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Yakima County

Population in July 2007: 8,438.
Males: 4,333  (51.4%)
Females: 4,105  (48.6%)

Median resident age:  38.2 years
Washington median age:  35.3 years

Estimated median household income in 2008: $56,010 (it was $43,117 in 2000)
Northwest Yakima:  $56,010
Washington:  $58,078

Estimated per capita income in 2008: $21,614

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $183,536 (it was $123,200 in 2000)
Northwest Yakima:  $183,536
Washington:  $308,100

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Races in Northwest Yakima:

  • White Non-Hispanic (90.8%)
  • Hispanic (9.1%)
  • Other race (5.2%)
  • Two or more races (2.4%)
  • American Indian (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Northwest Yakima: 83.5 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Elevation: 127 feet

Land area: 1177.7 square miles.

Population density: 7.2 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Northwest Yakima

  • High school or higher: 80.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.7%
  • Unemployed: 3.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Northwest Yakima CCD

  • Never married: 18.0%
  • Now married: 69.2%
  • Separated: 2.0%
  • Widowed: 4.2%
  • Divorced: 8.6%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.3%
Washington:  10.4%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Northwest Yakima:  1.1% ($1,324)
Washington:  1.2% ($1,915)
Northwest Yakima satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Yakima, WA (22.9 miles , pop. 71,845).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: East Seattle, WA (82.9 miles , pop. 480,100).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (885.4 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Tieton, WA (3.2 miles ), Naches, WA (3.6 miles ), Eschbach, WA (4.1 miles ), Gleed, WA (4.3 miles ), Summitview, WA (4.3 miles ), West Valley, WA (4.4 miles ), Ahtanum, WA (4.6 miles ), Selah, WA (4.6 miles ).

Latitude: 46.74 N, Longitude: 120.97 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 509

Northwest Yakima household income distribution Northwest Yakima home values distribution

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Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (10%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Food (5%)
  • Truck transportation (5%)
  • Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Health care (19%)
  • Educational services (13%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Public administration (8%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (5%)
  • Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Registered nurses (6%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (5%)



Northwest Yakima-area historical earthquake activity is slightly above Washington state average. It is 218% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/13/1949 at 19:55:42, a magnitude 7.0 (7.0 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 80.5 miles away from Northwest Yakima center, causing $80,000,000 total damage
On 2/28/2001 at 18:54:32, a magnitude 6.8 (6.5 MB, 6.6 MS, 6.8 MW, Depth: 32.2 mi, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 80.0 miles away from the city center, causing $2,000,000,000 total damage and $305,000,000 insured losses
On 4/29/1965 at 15:28:43, a magnitude 6.6 (6.6 UK) earthquake occurred 75.9 miles away from the city center, causing $28,000,000 total damage
On 2/14/1981 at 06:09:27, a magnitude 5.5 (5.1 MB, 4.8 MS, 5.5 ML, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 55.6 miles away from Northwest Yakima center
On 5/3/1996 at 04:04:22, a magnitude 5.5 (5.2 MB, 5.3 MD, 5.5 ML, Depth: 2.5 mi) earthquake occurred 84.3 miles away from the city center
On 1/29/1995 at 03:11:22, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MB, 4.5 MS, 5.1 MW, 5.0 MD, Depth: 10.7 mi) earthquake occurred 79.8 miles away from Northwest Yakima center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

Hospitals/medical centers near Northwest Yakima:
  • KITTITAS VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 31 miles; ELLENSBURG, WA)
  • PROVIDENCE YAKIMA MEDICAL CENTER (about 39 miles; YAKIMA, WA)
  • YAKIMA VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 39 miles; YAKIMA, WA)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Northwest Yakima:
  • YAKIMA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 21 miles; YAKIMA, WA; Full-time enrollment: 2,906)
  • CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 31 miles; ELLENSBURG, WA; FT enrollment: 7,420)
  • WENATCHEE VALLEY COLLEGE (about 57 miles; WENATCHEE, WA; FT enrollment: 2,074)
  • PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY (about 59 miles; TACOMA, WA; FT enrollment: 3,265)
  • HIGHLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 63 miles; DES MOINES, WA; FT enrollment: 4,288)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-SEATTLE CAMPUS (about 63 miles; SEATTLE, WA; FT enrollment: 32,742)
  • SHORELINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 63 miles; SEATTLE, WA; FT enrollment: 4,526)

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Notable locations in Northwest Yakima: Ahtanum Guard Station (A), Ahtanum Meadow Campground (B), Huckleberry Forest Camp (C), American Forks Campground (D), Indian Creek Campground (E), Indian Creek Corrals (F), Indian Creek Trailhead (G), Indian Flat Campground (H), Arch Rock Shelter (I), Little Naches Campground (J), Wenas Valley Grange (K), Wenas Camp (L), North Fork Trailhead (M), Lodgepole Campground (N), Lonesome Cove Campground (O), Lost Lake Campground (P), Lower Naches Grange (Q), Naches Ranger Station (R), White Pass Campground (S), White Pass Ski Area (T). Display/hide their locations on the map

