Washington Population 2024

Washington (U.S. state abbreviation is 'WA') is the north-western state of United States, borders Oregon to the south, British Columbia, province of Canada to the north, Idaho to the east, North Pacific Ocean to the west. Washington was formed in 1853, from part of Oregon Territory, is named after United States President 'George Washington'. Washington population in 2024 is estimated to be 7.82 million, Its 13th most populous state in the United States, area is 71,362 sq miles (184,827 sq km), and rank is 18th. Washington State is gaining population and increased by 88,314 people since from census of 2020. Olympia is the capital city and top 5 cities of Washington state are Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver, Bellevue, Everett, Renton, Spokane Valley, Federal Way, Yakima, Kirkland, Bellingham. Washington state is the largest producer of apples in the United States, State fruit is Apple and World's largest Coffee Chain , Starbucks was founded in one of the Washington's city, Seattle in 1971. Ephrata, Seattle and Auburn are the most dangerous cities in Washington State.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Washington
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Washington

Population of Washington in 2019 is projected to 7.6 million with expected change of 1.33, compared to 1.48 in 2018. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, WA population in 2020 is 7,705,281. Washington population in 2023 is estimated to be 7.8 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 7.78 million, and in 2021 is estimated to be 7.8 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	6,742,902
2011	6,821,655	1.17
2012	6,892,876	1.04
2013	6,962,906	1.02
2014	7,052,439	1.29
2015	7,163,543	1.58
2016	7,294,680	1.83
2017	7,425,432	1.79
2018	7,535,591	1.48
2019	7,635,814	1.33
2020	7,705,281	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	7,738,692	0.43
2022*	7,775,838	0.48
2023*	7,824,825	0.63

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Washington Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Washington by race are:

White Population

White population in Washington are 5,500,837, percentage wise 76.72 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Washington are 261,743, percentage wise 3.65 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Washington, 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 Washington are 578,822, percentage wise 8.07 percent are asians, out of these 96,379 are Asian Indians, 125,238 are Chinese, 99,712 are Filipinos, 37,787 are Japanese, 63,833 are Korean, 73,209 are Vietnamese and 82,664 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Washington are 882,108. Percentage wise 12.30 percent are hispanics, out of these 708,467 are Mexican people, 33,391 are Puerto Ricans, 9,715 are Cubans, and 130,535 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

Out of 46,071 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders, 6,959 are Native Hawaiian, 10,665 are Guamanian/Chamorro, 13,705 are Somoans. 94,754 are American Indian or Natives, 3,940 belong to Cherokee tribals, 2,425 are Chippewa tribals, 1,434 are Navajos and 2,601 are Sioux tribals.

Total Population	7,169,967	Percent
White	5,500,837	76.72%
Black or African American	261,743	3.65%
American Indian and Alaska Native	94,754	1.322%
Cherokee tribal grouping	3,940	0.055%
Chippewa tribal grouping	2,425	0.034%
Navajo tribal grouping	1,434	0.020%
Sioux tribal grouping	2,601	0.036%
Asian Population	578,822	8.07%
Asian Indian	96,379	1.34%
Chinese	125,238	1.75%
Filipino	99,712	1.39%
Japanese	37,787	0.53%
Korean	63,833	0.89%
Vietnamese	73,209	1.02%
Other Asian Population	82,664
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	46,071	0.64%
Native Hawaiian	6,959	0.097%
Guamanian or Chamorro	10,665	0.149%
Samoan	13,705	0.191%
Other Pacific Islander	14,742
Some other race	293,007
Hispanic or Latino	882,108	12.30%
Mexican	708,467	9.88%
Puerto Rican	33,391	0.47%
Cuban	9,715	0.14%
Other Hispanic or Latino	130,535

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Washington

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Seattle	744,955
2	Spokane	219,190
3	Tacoma	216,279
4	Vancouver	183,012
5	Bellevue	147,599
6	Kent	129,618
7	Everett	111,262
8	Renton	102,153
9	Spokane Valley	99,703
10	Federal Way	97,044
11	Yakima	93,884
12	Bellingham	90,665
13	Kirkland	89,557
14	Kennewick	82,943
15	Auburn	81,905
16	Pasco	74,778
17	Marysville	69,779
18	Redmond	67,678
19	Sammamish	65,733
20	Lakewood	60,538

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Washington Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Washington by age is 7,169,967, out of these 3,580,888 are male, 3,589,079 are female. The Washington population by age are, under 15 years is 1,346,849, 15 years and over is 5,823,118, 30 years and over is 4,366,050, 65 years and over is 1,029,040 and 85 years and over is 126,877. 49.94 percent are male, 50.06 percent are female, 18.78 percent are under 15 years old, 81.22 percent are 15 years and over, 60.89 percent are 30 years and over, 14.35 percent are 65 years and over, 1.77 percent are 85 years and over. The sex ratio of Washington State is 998.

