2024 population: 1,372,883 ( 71,249 from 2020)
Land area: 56730.6 square miles
Population density: 24.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,087,895	79.24%	3.1%
Black:	18,391	1.34%	20.3%
Indian:	25,337	1.85%	0.5%
Asian:	33,530	2.44%	22.6%
2+ races:	44,856	3.27%	15.2%
Hispanic:	162,874	11.86%	16.8%

Total non-White:	284,988	20.76%	15.8%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	59,563	11.4
Deaths:	59,954	11.5
Net Migration:	57,878	11.1
Net Immigration:	14,123	2.7

Change in White population:	32,437	2.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	38,812	3.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
1,301,634
1,055,458	81.09%
15,289	1.17%
25,213	1.94%
27,345	2.10%
38,941	2.99%
139,388	10.71%
246,176	18.91%

2010
1,161,875
975,726	83.98%
10,784	0.93%
23,485	2.02%
20,210	1.74%
29,255	2.52%
101,158	8.71%
186,149	16.02%

2000
1,033,382
903,378	87.42%
8,689	0.84%
21,722	2.10%
14,467	1.40%
20,269	1.96%
63,561	6.15%
130,004	12.58%

1990
856,807
788,853	92.07%
6,689	0.78%
18,672	2.18%
11,438	1.33%
n/a
31,155	3.64%
67,954	7.93%

1980
816,518
769,427	94.23%
6,035	0.74%
14,317	1.75%
7,527	0.92%
n/a
18,578	2.28%
47,091	5.77%

1970
677,252
648,191	95.71%
4,248	0.63%
8,909	1.32%
3,355	0.50%
n/a
11,245	1.66%
29,061	4.29%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
133,545	11.5
102,012	8.8
71,392	6.1
13,389	1.2

79,732	6.9
60,027	5.2

Number	Rate
2000's
129,586	12.5
84,992	8.2
56,997	5.5
19,647	1.9

72,348	7.0
56,145	5.4

Number	Rate
1990's
132,415	15.5
81,564	9.5
94,487	11.0
15,241	1.8

114,525	13.4
62,050	7.2

Number	Rate
1980's
130,247	16.0
70,027	8.6
-19,378	-2.4
n/a

19,426	2.4
20,863	2.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
76,933	11.4
n/a

121,236	17.9
18,030	2.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Spokane, WA-ID-MT-OR Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.5
285,057	20.8%
1,087,826	79.2%
241,185	17.6%

505,143
2.48

324,303	64.2%
251,132	77.4%
26,407	8.1%
180,840	35.8%

2010
Number	Percent
38.2
272,925	23.5%
888,950	76.5%
167,862	14.4%

458,563
2.46

297,673	64.9%
229,850	77.2%
27,801	9.3%
160,890	35.1%

2000
Number	Percent
35.8
269,435	26.1%
763,947	73.9%
133,897	13.0%

397,839
2.52

270,477	68.0%
217,445	80.4%
25,337	9.4%
127,362	32.0%

1990
Number	Percent
33.2
231,179	27.0%
625,628	73.0%
114,424	13.4%

329,230
2.52

228,542	69.4%
190,249	83.2%
19,903	8.7%
100,688	30.6%

1980
Number	Percent
29.5
236,844	29.0%
579,674	71.0%
91,376	11.2%

297,959
2.66

215,676	72.4%
187,072	86.7%
16,027	7.4%
82,283	27.6%

2022 Housing Data for Spokane, WA-ID-MT-OR Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	24,590	4.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	20,593	4.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	18,588	3.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	20,874	4.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	22,526	4.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	21,913	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	19,663	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	20,079	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	21,905	4.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	38,318	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	52,324	10.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	70,164	13.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	49,977	9.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	33,878	6.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	35,613	7.1%
$200,000 or more	34,138	6.8%

Median Household Income	66,487
Per Capita Income	35,332

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	86

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	27,880	5.5%
Public Assistance	17,160	3.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	71,300	14.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	483,882	68.0%
Unemployed	26,666	3.7%
In Armed Forces	3,413	0.5%

Total Labor Force	513,961	72.2%
Not in Labor Force	197,762	27.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		31.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	208,152	156,391	57.1%
Non-Profit	16,348	33,246	33.0%
Self-Employed	39,282	26,981	59.3%

Local Government	20,288	26,528	43.3%
State Government	16,436	21,917	42.9%
Federal Government	8,415	6,119	57.9%

Total Private + Self	247,434	183,372	57.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	61,487	87,810	41.2%
Total	308,921	271,182	53.3%

Pct. Govt.	17.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	86,620	14.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	118,433	20.4%
Professional, Technical	127,201	21.9%
Service Occupations	104,410	18.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	18,662	3.2%
All others	144,747	24.9%

