Ranking of Washington Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Washington counties, King County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (1.31M), followed by Pierce County (581.90K), and Snohomish County (556.08K).

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

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Washington Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2016
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Pierce
Snohomish
Spokane
Clark
Thurston
Kitsap
Whatcom
Benton
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Ranking of Washington Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2016
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Rank County Non-Hispanic White Population
1 King County 1314377
2 Pierce County 581901
3 Snohomish County 556082
4 Spokane County 422537
5 Clark County 368547
6 Thurston County 207152
7 Kitsap County 203212
8 Whatcom County 171830
9 Benton County 137595
10 Yakima County 109052
11 Skagit County 92544
12 Cowlitz County 88083
13 Island County 65290
14 Lewis County 64278
15 Clallam County 61721
16 Grays Harbor County 57215
17 Chelan County 51771
18 Grant County 51163
19 Mason County 50394
20 Walla Walla County 43349
21 Whitman County 38605
22 Stevens County 38394
23 Kittitas County 37886
24 Franklin County 36915
25 Jefferson County 27411
26 Okanogan County 27189
27 Douglas County 26771
28 Asotin County 20368
29 Klickitat County 17491
30 Pacific County 17490
31 San Juan County 14471
32 Pend Oreille County 11669
33 Skamania County 10200
34 Lincoln County 9468
35 Adams County 6711
36 Ferry County 5552
37 Wahkiakum County 3653
38 Columbia County 3418
39 Garfield County 2031