County · Washington

Columbia County, Washington

Columbia County, Washington has a quality-of-life score of 71 out of 100 (high), ranking #901 of 3,143 US counties. Within Washington it ranks #12 of 39 counties. It ranks best on violent crime rate (low), traffic deaths (low) and physical inactivity (low). It ranks worst on students per teacher (high), natural hazard risk (high) and drought exposure (high).

71High

Quality-of-life score: #901 of 3,143 counties
Washington: #12 of 39 in WA
Population: 4,141 (2025)
Land area: 869 mi²
Density: 4.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 53013

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety94#201/3,096
Economy64#1,143/3,143
Housing25#2,354/3,140
Health65#1,111/3,144
Healthcare82#574/3,143
Environment49#1,578/3,108
Education62#1,207/3,144
Infrastructure55#1,426/3,144
Community81#605/3,144
Leisure & amenities64#1,129/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Columbia County, Washington ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Violent crime rate · low25 /100k
98/100Washington 284 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Traffic deaths · low5.0 /100k
97/100Washington 9.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data
Physical inactivity · low18.5%
96/100Washington 19.0%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Preventable hospital stays · low1,287 /100k
96/100Washington 1,865 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Food insecurity · low10.5%
95/100Washington 10.5%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Voter turnout · high78.8%
93/100Washington 70.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance Commission

Weaknesses

Students per teacher · high36.9×
0/100Washington 17.9×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Natural hazard risk · high96.8
3/100Washington 63.52025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Drought exposure · high99%
3/100Washington 54%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Flu vaccinations · low18.0%
3/100Washington 43.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drug overdose deaths · high22.0 /100k
6/100Washington 32.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Child care cost burden · high35.7%
15/100Washington 36.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
5.3% (2010 & 2021) → 82.1% (2022 & 2024)
+77 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Students per teacherWorsening
13.3× (2019) → 36.9× (2024)
+178%5 yearsUS 15.2× → 15.2×
Drought exposureWorsening
69% (2021) → 99% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+30 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Some collegeWorsening
86.0% (2016-2020) → 65.4% (2019-2023)
−21 pts3 yearsUS 66.9% → 67.8%
Firearm deathsImproving
15.3 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Suicide rateImproving
18.5 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Columbia County, Washington improved on 6 of 27 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 18 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved6

Property crime−63%1,667 /100k → 620 /100k
New businesses+73%9.4 /1k → 16.2 /1k
Weekly wage+28%$934 → $1,195
Unemployment−2 points6.2% → 4.2%
Household income+21%$56,338 → $67,904

Declined2

Students / teacher+23.6×13.3× → 36.9×
Uninsured+2.9 points6.6% → 9.5%

All 27 measures

Change of every measure of Columbia County, Washington between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.1 /10k2020	4.8 /10k2025	−4.5%	Within the margin of error	26%
Average commute time	19.2 min2015-2019	23.0 min2020-2024	+3.8 min	Within the margin of error	8%
Average weekly wage	$9342020	$1,1952025	+28%	Improved	75%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%2015-2019	24.9%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Broadband subscriptions	78.3%2015-2019	82.4%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Child poverty rate	16.8%2019	18.8%2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Distance to an airport	55 mi2020	55 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Effective property tax rate	0.89%2015-2019	0.74%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Grocery stores	2.5 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	−4.5%	Within the margin of error	37%
High school diploma or higher	91.2%2015-2019	89.7%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	47%
Income adjusted for local prices	$54,2092019	$65,3922024	+21%	Improved	4%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5152015-2019	0.4322020-2024	−0.083	Within the margin of error	99%
Median household income	$56,3382019	$67,9042024	+21%	Improved	27%
New business applications	9.4 /1k2020	16.2 /1k2025	+73%	Improved	80%
Pharmacies	2.5 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	−4.5%	Within the margin of error	51%
Poverty rate	12.3%2019	12.4%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Property crime rate	1,667 /100k2020	620 /100k2025	−63%	Improved	90%
Public libraries	2.5 /10k2019	2.5 /10k2024	−0.6%	Within the margin of error	53%
Rent as share of income	25.7%2015-2019	28.5%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Rent-burdened households	34.1%2015-2019	45.8%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Restaurants and bars	15.2 /10k2020	9.7 /10k2025	−36%	Within the margin of error	5%
Students per teacher	13.3×2019	36.9×2024	+23.6×	Declined	0%
Traffic deaths	20.0 /100k2015-2019	5.0 /100k2020-2024	−75%	Within the margin of error	99%
Unemployment rate	6.2%2020	4.2%2025	−2 points	Improved	35%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.6%2019	9.5%2024	+2.9 points	Declined	2%
Violent crime rate	76 /100k2020	25 /100k2025	−67%	Within the margin of error	95%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Columbia County, Washington five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Columbia County, Washington in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Columbia County, Washington itself moved −7.5 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

4,014 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (+2.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

4,014 residents

Columbia County, Washington
Washington share

White81%3,261
Black0.5%†22
Hispanic or Latino8.3%335

Education

3,058 residents (±103)

