Compare Washington sheriff department costs
Sheriff department cost and staffing across all 39 counties. Click a column header to sort. Hover a column header to see what it measures. Data as of 2026-09-26.
| County | Population | Budget | $/resident | Sworn / 100k res | Custody / 100k res | Beds / 100k res |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 20,557 | — | — | — | — | 145.9 |
| Asotin County | 22,370 | — | — | — | — | 643.7 |
| Benton County | 207,560 | $36,273,515 | $175 | — | — | 358.5 |
| Chelan County | 79,076 | — | — | — | — | 349.0 |
| Clallam County | 77,333 | $18,778,572 | $243 | — | — | 146.1 |
| Clark County | 504,091 | $105,135,959 | $209 | — | — | 112.9 |
| Columbia County | 3,980 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cowlitz County | 110,621 | $26,567,795 | $240 | — | — | 325.4 |
| Douglas County | 43,189 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ferry County | 7,260 | — | — | — | — | 1267.2 |
| Franklin County | 96,692 | $17,706,019 | $183 | — | — | 330.9 |
| Garfield County | 2,310 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grant County | 99,145 | $28,369,385 | $286 | — | — | 189.6 |
| Grays Harbor County | 75,672 | $11,709,557 | $155 | — | — | 232.6 |
| Island County | 86,510 | $13,531,359 | $156 | — | — | 67.0 |
| Jefferson County | 33,006 | — | — | — | — | 172.7 |
| King County | 2,254,371 | $544,625,500 | $242 | — | — | 120.6 |
| Kitsap County | 275,411 | $61,129,637 | $222 | — | — | 176.5 |
| Kittitas County | 44,424 | — | — | — | — | 470.5 |
| Klickitat County | 22,798 | — | — | — | — | 214.9 |
| Lewis County | 82,663 | $20,999,597 | $254 | — | — | 430.7 |
| Lincoln County | 11,036 | — | — | — | — | 163.1 |
| Mason County | 66,053 | $19,744,699 | $299 | — | — | 227.1 |
| Okanogan County | 42,336 | — | — | — | — | 458.2 |
| Pacific County | 23,396 | — | — | — | — | 171.0 |
| Pend Oreille County | 13,570 | — | — | — | — | 294.8 |
| Pierce County | 918,993 | $203,258,610 | $221 | — | — | 186.7 |
| San Juan County | 18,001 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Skagit County | 129,480 | $36,820,488 | $284 | — | — | 308.9 |
| Skamania County | 12,118 | — | — | — | — | 387.9 |
| Snohomish County | 828,337 | $161,400,078 | $195 | — | — | 123.7 |
| Spokane County | 538,711 | $134,897,726 | $250 | — | — | 181.5 |
| Stevens County | 46,774 | — | — | — | — | 85.5 |
| Thurston County | 294,272 | $63,693,496 | $216 | — | — | 166.9 |
| Wahkiakum County | 4,476 | — | — | — | — | 312.8 |
| Walla Walla County | 62,150 | $10,982,445 | $177 | — | — | 177.0 |
| Whatcom County | 226,523 | $48,541,260 | $214 | — | — | 131.6 |
| Whitman County | 47,141 | $5,962,756 | $126 | — | — | 131.5 |
| Yakima County | 256,143 | $51,900,032 | $203 | — | — | 457.6 |
| Washington average | 344,661 | $77,239,452 | $224 | — | — | 172.6 |
A note on data vintages and definitions. Population is the US Census Bureau's 2018–2022 American Community Survey 5-year estimate. Sheriff staffing is not currently loaded for Washington, so the staffing columns show a dash throughout this table. They previously carried the US Census Bureau's Census of Governments Employment 2022 figure, which counts a county government's police protection and corrections employment by function code rather than by agency. That total includes the county probation department, the coroner and the crime lab, and it excludes the sheriff's own court services staff, so it does not describe a sheriff's office. Staffing will return here when a county-published figure is loaded. Jail bed capacity comes from the US Bureau of Justice Statistics Annual Survey of Jails 2020 (ICPSR 38408), a sampled survey covering 11 of Washington's 39 counties; the remaining 28 counties show "—" for the Beds / 100k column. Counties that book inmates to a neighboring jurisdiction's facility under an interlocal agreement are noted on their individual county page. Budget data for Washington sheriff departments has not yet been loaded into this site.