Church in Northwest Yakima: Nile Community Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemeteries: Wenas Cemetery (1), Peterson Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Deer Lake (A), Warm Lake (B), Little Cougar Lake (C), Conrad Lake (D), Root Lake (E), Kettle Lake (F), Basin Lake (G), Bear Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Rivers and creeks: County Creek (A), Scab Creek (B), Devil Creek (C), Scatter Creek (D), Mesatchee Creek (E), Counterfeit Creek (F), Horse Creek (G), Miriam Creek (H), Orr Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Northwest Yakima include: Oak Creek State Wildlife Area (1), Lower Naches Community Park (2), L T Murray State Wildlife Recreation Area (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.8 people
Washington:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  68.0%
Whole state:  66.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  5.5%
Whole state:  6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
This place:  9.4%
Whole state:  10.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
This place:  2.2%
Whole state:  4.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Northwest Yakima, WA


21 people in other group homes
15 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents


Northwest Yakima compared to Washington state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Educational Attainment




School Enrollment by Level of School






Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Electricity (54%)
  • Wood (24%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
  • Other fuel (1%)


Religion statistics for Northwest Yakima

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 38.92%
Here38.9%
USA50.2%

Adherents


Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.
NameCatholic ChurchLDS (Mormon) ChurchAssemblies of GodPresbyterian Church (USA)Southern Baptist Convention
Adherents47.7%6.2%5.2%4.3%4.0%
Congregations7.2%7.2%8.9%3.8%5.5%
NameChurch of the NazareneUnited Methodist ChurchSeventh-Day Adventist ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaOther
Adherents3.6%3.4%2.7%2.2%20.7%
Congregations5.1%4.6%5.9%2.5%49.4%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.


4.00% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,982 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.00%
Washington average:  7.86%

0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($548 average AGI)
Yakima County:  0.05%
Washington average:  0.26%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from King County, WA  0.41% ($38,287 average AGI)
from Benton County, WA  0.35% ($32,261)
from Kittitas County, WA  0.23% ($39,665)


4.78% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,023 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.78%
Washington average:  7.07%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($459 average AGI)
Yakima County:  0.05%
Washington average:  0.16%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to King County, WA  0.61% ($29,496 average AGI)
to Benton County, WA  0.50% ($31,588)
to Spokane County, WA  0.21% ($32,291)


Strongest AM radio stations in Northwest Yakima:
  • KYAK (930 AM; 10 kW; YAKIMA, WA)
  • KJOX (980 AM; 5 kW; SELAH, WA; Owner: NEW NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS, LLC)
  • KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KJR (950 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA)
  • KTBI (810 AM; daytime; 50 kW; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: TACOMA BROADCASTERS, INCORPORATED)
  • KIXI (880 AM; 50 kW; MERCER ISLAND/SEATTL, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO, INC.)
  • KGNW (820 AM; 50 kW; BURIEN-SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
  • KYCW (1090 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KOMO (1000 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - SEATTLE RADIO, L.L.C.)
  • KYXE (1020 AM; 5 kW; SELAH, WA; Owner: BUTTERFIELD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KIT (1280 AM; 5 kW; YAKIMA, WA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KPOJ (620 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Northwest Yakima:
  • KQSN (99.3 FM; NACHES, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KZTA (96.9 FM; NACHES, WA; Owner: BUTTERFIELD BROADCASTING CORP)
  • KRSE (105.7 FM; YAKIMA, WA; Owner: NEW NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS, LLC)
  • KFFM (107.3 FM; YAKIMA, WA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KXLE-FM (95.3 FM; ELLENSBURG, WA; Owner: KXLE, INC.)
  • KPQ-FM (102.1 FM; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: WESCOAST BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KNWR (90.7 FM; ELLENSBURG, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • KQBE (103.1 FM; ELLENSBURG, WA; Owner: PEAK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KXDD (104.1 FM; YAKIMA, WA; Owner: NEW NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS, LLC)
  • K232CV (94.3 FM; ELLENSBURG, WA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KSOH (89.5 FM; WAPATO, WA; Owner: LIFETALK RADIO, INC.)
  • K218CX (91.5 FM; YAKIMA, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KDNA (91.9 FM; YAKIMA, WA; Owner: NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES EDUC., CENTER)
  • KATS (94.5 FM; YAKIMA, WA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KNWY (90.3 FM; YAKIMA, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • K201EX (88.1 FM; GREENWATER, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KHHK (99.7 FM; YAKIMA, WA; Owner: NEW NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS, LLC)
  • K201AS (88.1 FM; YAKIMA, WA; Owner: WEST VALLEY TRANSLATOR ASSOCIATION)
  • KYPL (91.1 FM; YAKIMA, WA; Owner: GROWING CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION)
  • K204DH (88.7 FM; HANFORD, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)




Northwest Yakima on our top lists:
  • #37 on the list of "Top 100 cities with largest land areas (pop. 5,000+)"
  • #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
  • #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2003 (pop 50,000+)"
  • #35 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
  • #56 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest average weight of females"
  • #80 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving out compared to moving in (pop. 50,000+)"

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