Saturday, November 23, 2019

Red but not totally into that Trump's America thing: Yakima County, Washington


The Divide in Yakima is the Divide in America.  (The New York Times, 11/19/2019)
Ms. Gutiérrez went on to win a seat on the Yakima City Council and become among the first Latino politicians ever elected in the Central Washington community of nearly 94,000 where the number of Latinos has doubled in just one generation, now making up almost half of the total population. 
The changes in this farming valley, known as the nation’s fruit basket, mirror demographic trends in numerous U.S. cities where the population is becoming increasingly less white. Ms. Gutiérrez represents a major shift not only because of her ethnicity, but because of her age — she was 26 when first elected. In Yakima, young adults are nearly twice as likely to be Latino as older adults.

Source:  Wikipedia (Yakima County, Yakima)

Yakima is the county seat of Yakima County.


% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
  • 15.9% - Yakima County
  • 34.5% - Washington
  • 30.9% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
  • 13.7% - Yakima County
  • 15.4% - Washington
  • 15.6% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  • 18.1% - Yakima County
  • 10.3% - Washington
  • 15.6% - U.S.

Source:  Wikipedia
3rd party votes: 19.2% in 1992, 10.1% in 1996, 8.4% in 2016
(George Wallace received  8.2% of the vote in 1968)

Other "Red but not totally into this Trump's America thing" posts:
Colorado.  Jefferson County.  (3/9/2019)
Florida.  Duval County.  (3/14/2019)
Georgia.  Cherokee County.  (3/10/2019)
Georgia.  Fayette County.  (3/10/2019)
Georgia.  Forsyth County.  (3/10/2019)
Kansas.  Johnson County.  (3/9/2019)
Minnesota.  Carver County.  (3/9/2019)
North Carolina.  Union County.  (9/9/2019)
Ohio.  Delaware County  (3/8/2019)
Texas.  Collin County.  (9/21/2019)
Texas.  Denton County.  (9/22/2019)
Texas.  Williamson County.  (9/25/2019)
Wisconsin.  Ozaukee County.  (3/8/2019)

Related series:
Blue zone sees Trump as con man
Greetings from Trump's America
Not Trump's America

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