† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupWapatoWashingtonUnited States
Mexican83.8%10.8%11.3%
Salvadoran1.0%0.4%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.7%0.5%1.8%
Spanish0.7%0.3%—
Honduran0.5%—0.3%
Spaniard0.5%0.4%—
Guatemalan0.3%0.2%0.5%
Aztec3.6%——
German4.1%14.5%12.5%
English2.9%12.1%9.5%
Irish2.3%9.8%9.4%
American2.3%3.8%5.3%
French0.7%—1.6%
Norwegian0.7%4.0%—
Italian0.6%3.1%4.8%
Scottish0.5%2.6%1.3%
Filipino1.3%1.5%0.9%
Vietnamese0.4%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
Wapato
Washington
United States
Median age
26.9
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
11.7%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
8.9%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wapato
Washington
United States
Median household income
$52,019
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
24.5%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
6.0%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wapato
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
78.8%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
75.1%
9.1%
13.6%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.4%
0.9%
0.6%
Other languages
2.2%
1.1%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wapato
Washington
United States
Catholic
—
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
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.
Wapato, Washington
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+46.3%
2008
+52.1%
2012
+71.7%
2016
+67.1%
2020
+62.7%
2024
+36.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
66.9%Harris583
30.7%Trump268
2.4%
D+36.1
R+26.6
D+37.6
872
D
79.9%Biden785
17.2%Trump169
2.9%
D+62.7
R+4.4
D+58.3
982
D
81.0%Clinton572
13.9%Trump98
5.1%
D+67.1
R+4.6
D+65.0
706
D
84.5%Obama777
12.8%Romney118
2.6%
D+71.7
D+19.6
D+67.9
919
D
74.6%Obama477
22.5%McCain144
2.8%
D+52.1
D+5.8
D+44.8
639
D
73.1%Kerry392
26.9%Bush144
0.0%
D+46.3
—
D+48.7
536
Wapato sits at the heart of Washington's Yakima Valley agricultural corridor, where Hispanic residents make up roughly 80% of the population — one of the highest shares of any city in the state — shaping a distinctly majority-minority electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 71.7 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 26.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.1 points.
A population of 4,538, a 3% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,019 describe the city.
In 2024, Wapato, Washington voted Democratic by 36.1 points (D+36.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 872 votes cast, 583 went Democratic and 268 went Republican.
How many people live in Wapato, Washington?
Wapato, Washington has a population of 4,538 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wapato, Washington?
Median household income in Wapato, Washington is $52,019 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Wapato, Washington?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Wapato, Washington from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
