Wahkiakum County, Washington

Wahkiakum County is a located in the  of. It is named after ("Tall ") of the. It is the smallest county (by area) in the state. As of, the population is 3,824. The county seat is the town of, which is also the county's largest and only incorporated community.

Wahkiakum County was formed out of on,.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 743 (287 ). 684 km² (264 sq mi) of it is land and 58 km² (22 sq mi) of it (7.83%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 3,824 people, 1,553 households, and 1,108 families residing in the county. The was 6/km² (14/sq mi). There were 1,792 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (7/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 93.46%, 0.26% or , 1.57% , 0.47% , 0.08% , 1.65% from , and 2.51% from two or more races. 2.56% of the population were or  of any race. 18.7% were of, 13.1% , 10.6% or American, 9.1% , 7.7% , 6.5% , and 5.9%  ancestry according to Census 2000. 96.7% spoke and 2.5%  as a first language.

There were 1,553 households out of which 26.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.40% were living together, 6.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.60% were non-families. 24.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the county, the population was spread out with 23.40% under the age of 18, 5.30% from 18 to 24, 22.20% from 25 to 44, 30.60% from 45 to 64, and 18.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 100.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $39,444, and the income for a family was $47,604. Males had a median income of $37,123 versus $27,938 for females. The for the county was $19,063. About 5.90% of families and 8.10% of the population were below the, including 11.00% of those under age 18 and 2.70% of those age 65 or over.

Unincorporated communities and


Grays River, Roseburg, and Deep River are sometimes counted as one community. [Wahkiakum]