2022 population: 79,926 ( 7,473 from 2010 , 848 from 2020)
Land area: 2921.2 square miles
Population density: 27.4 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	53,355	66.76%	4.2%
Black:	411	0.51%	132.2%
Indian:	520	0.65%	1.2%
Asian:	1,046	1.31%	58.7%
2+ races:	1,384	1.73%	24.5%
Hispanic:	23,210	29.04%	24.0%

Total non-White:	26,571	33.24%	25.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	1,810	11.4
Deaths:	1,806	11.4
Net Migration:	767	4.8
Net Immigration:	87	0.6

Change in White population:	2,153	3.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	5,320	7.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
72,453
51,202	70.67%
177	0.24%
514	0.71%
659	0.91%
1,112	1.53%
18,713	25.83%
21,251	29.33%

2000
66,616
51,590	77.44%
111	0.17%
552	0.83%
507	0.76%
932	1.40%
12,831	19.26%
15,026	22.56%

1990
52,250
46,669	89.32%
88	0.17%
488	0.93%
416	0.80%
n/a
4,589	8.78%
5,581	10.68%

1980
45,061
43,111	95.67%
13	0.03%
387	0.86%
156	0.35%
n/a
1,369	3.04%
1,950	4.33%

1970
41,355
40,599	98.17%
42	0.10%
280	0.68%
70	0.17%
n/a
248	0.60%
756	1.83%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
8,773	13.2
5,402	8.1
2	0.0
2,742	4.1

-388	-0.6
6,225	9.3

Number	Rate
1990's
9,794	18.7
5,565	10.7
1,497	2.9
3,590	6.9

4,921	9.4
9,445	18.1

Number	Rate
1980's
8,293	18.4
4,845	10.8
3,808	8.5
n/a

3,558	7.9
3,631	8.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
2,003	4.8
n/a

2,512	6.1
1,194	2.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Chelan County, WA

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
40.1
18,118	22.7%
61,808	77.3%
15,729	19.7%

30,414
2.55

19,884	65.4%
15,128	76.1%
1,783	9.0%
10,530	34.6%

2010
Number	Percent
39.3
18,063	24.9%
54,390	75.1%
11,175	15.4%

27,827
2.57

18,795	67.5%
14,661	78.0%
1,666	8.9%
9,032	32.5%

2000
Number	Percent
36.3
18,621	28.0%
47,995	72.0%
9,314	14.0%

24,962
2.63

17,308	69.3%
14,383	83.1%
1,264	7.3%
7,654	30.7%

1990
Number	Percent
35.0
13,970	26.7%
38,280	73.3%
8,188	15.7%

20,638
2.49

14,326	69.4%
11,951	83.4%
1,260	8.8%
6,312	30.6%

1980
Number	Percent
33.4
11,606	25.8%
33,455	74.2%
6,824	15.1%

17,829
2.48

12,680	71.1%
11,092	87.5%
938	7.4%
5,149	28.9%

2022 Housing Data for Chelan County, WA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	655	2.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	863	2.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,169	3.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,069	3.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,555	5.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,253	4.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,390	4.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,324	4.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,056	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	2,101	6.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	3,164	10.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	4,263	14.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	2,840	9.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	2,169	7.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,664	8.8%
$200,000 or more	2,879	9.5%

Median Household Income	71,876
Per Capita Income	39,746

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	86
Compared to U.S.	93

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	1,458	4.8%
Public Assistance	989	3.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	3,602	11.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	24,099	72.4%
Unemployed	945	2.8%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	25,044	75.3%
Not in Labor Force	8,224	24.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	13,824	10,732	56.3%
Non-Profit	1,089	1,903	36.4%
Self-Employed	2,387	1,981	54.6%

Local Government	1,338	1,489	47.3%
State Government	707	985	41.8%
Federal Government	559	242	69.8%

Total Private + Self	16,211	12,713	56.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	3,693	4,619	44.4%
Total	19,904	17,332	53.5%

Pct. Govt.	14.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	5,449	14.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	6,529	17.5%
Professional, Technical	7,674	20.6%
Service Occupations	6,774	18.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,642	7.1%
All others	10,810	29.0%

White Collar		52.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	5,650	15.2%
Retail trade	4,372	11.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	4,027	10.8%
Accommodation and food services	3,151	8.5%
Educational services	2,737	7.4%
Construction	2,620	7.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	2,190	5.9%
Other services	1,991	5.3%
Manufacturing	1,833	4.9%
Public administration	1,383	3.7%
Transportation and warehousing	1,370	3.7%
Wholesale trade	1,351	3.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,144	3.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	838	2.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	811	2.2%
Finance and insurance	796	2.1%
Utilities	703	1.9%
Information	258	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	11	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	19,767	25.00%
Puerto Rican	121	0.15%
Cuban	39	0.05%
Dominican	247	0.31%

