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Yakima County
258,523Population
0.7 %Change since 2020
-163Net migration
5.9 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 258,523 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.7 %
- Net migration
- -163 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.9 % (2025)
- State
- Washington
- Population base, April 2020
- 256,732 (2020)
- Births
- 3,266 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.6
- Deaths
- 2,466 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.5
- Natural change, 2023
- 800
- International migration
- 1,467 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -1,630 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -0.6
- Postal code
- WA
- FIPS code
- 53077
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.9 % |
| 2024 | 5.9 % |
| 2023 | 5.6 % |
| 2022 | 5.6 % |
| 2021 | 6.6 % |
| 2020 | 9.5 % |
| 2019 | 7.4 % |
| 2018 | 6.6 % |
| 2017 | 6.9 % |
| 2016 | 7.7 % |
| 2015 | 8.2 % |
| 2014 | 8.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 258,523 |
| 2023 | 257,193 |
| 2022 | 256,566 |
| 2021 | 256,743 |
| 2020 | 256,736 |