Idaho · Census place 1645370
Lapwai, Idaho
Lapwai is a city in Nez Perce County, Idaho with an estimated 1,249 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 75th largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,249
- #75 of 86 in Idaho
- Change since 2020
- +3.0%
- +36 people
- Land area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Density
- 1,643 / sq mi
- State median 2,389
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Lapwai population, 2020 to 2024
Lapwai added 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.0%. In the latest year it moved by +2.
Lapwai covers 0.76 square miles of land, for 1,643 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Lapwai is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lapwai is in
All of Lapwai's residents live in Nez Perce County, which had 42,847 residents in 2024. Lapwai holds 2.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lapwai
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lapwai by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83540. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Lapwai is
The Census internal point of Lapwai is at 46.403700, -116.804200. Boise, the capital, is 194.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lewiston, ID (34,693 people), 9.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 89.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 46.403700, -116.804200
- DMS
- 46°24'13.32"N 116°48'15.12"W
- UTM
- 11N 515050.6E 5138921.5N
- Geohash
- c2hzyp9c0
- Plus code
- 85R5C53W+F8
Daylight in Lapwai
At 46.40° N, Lapwai gets about 15 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lapwai
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Lewiston, 9.0 miles away, with 34,693 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lapwai, ID?
1,249 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 36 (3.0%) from 1,213 in July 2020.
What county is Lapwai in?
Nez Perce County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lapwai?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83540.
How far is Lapwai from Boise?
194.6 miles (313.2 km) in a straight line, heading S from Lapwai.
What is the nearest larger city to Lapwai?
Lewiston, ID, with 34,693 residents, 9.1 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.