Washington · Census place 5309480
Camas, Washington
Camas is a city in Clark County, Washington with an estimated 27,313 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 43rd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 27,313
- #43 of 206 in Washington
- Change since 2020
- +3.1%
- +816 people
- Land area
- 14.2 sq mi
- + 2.17 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,925 / sq mi
- State median 2,694
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Camas population, 2020 to 2024
Camas added 816 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +172. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 59th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Camas is 1.5 times that size.
Camas covers 14.19 square miles of land and 2.17 of water, for 1,925 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Camas is less dense than the typical town.
What county Camas is in
All of Camas's residents live in Clark County, which had 527,269 residents in 2024. Camas holds 5.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Camas
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Camas by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98607. 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 Camas is
The Census internal point of Camas is at 45.601800, -122.430400. Olympia, the capital, is 101.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gresham, OR (111,507 people), 6.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.601800, -122.430400
- DMS
- 45°36'6.48"N 122°25'49.44"W
- UTM
- 10N 544420.7E 5049964.1N
- Geohash
- c20gqj8cs
- Plus code
- 84QVJH29+PR
Daylight in Camas
At 45.60° N, Camas gets about 15 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Camas
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Washougal, 4.3 miles away, with 17,944 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Camas, WA?
27,313 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 816 (3.1%) from 26,497 in July 2020.
What county is Camas in?
Clark County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Camas?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98607.
How far is Camas from Olympia?
101.6 miles (163.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Camas.
What is the nearest larger city to Camas?
Gresham, OR, with 111,507 residents, 6.9 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.
- 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.