Klickitat County, Washington

Klickitat County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 19,161. The and largest city is.

It is named after the of the   Nation.

Klickitat County was created out of on,.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 4,932 (1,904 ). 4,849 km² (1,872 sq mi) of it is land and 82 km² (32 sq mi) of it (1.67%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 19,161 people, 7,473 households, and 5,305 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (10/sq mi). There were 8,633 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (5/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 87.56%, 0.27% or , 3.47% , 0.73% , 0.21% , 5.02% from , and 2.75% from two or more races. 7.81% of the population were or  of any race. 17.7% were of, 14.0% or American, 11.1%  and 9.6%  ancestry according to Census 2000. 90.3% spoke and 7.8%  as their first language.

There were 7,473 households out of which 32.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.70% were living together, 9.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.00% were non-families. 23.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the county, the population was spread out with 27.10% under the age of 18, 6.50% from 18 to 24, 25.70% from 25 to 44, 27.00% from 45 to 64, and 13.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 99.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,267, and the median income for a family was $40,414. Males had a median income of $36,067 versus $21,922 for females. The for the county was $16,502. About 12.60% of families and 17.00% of the population were below the, including 22.50% of those under age 18 and 15.10% of those age 65 or over.