Columbia County, Washington
Washington share

No high school diploma10%†315
High school or GED26%787
Some college27%825

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,862 households (±136)

Columbia County, Washington
Washington share

Under $25k19%†353
$25k–50k15%279
$50k–75k20%†371
$75k–100k11%†205
$100k–150k24%454
$150k–200k5.4%†100
$200k or more5.4%†100

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+10.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,862 households (±136)

Columbia County, Washington
Washington share

Own78%1,447
Rent22%†415

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+9.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

333 households (±107)

Columbia County, Washington
Washington share

Under $75017%†56
$750–1,00038%†127
$1,000–1,50040%†132

Home values

1,447 homes (±126)

Columbia County, Washington
Washington share

Under $150k16%†229
$150k–250k29%420
$250k–400k32%458

Age of homes

2,217 homes (±13)

Columbia County, Washington
Washington share

2010 or later6.1%†135
2000–200910%†232
1980–199911%†

Size of homes

2,217 homes (±13)

Columbia County, Washington
Washington share

Studio3.2%†71
1 bedroom10%†226
2 bedrooms25%550

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,735 workers (±164)

Columbia County, Washington
Washington share

Drive alone69%1,205
Carpool9.4%†163
Public transit0.3%†6
Walk6.7%†117
Bike1.3%†22
Work from home12%†206
Other0.9%†16

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Walk (−8.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,529 workers (±175)

Columbia County, Washington
Washington share

Under 15 min51%786
15–29 min11%†171
30–44 min15%†231

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Columbia County has 107 employer establishments, 263 for every 10,000 residents (1.06× the US rate of 248; 1.02× Washington's), with 903 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,212. The Census Bureau also counts 224 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 107; 224 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 263; US 248 · Washington 258
Paid employees: 903
Average annual pay: $48,212; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Columbia County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	5	12.3	0.67×Too few to compare	39	$25,769	—
Specialty trade contractors	5	12.3	0.79×Too few to compare	10	$27,900	16
Ambulatory health care services	4	9.8	0.47×Too few to compare	13	$58,000	10
Gasoline stations	4	9.8	3.04×Too few to compare	28	$23,929	—
Lessors of real estate	4	9.8	0.80×Too few to compare	8	$23,375	29
Religious organizations	4	9.8	1.77×Too few to compare	5	$23,400	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	3	7.4	1.47×Too few to compare	9	$29,667	—
Banks and credit unions	3	7.4	2.28×Too few to compare	18	$71,833	—
Commercial and industrial machinery repair	3	7.4	10.9×Too few to compare	26	$87,385	—
Full-service restaurants	3	7.4	0.96×Too few to compare	18	$33,444	—
RV parks and recreational camps	3	7.4	31.1×Too few to compare	6	$18,667	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	4

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 4,064 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $9.4M on contracts performed in Columbia County, Washington: $2,272 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $9.4M; −58% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,272; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.4%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$9.3M99%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$36.9K0.4%
Forest Service$35.5K0.4%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

14.9MFY2017
9MFY2018
13.3MFY2019
8.8MFY2020
12.1MFY2021
10.6MFY2022
14.4MFY2023
61.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$9M95%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$168.8K1.8%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$107.7K1.1%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$78.3K0.8%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$36.9K0.4%
Other support services · 5619$36.2K

Largest awards

LSR NAVLOCK TAINTER VALVES SYSTEM UPGRADES$64.6M
KNIGHT CONST. & SUPPLY, INC· Columbia County, WA· Construction & real property· Sep 23, 2024 – May 21, 2026· W912EF24C0012
LITTLE GOOSE LOCK AND DAM DC SYSTEM AND LOW VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR UPGRADES$18.1M
EC COMPANY· Columbia County, WA· Construction & real property· Jan 31, 2023 – Dec 18, 2025· W912EF23C0006
LOWER SNAKE RIVER TRASHRAKE CRANE AND RAKE UPGRADES, LOWER GRANITE, LITTLE GOOSE, AND LOWER MONUMENTAL DAMS.$17.7M
REEL COH INC· Columbia County, WA· Construction & real property· Mar 3, 2021 – Feb 3, 2026· W912EF21F8004
LGA STILLING BASIN SEDIMENT REMOVAL

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $46.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Columbia County, Washington: $11,267 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $46.7M; −8.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $11,267; US $12,955
Loan face value: $1.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 12%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$24.4M52%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$4.9M10%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$3.8M8.2%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$3.3M7.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$2.8M6.1%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$1.8M3.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$1.6M3.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$1.2M2.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

WASHINGTON ST DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$5.5M12%
OLYMPIA, WA
SENEY LAND & LIVESTOCK JOINT V$862.6K1.8%
DAYTON, WA
COLUMBIA, COUNTY OF$406.9K0.9%
DAYTON, WA
LAMBERT FARMS INC$300K0.6%
DAYTON, WA
2B FAMILY FARMS LLC$294.3K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$30M64%
Farm Service Agency$5.6M12%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration$5.5M12%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$3.6M7.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Assistance by fiscal year

