Washington · Census place 5375775

Walla Walla, Washington

Walla Walla is a city in Walla Walla County, Washington with an estimated 33,901 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 38th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
33,901
#38 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-374 people
Land area
14.1 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
2,409 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Walla Walla. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Walla Walla population, 2020 to 2024

Walla Walla lost 374 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +152. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 103rd; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Walla Walla is 1.9 times that size.

34.3k202033.9k202133.8k202233.7k202333.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 34,275. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Walla Walla covers 14.07 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 2,409 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Walla Walla is less dense than the typical town.

What county Walla Walla is in

All of Walla Walla's residents live in Walla Walla County, which had 62,068 residents in 2024. Walla Walla holds 54.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Walla Walla

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Walla Walla by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99362. 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 Walla Walla is

The Census internal point of Walla Walla is at 46.067000, -118.337000. Olympia, the capital, is 226.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pasco, WA (81,724 people), 40.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane, WA, 118.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.067000, -118.337000
DMS
46°04'1.20"N 118°20'13.20"W
UTM
11N 396598.4E 5102360.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
85R33M87+R6

Daylight in Walla Walla

At 46.07° N, Walla Walla gets about 15 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Walla Walla

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is College Place, 3.2 miles away, with 9,846 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Walla Walla, WA?

33,901 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 374 (1.1%) from 34,275 in July 2020.

What county is Walla Walla in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Walla Walla?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 99362.

How far is Walla Walla from Olympia?

226.9 miles (365.1 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Walla Walla.

What is the nearest larger city to Walla Walla?

Pasco, WA, with 81,724 residents, 40.0 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.