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Yakima County

county in the state of Washington, United States
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Summary

Yakima County is a county of Washington[1]. It draws 806 Wikipedia views per month (county of washington category, ranking #10 of 39).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Washington[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Yakima[5]
  • Shares border with: Pierce County[6], Lewis County[7], Skamania County[8], Kittitas County[9], Klickitat County[10], Grant County[11], Benton County[12], King County[13]
  • Named after: Yakama[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Yakima[15]
  • Commons category: Yakima County, Washington[16]
  • Inception: 1865[17]
  • Coordinate location: 46.46, -120.74[18]
  • Official website: http://www.yakimacounty.us[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Yakima County, Washington[20]
  • Population: 243,231[21], 244,173[22], 246,030[23], 246,421[24], 247,044[25], 248,830[26], 256,728[27]
  • Topic has template: Template:Yakima County, Washington[28]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Yakima County, Washington[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Yakima County, Washington[30]
  • Number of households: 83,765[31]
  • Native label: Yakima County[32]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110680[33]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Yakima County, Washington[34]
  • Area: 11,168[35]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.4[36]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Yakima County, Washington[37]
  • Per capita income: 24,305[38]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Yakima County, Washington.tab[39]

Why It Matters

Yakima County has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

United States Washington

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Yakima County, Wash
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Yakima County, Washington.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presiden"
  2. 17w ago · ThomasPusch · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Old North Yakima Historic District — 001.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Old North Yakima Historic District — 001.jpg"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C3827415
    Taxonomicon id → 1808325
    Obo gazetteer id → 22223928
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  4. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → county of Washington
    Official website → http://www.yakimacounty.us
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Yakima County, Washington
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Yakima
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C110680, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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