Pend Oreille County, Washington

Pend Oreille County population, land area and income

Pend Oreille County had 14,332 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,400.3 square miles of land. It ranks 33rd of 39 in Washington by population and 25th by land area. That works out to 10.2 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 Pend Oreille County has 21% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $63,611 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Pend Oreille County's population changed since 2020

Pend Oreille County gained 826 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 6.1%. That ranks 5th 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, Pend Oreille County recorded 467 births and 944 deaths, a natural change of -477. Net international migration added +8 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,417. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 1,417 people.

Where Pend Oreille County is

The Census internal point of Pend Oreille County is at 48.543800, -117.232200. It sits in UTM zone 11N. The map shades Washington's 39 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Pend Oreille County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Pend Oreille County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Pend Oreille County, 2,235 people together, or 16% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Pend Oreille County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Newport with 2,235.

Counties bordering Pend Oreille County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Pend Oreille County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Spokane County, WA, with 555,947 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Spokane County

  555,947 people

  64 mi S

• ID

  Bonner County, ID

  53,955 people

  32 mi ESE

• Stevens County

  49,015 people

  30 mi WSW

• ID

  Boundary County, ID

  14,040 people

  36 mi ENE

Distance to Olympia and the nearest big city

Olympia is 282.9 miles WSW of Pend Oreille County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA (population 108,267), 60.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Sandpoint, ID (population 10,444), 35.7 miles away.

Pend Oreille County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Pend Oreille County is 53051: state code 53 for Washington plus county code 051. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $63,611.