Visitor information about the Spokane Metropolitan area.  The Spokane Metropolitan Area is really Spokane County.  Spokane County is located in the eastern border of the State of Washington and is shown in red on the map to the left.

The 10 largest cities in Washington State are:

1.       Seattle – 580,000

2.       Spokane – 202,000

3.       Tacoma – 201,000

4.       Vancouver – 160,000

5.       Bellevue – 118,000

6.       Everett – 102,000

7.       Spokane Valley – 88,000

8.       Federal Way – 87,000

9.       Kent – 83,000

10.    Yakima – 83,000

Local Population

Two of the 10 largest cities are in the Spokane Metropolitan Area; Spokane and Spokane Valley. 

They are also the largest and second-largest cities on the east side of the Cascade Mountains in Eastern Washington. 

The City of Spokane Valley was incorporated in 2003 and instantly became the State’s seventh largest city.  Combined, Spokane and Spokane Valley have a population of nearly 300,000

Spokane County has a population of 451,000 people.  Our statistics come from the Washington State Office of Financial Management.

Census Statistics Page

Spokane’s West Plain

If approaching Spokane County from the west on Interstate-90 you will enter the County just before I-90 Exit 257.  This area is Spokane’s West Plain area.  I-90 Exit 257 will take you to WA-904 that goes to Cheney, WA the home of Eastern Washington University.  Cheney has a population around 10,000 people.  WA-904 then loops back to I-90 at Exit 270.

Exit 264 leads to WA-902 that loops north to the City of Medical Lake and then loops back to the freeway at I-90 Exit 272.

 I-90 Exit 276 takes you to US Highway-2 that leads you west to Spokane International Airport, Fairchild Air Force Base, and the City of Airway Heights.

Spokane

I-90 Exit 279 takes you to US-195 south to Pullman and Clarkston.  You will find spectacular bridges here for both the freeway and the railroads.  I-90 Exit 280 will take you into West Spokane. 

North Spokane

I-90 Exit 281 takes you to US-2 north, US-395 north, and downtown Spokane via Division Street.  Division Street takes you to North Spokane.

 The next exits, 282 and 283 will bring you into the east end of the downtown area.

City of Spokane Valley

I-90 Exits 284 thru 293 exit into the City of Spokane Valley.  Prior to 2003when the city was incorporated,  this area was called “The Valley”.

Liberty Lake

Exit 296 takes you south to the City of Liberty Lake.  The City is to the south of the freeway at the north end of Liberty Lake.

State Line

The last exit before the Washington / Idaho State Line is Exit 299.  There is a rest area at this exit.