County profile
Yakima County, WA
United States · GDP 2024
#353 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$13.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
71,390
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
5,010
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
259,185
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$70.7k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
19.2%±0.9%
Poverty rate
15.5%±1.0%
Business applications
3,126 · 2025
Retail establishments
708
27.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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
$11.1B2019
$11.1B2020
$12.2B2021
$13.0B2022
$13.2B2023
$13.3B2024
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
$197.4M
713 units · 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
5082016
5462017
6022018
6482019
6892020
7822021
8882022
9272023
9642024
9992025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -35% since 20211,1032021
7062022
6502023
5152024
7132025
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
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What is the GDP of Yakima?
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.