Yakima County, Washington, elections, 2024
Yakima County, Washington, held elections for local offices in 2024. Click the links below to learn more:
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County elections and candidates
November 5, 2024 (General)
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Yakima
Yakima County Commissioner District 2
- Susan Soto Palmer (D)
- Kyle Curtis (R)
Yakima County Commissioner District 3
- LaDon Linde (R)
- Elpidia Saavedra (R)
Yakima County Public Hospital District 1 Commissioner Board District 1
- Charlene Tillequots (Nonpartisan)
Yakima County Public Hospital District 1 Commissioner Board District 2
- Gabriela Guel (Nonpartisan)
Yakima County Public Hospital District 1 Commissioner Board District 3
- Jordann Loehr (Nonpartisan)
- Susan Soto Palmer (D)
August 6, 2024 (Primary)
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Yakima
Yakima County Commissioner District 2
- Susan Soto Palmer (D)
- Kyle Curtis (R)
Yakima County Commissioner District 3
- LaDon Linde (R)
- Elpidia Saavedra (R)
- Susan Soto Palmer (D)
Demographics
| Demographic Data for Yakima County, Washington | ||
|---|---|---|
| Yakima County | Washington | |
| Population | 256,728 | 7,705,281 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 4,294 | 66,455 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 71.8% | 73.5% |
| Black/African American | 1% | 3.9% |
| Asian | 0.9% | 8.8% |
| Native American | 3.5% | 1.2% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| Two or more | 7.6% | 7.1% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 49.9% | 12.9% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 74.3% | 91.7% |
| College graduation rate | 17.6% | 36.7% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $54,917 | $77,006 |
| Persons below poverty level | 16.5% | 10.2% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential election results by county, 2012-2020
How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:
| County-level voting pattern categories | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
| Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
| Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
| New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
| Republican | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
| Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
| Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
| New Republican | D | D | R | ||||
Following the 2020 presidential election, 72.5% of Washingtonians lived in one of the state's 11 Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 22.3% lived in one of 22 Solid Republican counties. Overall, Washington was Solid Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Washington following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.
| Washington county-level statistics, 2020 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid Democratic | 11 | 72.5% | |||||
| Solid Republican | 22 | 22.3% | |||||
| Trending Republican | 4 | 3.6% | |||||
| Battleground Democratic | 1 | 1.0% | |||||
| Trending Democratic | 1 | 0.6% | |||||
| Total voted Democratic | 13 | 74.1% | |||||
| Total voted Republican | 26 | 25.9% | |||||
Other counties in Washington
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See also
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