Languages spoken in WA

In WA state, English is the official language, The native language who speaks at home are, 80.9% speak English at home, 8.4% Spanish.
5.7% speak Asian Languages, out of these 26,272 speak Hindi, 3,518 Gujarati, 5,405 Urdu, 16,271 Punjabi, 2,749 Bengali, 9,817 Nepali/Marathi, 9,340 speak Telugu, 8,893 Tamil, , 5,070 Malayalam/Kannada.
People of Mid and East Asia whose native are, 98,241 speak Chinese Mandarin/Cantonese, 26,351 Japanese, 47,992 Korean, 1,411 Hmong, 61,224 Vietnamese, 16,594 speak Combodia's Khmer language, 12,534 Thai/Lao/Tai-Kadai, 58,642 are Tagalog speakers.
30,581 speak Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian, People from middle east are 15,944 Arabic, 3,436 Hebrew.
People from Africa speak, 32,340 Amharic(Ethopians)/Somali, 5,380 Yoruba/Twi/Igbo, 6,002 Swahili.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	5,438,146	80.90
Spanish Language	563,389	8.38
European Language	261,723	3.89
Asian Languages	386,054	5.74
Other Languages	72,510	1.08

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Washington Education

There are 1016 high schools in Washington, ranks 13th State in terms of number of schools, Below is the education levels grouped in Washington state.

Population 18 to 24 years		658,536	342,274	316,262
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	96,236	56,391	39,845
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	204,313	117,890	86,423
	Some college or associates degree	286,169	137,985	148,184
	Bachelors degree or higher	71,818	30,008	41,810
Population 25 years and over		4,896,055	2,412,161	2,483,894
	Less than 9th grade	188,200	93,075	95,125
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	260,358	138,827	121,531
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,101,904	558,326	543,578
	Some college, no degree	1,174,696	564,333	610,363
	Associates degree	483,549	218,953	264,596
	Bachelors degree	1,064,440	522,788	541,652
	Graduate or professional degree	622,908	315,859	307,049

White		3,664,191	1,802,878	1,861,313
	High school graduate or higher	3,462,365	1,695,802	1,766,563
	Bachelors degree or higher	1,318,711	660,422	658,289
Black or African		166,428	91,133	75,295
	High school graduate or higher	147,423	81,674	65,749
	Bachelors degree or higher	38,665	21,666	16,999
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		58,058	28,117	29,941
	High school graduate or higher	48,063	22,663	25,400
	Bachelors degree or higher	7,630	3,061	4,569
Asian		413,040	184,142	228,898
	High school graduate or higher	360,508	165,202	195,306
	Bachelors degree or higher	209,598	100,282	109,316
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		27,479	13,313	14,166
	High school graduate or higher	24,337	11,925	12,412
	Bachelors degree or higher	3,360	1,514	1,846
Hispanic or Latino Origin		435,995	228,071	207,924
	High school graduate or higher	281,270	142,511	138,759
	Bachelors degree or higher	66,077	31,342	34,735

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Population of disabled people in Washington as per table below:

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	906,836
Male	453,885
Female	452,951
	-
White	744,363
Black or African American	32,538
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	16,340
Asian	43,468
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	4,670
Some other race	22,363
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	287,672
With a vision difficulty	155,010
With a cognitive difficulty	356,918
With an ambulatory difficulty	440,227
With a self-care difficulty	166,379
With an independent living difficulty	301,611

Counties of Washington

Washington state is divided into 39 Counties, King Country is the largest with more than 2 million, followed by Pierce with 891,299, Snohomish County with 814,901 and Spokane with 514,631.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Adams County	19,681	19,759	0.4	31	31
Asotin County	22,507	22,610	0.5	28	28
Benton County	198,453	201,877	1.7	10	10
Chelan County	76,479	77,036	0.7	17	17
Clallam County	75,712	76,737	1.4	18	18
Clark County	474,492	481,857	1.6	5	5
Columbia County	4,023	4,059	0.9	38	38
Cowlitz County	106,900	108,987	2	12	12
Douglas County	42,167	42,907	1.8	25	25
Ferry County	7,590	7,649	0.8	36	36
Franklin County	92,117	94,347	2.4	14	14
Garfield County	2,205	2,247	1.9	39	39
Grant County	95,821	97,331	1.6	13	13
Grays Harbor County	72,553	73,901	1.9	19	19
Island County	83,285	84,460	1.4	15	15
Jefferson County	31,191	31,729	1.7	27	27
King County	2,204,229	2,233,163	1.3	1	1
Kitsap County	266,550	269,805	1.2	7	7
Kittitas County	46,157	47,364	2.6	23	23
Klickitat County	21,750	22,107	1.6	29	29
Lewis County	78,230	79,604	1.8	16	16
Lincoln County	10,579	10,740	1.5	35	35
Mason County	63,801	65,507	2.7	20	20
Okanogan County	41,898	42,132	0.6	26	26
Pacific County	21,684	22,036	1.6	30	30
Pend Oreille County	13,363	13,602	1.8	33	33
Pierce County	877,201	891,299	1.6	2	2
San Juan County	16,725	17,128	2.4	32	32
Skagit County	126,026	128,206	1.7	11	11
Skamania County	11,837	11,924	0.7	34	34
Snohomish County	803,039	814,901	1.5	3	3
Spokane County	505,928	514,631	1.7	4	4
Stevens County	44,667	45,260	1.3	24	24
Thurston County	280,289	286,419	2.2	6	6
Wahkiakum County	4,280	4,426	3.4	37	37
Walla Walla County	60,652	60,922	0.4	21	21
Whatcom County	221,650	225,685	1.8	9	9
Whitman County	49,344	49,791	0.9	22	22
Yakima County	250,377	251,446	0.4	8	8