Washington · Census place 5359180

Rock Island, Washington

Rock Island is a city in Douglas County, Washington with an estimated 1,722 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 177th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,722
#177 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
+33.6%
+433 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
+ 0.27 sq mi water
Density
1,524 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Rock Island. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Rock Island population, 2020 to 2024

Rock Island added 433 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +33.6%. In the latest year it moved by +98.

1,28920201,35820211,47020221,62420231,7222024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,275. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rock Island covers 1.13 square miles of land and 0.27 of water, for 1,524 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Rock Island is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rock Island is in

All of Rock Island's residents live in Douglas County, which had 45,795 residents in 2024. Rock Island holds 3.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rock Island

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rock Island by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98850. 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 Rock Island is

The Census internal point of Rock Island is at 47.373200, -120.142100. Olympia, the capital, is 131.5 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is East Wenatchee, WA (14,330 people), 7.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Bellevue, WA, 95.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.373200, -120.142100
DMS
47°22'23.52"N 120°08'31.56"W
UTM
10N 715748.6E 5250598.5N
Geohash
c26td050y
Plus code
84VX9VF5+75

Daylight in Rock Island

At 47.37° N, Rock Island gets about 15 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rock Island

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is East Wenatchee, 7.3 miles away, with 14,330 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rock Island, WA?

1,722 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 433 (33.6%) from 1,289 in July 2020.

What county is Rock Island in?

Douglas County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Rock Island?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98850.

How far is Rock Island from Olympia?

131.5 miles (211.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Rock Island.

What is the nearest larger city to Rock Island?

East Wenatchee, WA, with 14,330 residents, 7.3 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.