West Valley is a former

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in

Yakima County, Washington Yakima County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its 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 t ...

, United States. The area has been annexed by the city of

Yakima Yakima ( or ) is a city in and the county seat of Yakima County, Washington, and the state's 11th-largest city by population. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 96,968 and a metropolitan population of 256,728. The uninco ...

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/ref> The population was 10,433 at the 2000 census. Based on

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, West Valley ranks 76th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.

Geography

West Valley is located at (46.598731, -120.603011). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of 7.2 square miles (18.6 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 10,433 people, 3,862 households, and 3,020 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,448.3 people per square mile (559.5/km²). There were 3,964 housing units at an average density of 550.3/sq mi (212.6/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 89.60%

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, 0.82%

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, 0.90% Native American, 2.04%

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, 0.13%

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, 3.88% from

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, and 2.62% from two or more races.

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of any race were 8.72% of the population. There were 3,862 households, out of which 39.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.8% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.8% were non-families. 17.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.04. In the CDP, the age distribution of the population shows 29.2% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.5 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $51,201, and the median income for a family was $55,636. Males had a median income of $41,103 versus $28,922 for females. The

for the CDP was $25,765. About 4.0% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the

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, including 4.4% of those under age 18 and 3.7% of those age 65 or over.

References

{{authority control Geography of Yakima County, Washington Former census-designated places in Washington (state) Neighborhoods in Washington (state)