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Whitman County, Washington

Whitman County, Washington has a quality-of-life score of 64 out of 100 (high), ranking #1,137 of 3,143 US counties. Within Washington it ranks #16 of 39 counties. It ranks best on some college (high), injury deaths (low) and bachelor's degree or higher (high). It ranks worst on severe housing problems (high), rent as share of income (high) and income inequality (Gini index) (high).

64High

Quality-of-life score: #1,137 of 3,143 counties
Washington: #16 of 39 in WA
Population: 48,512 (2025)
Land area: 2,159 mi²
Density: 22.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 53075

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 79 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.

Safety82#567/3,096
Economy37#1,986/3,143
Housing0#3,129/3,140
Health70#939/3,144
Healthcare71#900/3,143
Environment57#1,336/3,108
Education97#105/3,144
Infrastructure76#761/3,144
Community48#1,629/3,144
Leisure & amenities50#1,566/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Some college · high85.9%
100/100Washington 72.0%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Injury deaths · low54 /100k
98/100Washington 86 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Bachelor's degree or higher · high49.8%
97/100Washington 39.6%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Public transit commuters · high3.1%
97/100Washington 3.5%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Public EV charging ports · high19.6 /10k
96/100Washington 11.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy
Physical inactivity · low18.9%
95/100Washington 19.0%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Severe housing problems · high25.4%
1/100Washington 16.5%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Rent as share of income · high40.2%
1/100Washington 30.0%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.521
2/100Washington 0.469United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Drought exposure · high100%
2/100Washington 54%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Home price to income ratio · high6.5×
3/100Washington 5.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Child care cost burden · high41.8%
4/100Washington 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.

Drought exposureWorsening
70% (2021) → 100% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+30 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
5.5 /1k (2020) → 13.7 /1k (2025)
+148%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
High ozone daysImproving
1 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
New homes permittedWorsening
9.7 /1k (2021) → 0.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−94%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
68.3% (2010 & 2021) → 82.3% (2022 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
29.7% (2020 & 2021) → 41.8% (2023 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%

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, Whitman County, Washington improved on 6 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 22 moved within the margin of error and 2 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

New businesses+148%5.5 /1k → 13.7 /1k
Household income+30%$45,906 → $59,641
Students / teacher−1.0×15.0× → 14.0×
Weekly wage+25%$1,056 → $1,317
Unemployment−1.6 points5.5% → 3.9%

Declined3

Transit use−2.5 points5.6% → 3.1%
Price / income+1.4×5.1× → 6.5×
Violent crime+49%103 /100k → 154 /100k

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Whitman County, Washington between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.3 /10k2020	2.5 /10k2025	−26%	Within the margin of error	10%
Average commute time	16.1 min2015-2019	16.5 min2020-2024	+0.4 min	Within the margin of error	50%
Average weekly wage	$1,0562020	$1,3172025	+25%	Improved	56%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%2015-2019	49.8%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Broadband subscriptions	83.9%2015-2019	85.4%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Child poverty rate	13.7%2019	13.5%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Distance to an airport	59 mi2020	59 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	11.0 /100k2020	14.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+34%	Within the margin of error	9%
Effective property tax rate	0.99%2015-2019	0.77%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	79%
Firearm deaths	15.7 /100k2020	15.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−0.6%	Within the margin of error	50%
Grocery stores	1.7 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+11%	Within the margin of error	79%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	−1.4%	Within the margin of error	42%
High school diploma or higher	95.5%2015-2019	96.0%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Home price to income ratio	5.1×2015-2019	6.5×2020-2024	+1.4×	Declined	3%
Homicide rate	3.2 /100k2020	3.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−3.1%	Within the margin of error	23%
Income adjusted for local prices	$41,5912019	$52,5132024	+26%	Improved	18%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5072015-2019	0.5212020-2024	+0.013	Within the margin of error	31%
Median household income	$45,9062019	$59,6412024	+30%	Improved	75%
New business applications	5.5 /1k2020	13.7 /1k2025	+148%	Improved	97%
Pharmacies	1.0 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−21%	Within the margin of error	23%
Poverty rate	26.3%2019	23.0%2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Property crime rate	801 /100k2020	825 /100k2025	+3.1%	Within the margin of error	10%
Public libraries	3.0 /10k2019	3.1 /10k2024	+4.7%	Within the margin of error	80%
Public transit commuters	5.6%2015-2019	3.1%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Declined	7%
Rent as share of income	37.4%2015-2019	40.2%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Rent-burdened households	59.4%2015-2019	61.8%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Restaurants and bars	9.2 /10k2020	9.3 /10k2025	+0.8%	Within the margin of error	52%
Students per teacher	15.0×2019	14.0×2024	−1.0×	Improved	60%
Suicide rate	20.9 /100k2020	22.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+9.6%	Within the margin of error	36%
Traffic deaths	10.5 /100k2015-2019	7.3 /100k2020-2024	−31%	Within the margin of error	87%
Unemployment rate	5.5%2020	3.9%2025	−1.6 points	Improved	25%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.9%2019	7.7%2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Violent crime rate	103 /100k2020	154 /100k2025	+49%	Declined	10%