White Collar		57.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	87,075	15.0%
Retail trade	65,855	11.3%
Educational services	56,296	9.7%
Manufacturing	47,009	8.1%
Construction	44,775	7.7%
Accommodation and food services	40,662	7.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	31,772	5.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	31,768	5.5%
Public administration	28,447	4.9%
Other services	26,886	4.6%
Transportation and warehousing	23,037	4.0%
Finance and insurance	21,105	3.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	19,356	3.3%
Wholesale trade	15,572	2.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	12,123	2.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	11,685	2.0%
Information	8,774	1.5%
Utilities	6,990	1.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,872	0.3%
Management	352	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	116,799	9.03%
Puerto Rican	3,918	0.30%
Cuban	1,110	0.09%
Dominican	227	0.02%

Total Central American	4,829	0.37%
Costa Rican	148	0.01%
Guatemalan	1,289	0.10%
Honduran	1,096	0.08%
Nicaraguan	249	0.02%
Panamanian	354	0.03%
Salvadoran	1,666	0.13%
Other Central American	27	0.00%

Total South American	2,505	0.19%
Argentinean	139	0.01%
Bolivian	109	0.01%
Chilean	230	0.02%
Colombian	541	0.04%
Ecuadorian	528	0.04%
Paraguayan	6	0.00%
Peruvian	545	0.04%
Uruguayan	83	0.01%
Venezuelan	323	0.02%
Other South American	1	0.00%

Other Hispanic	10,782	0.83%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	4,046	0.31%
Chinese	3,810	0.29%
Vietnamese	3,207	0.25%
Indian	2,127	0.16%
Japanese	1,734	0.13%
Korean	1,618	0.13%
Thai	1,140	0.09%
Burmese	748	0.06%
Hmong	266	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,098,917	90.0%
Spanish	79,712	6.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	10,139	0.8%
Other Asian	5,264	0.4%
Other Indo-European	4,975	0.4%
German, other Germanic	4,109	0.3%
Other	3,812	0.3%
Chinese	3,202	0.3%
Arabic	2,824	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	253,066	19.6%
English	164,406	12.7%
Irish	148,591	11.5%
American	72,015	5.6%
Norwegian	55,856	4.3%
Italian	48,382	3.7%
Scottish	35,396	2.7%
European	34,035	2.6%
French	33,950	2.6%
Swedish	31,592	2.4%
Dutch	22,026	1.7%
Polish	17,192	1.3%
Scotch-Irish	14,517	1.1%
Scandinavian	12,263	0.9%
Welsh	11,955	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,248,927	96.5%
Not a citizen	45,184	3.5%

Native	1,216,583	94.0%
Foreign-born	77,528	6.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
28,325	3.2%	45,488	5.2%	234,347	26.5%	328,427	37.2%	159,288	18.0%	87,146	9.9%
Average years of education: 13.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	28,325	3.2%
9-12 Years	45,488	5.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	234,347	26.5%
Some College	328,427	37.2%
Bach. Degree	159,288	18.0%
Grad Degree	87,146	9.9%
Average years of education: 13.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	413,868	385,801	28,067	6.8%
1991	424,775	392,007	32,768	7.7%
1992	438,097	402,107	35,990	8.2%
1993	455,756	420,117	35,639	7.8%
1994	473,273	440,357	32,916	7.0%
1995	485,318	450,749	34,569	7.1%
1996	500,226	465,147	35,079	7.0%
1997	510,326	478,682	31,644	6.2%
1998	523,665	490,293	33,372	6.4%
1999	524,984	490,567	34,417	6.6%

2000	508,892	476,301	32,591	6.4%
2001	508,092	471,347	36,745	7.2%
2002	507,970	468,477	39,493	7.8%
2003	512,807	473,079	39,728	7.7%
2004	523,719	487,934	35,785	6.8%
2005	537,070	504,720	32,350	6.0%
2006	541,760	512,461	29,299	5.4%
2007	552,263	524,158	28,105	5.1%
2008	563,342	528,951	34,391	6.1%
2009	562,660	511,199	51,461	9.1%

2010	558,474	504,581	53,893	9.7%
2011	550,819	500,577	50,242	9.1%
2012	552,425	505,047	47,378	8.6%
2013	549,899	504,885	45,014	8.2%
2014	546,946	511,363	35,583	6.5%
2015	553,238	519,960	33,278	6.0%
2016	565,470	532,744	32,726	5.8%
2017	574,672	545,289	29,383	5.1%
2018	585,873	557,113	28,760	4.9%
2019	601,132	570,967	30,165	5.0%

2020	601,382	553,302	48,080	8.0%
2021	607,835	575,881	31,954	5.3%
2022	618,791	590,180	28,611	4.6%
2023	624,439	597,588	26,851	4.3%
2024	619,936	590,946	28,990	4.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	570,151
Median Value	$316,989

Occupied	505,143	88.6%
Vacant	65,008	11.4%

Owned	340,795	67.5%
Rented	164,348	32.5%
Median Rent	$1,032

Single-Family Units	401,137	70.4%
Detached	385,428	67.6%
Attached	15,709	2.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	77,760	13.6%
Mobile Homes	58,976	10.3%

Spokane, WA-ID-MT-OR Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Spokane, WA-ID-MT-OR Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Spokane, WA-ID-MT-OR Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Spokane, WA-ID-MT-OR Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Spokane, WA-ID-MT-OR Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Spokane, WA-ID-MT-OR Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Spokane, WA-ID-MT-OR Market Area