Garfield County, Washington

Garfield County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 2,397, making it the least populous in the state. The county seat is at, the county's only city. It was named after.

Garfield County was created out of on,. 

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,860 (718 ). 1,840 km² (711 sq mi) of it is land and 20 km² (8 sq mi) of it (1.06%) is water. It is part of the, a wide and rolling prairie-like region of the middle.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 2,397 people, 987 households, and 670 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (3/sq mi). There were 1,288 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.45%, 0.38% , 0.67% , 0.04% , 1.38% from , and 1.08% from two or more races. 1.96% of the population were or  of any race. 28.8% were of, 17.9% or American, 10.6%  and 9.5%  ancestry according to Census 2000. 99.2% spoke as their first language.

There were 987 households out of which 28.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.00% were living together, 6.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.10% were non-families. 28.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.90% under the age of 18, 5.40% from 18 to 24, 21.90% from 25 to 44, 25.90% from 45 to 64, and 20.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 97.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,398, and the median income for a family was $41,645. Males had a median income of $33,313 versus $22,132 for females. The for the county was $16,992. About 12.00% of families and 14.20% of the population were below the, including 17.10% of those under age 18 and 10.20% of those age 65 or over.