“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; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; 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 Whitman County, Washington five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Whitman 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, Whitman County, Washington itself moved −3.4 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

47,003 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: 10–19 women (−2.3 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

47,003 residents

Whitman County, Washington
Washington share

White74%34,562
Black1.4%647
Hispanic or Latino8.1%3,827
Asian6.8%3,191
American Indian and Alaska Native0.3%†157
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.2%†94
Other or two or more races9.6%4,525

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+5.5 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

24,572 residents (±241)

Whitman County, Washington
Washington share

No high school diploma4.0%993
High school or GED16%3,870
Some college21%5,122
Associate degree9.6%2,356
Bachelor's degree27%6,734
Graduate degree22%5,497

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

18,721 households (±472)

Whitman County, Washington
Washington share

Under $25k28%5,234
$25k–50k19%3,570
$50k–75k12%2,314
$75k–100k11%2,050
$100k–150k12%2,327
$150k–200k9.1%1,696
$200k or more8.2%1,530

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−6.1 points).

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

18,721 households (±472)

Whitman County, Washington
Washington share

Own47%8,765
Rent53%9,956

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+3.2 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

9,467 households (±582)

Whitman County, Washington
Washington share

Under $75015%1,464
$750–1,00029%2,741
$1,000–1,50037%3,515

Home values

8,765 homes (±341)

Whitman County, Washington
Washington share

Under $150k17%1,503
$150k–250k14%1,262
$250k–400k26%2,270

Age of homes

22,091 homes (±55)

Whitman County, Washington
Washington share

2010 or later10%2,298
2000–200912%2,716
1980–199923%5,101

Size of homes

22,091 homes (±55)

Whitman County, Washington
Washington share

Studio3.7%828
1 bedroom14%3,004
2 bedrooms32%7,074

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

22,974 workers (±845)

Whitman County, Washington
Washington share

Drive alone63%14,421
Carpool11%2,458
Public transit3.1%705
Walk10%2,340
Bike1.9%†441
Work from home10%2,370
Other1.0%†239

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+5.9 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

20,604 workers (±831)

Whitman County, Washington
Washington share

Under 15 min53%10,977
15–29 min33%6,839
30–44 min7.6%1,565

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

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Pullman, WA

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.

Whitman County has 873 employer establishments, 184 for every 10,000 residents (0.74× the US rate of 248; 0.71× Washington's), with 11,417 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,100. The Census Bureau also counts 2,533 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 873; 2,533 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 184; US 248 · Washington 258
Paid employees: 11,417
Average annual pay: $56,100; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	76	16	0.87×About typical	1,410	$20,762	16
Lessors of real estate	58	12.2	0.99×About typical	277	$41,282	321
Ambulatory health care services	49	10.3	0.49×Fewer than typical	406	$72,323	121
Specialty trade contractors	46	9.7	0.62×Fewer than typical	315	$62,873	81
Construction of buildings	38	8	1.06×About typical	198	$70,798	66
Full-service restaurants	35	7.4	0.96×About typical	593	$23,406	3
Religious organizations	30	6.3	1.14×About typical	281	$19,808	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	26	5.5	0.81×About typical	88	$46,739	106
Banks and credit unions	24	5	1.56×More than typical	150	$53,933	—
Limited-service restaurants	24	5	0.63×Fewer than typical	649	$18,539	10
Automotive repair and maintenance	20	4.2	0.83×About typical	122	$41,189	20
Building equipment contractors	17	3.6	0.59×Fewer than typical	191	$65,220	6

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 47,568 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 $5.2M on contracts performed in Whitman County, Washington: $108 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $5.2M; −40% vs FY2025
Per resident: $108; US $1,994
Sole-source: 26%; US 30%
Single offer: 18%; 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

Agricultural Research Service$1.3M25%
Department of the Army$1.2M23%
Department of the Air Force$800K15%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$385K7.4%
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$333.4K6.4%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$273.5K5.2%
Department of Energy$256.5K4.9%
U.S. Geological Survey$139.6K2.7%