Total Central American	894	1.13%
Costa Rican	14	0.02%
Guatemalan	292	0.37%
Honduran	26	0.03%
Nicaraguan	32	0.04%
Panamanian	71	0.09%
Salvadoran	459	0.58%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	301	0.38%
Argentinean	179	0.23%
Bolivian	10	0.01%
Chilean	11	0.01%
Colombian	55	0.07%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	3	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	43	0.05%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,276	1.61%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	150	0.19%
Filipino	141	0.18%
Chinese	128	0.16%
Indian	83	0.10%
Japanese	56	0.07%
Indonesian	35	0.04%
Korean	13	0.02%
Cambodian	8	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	55,083	73.9%
Spanish	17,944	24.1%
German, other Germanic	340	0.5%
Other Indo-European	278	0.4%
Other Asian	235	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	210	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	156	0.2%
Vietnamese	113	0.2%
Chinese	89	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	13,510	17.1%
English	8,555	10.8%
Irish	6,639	8.4%
American	4,521	5.7%
Norwegian	3,451	4.4%
European	2,338	3.0%
Scottish	2,088	2.6%
Swedish	1,889	2.4%
French	1,843	2.3%
Italian	1,599	2.0%
Dutch	1,343	1.7%
Polish	1,088	1.4%
Scandinavian	856	1.1%
British	797	1.0%
Scotch-Irish	690	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	72,091	91.2%
Not a citizen	6,985	8.8%

Native	68,007	86.0%
Foreign-born	11,069	14.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
4,424	8.1%	3,522	6.5%	13,438	24.7%	16,974	31.2%	10,471	19.2%	5,605	10.3%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	4,424	8.1%
9-12 Years	3,522	6.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	13,438	24.7%
Some College	16,974	31.2%
Bach. Degree	10,471	19.2%
Grad Degree	5,605	10.3%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	31,693	28,959	2,734	8.6%	5.1%
1991	31,874	28,556	3,318	10.4%	6.1%
1992	32,474	28,751	3,723	11.5%	7.2%
1993	33,126	29,540	3,586	10.8%	7.3%
1994	34,110	31,011	3,099	9.1%	6.3%
1995	33,853	30,333	3,520	10.4%	6.2%
1996	35,291	31,785	3,506	9.9%	5.9%
1997	35,307	32,576	2,731	7.7%	4.9%
1998	36,660	33,639	3,021	8.2%	4.8%
1999	35,872	32,795	3,077	8.6%	4.8%

2000	37,064	34,489	2,575	6.9%	5.1%
2001	35,527	32,636	2,891	8.1%	6.0%
2002	35,918	32,858	3,060	8.5%	7.1%
2003	36,896	33,794	3,102	8.4%	7.2%
2004	38,326	35,569	2,757	7.2%	6.3%
2005	39,360	36,891	2,469	6.3%	5.6%
2006	39,494	37,298	2,196	5.6%	5.0%
2007	40,567	38,383	2,184	5.4%	4.6%
2008	40,845	38,474	2,371	5.8%	5.2%
2009	41,241	38,159	3,082	7.5%	8.3%

2010	41,300	37,974	3,326	8.1%	9.1%
2011	41,049	37,941	3,108	7.6%	8.5%
2012	41,248	38,238	3,010	7.3%	7.7%
2013	40,363	37,491	2,872	7.1%	6.6%
2014	41,117	38,656	2,461	6.0%	5.9%
2015	42,646	40,344	2,302	5.4%	5.4%
2016	43,313	40,878	2,435	5.6%	5.2%
2017	44,282	42,177	2,105	4.8%	4.6%
2018	45,142	43,106	2,036	4.5%	4.4%
2019	44,928	42,750	2,178	4.8%	4.1%

2020	44,190	40,497	3,693	8.4%	8.4%
2021	44,341	41,948	2,393	5.4%	5.2%
2022	44,776	42,616	2,160	4.8%	4.2%
2023	44,441	42,544	1,897	4.3%	4.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	37,581
Median Value	$412,300

Occupied	30,414	80.9%
Vacant	7,167	19.1%

Owned	19,298	63.5%
Rented	11,116	36.5%
Median Rent	$1,142

Single-Family Units	26,686	71.0%
Detached	25,819	68.7%
Attached	867	2.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	4,548	12.1%
Mobile Homes	3,633	9.7%

Chelan County, WA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Chelan County, WA

2022 Housing Data for Chelan County, WA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Chelan County, WA

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Chelan County, WA

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Chelan County, WA

Historical Labor Force Data for Chelan County, WA