Yakima County, Washington Demographics

Yakima County is 2nd in Washington out of 39 other counties in Size in square miles

Yakima County is 3rd in Washington out of 39 other counties in People per household

Yakima County is 3rd in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Yakima County is 3rd in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Yakima County is 4th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Foreign born residents

Yakima County is 4th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Income below poverty line

Yakima County is 4th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Yakima County is 4th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Yakima County is 8th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Current population (2012)

Yakima County is 8th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Households

Size Demographics
	Yakima County	Rank	Washington	US
Current population (2012)	246,977	8th	6,897,012	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4,295.4	2nd	66,455.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	56.6	16th	101.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Yakima County	Rank	Washington	US
Residents younger than 5	8.8%	4th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	30.2%	4th	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.1%	32nd	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Yakima County	Rank	Washington	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	71.4%	37th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.0%	30th	31.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Yakima County	Rank	Washington	US
Race - White	88.4%	26th	81.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.4%	14th	3.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	5.7%	3rd	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.4%	21st	7.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	18th	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.8%	27th	4.3%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	46.3%	3rd	11.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	46.4%	37th	71.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Yakima County	Rank	Washington	US
Female residents	49.9%	22nd	50.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	18.0%	4th	12.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Yakima County	Rank	Washington	US
Housing units	85,904	9th	2,907,490	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	18.3%	15th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	79,565	8th	2,602,568	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	63.5%	31st	64.4%	66.1%
Home median value	$154,800	33rd	$283,200	$186,200
People per household	3.0	3rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	471	11th	28,118	829,658

Income Demographics
	Yakima County	Rank	Washington	US
Income per capita	$19,730	36th	$30,481	$27,915
Income per household	$44,419	24th	$58,890	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.4%	4th	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Yakima County	Rank	Washington	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,583	9th	173,511	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	61,150	8th	2,355,123	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	12,963	9th	551,340	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,425,601	9th	$92,968,519	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,442	19th	$14,380	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$245,645	10th	$12,389,422	$613,795,732