Top recipients

HENSEL PHELPS CONSTRUCTION CO.$1.1M21%
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY$926.8K18%
SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES INC$857.7K16%
ALVAREZ LLC$386.6K7.4%
ZURN USA INC$322.2K6.2%

Spending by fiscal year

3.9MFY2017
5.4MFY2018
6.9MFY2019
4.5MFY2020
7.5MFY2021
4.6MFY2022
110.7MFY2023
9.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$1.1M21%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$1.1M21%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331$640.7K12%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$445.1K8.5%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$415K7.9%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415

Largest awards

CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLANT BIOSCIENCES$113.4M
HENSEL PHELPS CONSTRUCTION CO.· Whitman County, WA· Construction & real property· Jun 9, 2023 – May 21, 2026· W912DW23C0014
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BA230121 TITLED SELF ASSEMBLING VACCINE PLATFORM$3.9M
HEXAMER THERAPEUTICS INC.· Whitman County, WA· Research & development· Sep 25, 2023 – Jun 3, 2026· HT942523C0078
A-E SERVICES FOR DESIGN-BUILD RFP FOR ARS/WSU PLANT BIOSCIENCES FACILITY$3.4M
HDR ENGINEERING, INC· Whitman County, WA· Construction & real property· Jul 8, 2021 – May 18, 2026· W912DW21F2040
AWARD TO WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY TO COMPLETE THE STATEMENT OF WORK.

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 $450.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Whitman County, Washington: $9,280 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $450.2M; +2.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,280; US $12,955
Loan face value: $12.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 9.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$130.8M29%
11.071 · 2026 Congressionally Identified Construction Grants$49.5M11%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$45.4M10%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$37.3M8.3%
93.788 · Opioid Str$28.1M6.2%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$17.5M3.9%
11.307 · Economic Adjustment Assistance$13.9M3.1%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$13.5M3.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY$165.8M37%
PULLMAN, WA
HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY$27.4M6.1%
OLYMPIA, WA
PORT OF WHITMAN COUNTY$14.7M3.3%
COLFAX, WA
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY$10.8M2.4%
PUYALLUP, WA
WASHINGTON ST DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.7M

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$158.6M35%
Department of Education$60.5M13%
National Institute of Standards and Technology$51.5M11%
Department of Commerce
Farm Service Agency$41.9M9.3%
Department of Agriculture
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$28.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

515.8MFY2021
447.6MFY2022
365.1MFY2023
439.6MFY2024
439.1MFY2025
450.2MFY2026

County aggregates

40%

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 Whitman 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.

Whitman County, Washington
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Whitman County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Whitman County, Washington	United States
FY2017	$78.58	$1,436
FY2018	$109	$1,552
FY2019	$137	$1,654
FY2020	$93.88	$1,880
FY2021	$174	$1,810
FY2022	$95.89	$1,917
FY2023	$2,328	$2,079
FY2024	$190	$2,047
FY2025	$180	$2,165
FY2026	$108 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Whitman County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Whitman County, Washington	United States
FY2017	$1.20	$93.28
FY2018	$28.53	$105
FY2019	$40.04	$128
FY2020	$16.11	$145
FY2021	$63.33	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Whitman County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Whitman County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$6,039	$5,748
FY2022	$4,022	$5,221
FY2023	$5,490	$5,364
FY2024	$4,416	$5,501
FY2025	$2,878	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Whitman County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Whitman County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$166	$298
FY2022	$1,624	$357
FY2023	$566	$301
FY2024	$429	$319
FY2025	$310	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Whitman County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Whitman County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$11.64	$239
FY2022	$10.60	$185
FY2023	$9.89	$229
FY2024	$16.30	$229
FY2025	$12.16	$249
FY2026	$9.28

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Whitman County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Whitman County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$901	$2,304
FY2022	$211	$2,197
FY2023	$268	$2,274
FY2024	$1,074	$2,267
FY2025	$960	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Whitman County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Whitman County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$652	$1,186
FY2022	$222	$465
FY2023	-$74.35	$76.52
FY2024	$43.40	$120
FY2025	$17.15	$148
FY2026	$114

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.

Whitman County, Washington
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Whitman County, Washington and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Whitman County, Washington	United States
2014

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.

Transportation grants · FY2022

$1,624 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of $166 (9.8× that).

Compared with 8 similar counties

Whitman County, Washington
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

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/53075

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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.

