Scores by category

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

Safety29#2,188/3,096
Economy33#2,111/3,143
Housing21#2,467/3,140
Health37#1,987/3,144
Healthcare40#1,893/3,143
Environment18#2,558/3,108
Education3#3,043/3,144
Infrastructure65#1,091/3,144
Community33#2,100/3,144
Leisure & amenities61#1,233/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Mental health providers · high430 /100k
87/100Washington 568 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Adult smoking · low13.2%
84/100Washington 12.2%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Dentists · high73 /100k
82/100Washington 88 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.425
80/100Washington 0.469United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Average commute time · low20.3 min
79/100Washington 26.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Grocery stores · high2.5 /10k
77/100Washington 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Weaknesses

High school diploma or higher · low76.8%
1/100Washington 92.3%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Hospital quality rating · low1.0
2/100Washington 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Drug overdose deaths · high40.5 /100k
3/100Washington 32.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Severe housing problems · high19.9%
5/100Washington 16.5%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Students per teacher · high18.1×
6/100Washington 17.9×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Distance to an emergency room · high21.5 mi
8/100Washington 7.1 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Trends

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

New business applicationsImproving
5.5 /1k (2020) → 12.1 /1k (2025)
+119%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
High ozone daysImproving
8 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Drought exposureImproving
71% (2021) → 54% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−16 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
62.5% (2010 & 2021) → 77.1% (2022 & 2024)
+15 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
24.9% (2020 & 2021) → 35.3% (2023 & 2024)
+10 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.3% (2015-2019) → 89.5% (2020-2024)
+9.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Yakima County, Washington improved on 13 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 13 moved within the margin of error and 3 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.

Improved13

New businesses+119%5.5 /1k → 12.1 /1k
Restaurants+21%7.1 /10k → 8.6 /10k
Inequality−0.0190.444 → 0.425
Unemployment−3.6 points9.5% → 5.9%
Household income+30%$55,674 → $72,458

Declined4

Overdose deaths+41%28.8 /100k → 40.5 /100k
Price / income+1.0×3.4× → 4.4×
Traffic deaths+36%13.5 /100k → 18.3 /100k
Commute+1.3 min19.0 min → 20.3 min

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Yakima County, Washington between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.1 /10k2020	2.7 /10k2025	−12%	Within the margin of error	19%
Average commute time	19.0 min2015-2019	20.3 min2020-2024	+1.3 min	Declined	31%
Average weekly wage	$8502020	$1,0332025	+22%	Improved	33%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%2015-2019	19.2%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Improved	46%
Broadband subscriptions	80.3%2015-2019	89.5%2020-2024	+9.1 points	Improved	43%
Child poverty rate	24.5%2019	20.7%2024	−3.8 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Distance to an airport	65 mi2020	65 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	28.8 /100k2020	40.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+41%	Declined	7%
Effective property tax rate	0.93%2015-2019	0.79%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	59%
Firearm deaths	19.1 /100k2020	16.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−16%	Within the margin of error	74%
Grocery stores	2.3 /10k2020	2.5 /10k2025	+13%	Within the margin of error	81%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.9 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−5.3%	Within the margin of error	32%
High school diploma or higher	73.7%2015-2019	76.8%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Improved	73%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	4.4×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	10%
Homicide rate	14.8 /100k2020	7.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−53%	Improved	75%
Income adjusted for local prices	$44,1912019	$57,2642024	+30%	Improved	36%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4442015-2019	0.4252020-2024	−0.019	Improved	81%
Median household income	$55,6742019	$72,4582024	+30%	Improved	77%
New business applications	5.5 /1k2020	12.1 /1k2025	+119%	Improved	95%
Pharmacies	0.7 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	+4.9%	Within the margin of error	84%
Poverty rate	16.7%2019	16.7%2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Property crime rate	2,850 /100k2020	1,574 /100k2025	−45%	Improved	66%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	−8%	Within the margin of error	15%
Public transit commuters	0.5%2015-2019	0.3%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Rent as share of income	28.1%2015-2019	27.6%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Rent-burdened households	44.8%2015-2019	44.3%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Restaurants and bars	7.1 /10k2020	8.6 /10k2025	+21%	Improved	85%
Students per teacher	18.9×2019	18.2×2024	−0.8×	Little change	52%
Suicide rate	14.8 /100k2020	14.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	0%	Within the margin of error	58%
Traffic deaths	13.5 /100k2015-2019	18.3 /100k2020-2024	+36%	Declined	20%
Unemployment rate	9.5%2020	5.9%2025	−3.6 points	Improved	75%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.1%2019	15.3%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Violent crime rate	413 /100k2020	313 /100k2025	−24%	Improved	61%

“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 Yakima County, Washington five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Yakima 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, Yakima County, Washington itself moved +2.5 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

257,152 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

87,708 households (±656)

Yakima County, Washington
Washington share

Under $25k15%12,737
$25k–50k21%17,981
$50k–75k18%15,888

Homes

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

Owners and renters

87,708 households (±656)

Yakima County, Washington
Washington share

Own62%54,244
Rent38%33,464

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

106,921 workers (±1,519)

Yakima County, Washington
Washington share

Drive alone79%84,217
Carpool11%12,197
Public transit0.3%†283

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 Yakima, 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.

