Washington · Census place 5358725
Ritzville, Washington
Ritzville is a city in Adams County, Washington with an estimated 1,709 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 178th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,709
- #178 of 206 in Washington
- Change since 2020
- -2.0%
- -35 people
- Land area
- 2.2 sq mi
- Density
- 773 / sq mi
- State median 2,694
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Ritzville population, 2020 to 2024
Ritzville lost 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
Ritzville covers 2.21 square miles of land, for 773 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Ritzville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Ritzville is in
All of Ritzville's residents live in Adams County, which had 21,039 residents in 2024. Ritzville holds 8.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Ritzville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ritzville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99169. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Ritzville is
The Census internal point of Ritzville is at 47.123000, -118.375300. Olympia, the capital, is 212.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Warden, WA (2,806 people), 33.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane, WA, 57.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 47.123000, -118.375300
- DMS
- 47°07'22.80"N 118°22'31.08"W
- UTM
- 11N 395682.9E 5219750.4N
- Geohash
- c27u463xr
- Plus code
- 85V34JFF+6V
Daylight in Ritzville
At 47.12° N, Ritzville gets about 15 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Ritzville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Warden, 33.7 miles away, with 2,806 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Ritzville, WA?
1,709 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 35 (2.0%) from 1,744 in July 2020.
What county is Ritzville in?
Adams County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Ritzville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 99169.
How far is Ritzville from Olympia?
212.9 miles (342.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Ritzville.
What is the nearest larger city to Ritzville?
Warden, WA, with 2,806 residents, 33.7 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.