† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupYakima, WAWashingtonUnited States
Mexican48.8%10.8%11.3%
Salvadoran0.6%0.4%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.5%1.8%
Spanish0.4%0.3%—
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
Spaniard0.3%0.4%—
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
German9.5%14.5%12.5%
English6.7%12.1%9.5%
Irish5.4%9.8%9.4%
American5.2%3.8%5.3%
French1.6%—1.6%
Norwegian1.6%4.0%—
Italian1.4%3.1%4.8%
Scottish1.1%2.6%1.3%
Aztec0.3%——
Filipino0.6%1.5%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%1.1%0.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Yakima, WA
Washington
United States
Median age
33.3
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.6%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.4%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Yakima, WA
Washington
United States
Median household income
$70,656
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.5%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.2%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Yakima, WA
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
42.3%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
40.3%
9.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Yakima, WA
Washington
United States
Catholic
23.4%
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
15.3%
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
53.4%
58.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Yakima, WA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−8.4%
1896
+14.3%
1900
−16.4%
1904
−51.6%
1908
−37.5%
1912
−0.7%
1916
−7.2%
1920
−38.5%
1924
−52.4%
1928
−46.8%
1932
+10.2%
1936
+14.7%
1940
−5.9%
1944
−14.2%
1948
−3.9%
1952
−29.1%
1956
−20.7%
1960
−18.0%
1964
+12.9%
1968
−15.6%
1972
−22.9%
1976
−9.5%
1980
−19.5%
1984
−24.1%
1988
−12.6%
1992
−8.3%
1996
−3.4%
2000
−20.7%
2004
−20.4%
2008
−10.6%
2012
−11.6%
2016
−13.1%
2020
−7.7%
2024
−14.3%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
41.4%Harris36,706
55.6%Trump49,368
1.5%Kennedy1,356 +8
R+14.3
R+6.6
R+12.8
88,751
All 11 candidates in 2024 · 9 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican55.6%49,368
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic41.4%36,706
Robert F KennedyIndependent1.5%1,356
OtherAll other candidates0.6%489
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%288
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%230
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.2%142
Cornel WestIndependent0.1%85
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.1%55
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%21
Joseph KishoreIndependent0.0%11
R
44.9%Biden43,179
52.6%Trump50,555
2.6%
R+7.7
D+5.4
R+12.1
96,193
R
39.2%Clinton31,291
52.3%Trump41,735
8.4%
R+13.1
R+1.5
R+15.2
79,741
R
42.9%Obama33,217
54.5%Romney42,239
2.6%
R+11.6
R+1.1
R+15.5
77,506
R
43.9%Obama33,792
54.4%McCain41,946
1.7%
R+10.6
D+9.9
R+17.9
77,062
R
39.1%Kerry28,474
59.6%Bush43,352
1.3%
R+20.4
D+0.3
R+18.0
72,790
R
37.9%Gore25,546
58.6%Bush39,494
3.5%
R+20.7
R+17.3
R+21.2
67,382
R
43.3%Clinton25,676
46.6%Dole27,668
10.1%
R+3.4
D+5.0
R+11.9
59,360
R
36.3%Clinton21,026
44.6%Bush25,841
19.2%
R+8.3
D+4.3
R+13.9
57,969
R
43.1%Dukakis23,221
55.7%Bush30,026
1.2%
R+12.6
D+11.5
R+4.9
53,910
R
37.4%Mondale24,724
61.5%Reagan40,678
1.2%
R+24.1
R+4.6
R+5.9
66,182
R
35.7%Carter21,873
55.2%Reagan33,815
9.1%
R+19.5
R+10.0
R+9.8
61,253
R
43.7%Carter24,223
53.1%Ford29,478
3.2%
R+9.5
D+13.4
R+11.5
55,492
R
36.1%McGovern19,729
58.9%Nixon32,240
5.0%
R+22.9
R+7.3
