Yakima, WA
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None of the households in Yakima, WA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
Most people in Yakima, WA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 17.5 minutes. The average car ownership in Yakima, WA was 2 cars per household.
In N/A, there were N/A times more N/A residents (N/A people) in Yakima, WA than any other race or ethnicity. There were N/A N/A and N/A N/A residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.
In 2022, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Washington was Mexico, the natal country of 244,390 Washington residents, followed by India with 101,527 and China with 86,360.
The economy of Yakima, WA employs N/A people. The largest industries in Yakima, WA are Health Care & Social Assistance (6,514 people), Retail Trade (4,878 people), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (4,069 people), and the highest paying industries are Utilities ($101,111), Public Administration ($70,113), and Educational Services ($60,667).
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Yakima, WA, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (3,946 people), Material Moving Occupations (3,525 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (3,359 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Yakima, WA.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Washington (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Yakima, WA, are Health Care & Social Assistance (6,514 people), Retail Trade (4,878 people), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (4,069 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Yakima, WA, though some of these residents may live in Yakima, WA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
As of N/A N/A, there are N/A people employed in N/A. This represents a N/A% N/A in employment when compared to N/A N/A.
Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during N/A, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall N/A in employment by N/A%.
The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in N/A.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Washington went to Kamala Harris with 57.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (39%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.4%).
Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell are the senators currently representing the state of Washington. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
Washington is currently represented by 10 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Washington went to Kamala Harris with 57.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (39%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.4%).
The following chart shows the popular vote results in Washington for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.
Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell are the senators currently representing Washington.
In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
The following chart shows elected senators in Washington over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.
Washington is currently represented by 10 members in the U.S. house.
Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Washington have changed over time starting in 2008.
The median tuition cost in N/A for a public four year colleges is $4,623 for in-state students and $5,157 for out-of-state students.
The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.
In 2022, NaNN% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while NaNN% of women were in the same situation.
This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.
The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in false were N/A.
This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.
People in Yakima, WA have an average commute time of 17.5 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Yakima, WA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.
The following map shows all of the places in Yakima, WA colored by their Median Household Income (Total).
The following chart displays the households in Yakima, WA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.
In 2022, the income inequality in Washington was 0.47 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.285% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Washington was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Washington in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in Washington across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
In 2023, 79.4% of workers in Yakima, WA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (11.4%) and those who worked at home (6.23%).
The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in Yakima, WA have a shorter commute time (17.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 1.1% of the workforce in Yakima, WA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Yakima, WA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Yakima, WA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Yakima, WA have 2 cars.
N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Yakima, WA (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Yakima, WA is Hispanic, followed by White and Two Or More.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
88% of the population of Yakima, WA has health coverage, with 34.6% on employee plans, 32% on Medicaid, 11.1% on Medicare, 9.51% on non-group plans, and 0.73% on military or VA plans.
In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Yakima, WA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
