Klickitat County, Washington

Klickitat County population, land area and income

Klickitat County had 24,124 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,871.6 square miles of land. It ranks 29th of 39 in Washington by population and 16th by land area. That works out to 12.9 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Washington has 69,632 residents, so Klickitat County has 35% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $69,596 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Klickitat County's population changed since 2020

Klickitat County gained 1,304 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 5.7%. That ranks 6th of 39 in Washington for growth. The median Washington county changed by +3.2%, and the state as a whole by +3.0%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Klickitat County recorded 843 births and 1,072 deaths, a natural change of -229. Net international migration added +495 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,130. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 1,130 people.

Where Klickitat County is

The Census internal point of Klickitat County is at 45.870400, -120.779300. It sits in UTM zone 10N. The map shades Washington's 39 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Klickitat County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Klickitat County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Klickitat County, 6,130 people together, or 25% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Klickitat County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Goldendale with 3,525.

Counties bordering Klickitat County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Klickitat County, including 5 across a state line. The most populous is Yakima County, WA, with 258,523 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Yakima County

  258,523 people

  41 mi N

• Benton County

  218,190 people

  65 mi ENE

• OR

  Wasco County, OR

  26,507 people

  52 mi SSW

• OR

  Hood River County, OR

  23,764 people

  49 mi WSW

• Skamania County

  12,660 people

  57 mi W

• OR

  Morrow County, OR

  12,360 people

  65 mi ESE

• OR

  Sherman County, OR

  2,002 people

  33 mi S

• OR

  Gilliam County, OR

  1,971 people

  42 mi SE

Distance to Olympia and the nearest big city

Olympia is 129.1 miles NW of Klickitat County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Gresham, OR (population 111,507), 84.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is The Dalles, OR (population 15,884), 26.0 miles away.

Klickitat County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Klickitat County is 53039: state code 53 for Washington plus county code 039. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $69,596.