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Yakima

United States · GDP 2024
#353 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
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GDP 2024 (USD)
$13.3B
GDP growth
+0.9%
Jobs tracked
71,390
Employers
5,010
Avg. wage
$49.8k
Population
259,185
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.9%
Median HH income
$70.7k±$2.5k
Business applications
3,126 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care26%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation15%
Wholesale trade13%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
259,185
residents · 2025 · +1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $54.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−7,531
International migration+5,423
Natural change+4,545

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$11.1B
2019
$11.1B
2020
$12.2B
2021
$13.0B
2022
$13.2B
2023
$13.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$310.1k±$7.5k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
5.1%±0.7%
Affordability
6.2× wages
Residential permits
713 (2.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
94.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 99Landslide 98Cold wave 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
508
2016
546
2017
602
2018
648
2019
689
2020
782
2021
888
2022
927
2023
964
2024
999
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.8 km
I-82
Nearest freight rail
6.5 km
YCR
Nearest port
82.7 km
JOHN DAY DAM BELOW LOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
19.3 km
YAKIMA AIR TRML/MCALLISTER FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$49.8k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Scott$13.3BMerced$13.3BLackawanna$13.4BCherokee$13.3BBaldwin$13.4BBay$13.5B
The read

Yakima's economy produced $13.3B in 2024, growing 0.9% year over year — slower than 76% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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