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County · Washington
Benton County
218,190Population
5.5 %Change since 2020
2,285Net migration
4.7 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 218,190 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 5.5 %
- Net migration
- 2,285 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7 % (2025)
- State
- Washington
- Population base, April 2020
- 206,869 (2020)
- Births
- 2,300 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.5
- Deaths
- 1,958 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.0
- Natural change, 2023
- 342
- International migration
- 886 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 1,399 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 10.5
- Postal code
- WA
- FIPS code
- 53005
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.7 % |
| 2024 | 4.7 % |
| 2023 | 4.6 % |
| 2022 | 4.6 % |
| 2021 | 5.5 % |
| 2020 | 8.4 % |
| 2019 | 5.7 % |
| 2018 | 5.7 % |
| 2017 | 5.8 % |
| 2016 | 6.6 % |
| 2015 | 6.7 % |
| 2014 | 7.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 218,190 |
| 2023 | 215,445 |
| 2022 | 212,838 |
| 2021 | 210,627 |
| 2020 | 207,426 |