Puget Island from the north · Photo: Pete Forsyth · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wahkiakum County, Washington
4,658 residents · Updated Nov 12, 2026
The community services in Wahkiakum County, from the data behind Range Lab’s tools, refreshed daily.
Puget Island from the north · Photo: Pete Forsyth · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Adults with frequent mental distress
16.0%
1 mental-health listing · below the Washington median of 16.8%
Adults 18–64 without health insurance
8.0%
4 medical listings · below the Washington median of 8.1%
Adults ever diagnosed with depression
25.4%
above the Washington median of 25.0%
Adults reporting food insecurity
—
Not in this CDC release · 5 food listings
Need against listed capacity
CDC PLACES prevalence applied to the county’s adult population, beside the services listed for that need in the Range Lab directory. Adults per listing is a rough reading of how thin the net is, not a wait time.
Frequent mental distress
600
16.0% of 3,841 adults
One dot = 10 adults
No health insurance
200
8.0% of 2,251 adults 18–64
One dot = 10 adults 18–64
Depression diagnosis
1,000
25.4% of 3,841 adults
One dot = 10 adults
Provider shortage designations and listed services
HRSA scores each Health Professional Shortage Area 0–25 (dental 0–26); a county’s score is the highest among its designated areas. Higher means a worse shortage. Listed services per 10,000 residents from the Range Lab directory.
HRSA shortage score, 2026
Grey tick = median among designated Washington counties
- Primary / medical care14 · designated
- Mental health12 · designated
- Dental7 · designated
Wahkiakum is designated for primary care and mental health and dental. Facility-only designations (clinics, FQHCs) are excluded.
Listed services per 10,000 residents
- Medical8.63.6
- Mental health2.11.7
- Dental0.00.3
- Addiction & recovery2.11.1
- Food10.72.5
No dental services are listed in the directory yet.
How Wahkiakum compares with other Washington counties
Adults with frequent mental distress against adults 18–64 without health insurance, CDC PLACES 2025. Dot size is county population; dashed lines are the state medians. Hover a dot for the county.
Wahkiakum sits below the state median on distress (16.0% vs. 16.8%) and below it on uninsured adults (8.0% vs. 8.1%).
Sources: CDC PLACES 2025 (model-based county estimates from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System); HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas; Census ACS 2024 5-year population; Range Lab resource directory. About the data.