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Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA Metro Area

The Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA metro area is made up of 2 counties in Washington: Chelan and Douglas. About 128,414 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 5.2% more than in April 2020.

Chelan County, centralDouglas County, centralWenatcheeEast Wenatchee
2 counties in Washington
Population, July 2025
128,414 5.2% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
2, both central
Land area
4,740 sq mi (12,278 km²)
Time zone
Pacific TimeUTC-08:00 in January; UTC-07:00 in July
State
Washington
CBSA code
48300
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Counties in the Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Chelan CountyCentral81,94163.8%
Douglas CountyCentral46,47336.2%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. Wenatchee35,484 people
  2. East Wenatchee14,199 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Ellensburg, WA Micro Area32 mi south
  2. Moses Lake, WA Micro Area54 mi southeast
  3. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area95 mi west
  4. Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area114 mi northwest

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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