The Lewiston–Clarkston metropolitan area—colloquially referred to as the Lewiston–Clarkston Valley or Lewis–Clark Valley (often abbreviated as LC Valley), and officially known as the Lewiston, ID–WA Metropolitan Statistical Area—is a metropolitan area comprising Nez Perce County,

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and Asotin County,

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. The metro is anchored by the cities of Lewiston, Idaho and

Clarkston, Washington Clarkston is a city in Asotin County, Washington, United States. It is part of the Lewiston, ID-WA metropolitan area, and is located west of Lewiston, Idaho, across the Snake River. The population of Clarkston was 7,229 at the 2010 census. Wal ...

—named after Meriwether Lewis and

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, respectively. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 60,888 (though a July 1, 2011 estimate placed the population at 61,476), making it the 4th smallest metropolitan area in the United States.

Geography

Counties

* Nez Perce County, Idaho *

Asotin County, Washington Asotin County () is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,285. The county seat is at Asotin, and its largest city is Clarkston. The county was created out of Garfield County in 1883 and deriv ...

Communities

* Anatone, Washington (unincorporated) * Asotin, Washington * Clarkston Heights-Vineland, Washington (unincorporated) *

* Culdesac, Idaho *

Lapwai, Idaho Lapwai is a city in the northwest United States, in Nez Perce County, Idaho. Its population was 1,137 at the 2010 census, and it is the seat of government of the Nez Perce Indian Reservation. Lapwai actually means "The land of the butterflies" ...

* Lewiston, Idaho (Principal city) * Peck, Idaho * Spalding, Idaho (unincorporated) * West Clarkston-Highland, Washington (unincorporated)

Features

* Lewiston Hill * Lower Granite Lake * Snake River *

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* Bridges ** Interstate Highway Bridge ** Southway Bridge * Highways ** U.S. Route 12 in Washington ** U.S. Route 12 in Idaho ** U.S. Route 95 in Idaho

Photos

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 57,961 people, 23,650 households, and 15,803 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 93.01%

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, 0.25%

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, 3.88% Native American, 0.60% Asian, 0.06%

Pacific Islander Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the Pacific Islands. As an ethnic/racial term, it is used to describe the original peoples—inhabitants and diasporas—of any of the three major subregions of O ...

, 0.55% from

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, and 1.66% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.94% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $34,903, and the median income for a family was $42,402. Males had a median income of $35,249 versus $24,616 for females. The

per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. Per capita i ...

for the MSA was $18,146.

Notes

References

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