Clearwater County, Idaho

Clearwater County is a located in the  of. It was established in 1911. It was named after the. As of the 2000 Census the county had a population of 8,930 ( estimate: 8,373). The is.

The county is home to, and a small portion of the South Fork of the Clearwater and the Clearwater. Both the Clearwater, and the, in the southeast corner of the county, were made famous by. Elias D. Pierce and Wilbur F. Bassett made the first discovery of in Idaho, on Orofino Creek (Canal Gulch) in, 1 mi north of present-day. Also in the county are the, , , and the , third highest dam in the United States.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 6444 sqkm. 6375 sqkm of it is land and 69 sqkm of it (1.07%) is water. It is part of the, a wide and rolling prairie-like region of the middle.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 8,930 people, 3,456 households, and 2,481 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (4/sq mi). There were 4,144 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 94.82%, 0.15% or , 2.03% , 0.37% , 0.06% , 0.63% from , and 1.96% from two or more races. 1.85% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,456 households out of which 28.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.50% were living together, 6.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.20% were non-families. 24.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.00% under the age of 18, 5.90% from 18 to 24, 26.30% from 25 to 44, 29.20% from 45 to 64, and 15.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 113.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 115.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was US$32,071, and the median income for a family was $37,259. Males had a median income of $31,426 versus $21,694 for females. The for the county was $15,463. About 9.70% of families and 13.50% of the population were below the, including 18.90% of those under age 18 and 8.20% of those age 65 or over.