2024 population: 319,428 ( 15,812 from 2020)
Land area: 2941.7 square miles
Population density: 108.6 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	177,675	55.62%	0.8%
Black:	5,205	1.63%	8.3%
Indian:	1,968	0.62%	4.0%
Asian:	10,102	3.16%	10.9%
2+ races:	7,712	2.41%	10.0%
Hispanic:	116,766	36.55%	14.8%

Total non-White:	141,753	44.38%	13.8%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	16,397	13.5
Deaths:	10,454	8.6
Net Migration:	4,657	3.8
Net Immigration:	5,151	4.2

Change in White population:	-1,420	-0.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	17,232	5.7

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
303,616
179,095	58.99%
4,807	1.58%
1,893	0.62%
9,113	3.00%
7,013	2.31%
101,695	33.49%
124,521	41.01%

2010
253,340
164,241	64.83%
3,370	1.33%
1,637	0.65%
6,318	2.49%
4,718	1.86%
72,700	28.70%
89,099	35.17%

2000
191,822
139,927	72.95%
2,347	1.22%
1,199	0.63%
4,029	2.10%
3,250	1.69%
40,838	21.29%
51,895	27.05%

1990
150,033
123,826	82.53%
2,007	1.34%
1,102	0.73%
3,202	2.13%
n/a
19,896	13.26%
26,207	17.47%

1980
144,469
128,701	89.09%
2,482	1.72%
1,021	0.71%
2,186	1.51%
n/a
9,985	6.91%
15,768	10.91%

1970
93,356
87,351	93.57%
1,763	1.89%
319	0.34%
354	0.38%
n/a
3,197	3.42%
6,005	6.43%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
39,288	15.5
16,129	6.4
19,487	7.7
3,571	1.4

14,854	5.9
35,422	14.0

Number	Rate
2000's
33,939	17.7
12,437	6.5
23,734	12.4
9,440	4.9

24,314	12.7
37,204	19.4

Number	Rate
1990's
30,312	20.2
11,042	7.4
9,089	6.1
9,101	6.1

16,101	10.7
25,688	17.1

Number	Rate
1980's
27,831	19.3
8,514	5.9
-13,416	-9.3
n/a

-4,875	-3.4
10,439	7.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
37,890	40.6
n/a

41,350	44.3
9,763	10.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro 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
34.4
85,059	26.6%
234,369	73.4%
41,408	13.0%

103,859
2.89

74,491	71.7%
54,088	72.6%
8,802	11.8%
29,368	28.3%

2010
Number	Percent
33.4
74,378	29.4%
178,962	70.6%
26,282	10.4%

88,549
2.82

63,862	72.1%
48,577	76.1%
6,805	10.7%
24,687	27.9%

2000
Number	Percent
32.9
59,365	30.9%
132,457	69.1%
18,819	9.8%

67,686
2.81

49,802	73.6%
39,718	79.8%
4,809	9.7%
17,884	26.4%

1990
Number	Percent
31.2
46,356	30.9%
103,677	69.1%
15,073	10.0%

54,632
2.73

40,304	73.8%
33,177	82.3%
3,840	9.5%
14,328	26.2%

1980
Number	Percent
27.9
46,166	32.0%
98,303	68.0%
9,856	6.8%

51,262
2.80

38,945	76.0%
34,544	88.7%
2,220	5.7%
12,317	24.0%

2022 Housing Data for Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,308	3.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,801	2.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	3,074	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,966	2.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,553	3.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,405	3.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,810	2.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	4,000	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,786	3.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	7,056	6.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	10,697	10.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	15,260	14.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	10,995	10.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	8,425	8.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	10,457	10.1%
$200,000 or more	11,266	10.8%

Median Household Income	82,167
Per Capita Income	37,396

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	87

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	4,611	4.4%
Public Assistance	3,640	3.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	17,056	16.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	88,863	70.7%
Unemployed	4,367	3.5%
In Armed Forces	124	0.1%

Total Labor Force	93,354	74.3%
Not in Labor Force	32,294	25.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	53,137	37,983	58.3%
Non-Profit	4,268	6,300	40.4%
Self-Employed	7,855	4,806	62.0%

Local Government	3,504	6,531	34.9%
State Government	3,498	4,058	46.3%
Federal Government	3,787	2,020	65.2%

Total Private + Self	60,992	42,789	58.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	15,057	18,909	44.3%
Total	76,049	61,698	55.2%

Pct. Govt.	17.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	20,149	14.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	24,465	17.7%
Professional, Technical	32,668	23.7%
Service Occupations	22,646	16.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	7,137	5.2%
All others	37,991	27.5%