Whitman 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

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Whitman County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Pullman, WA62Central county

Cities and towns in Whitman County

Places whose residents live mostly in Whitman 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

JSON · /api/v1/places/53075

Calendar years	Whitman County, Washington	United States
2014	−4.9%	−4.2%
2015	−4.2%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.2%	+3.3%
2018	+7.3%	+6.8%
2019	+11.8%	+10.5%
2020	+21.1%	+19.4%
2021	+24.4%	+26.1%
2022	+26.8%	+30.6%
2023	+34.2%	+35.0%
2024	+42.3%	+41.0%
2025	+51.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Whitman County, Washington	United States
2014	−4.8%	−5.5%
2015	+0.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.5%	+4.1%
2018	+14.0%	+8.9%
2019	+16.0%	+13.5%
2020	+25.7%	+20.8%
2021	+47.6%	+32.1%
2022	+35.3%	+35.4%
2023	+40.5%	+42.9%
2024	+46.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Whitman County, Washington	United States
2014	4.6/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.0/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.9/1k	3.9/1k
2018	5.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	8.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	9.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	5.9/1k	5.0/1k
2023	5.4/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.9/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Whitman County, Washington	United States
2014	−2.0%	−6.9%
2015	+2.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.2%	+4.7%
2018	+6.3%	+7.5%
2019	+7.5%	+14.0%
2020	+22.0%	+16.9%
2021	+24.5%	+21.0%
2022	+27.4%	+29.7%
2023	+38.3%	+34.9%
2024	+39.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Whitman County, Washington	United States
2014	28.4%	15.5%
2015	20.8%	14.7%
2016	25.9%	14.0%
2017	21.4%	13.4%
2018	25.4%	13.1%
2019	26.3%	12.3%
2020	15.7%	11.9%
2021	18.1%	12.8%
2022	19.5%	12.6%
2023	24.8%	12.5%
2024	23.0%	12.1%

Calendar years	Whitman County, Washington	United States
2014	5.1%	6.2%
2015	4.9%	5.3%
2016	5.0%	4.9%
2017	4.4%	4.4%
2018	4.5%	3.9%
2019	4.4%	3.7%
2020	5.5%	8.1%
2021	3.3%	5.4%
2022	3.7%	3.7%
2023	3.5%	3.6%
2024	3.9%	4.0%
2025	3.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Whitman County, Washington	United States
2014	−10.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.4% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+13.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+20.9% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+36.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+57.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+68.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+73.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+74.6% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+70.5% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Whitman County, Washington	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	—	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	— (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Whitman County, Washington	United States
2014	9.5%	13.5%
2015	6.0%	10.9%
2016	6.4%	10.0%
2017	6.2%	10.2%
2018	6.2%	10.4%
2019	6.9%	10.8%
2020	7.5%	10.4%
2021	7.2%	10.2%
2022	6.7%	9.5%
2023	7.7%	9.5%
2024	7.7%	9.8%

Calendar years	Whitman County, Washington	United States
2014	4.3/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.4/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.5/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	6.7/1k	15.1/1k
2023	6.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	7.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	13.7/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Whitman County, Washington	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−3.4 points	−2.9 points	−4.1 points to −1.9 points
Year −2	−9.3 points	−7.6 points	−10.2 points to −6.3 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+0.2 points	+0.3 points	−1.6 points to +2.4 points
Year +1	−1.2 points	−2.1 points	−3.8 points to −1.0 points
Year +2	−5.6 points	−2.4 points	−4.8 points to +0.3 points

Year	Whitman County, Washington	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−1.4 per 1,000 people	−1.0 per 1,000 people	−2.4 per 1,000 people to +0.6 per 1,000 people
Year −2	−7.7 per 1,000 people	−1.2 per 1,000 people	−2.2 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year 0	−3.8 per 1,000 people	−1.8 per 1,000 people	−3.3 per 1,000 people to −0.2 per 1,000 people
Year +1	−4.3 per 1,000 people	−1.5 per 1,000 people	−3.0 per 1,000 people to +2.5 per 1,000 people
Year +2	−8.8 per 1,000 people	−1.4 per 1,000 people	−2.9 per 1,000 people to +2.8 per 1,000 people

Year	Whitman County, Washington	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−0.5 points	−0.2 points	−0.6 points to +0.4 points
Year −2	−1.0 points	+0.1 points	−0.5 points to +0.5 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	0.0 points	−0.5 points	−1.1 points to +0.9 points

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved6

Declined3

Counties like Whitman County, Washington five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 8 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Whitman County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved6

Declined3

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 8 similar counties

Compared with 5 similar counties

Jumps not compared

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients