Rank	County	Score	Property Tax	Cost of Living	Income & Jobs	Health	Disaster Risk
1	Garfield County	78.3	85.1	84	24.1	75.1	98.4
2	Wahkiakum County	74.3	85.3	78.3	20.7	73.8	80.8
3	Pend Oreille County	73.8	83.6	81.6	25	70.3	72
4	Columbia County	73.5	77.9	77.2	30.1	72.6	91.5
5	Asotin County	73.4	79.8	77.6	28.5	73.3	82.1
6	Lincoln County	73	85.5	80.9	29.9	73.6	45.1
7	Ferry County	71.4	83.9	85.3	19.1	65.4	48.4
8	Skamania County	71.2	82.2	69.4	42.2	79.4	50.3
9	Stevens County	71.1	83.9	79.1	27.4	72.7	39.7
10	San Juan County	70.8	86.3	59.7	38	83	64.7
11	Adams County	69.9	78.7	79.3	25.8	60.9	76.8
12	Whitman County	69.3	79.9	73.3	17.9	73.7	60.3
13	Jefferson County	68.2	81.8	68.2	29.8	78.4	35.6
14	Klickitat County	68	84.9	72.7	29.3	71.9	26.1
15	Walla Walla County	66.1	76.9	68.9	30.5	72.1	39.6
16	Clallam County	66	81.4	72.8	27.8	72.9	10.3
17	Pacific County	65.7	79.2	78.2	24.1	68.9	7.3
18	Douglas County	65.2	80.2	67.5	35.8	69.9	25.9
19	Lewis County	64.7	82.2	70.9	28.9	69.2	10.3
20	Okanogan County	64.7	80.6	80	22.7	60.2	10.8
21	Benton County	64.4	80.1	64.9	40.4	73.3	12.9
22	Chelan County	64.4	82.3	68.2	34.5	69.9	9.1
23	Grant County	64.3	79.1	72.3	29.8	63.9	23.1
24	Mason County	64	81.2	66.2	34.5	70	14.7
25	Kittitas County	63.9	82.4	62.9	29	75.9	10.9
26	Spokane County	63.7	78	65.8	31.4	75.1	10
27	Island County	63.6	82.5	52.7	41.1	80.6	22
28	Grays Harbor County	63.3	77.7	73.8	24.9	67.7	3
29	Franklin County	63.2	80.8	65.5	37.4	62.9	27.5
30	Cowlitz County	62.8	79.4	65.8	31	70.6	9.7
31	Whatcom County	62.3	82.2	56.1	36.2	77.2	9
32	Skagit County	61.8	79.1	57.2	39.2	75.2	11.2
33	Yakima County	61.2	79.3	72.2	27.8	58	6
34	Kitsap County	60.7	79.9	48.9	47.7	79.4	7.7
35	Clark County	60.5	78.8	50.4	45.4	78.4	7.8
36	Thurston County	59.9	77.1	51.2	44.7	77.6	5.5
37	Snohomish County	57.6	79.9	40.5	53.9	78	2.1
38	Pierce County	57.3	75.8	46.9	46.5	75	1.5
39	King County	56.6	78.7	32.5	63.1	83.3	0.3

Data: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, FBI UCR, CDC, FEMA NRI, NCES, EPA SDWIS. Scores are 0-100 (higher is better). Rankings are based on available data dimensions and may change as new data sources are added. This information is for research purposes only and should not be the sole factor in relocation decisions.

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