43.4MFY2021
48.9MFY2022
42.6MFY2023
37.6MFY2024
51.1MFY2025
46.7MFY2026

County aggregates

72%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Columbia County, Washington compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Columbia County, Washington
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Columbia County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Columbia County, Washington	United States
FY2017	$3,703	$1,436
FY2018	$2,214	$1,552
FY2019	$3,313	$1,654
FY2020	$2,228	$1,880
FY2021	$3,012	$1,810
FY2022	$2,628	$1,917
FY2023	$3,539	$2,079
FY2024	$15,122	$2,047
FY2025	$5,389	$2,165
FY2026	$2,272 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Columbia County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Columbia County, Washington	United States
FY2017	$3,478	$93.28
FY2018	$2,043	$105
FY2019	$3,225	$128
FY2020	$1,914	$145
FY2021	$2,014	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Columbia County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Columbia County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$3,392	$5,748
FY2022	$2,752	$5,221
FY2023	$4,978	$5,364
FY2024	$16,279	$5,501
FY2025	$6,151	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Columbia County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Columbia County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$293	$298
FY2022	$38.43	$357
FY2023	$1,253	$301
FY2024	$1,012	$319
FY2025	$677	$360
FY2026	$1,328

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Columbia County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Columbia County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$0	$239
FY2022	$24.03	$185
FY2023	$0	$229
FY2024	$0	$229
FY2025	$22.66	$249
FY2026	$0

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Columbia County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Columbia County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$57.55	$2,304
FY2022	$60.08	$2,197
FY2023	$54.45	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	-$32.51

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Columbia County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Columbia County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$472	$1,186
FY2022	$600	$465
FY2023	$110	$76.52
FY2024	$495	$120
FY2025	$0	$148
FY2026	$0

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Columbia County, Washington
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Columbia County, Washington and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Columbia County, Washington	United States
2014	2.1%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties under 10,000 residents are not assessed: their money per resident swings too much from year to year.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/53013

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Columbia County, Washington is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Michael BaumgartnerR-WA-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.4%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Columbia County

Places whose residents live mostly in Columbia County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Columbia County, Washington	United States
2014	−7.6%	−4.2%
2015	−3.2%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.5%	+3.3%
2018	+6.9%	+6.8%
2019	+15.5%	+10.5%
2020	+24.5%	+19.4%
2021	+42.0%	+26.1%
2022	+49.1%	+30.6%
2023	+72.0%	+35.0%
2024	+72.0%	+41.0%
2025	+59.3%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Columbia County, Washington	United States
2014	−8.3%	−5.5%
2015	+4.2%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−0.5%	+4.1%
2018	+4.8%	+8.9%
2019	+21.1%	+13.5%
2020	+31.7%	+20.8%
2021	+41.6%	+32.1%
2022	+38.1%	+35.4%
2023	+42.3%	+42.9%
2024	+46.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Columbia County, Washington	United States
2014	1.8/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.5/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	10.9/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.5/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Columbia County, Washington	United States
2014	−5.1%	−6.9%
2015	−16.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.1%	+4.7%
2018	+12.1%	+7.5%
2019	+17.6%	+14.0%
2020	+21.6%	+16.9%
2021	+24.5%	+21.0%
2022	+31.4%	+29.7%
2023	+38.4%	+34.9%
2024	+41.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Columbia County, Washington	United States
2014	15.5%	15.5%
2015	15.2%	14.7%
2016	14.0%	14.0%
2017	13.5%	13.4%
2018	13.3%	13.1%
2019	12.3%	12.3%
2020	12.6%	11.9%
2021	13.2%	12.8%
2022	11.8%	12.6%
2023	13.6%	12.5%
2024	12.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	Columbia County, Washington	United States
2014	7.0%	6.2%
2015	6.6%	5.3%
2016	6.0%	4.9%
2017	5.3%	4.4%
2018	5.3%	3.9%
2019	4.7%	3.7%
2020	6.2%	8.1%
2021	4.2%	5.4%
2022	3.9%	3.7%
2023	3.6%	3.6%
2024	4.1%	4.0%
2025	4.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Columbia County, Washington	United States
2014	—	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	—	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.5% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+28.4% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+36.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+60.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+66.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+67.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+72.0% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+74.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Columbia County, Washington	United States
2014	11.7%	13.5%
2015	7.4%	10.9%
2016	6.9%	10.0%
2017	6.4%	10.2%
2018	7.1%	10.4%
2019	6.6%	10.8%
2020	6.9%	10.4%
2021	9.0%	10.2%
2022	7.6%	9.5%
2023	7.8%	9.5%
2024	9.5%	9.8%

Calendar years	Columbia County, Washington	United States
2014	11.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.3/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.9/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.5/1k	10.6/1k
2020	9.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.0/1k	16.2/1k
2022	10.7/1k	15.1/1k
2023	15.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	14.6/1k	15.4/1k
2025	16.2/1k	16.6/1k

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Declined2

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Improved6

Declined2

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Race and Hispanic origin

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