Welcome to Yakima County ...
Time Zone: Yakima County lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.
The community of Yakima is the Seat for Yakima County.
Yakima County was founded in 1865.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Yakima had a population of 250,873 people. This is an increase of 2.71% since the last Census (which gave a population of 244,256 people in 2010).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Yakima represented 3.63% of the total population of Washington.
Below are some of the communities located in Yakima County:
- Grandview
(33 miles [53.1 km] to the southeast)
- Granger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harrah
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mabton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moxee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Naches
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Selah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
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- Tieton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Toppenish
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wapato
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yakima
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Zillah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Websites of Interest ...
- Websites specific to Washington
- Websites specific to Yakima County
- Websites for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Grant County
- Kittitas County
- Klickitat County
- Lewis County
- Pierce County
- Skamania County
- Cemetery Information and Directories
Footnotes ...
<1> | On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census. |
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