Washington · Census place 5376125
Wapato, Washington
Wapato is a city in Yakima County, Washington with an estimated 4,492 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 128th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,492
- #128 of 206 in Washington
- Change since 2020
- -2.2%
- -102 people
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Density
- 3,872 / sq mi
- State median 2,694
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Wapato population, 2020 to 2024
Wapato lost 102 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -7.
Wapato covers 1.16 square miles of land, for 3,872 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Wapato is denser than the typical town.
What county Wapato is in
All of Wapato's residents live in Yakima County, which had 258,523 residents in 2024. Wapato holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wapato
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wapato by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98951. 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 Wapato is
The Census internal point of Wapato is at 46.443600, -120.421500. Olympia, the capital, is 124.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Toppenish, WA (8,658 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Kent, WA, 106.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 46.443600, -120.421500
- DMS
- 46°26'36.96"N 120°25'17.40"W
- UTM
- 10N 698054.4E 5146567.1N
- Geohash
- c2625wz9x
- Plus code
- 84RXCHVH+CC
Daylight in Wapato
At 46.44° N, Wapato gets about 15 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wapato
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Toppenish, 6.8 miles away, with 8,658 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wapato, WA?
4,492 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 102 (2.2%) from 4,594 in July 2020.
What county is Wapato in?
Yakima County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wapato?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98951.
How far is Wapato from Olympia?
124.3 miles (200.0 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Wapato.
What is the nearest larger city to Wapato?
Toppenish, WA, with 8,658 residents, 6.8 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.