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Yakima, WA

97,017 Population
27.8 square miles 3,489.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±2.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 33.2 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$28,820 ±$2,517 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: $28,101 ±$1,362
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $50,764 ±$428
$56,821 ±$11,095 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: $63,865 ±$4,218
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $91,306 ±$841

20.2% ±5.7% (19,317  ±5,450) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 16.6% † 42,108 (±2.4% / ±6,175)
  • about double the rate in Washington: 10% 763,469 (±0.3% / ±24,765)

17.9 minutes ±0.6 (649,920  ±32,074) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 19.7 1,974,310 (±0.5 / ±58,130)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Washington: 27.3 86,033,296 (±0.1 / ±396,856)

Families

35,615 ±1,739 Number of households
  • the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 87,616 ±1,310
  • Washington: 3,079,953 ±10,236
2.7 ±0.1 (95,138  ±241) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 2.9 253,014 (±0 / ±292)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,632,260

7.3% ±2.6% (1,632  ±591) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 6.1% † 3,668 (±1.9% / ±1,127)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 5.1% 92,565 (±0.3% / ±4,869)

Housing

37,135 ±1,710 Number of housing units
  • the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 92,463 ±108
  • Washington: 3,313,479 ±1,252

$284,500 ±$18,682 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: $300,000 ±$14,287
  • about half the amount in Washington: $569,500 ±$4,606

15.2% ±4.5% (14,568  ±4,293.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 11.2% † 28,487 (±2.3% / ±5,926.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 14.8% 1,137,387 (±0.4% / ±29,433.1)

Social

81.3% ±5.6% (49,871  ±3,938) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 80.3% 126,898 (±3.4% / ±5,391.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 92.2% 5,041,714 (±0.7% / ±35,681.8)
20.2% ±3% (12,391  ±1,870.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 18.9% 29,919 (±1.7% / ±2,647.3)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 39.5% 2,159,683 (±0.4% / ±22,586.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

19.5% ±3.1% (18,872  ±3,020) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 18.8% 48,374
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 15.3% 1,188,392

4.4% ±1.4% (3,057  ±956) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 4.7% † 8,506 (±0.8% / ±1,545)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 7.7% 469,565 (±0.2% / ±9,384)
3,057 Total veterans ±956 2,558 Male ±832 499 Female ±364

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