Yakima County has 5,010 employer establishments, 195 for every 10,000 residents (0.78× the US rate of 248; 0.75× Washington's), with 71,390 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,209. The Census Bureau also counts 11,525 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 5,010; 11,525 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 195; US 248 · Washington 258
Paid employees: 71,390
Average annual pay: $52,209; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	435	16.9	0.92×About typical	6,202	$25,496	102
Specialty trade contractors	435	16.9	1.09×About typical	2,601	$63,960	505
Ambulatory health care services	374	14.5	0.70×Fewer than typical	6,085	$70,798	457
Construction of buildings	221	8.6	1.14×About typical	1,088	$55,492	260
Lessors of real estate	215	8.4	0.68×Fewer than typical	641	$43,758	1,228
Truck transportation	178	6.9	1.37×More than typical	1,297	$70,757	490
Full-service restaurants	170	6.6	0.86×About typical	2,308	$29,925	42
Limited-service restaurants	156	6.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	3,045	$23,133	34
Building equipment contractors	146	5.7	0.94×About typical	1,118	$75,576	111
Religious organizations	131	5.1	0.92×About typical	861	$26,208	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	122	4.7	0.70×Fewer than typical	654	$38,570	629
Automotive repair and maintenance	115	4.5	0.89×About typical	562	$42,893	264

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 257,314 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 $17M on contracts performed in Yakima County, Washington: $65.41 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $17M; −78% vs FY2025
Per resident: $65.41; US $1,994
Sole-source: 22%; 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

Department of the Army$5.4M32%
Forest Service$4.8M28%
Indian Health Service$2.5M15%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$2.4M14%
Agricultural Research Service$2M12%
Agricultural Marketing Service$1.9M11%
Bureau of Land Management$1M6.1%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$566.7K3.3%

Top recipients

RJS CONSTRUCTION INC$4.2M25%
JACOBS GOVERNMENT SERVICES COMPANY$2.6M15%
YAKAMA POWER$1.6M9.3%
TAHKOX E2-WHITETAIL LLC$1.3M7.7%
E. W. BRANDT & SONS, INC.$1.1M6.3%

Spending by fiscal year

48.4MFY2017
59.1MFY2018
61.7MFY2019
95.9MFY2020
34MFY2021
37.1MFY2022
58MFY2023
105.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$3.7M22%
Utility system construction · 2371$2.9M17%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$2.3M13%
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211$1.6M9.6%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$1.5M9.1%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416

Largest awards

FISH SCREEN REPLACEMENT - ROZA DIVERSION DAM$29.5M
ADVANCED AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION, INC.· Yakima County, WA· Construction & real property· Jan 17, 2024 – Aug 17, 2026· 140R1024C0001
D/B/B YAKIMA EQUIPMENT CONCENTRATION SITE WAREHOUSE$20M
GARCO CONSTRUCTION, INC.· Yakima County, WA· Facilities & utilities· Feb 28, 2024 – May 7, 2026· W912QR24C0005
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000009700/4400001769/4100028610/PEARS CAN-24/300,PEARS SLICES EX LT CAN-6/10,PEARS DICED EX LT CAN-6/10,MIXED FRUIT CAN-24/300,MIXED FRUIT EX LT CAN-6/10$9.9M
DEL MONTE FOODS INC· Yakima County, WA· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 15, 2023 – Feb 9, 2026· 123J1424F0194

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 $1.4B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Yakima County, Washington: $5,454 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.4B; −6.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,454; US $12,955
Loan face value: $57.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.8%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$791.7M56%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$103.4M7.3%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$88.7M6.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$65.6M4.6%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$55.1M3.9%
93.224 · Health Center Program$28.7M2.0%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$26.6M1.9%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$19.2M1.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKAMA NATION$67.5M4.8%
TOPPENISH, WA
WASHINGTON ST DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$33.8M2.4%
OLYMPIA, WA
YAKIMA VALLEY FARM WORKERS CLINIC$22.6M1.6%
TOPPENISH, WA
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA$13.7M1.0%
YAKIMA, WA
YAKIMA VALLEY COLLEGE

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$1B72%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$101.3M7.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$44.5M3.1%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$37.6M2.7%
Department of the Interior
Health Resources and Services Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

1.5BFY2021
1.3BFY2022
1.4BFY2023
1.4BFY2024
1.5BFY2025
1.4BFY2026

County aggregates

79%

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 Yakima 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.

