of the county was 7741 White, 15 Black or African American, 212 American Indian, 40 Asian, 4 Native Hawaiian, and 164 from two or more races.

Population 2000-2008

School Enrollment 2000

GDP 2000

The median income for a household in the county was $32071, it is 14th poorest county by median household income in Idaho. The median income for a family in the county was $37259, it is the 29th highest county by median family income in the U.S. state of Idaho. The per capita income for the county was $15463, making it the 21st wealthiest county by per capita income among the Idaho.

In 2000, 2056 pupils and students, of which 52.33% are male and 47.67% are female, 23.02% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, percentage of enrollment student are in, 4.47% nursery or pri school, 4.33% kindergarten, 49.17% elementary school, 30.16% high school and 11.87% College graduate school.

Rank	City	County	Total Area mi2	Land Area mi2	Water Area mi2	Population	Density mi2	Per capita Income	House hold Income
1	Elk River City	Clearwater County	0.14	0.14	0	156	1116.6	16082	30000
2	Orofino City	Clearwater County	2.52	2.41	0.11	3247	1349	14563	30580
3	Pierce City	Clearwater County	0.82	0.82	0	617	748.6	13980	34318
4	Weippe City	Clearwater County	0.41	0.41	0	416	1009.8	13175	26442

Year	Population
April 2000 census	8930
April 2000 Estimate	8930
July 2000 Estimate	8887
July 2001 Estimate	8575
July 2002 Estimate	8392
July 2003 Estimate	8333
July 2004 Estimate	8268
July 2005 Estimate	8245
July 2006 Estimate	8256
July 2007 Estimate	8217
July 2008 Estimate	8176

School	Male	Female	Total
Nursery school	48	44	92
Kindergarten	59	30	89
Elementary school	540	471	1011
High school	322	298	620
College or graduate school	107	137	244

Place	Median household income	Median family income	Per capita income
Clearwater County, Idaho	$32071	$37259	$15463
Idaho, United States	$37572	$43490	$17841
United States	$41994	$50046	$21587