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Size: 640 square miles.
Population: 81,130, including about 38,000 outside incorporated cities and towns. Most of those 38,000 don’t have access to regularly tested municipal water supplies and must rely on private wells. Roughly half the population lives in poverty, with the majority identifying itself as Latino.
Number of dairies: 72, stretching from Zillah to Grandview.
Number of dairy cows: 74,000.
Economic importance of dairies: The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates the value of the Yakima Valley’s milk production at $296 million — about half of the state’s total.
Estimated number of private wells: Unknown.
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