Yakima County Update
Jun 20, 2023 4:30 PM
County Commissioner Amanda McKinney
Yakima County Update
Tuesday we are fortunate to have Amanda McKinney with us. Amanda serves as a Yakima County Commissioner. She will give us an update on our county.
Yakima County has a population was 256,728. The county seat and largest city is Yakima. The county was formed out of Ferguson County in January 1865 and is named for the Yakama tribe of Native Americans. The county has a total area of 4,311 square miles, of which 4,295 square miles is land and 16 square miles is water. Yakima County is the second-largest county in Washington by land area and third-largest by total area.