Clark County has 20 residential zip codes of which 11 are located in Vancouver and two spread into other counties. The US census keeps track of the population in a variety of boundaries including zip codes, political districts, counties, cities, and school districts among others. We can learn a thing or two about the make up of our neighborhoods by the population totals and densities in these zip codes.
So here is a list of the 2023 US Census estimates for Clark County and her 20 zip codes.
- 98660 13,146 Vancouver
- 98661 49,910 Vancouver
- 98662 37,064 Vancouver
- 98663 15,365 Vancouver
- 98664 23,995 Vancouver
- 98665 27,947 Vancouver
- 98682 66,821 Vancouver
- 98683 31,504 Vancouver
- 98684 36,931 Vancouver
- 98685 30,534 Vancouver
- 98686 20,158 Vancouver
- 98601 2,952 Amboy
- 98604 37,212 Battle Ground
- 98606 9,528 Brush Prairie / Hockinson
- 98607 34,877 Camas (includes a small piece of Vancouver)
- 98629 9,783 La Center
- 98642 25,005 Ridgefield
- 98671 23,871 Washougal (includes parts of Skamania County)
- 98674 15,679 Woodland (mostly Cowlitz County)
- 98675 7,198 Yacolt
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| Map from USPS |
Keep in mind that these zip codes often include people living outside of the cities in rural areas. Battle Ground has a population of about 22,000 people but her zip code more than 37,000. Think of all those people out in the countryside surrounding Battle Ground. The same is true for Ridgefield which only has about 10,000 people but her zip code has more than 25,000.
In the case of Vancouver her zip codes add up to more than 353,000 people when the city proper sits at about 200,000. The discrepancy shows the extent of Vancouver's urban sprawl outside of the city boundaries.
If you live in Clark County what do you think about the stats in your zip code?
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