Yakima County, Washington |Yakima County, Washington| Location
in the state of Washington Washington's location in the U.S.
|Founded||January 21, 1865| 4,312 sq mi (11,168 km²) 4,296 sq mi
(11,127 km²) 15 sq mi (39 km²), 0.63% 56/sq mi (21.8/km²) |Time
zone||Pacific: UTC-8/-7| Yakima County is the second most
extensive county in the U.S. state of Washington. It is named
after the Yakama tribe of Native Americans. In the 2010 census,
its population was 243,231. The county seat is Yakima, which is
also its largest city. The Yakama Indian Reservation, the 15th
largest reservation in America, covers 1,573 mi² (4,074 km²),
comprising 36% of the county's total area. Its population was
31,799 in 2000, and its largest city is Toppenish. According to
the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 4,312
square miles (11,170 km2), of which 4,296 square miles (11,130
km2) is land and 15 square miles (39 km2) (0.36%) is water.
Yakima County is the second largest county in Washington by
area. Yakima County is also