Yakima Population 2024

Yakima is a city in Washington, State of United States, is in Yakima County and situated Yakima Valley, located 60 miles southeast of Mount Rainier in Washington. Yakima population in 2024 is estimated to be 97,511, covers city area of 28.27 sq mi (73.21 sq km), ranks eleventh largest city in Washington State, three-hundred-thirty-eighth city in the United States. Yakima is located in the more urbanized Upper Valley, and is the central city of the Yakima Metropolitan Statistical Area. Yakima population as per 2020 census is 96,968 compared to 2010 population of 91,067 with the increase number of 5,901 people and growth of 6.5 percent.

• Contents
• Population by Age
• Population by Race
• Nativity by Place of Birth

Below is the Yakima population by year:

Yakima Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, Total Yakima population is 93,638, out of these 47,710 are male, 45,928 are female, The sex ratio of Yakima is 104. The median age of the Yakima population is 33.4, Yakima population by age are, under 18 years is 25,849, 16 years and over is 70,394, 18 years and over is 67,789, 21 years and over is 64,675, 65 years and over is 17,445. 51.0% are male, 49.0% are female, Population of Yakima by age percent-wise is, 27.6% are under 18 years old, 75.2% are 16 years and over, 72.4% are 18 years and over, 69.1% are 21 years and over, 15.3% are 65 years and over. There are total 35,834 housing units, The voting population of Yakima are 55,548, out of these 26,425 are male voters, 29,123 are female voters, 47.6% are male, 52.4% are female. Yakima population in 2023 is estimated to be 97,278, population in 2022 is estimated to be 97,075, and in 2021 is estimated to be 96,580.

Yakima Population by Race

White Population

White population in Yakima, Washington are 62,323, percentage wise 66.6 percent are whites.

Black Population

Black population in Yakima, Washington are 2,480, percentage wise 2.6 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Yakima, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Yakima are 1,369, percentage wise 1.5 percent are asians.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Yakima, Washington are 43,082. Percentage wise 46.0 percent are hispanics.

Nativity by Place of Birth

According to 2019 estimates, Yakima native population is 73,427, out of these 50,191 born in the Washington state and 22,196 born in other state in the United States. Foreign born or Population born outside the US are 20,211, out of these 7,158 are Naturalized US citizen, 222 are in Europe, 1,136 in Asia, 25 in Africa, 5,726 in Latin America and 49 in Northern America. Non-US Citizens, Total Foreigners living in Yakima are 13,053, out of these 51 are from Europe, 0 are from Asia, 409 from Africa, 12,593 are from Latin America and 0 are from Northern America.