Ranking of Washington Counties By Population Density from Census 2020

Updated on October 17, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 Census, as at April 2020, among all Washington counties, King County had the highest population density per square mile (1.07K people per sqr mile), followed by Clark County (800.82 people per sqr mile), and Kitsap County (697.57 people per sqr mile).

On the other hand, Garfield County had the lowest population density (3.22 people per sqr mile), followed by Ferry County (3.26 people per sqr mile), and Columbia County (4.55 people per sqr mile).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high population density, and the table below shows the ranking of all Washington counties.

You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.

Ranking of Washington Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
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Snohomish
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Ranking of Washington Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
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Rank County Population Density
1 King County 1073.02
2 Clark County 800.82
3 Kitsap County 697.57
4 Pierce County 552.25
5 Island County 416.63
6 Thurston County 408.02
7 Snohomish County 396.81
8 Spokane County 305.71
9 Benton County 121.68
10 Whatcom County 107.62
11 San Juan County 102.28
12 Cowlitz County 97.03
13 Franklin County 77.92
14 Skagit County 74.86
15 Mason County 68.50
16 Yakima County 59.78
17 Walla Walla County 49.28
18 Clallam County 44.37
19 Grays Harbor County 39.78
20 Grant County 36.99
21 Asotin County 35.03
22 Lewis County 34.19
23 Chelan County 27.07
24 Pacific County 25.03
25 Douglas County 23.60
26 Whitman County 22.22
27 Kittitas County 19.30
28 Stevens County 18.75
29 Jefferson County 18.28
30 Wahkiakum County 16.82
31 Klickitat County 12.15
32 Adams County 10.71
33 Pend Oreille County 9.57
34 Okanogan County 8.00
35 Skamania County 7.26
36 Lincoln County 4.71
37 Columbia County 4.55
38 Ferry County 3.26
39 Garfield County 3.22