White Collar		56.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	17,554	12.7%
Retail trade	14,490	10.5%
Construction	12,423	9.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	11,919	8.6%
Educational services	11,419	8.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	10,368	7.5%
Manufacturing	10,047	7.3%
Accommodation and food services	9,413	6.8%
Public administration	6,720	4.9%
Transportation and warehousing	6,399	4.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	6,378	4.6%
Other services	5,854	4.2%
Wholesale trade	3,561	2.6%
Finance and insurance	2,977	2.2%
Utilities	2,764	2.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,016	1.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,984	1.4%
Information	1,407	1.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	117	0.1%
Management	109	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	90,342	29.69%
Puerto Rican	754	0.25%
Cuban	1,190	0.39%
Dominican	169	0.06%

Total Central American	2,887	0.95%
Costa Rican	32	0.01%
Guatemalan	1,334	0.44%
Honduran	153	0.05%
Nicaraguan	132	0.04%
Panamanian	7	0.00%
Salvadoran	1,209	0.40%
Other Central American	20	0.01%

Total South American	1,021	0.34%
Argentinean	50	0.02%
Bolivian	54	0.02%
Chilean	204	0.07%
Colombian	426	0.14%
Ecuadorian	67	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	156	0.05%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	64	0.02%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	4,561	1.50%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	1,282	0.42%
Filipino	1,239	0.41%
Indian	1,043	0.34%
Vietnamese	1,000	0.33%
Burmese	786	0.26%
Korean	745	0.24%
Japanese	332	0.11%
Thai	167	0.05%
Hmong	158	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	197,436	69.9%
Spanish	71,541	25.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	3,282	1.2%
Other Indo-European	2,164	0.8%
Arabic	1,330	0.5%
Other Asian	1,235	0.4%
Vietnamese	1,118	0.4%
German, other Germanic	1,020	0.4%
Chinese	910	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	45,059	14.8%
English	36,164	11.9%
Irish	26,495	8.7%
American	11,567	3.8%
Norwegian	8,937	2.9%
Italian	7,005	2.3%
European	6,911	2.3%
French	6,677	2.2%
Scottish	6,295	2.1%
Swedish	5,727	1.9%
Dutch	5,308	1.7%
Welsh	3,175	1.0%
Polish	2,865	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	2,501	0.8%
Danish	2,427	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	275,702	90.6%
Not a citizen	28,550	9.4%

Native	258,801	85.1%
Foreign-born	45,451	14.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
15,280	8.0%	11,672	6.1%	45,989	24.1%	63,363	33.1%	33,544	17.5%	21,373	11.2%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	15,280	8.0%
9-12 Years	11,672	6.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	45,989	24.1%
Some College	63,363	33.1%
Bach. Degree	33,544	17.5%
Grad Degree	21,373	11.2%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	160,716	149,152	11,564	7.2%
1991	165,044	151,802	13,242	8.0%
1992	171,702	157,118	14,584	8.5%
1993	180,854	165,978	14,876	8.2%
1994	189,246	177,006	12,240	6.5%
1995	190,340	174,582	15,758	8.3%
1996	190,790	174,254	16,536	8.7%
1997	189,890	176,418	13,472	7.1%
1998	194,350	180,616	13,734	7.1%
1999	196,832	184,130	12,702	6.5%

2000	201,016	189,224	11,792	5.9%
2001	203,748	190,926	12,822	6.3%
2002	210,784	196,678	14,106	6.7%
2003	217,732	201,758	15,974	7.3%
2004	223,998	209,244	14,754	6.6%
2005	228,106	213,358	14,748	6.5%
2006	226,598	211,804	14,794	6.5%
2007	236,766	223,130	13,636	5.8%
2008	245,660	231,920	13,740	5.6%
2009	253,908	236,180	17,728	7.0%

2010	260,188	241,080	19,108	7.3%
2011	260,904	241,142	19,762	7.6%
2012	261,174	238,616	22,558	8.6%
2013	257,032	234,232	22,800	8.9%
2014	255,438	236,244	19,194	7.5%
2015	261,382	243,770	17,612	6.7%
2016	268,452	250,912	17,540	6.5%
2017	275,298	259,710	15,588	5.7%
2018	281,418	266,194	15,224	5.4%
2019	291,488	275,278	16,210	5.6%

2020	291,280	266,692	24,588	8.4%
2021	294,376	276,764	17,612	6.0%
2022	300,994	284,824	16,170	5.4%
2023	299,738	285,114	14,624	4.9%
2024	294,536	279,894	14,642	5.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	110,227
Median Value	$330,588

Occupied	103,859	94.2%
Vacant	6,368	5.8%

Owned	71,208	68.6%
Rented	32,651	31.4%
Median Rent	$1,155

Single-Family Units	76,468	69.4%
Detached	72,684	65.9%
Attached	3,784	3.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	16,854	15.3%
Mobile Homes	9,642	8.7%

Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area