Skamania County, Washington

Skamania County population, land area and income

Skamania County had 12,660 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,658.3 square miles of land. It ranks 34th of 39 in Washington by population and 24th by land area. That works out to 7.6 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 Skamania County has 18% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $85,131 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Skamania County's population changed since 2020

Skamania County gained 615 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 5.1%. That ranks 12th 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, Skamania County recorded 393 births and 445 deaths, a natural change of -52. Net international migration added +23 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +642. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 642 people.

Where Skamania County is

The Census internal point of Skamania County is at 46.024800, -121.953200. 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 Skamania County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Skamania County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Skamania County, 3,016 people together, or 24% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Skamania County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Stevenson with 1,598.

Counties bordering Skamania County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Skamania County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Multnomah County, OR, with 795,897 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• OR

  Multnomah County, OR

  795,897 people

  40 mi SW

• Clark County

  527,269 people

  31 mi SW

• Yakima County

  258,523 people

  65 mi ENE

• Cowlitz County

  113,982 people

  37 mi WNW

• Lewis County

  87,049 people

  43 mi NNW

• Klickitat County

  24,124 people

  57 mi E

• OR

  Hood River County, OR

  23,764 people

  38 mi SSE

Distance to Olympia and the nearest big city

Olympia is 83.1 miles NNW of Skamania County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Vancouver, WA (population 198,992), 40.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Battle Ground, WA (population 22,959), 33.1 miles away.

Skamania County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Skamania County is 53059: state code 53 for Washington plus county code 059. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $85,131.