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Spokane County, Washington

A county in Washington, ranked 4 of 39 by population.

CountyFIPS 53063

Within Washington
Spokane County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Spokane, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
558,344
+17,200 (+3.2%) since 2020
Land area
1,764
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
316
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Spokane
Seat of county government.
Established
1858
167 years ago
Largest city
Spokane city
Population 230,783.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Spokane County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Spokane County, Washington from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 564 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Spokane County ranks

Position among the 39 counties of Washington, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn WashingtonNationally
Population558,3444th of 39129th of 3,144
Land area1,764 sq mi19th of 39338th of 3,144
Population density316 per sq mi8th of 39419th of 3,144
Median household income$78,58217th of 39644th of 3,143

Full data for Spokane County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population558,344Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020541,144Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?539,333Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,764 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area16.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,781 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?316 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$78,582American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$410,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households218,395American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units231,205American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+563
5,906 births, 5,343 deaths
Net migration
+2,267
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Spokane County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Stevens CountyWashington45 mi49,668
Kootenai CountyIdaho42 mi191,864
Lincoln CountyWashington39 mi11,982
Whitman CountyWashington37 mi48,512
Pend Oreille CountyWashington18 mi14,457
Benewah CountyIdaho7.4 mi10,508
Bonner CountyIdaho4.7 mi54,420

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 39 counties of Washington

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.