Washington · Census place 5367000
Spokane, Washington
Spokane is a city in Spokane County, Washington with an estimated 230,609 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 2nd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 230,609
- #2 of 206 in Washington
- Change since 2020
- +0.6%
- +1,404 people
- Land area
- 68.8 sq mi
- + 0.74 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,354 / sq mi
- State median 2,694
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Spokane population, 2020 to 2024
Spokane added 1,404 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +416. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 80th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Spokane is 12.7 times that size.
Spokane covers 68.76 square miles of land and 0.74 of water, for 3,354 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Spokane is denser than the typical town.
What county Spokane is in
All of Spokane's residents live in Spokane County, which had 555,947 residents in 2024. Spokane holds 41.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Spokane
11 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Spokane by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99001, 99201, 99202, 99203, 99204, 99205, 99207, 99208, 99223, 99224, 99258. 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 Spokane is
The Census internal point of Spokane is at 47.666900, -117.433300. Olympia, the capital, is 259.5 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Seattle, WA (780,995 people), 228.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 9.3 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 580 m (1,903 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 47.666900, -117.433300
- DMS
- 47°40'0.84"N 117°25'59.88"W
- UTM
- 11N 467470.3E 5279369.6N
- Geohash
- c2krptrxv
- Plus code
- 85V4MH88+QM
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
Daylight in Spokane
At 47.67° N, Spokane gets about 16 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Spokane daylight page.
Places near Spokane
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Airway Heights, 6.9 miles away, with 11,950 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Spokane, WA?
230,609 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,404 (0.6%) from 229,205 in July 2020.
What county is Spokane in?
Spokane County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Spokane?
11 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 99001, 99201, 99202, 99203, 99204, 99205, 99207, 99208, 99223, 99224, 99258.
How far is Spokane from Olympia?
259.5 miles (417.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Spokane.
What is the nearest larger city to Spokane?
Seattle, WA, with 780,995 residents, 228.9 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.