Orofino ("fine gold" [ore] in Spanish) is a city in and the county seat of Clearwater County, Idaho, United States, along Orofino Creek and the north bank of the Clearwater River. It is the major city within the Nez Perce Indian Reservation. The population was 3,142 at the time of the 2010 census.
Nearby is the historical "Canoe Camp," where the Lewis and Clark expedition built five new dugout canoes and embarked on October 7, 1805, downstream to the Pacific Ocean. Some four miles (6 km) north is the Dworshak Dam, third-highest dam in the United States, completed in the early 1970s. Nearby is the Dworshak National Fish Hatchery, started to try to compensate for the loss of migratory fish upstream after the dam was...
| Ethnicity | Orofino | USA |
|---|---|---|
| White | 86.7% | 60.1% |
| African American | 0.6% | 12.2% |
| American Indian | 2.2% | 0.6% |
| Asian | 0.4% | 5.6% |
| Hawaiian | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| Multiracial | 2.8% | 2.8% |
| Hispanic | 6.9% | 18.2% |
| Other | 0% | 0.3% |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | Orofino | USA |
|---|---|---|
| Less than $10,000 | 3.2% | 5.8% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| $15,000 to $24,999 | 14.7% | 8.5% |
| $25,000 to $34,999 | 16.1% | 8.6% |
| $35,000 to $49,999 | 15% | 12.0% |
| $50,000 to $74,999 | 23.3% | 17.2% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 12.3% | 12.8% |
| $100,000 to $149,999 | 6.8% | 15.6% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 2% | 7.1% |
| Education | Orofino | USA |
|---|---|---|
| < 9th Grade | 3% | 5.0% |
| 9-12th Grade | 7% | 7.0% |
| High School or GED | 36% | 27.0% |
| Other College | 31% | 20.0% |
| Associate's Degree | 9% | 9% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 11% | 20.0% |
| Master's Degree | 3% | 9.0% |
| Professional Degree | 0% | 2.0% |
| Doctorate Degree | 0% | 1.0% |