Who's moving to and from Yakima County, Washington?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 5,532 people in, 6,742 out. Most were moving between Washington counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,210 people
−793 households
Arrivals' income
$55.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$54.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Yakima County went in Washington

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Washington counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Maricopa County, AZ, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in Washington. People, 2022–23.

  1. Benton County671
  2. King County454
  3. Grant County272
  4. Pierce County243
  5. Spokane County196
  6. Kittitas County181
  7. Franklin County146
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,211

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in Washington. People, 2022–23.

  1. Benton County1,053
  2. King County527
  3. Grant County308
  4. Spokane County246
  5. Pierce County228
  6. Franklin County216
  7. Kittitas County195
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,399

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
32 people
Left for abroad
62 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Yakima usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−79322–23††‡†
Net migration of Yakima County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−396
2014–15 †−135
2015–16−134
2016–17 †−466
2017–18−297
2018–19 ‡−279
2019–20−602
2020–21−471
2021–22−590
2022–23 †−793

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Yakima County, Washington?” movedwhere.com/county/yakima-county-wa. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.