Washington · Census place 5312630
Clarkston, Washington
Clarkston is a city in Asotin County, Washington with an estimated 7,138 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 108th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 7,138
- #108 of 206 in Washington
- Change since 2020
- -1.3%
- -94 people
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- + 0.17 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,465 / sq mi
- State median 2,694
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Clarkston population, 2020 to 2024
Clarkston lost 94 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -22. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 108th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Clarkston is 39% of it.
Clarkston covers 2.06 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 3,465 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Clarkston is denser than the typical town.
What county Clarkston is in
All of Clarkston's residents live in Asotin County, which had 22,523 residents in 2024. Clarkston holds 31.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Clarkston
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clarkston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99403. 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 Clarkston is
The Census internal point of Clarkston is at 46.415400, -117.050100. Olympia, the capital, is 280.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lewiston, ID (34,693 people), 3.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 86.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 46.415400, -117.050100
- DMS
- 46°24'55.44"N 117°03'0.36"W
- UTM
- 11N 496149.8E 5140204.2N
- Geohash
- c2kb03wtq
- Plus code
- 85R4CW8X+5X
Daylight in Clarkston
At 46.42° N, Clarkston 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 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Clarkston
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Asotin, 5.7 miles away, with 1,192 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Clarkston, WA?
7,138 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 94 (1.3%) from 7,232 in July 2020.
What county is Clarkston in?
Asotin County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Clarkston?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 99403.
How far is Clarkston from Olympia?
280.3 miles (451.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Clarkston.
What is the nearest larger city to Clarkston?
Lewiston, ID, with 34,693 residents, 3.1 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.