23.9% of residents were under the age of 18 5.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24 19.7% were from 25 to 44 26.7% were from 45 to 64 and 24% were 65 years of age or older. The median age in the city was 45.7 years. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.91.
39.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 596 households, of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.1% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 45.5% were non-families. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.5% of the population. The racial makeup of the city was 82.2% White, 0.4% African American, 8.9% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 3.7% from other races, and 3.9% from two or more races. There were 642 housing units at an average density of 594.4 per square mile (229.5/km 2). The population density was 1,199.1 inhabitants per square mile (463.0/km 2). Climate Īccording to the Köppen climate classification system, Kamiah has a hot-summer continental climate ( Köppen Dfa).ĭemographics Historical populationĪs of the census of 2010, there were 1,295 people, 596 households, and 325 families residing in the city. Route 12, transportation links to Kamiah are provided by Idaho State Highway 64 and Idaho State Highway 162. The city is located at 1,250 feet above sea level, but elevations of over 2,800 feet on the prairie lie within three miles of Kamiah.
The two streams cut deep and narrow valleys through the otherwise relatively flat, rolling Camas Prairie region that surrounds Kamiah. Route 12 passes through Kamiah, crossing from the right to left bank of the Clearwater at the city. In the Kamiah area, the Lewis-Idaho County line follows Lawyer Creek to its confluence with the Clearwater, and then turns to follow the Clearwater. The city is located at the confluence of Lawyer Creek and the Clearwater River on the left bank of the latter. Geography Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.17 square miles (3.03 km 2), of which 1.08 square miles (2.80 km 2) is land and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km 2) is water. The proclamation had been signed less than two weeks earlier by President Cleveland. government opened the reservation for white settlement 127 years ago in November 1895. Similar to the opening of lands in Oklahoma, the U.S. Kamiah is within the Nez Perce Indian Reservation. When the first leader for all the Nez Perce was appointed, it was Hohots Ilppilp's grandson Ellis who lived in this area and maintained large herds of sheep, cattle and over a thousand horses. Hohots Ilppilp was the leader around Kamiah from at least the time of Lewis and Clark until the 1840s. Similar in fame to Sacagawea of the Lewis & Clark expedition, Kamiah led her associated mountain men's troop over the Bitterroot Range to her homeland (Three Forks, Montana for Sacagawea). Kamiah is the character name of the Nez Perce/Blackfoot woman in Across the Wide Missouri, a 1951 'mountain men' film set in the 1830s. On their return trip east, the Lewis and Clark Expedition camped in the Kamiah area for several weeks during the spring of 1806, waiting for snows to melt. Also according to Nez Perce tradition, the Appaloosa horse was first bred in the area. The name "Kamiah" is Nez Perce for "many rope litters," as Nez Perce manufactured "Kamia" ropes in the area to fish steelhead. The Kamiah area has been inhabited by the Nez Perce for centuries.
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