Idaho · Census place 1659320

Orofino, Idaho

Orofino is a city in Clearwater County, Idaho with an estimated 3,285 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 45th largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,285
#45 of 86 in Idaho
Change since 2020
+1.7%
+56 people
Land area
2.5 sq mi
+ 0.15 sq mi water
Density
1,330 / sq mi
State median 2,389
Orange pin: Orofino. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boise.

Orofino population, 2020 to 2024

Orofino added 56 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -20.

3,22920203,24920213,25620223,30520233,2852024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,225. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Orofino covers 2.47 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 1,330 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Orofino is less dense than the typical town.

What county Orofino is in

All of Orofino's residents live in Clearwater County, which had 9,151 residents in 2024. Orofino holds 35.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Orofino

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Orofino by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83544. 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 Orofino is

The Census internal point of Orofino is at 46.484900, -116.253000. Boise, the capital, is 198.1 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lewiston, ID (34,693 people), 35.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 93.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.484900, -116.253000
DMS
46°29'5.64"N 116°15'10.80"W
UTM
11N 557334.5E 5148196.6N
Geohash
c2m26w74h
Plus code
85R5FPMW+XR

Daylight in Orofino

At 46.48° N, Orofino 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 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Orofino

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Kamiah, 20.8 miles away, with 1,163 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Orofino, ID?

3,285 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 56 (1.7%) from 3,229 in July 2020.

What county is Orofino in?

Clearwater County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Orofino?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83544.

How far is Orofino from Boise?

198.1 miles (318.8 km) in a straight line, heading S from Orofino.

What is the nearest larger city to Orofino?

Lewiston, ID, with 34,693 residents, 35.9 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.