Yakima County, Washington
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Yakima County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Yakima County, Washington	United States
FY2017	$194	$1,436
FY2018	$236	$1,552
FY2019	$245	$1,654
FY2020	$374	$1,880
FY2021	$132	$1,810
FY2022	$145	$1,917
FY2023	$225	$2,079
FY2024	$406	$2,047
FY2025	$304	$2,165
FY2026	$65.41 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Yakima County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Yakima County, Washington	United States
FY2017	$31.07	$93.28
FY2018	$105	$105
FY2019	$54.47	$128
FY2020	$241	$145
FY2021	$41.07	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Yakima County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Yakima County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$1,128	$5,748
FY2022	$876	$5,221
FY2023	$1,080	$5,364
FY2024	$1,244	$5,501
FY2025	$1,111	$5,732
FY2026	$673

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Yakima County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Yakima County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$72.58	$298
FY2022	$141	$357
FY2023	$214	$301
FY2024	$103	$319
FY2025	$59.27	$360
FY2026	$152

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Yakima County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Yakima County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$137	$239
FY2022	$163	$185
FY2023	$131	$229
FY2024	$156	$229
FY2025	$164	$249
FY2026	$142

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Yakima County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Yakima County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$550	$2,304
FY2022	$378	$2,197
FY2023	$409	$2,274
FY2024	$400	$2,267
FY2025	$351	$2,397
FY2026	$216

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Yakima County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Yakima County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$949	$1,186
FY2022	$251	$465
FY2023	$19.95	$76.52
FY2024	$133	$120
FY2025	$110	$148
FY2026	$102

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.

Yakima County, Washington
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Yakima County, Washington and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Yakima County, Washington	United States
2014	2.9%	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.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

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/53077

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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.

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

House

Dan NewhouseR-WA-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 95%Missed 2.4%

Senate

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Metro area

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

Yakima, WA22Central county

Cities and towns in Yakima County

Places whose residents live mostly in Yakima 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
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Calendar years	Yakima County, Washington	United States
2014	−5.5%	−4.2%
2015	−2.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.7%	+3.3%
2018	+8.9%	+6.8%
2019	+13.2%	+10.5%
2020	+20.6%	+19.4%
2021	+24.4%	+26.1%
2022	+29.2%	+30.6%
2023	+35.9%	+35.0%
2024	+42.1%	+41.0%
2025	+46.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Yakima County, Washington	United States
2014	−4.0%	−5.5%
2015	−1.6%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.9%	+4.1%
2018	+6.3%	+8.9%
2019	+12.1%	+13.5%
2020	+21.7%	+20.8%
2021	+31.1%	+32.1%
2022	+30.7%	+35.4%
2023	+38.1%	+42.9%
2024	+43.4%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Yakima County, Washington	United States
2014	1.8/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	4.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.2/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.8/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Yakima County, Washington	United States
2014	−8.1%	−6.9%
2015	−2.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−1.4%	+4.7%
2018	+6.5%	+7.5%
2019	+15.4%	+14.0%
2020	+16.8%	+16.9%
2021	+24.5%	+21.0%
2022	+30.7%	+29.7%
2023	+39.1%	+34.9%
2024	+50.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Yakima County, Washington	United States
2014	−13.1% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.8% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+9.8% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+18.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+34.8% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+53.4% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+72.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+81.8% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+86.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+91.5% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+95.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Yakima County, Washington	United States
2014	8.5%	6.2%
2015	8.2%	5.3%
2016	7.7%	4.9%
2017	6.9%	4.4%
2018	6.6%	3.9%
2019	7.4%	3.7%
2020	9.5%	8.1%
2021	6.6%	5.4%
2022	5.6%	3.7%
2023	5.6%	3.6%
2024	5.9%	4.0%
2025	5.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Yakima County, Washington	United States
2014	20.5%	15.5%
2015	19.1%	14.7%
2016	18.2%	14.0%
2017	18.1%	13.4%
2018	16.5%	13.1%
2019	16.7%	12.3%
2020	14.8%	11.9%
2021	14.7%	12.8%
2022	16.5%	12.6%
2023	16.1%	12.5%
2024	16.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Yakima 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	Yakima County, Washington	United States
2014	18.3%	13.5%
2015	15.5%	10.9%
2016	13.2%	10.0%
2017	12.9%	10.2%
2018	15.9%	10.4%
2019	15.1%	10.8%
2020	14.8%	10.4%
2021	15.3%	10.2%
2022	13.9%	9.5%
2023	14.4%	9.5%
2024	15.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Yakima County, Washington	United States
2014	3.9/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.2/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	7.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.1/1k	16.6/1k

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