D+0.3
54,705
R
38.1%Humphrey19,499
53.7%Nixon27,488
8.2%
R+15.6
R+28.5
R+14.9
51,198
D
56.1%Johnson29,604
43.2%Goldwater22,786
0.6%
D+12.9
D+30.9
R+9.7
52,730
R
40.7%Kennedy21,958
58.7%Nixon31,683
0.7%
R+18.0
D+2.7
R+18.2
53,995
R
39.5%Stevenson20,991
60.2%Eisenhower31,984
0.3%
R+20.7
D+8.4
R+5.3
53,124
R
35.0%Stevenson17,647
64.1%Eisenhower32,317
1.0%
R+29.1
R+25.2
R+18.3
50,447
R
47.1%Truman19,760
51.0%Dewey21,396
1.9%
R+3.9
D+10.3
R+8.4
41,957
R
42.6%Roosevelt15,643
56.8%Dewey20,864
0.7%
R+14.2
R+8.3
R+21.7
36,756
R
46.7%Roosevelt18,092
52.6%Willkie20,398
0.7%
R+5.9
R+20.6
R+15.9
38,760
D
54.3%Roosevelt17,200
39.7%Landon12,555
6.0%
D+14.7
D+4.5
R+9.6
31,657
D
51.7%Roosevelt13,880
41.5%Hoover11,151
6.8%
D+10.2
D+56.9
R+7.6
26,846
R
26.3%Smith6,008
73.1%Hoover16,694
0.6%
R+46.8
D+5.6
R+29.3
22,848
R
11.3%Davis2,157
63.7%Coolidge12,124
24.9%
R+52.4
R+13.8
R+27.2
19,028
R
20.8%Cox4,062
59.4%Harding11,571
19.8%
R+38.5
R+31.4
R+12.3
19,484
R
41.9%Wilson6,136
49.1%Hughes7,188
9.0%
R+7.2
R+6.5
R+10.3
14,640
O
24.5%Wilson3,209
25.2%Taft3,304
50.3%
Roosevelt +25.1
D+36.8
R+20.3
13,105
R
26.4%Bryan1,650
63.9%Taft3,998
9.8%
R+37.5
D+14.1
R+27.9
6,261
R
18.8%Parker929
70.4%Roosevelt3,484
10.9%
R+51.6
R+35.2
R+31.9
4,952
R
39.5%Bryan1,066
55.9%McKinley1,507
4.6%
R+16.4
R+30.6
R+8.8
2,696
D
56.8%Bryan1,266
42.6%McKinley948
0.6%
D+14.3
D+22.7
D+20.4
2,227
R
33.0%Cleveland498
41.5%Harrison625
25.5%
R+8.4
—
R+10.1
1,507
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
44.2%37,188
55.3%46,517
84,064
2022
R
35.9%22,541
63.9%40,188
62,865
2018
R
41.8%29,476
58.2%40,958
70,434
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Yakima, WA
Year
Total registered
2016
123,311
2018
126,004
2020
135,365
2022
137,034
2024
144,568
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−1,550 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −19,104 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Yakima, WA in Yakima, WA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−710
2012
−1,885
2013
−1,800
2014
−1,971
2015
−1,308
2016
−700
2017
−1,173
2018
−823
2019
−1,203
2021
−1,460
2022
−1,500
2023
−1,626
2024
−1,395
2025
−1,550
Yakima County's agricultural economy anchors a metro where Latino residents now represent roughly half the population, producing a competitive mix that has made it a bellwether for statewide Hispanic voter engagement trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 14.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 52.4 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.3 points.
A population of 257,152, a 39% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,656 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Visalia, CA and Yuma, AZ.
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In 2024, Yakima, WA, Washington voted Republican by 14.3 points (R+14.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 88,751 votes cast, 36,706 went Democratic and 49,368 went Republican.
When did Yakima, WA, Washington last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Yakima, WA, Washington voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Yakima, WA, Washington?
Yakima, WA, Washington has a population of 257,152 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Yakima, WA, Washington?
Median household income in Yakima, WA, Washington is $70,656 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Yakima, WA, Washington?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Yakima, WA, Washington from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
