Ranking of Washington Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Washington counties, King County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (1.32M), followed by Pierce County (587.40K), and Snohomish County (559.17K).

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 2017
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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 2017
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Rank County Non-Hispanic White Population
1 King County 1315956
2 Pierce County 587404
3 Snohomish County 559174
4 Spokane County 427893
5 Clark County 373266
6 Thurston County 210692
7 Kitsap County 204432
8 Whatcom County 174901
9 Benton County 139566
10 Yakima County 108079
11 Skagit County 93752
12 Cowlitz County 89499
13 Island County 66065
14 Lewis County 65325
15 Clallam County 62562
16 Grays Harbor County 57860
17 Chelan County 51828
18 Mason County 51347
19 Grant County 51323
20 Walla Walla County 43605
21 Whitman County 38935
22 Kittitas County 38900
23 Stevens County 38714
24 Franklin County 37290
25 Jefferson County 27735
26 Okanogan County 27235
27 Douglas County 27023
28 Asotin County 20427
29 Klickitat County 17866
30 Pacific County 17803
31 San Juan County 14761
32 Pend Oreille County 11815
33 Skamania County 10409
34 Lincoln County 9666
35 Adams County 6710
36 Ferry County 5537
37 Wahkiakum County 3717
38 Columbia County 3413
39 Garfield County 1979