Spokane metropolitan area

Spokane Metropolitan Area
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
	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
• Total	$35.689 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)

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]

Counties

As of 2020, there were 585,784 people and 224,385 households residing within the MSA.^[5] 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.^[6]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
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^[7]^[3]