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Columbia County ranked 11th among counties in Washington by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The median income of Columbia County residents was $31,349 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 1,795 households with a population of 3,992.

The county with the highest median resident income in the state was King County with $45,489 per year after adjusting for inflation – $14,140 more than Columbia County. It had 882,028 households with a population of 2,195,502.

The county with the lowest median resident income in the state was Whitman County with $17,679 per year after adjusting for inflation – $13,670 less than Columbia County. It had 17,999 households with a population of 49,231.

Washington counties by earnings per resident (2019)

Rank	County	Earnings per resident
1	King County	$45,489
2	Snohomish County	$40,501
3	Thurston County	$37,076
4	Kitsap County	$36,449
5	Pierce County	$36,273
6	Clark County	$36,268
7	Island County	$33,871
8	Benton County	$33,590
9	San Juan County	$33,216
10	Skagit County	$32,180
11	Columbia County	$31,349
12	Skamania County	$31,344
13	Spokane County	$30,173
14	Douglas County	$30,106
15	Whatcom County	$29,769
16	Jefferson County	$29,678
17	Lincoln County	$29,446
18	Franklin County	$28,942
19	Chelan County	$28,892
20	Mason County	$28,386
21	Walla Walla County	$28,051
22	Garfield County	$27,941
23	Cowlitz County	$27,688
24	Clallam County	$27,638
25	Pend Oreille County	$27,528
26	Asotin County	$27,238
27	Wahkiakum County	$26,813
28	Klickitat County	$26,430
29	Lewis County	$26,381
30	Grant County	$26,262
31	Grays Harbor County	$26,117
32	Kittitas County	$25,786
33	Yakima County	$25,527
34	Stevens County	$25,440
35	Okanogan County	$24,978
36	Pacific County	$24,234
37	Adams County	$24,178
38	Ferry County	$23,052
39	Whitman County	$17,679

* All values are inflation-adjusted