Understanding a community starts with understanding its essential demographics: How large is the population? How fast is it growing? What, and how large, are the various dimension of the population, such as age, households, and race? This section offers an introduction to Whitman County's community via data that largely come from annual surveys. Consequently, many indicators are estimates.
A full definition of each indicator, as well as its relevance to Whitman County, can be found in the More Information section. The data are available in a spreadsheet via the Download Data tab.