Spokane metropolitan area

Not to be confused with Spokane–Coeur d'Alene combined statistical area.

The Spokane–Spokane Valley Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of Spokane and Stevens counties in Washington state, anchored by the city of Spokane and its largest suburb, Spokane Valley.^[2] As of July 1, 2021, the MSA had an estimated population of 593,466.^[3] The Spokane Metropolitan Area and the neighboring Coeur d'Alene metropolitan area, make up the larger Spokane–Coeur d'Alene combined statistical area. The urban areas of the two MSAs largely follow the path of Interstate 90 between Spokane and Coeur d'Alene. In 2010, the Spokane–Spokane Valley MSA had a gross metropolitan product of $20.413 billion.^[4]

Spokane Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Spokane–Spokane Valley, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
From top: Downtown Spokane from the south, Spokane Valley from the air
Map of Spokane–Spokane Valley– Coeur d'Alene, WA–ID CSA   City of Spokane, WA   Spokane–Spokane Valley, WA MSA   City of Coeur d'Alene, ID   Coeur d'Alene, ID MSA
Country	United States
State	Washington Idaho
Largest city	Spokane, WA (228,989)
Other cities	- Spokane Valley, WA (102,976) - Coeur d'Alene, ID (54,628) - Post Falls, ID (38,485) - Hayden, ID (15,570) - Cheney, WA (13,255) - Liberty Lake, WA (12,003) - Airway Heights, WA (10,757)
Area
• Total	5,641.5 sq mi (14,611 km2)
Highest elevation	7,320 ft (2,230 m)
Lowest elevation	1,273 ft (338 m)
Population
• Total	593,466
• Rank	98th in the U.S.
GDP [1]
• Total	$35.689 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)

Counties

• Spokane
• Stevens
• Kootenai^[5]

Communities

Over 200,000 inhabitants

Spokane photographed from space on the 15th expedition to the International Space Station

• Spokane – (principal city)

50,000 to 199,999 inhabitants

• Spokane Valley – (principal city)

10,000 to 49,999 inhabitants

• Airway Heights
• Cheney
• Fairwood
• Liberty Lake

5,000 to 9,999 inhabitants

• Country Homes
• Fairchild AFB
• Mead
• Medical Lake
• Otis Orchards-East Farms
• Suncrest
• Town and Country

1,000 to 4,999 inhabitants

• Chewelah
• Colville
• Deer Park
• Kettle Falls
• Millwood

1,000 inhabitants or fewer

• Addy
• Clayton
• Fairfield
• Four Lakes
• Green Bluff
• Latah
• Loon Lake
• Marcus
• Northport
• Rockford
• Spangle
• Springdale
• Waverly
• Valley

Unincorporated places

• Amber
• Arden
• Bluecreek
• Cedonia
• Chattaroy
• Colbert
• Dartford
• Deep Creek
• Denison
• Echo
• Elk
• Espanola
• Evans
• Ford
• Four Lakes
• Freedom
• Freeman
• Fruitland
• Gifford
• Geiger Heights
• Glenrose
• Green Bluff
• Greenacres
• Hunters
• Lakeside
• Marshall
• Mead
• Mica
• Milan
• Newman Lake
• Nine Mile Falls
• Onion Creek
• Orchard Prairie
• Plaza
• Peone
• Rice
• Ruby
• Spokane Bridge
• Tumtum (also known as Tum Tum)
• Tyler
• Valleyford
• Wellpinit

Demographics

As of 2020, there were 585,784 people and 224,385 households residing within the MSA.^[6] The racial makeup of the MSA was 86% White, 2% Black, 1% Native, 2% Asian, 0% Islander, and 5% Hispanic. According to the Association of Religion Data Archives' 2010 Metro Area Membership Report, the denominational affiliations of the Spokane MSA are 64,277 Evangelical Protestant, 682 Black Protestant, 24,826 Mainline Protestant, 754 Orthodox, 66,202 Catholic, 31,674 Other, and 339,338 Unclaimed.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1860	1,992		—
1870	2,734		37.2%
1880	5,507		101.4%
1890	41,828		659.5%
1900	68,058		62.7%
1910	164,701		142.0%
1920	169,257		2.8%
1930	176,182		4.1%
1940	191,083		8.5%
1950	247,554		29.6%
1960	303,131		22.5%
1970	310,197		2.3%
1980	379,394		22.3%
1990	401,227		5.8%
2000	469,737		17.1%
2010	527,753		12.4%
2020	585,784		11.0%
2023 (est.)	600,292		2.5%
U.S. Decennial Census[8][3]

See also

• Washington census statistical areas