Washington · Census place 5378330

White Salmon, Washington

White Salmon is a city in Klickitat County, Washington with an estimated 2,605 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 152nd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,605
#152 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
+4.1%
+102 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
1,692 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: White Salmon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

White Salmon population, 2020 to 2024

White Salmon added 102 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.1%. In the latest year it moved by +35.

2,50320202,53920212,53820222,57020232,6052024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,490. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

White Salmon covers 1.54 square miles of land, for 1,692 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so White Salmon is less dense than the typical town.

What county White Salmon is in

All of White Salmon's residents live in Klickitat County, which had 24,124 residents in 2024. White Salmon holds 10.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in White Salmon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps White Salmon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98672. 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 White Salmon is

The Census internal point of White Salmon is at 45.728400, -121.485400. Olympia, the capital, is 112.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hood River, OR (8,350 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Gresham, OR, 48.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.728400, -121.485400
DMS
45°43'42.24"N 121°29'7.44"W
UTM
10N 617851.2E 5064987.1N
Geohash
c21s5s951
Plus code
84QWPGH7+9R

Daylight in White Salmon

At 45.73° N, White Salmon gets about 15 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near White Salmon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Stevenson, 20.0 miles away, with 1,598 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of White Salmon, WA?

2,605 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 102 (4.1%) from 2,503 in July 2020.

What county is White Salmon in?

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

What ZIP codes cover White Salmon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98672.

How far is White Salmon from Olympia?

112.7 miles (181.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from White Salmon.

What is the nearest larger city to White Salmon?

Hood River, OR, with 8,350 residents, 2.4 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.