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Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest)

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The Inland Empire is a region in the Pacific Northwest centered on Spokane, Washington, including much of the surrounding Columbia River basin. It extends into northern Idaho, northeastern Oregon, and far northwestern Montana. It is sometimes referred to as the Inland Northwest.

Included in the region are the counties of:

Washington: Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman, and Yakima
Idaho: Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Shoshone
Oregon: Wallowa, Umatilla, and Union
Montana: Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, and Sanders

An early reference to the Inland Empire was printed in the first edition of the Spokane Falls Review, a predecessor of today's Spokesman-Review, on May 19, 1883: "It is not to be wondered that Spokane Falls booms, nor that it bids fair, and is bound to be the chief metropolis not only of eastern Washington, but of that vast extent of territory, now being rapidly peopled, known and suggestively spoken of as the 'Inland Empire,' an immense region of unlimited resources and possibilities that will in later years give subsistence and support to millions of human beings."

According to the US Census Bureau, the estimated population as of 2004 was 1,913,682 making it, in population, comparable to New Mexico.

	v • d • e State of Washington Olympia (capital)
Topics	State Government \| Cities \| Towns \| Congressional Delegation \| City Governments \| Governors \| History \| Legislative Initiatives \| Popular Initiatives \| Legislature \| Music \| Parks \| Highways \| Symbols
Regions	Cascade Range \| Central Washington \| Columbia Gorge \| Columbia Plateau \| Columbia River \| Eastern Washington \| Inland Empire \| Kitsap Peninsula \| Long Beach Peninsula \| Okanogan Country \| Olympic Peninsula \| Palouse \| Puget Sound \| San Juan Islands \| Skagit Valley \| Tri‑Cities \| Western Washington \| Yakima Valley
Larger Cities	Seattle \| Spokane \| Tacoma \| Vancouver \| Bellevue \| Everett
Smaller Cities	Aberdeen \| Anacortes \| Arlington \| Auburn \| Bainbridge Island \| Battle Ground \| Bellingham \| Bonney Lake \| Bothell \| Bremerton \| Burien \| Camas \| Centralia \| Cheney \| Cle Elum \| Covington \| Des Moines \| East Wenatchee \| Edmonds \| Ellensburg \| Enumclaw \| Federal Way \| Fife \| Fort Lewis \| Grandview \| Issaquah \| Kelso \| Kenmore \| Kennewick \| Kent \| Kirkland \| Lacey \| Lake Forest Park \| Lakewood \| Longview \| Lynden \| Lynnwood \| Maple Valley \| Marysville \| Mercer Island \| Mill Creek \| Monroe \| Moses Lake \| Mountlake Terrace \| Mount Vernon \| Mukilteo \| Oak Harbor \| Olympia \| Pasco \| Port Angeles \| Prosser \| Pullman \| Puyallup \| Redmond \| Renton \| Richland \| Sammamish \| SeaTac \| Sedro-Woolley \| Shelton \| Shoreline \| Spokane Valley \| Sunnyside \| Tukwila \| Tumwater \| University Place \| Walla Walla \| Washougal \| Wenatchee \| West Richland \| Woodinville \| Yakima \| Zillah
Counties	Adams \| Asotin \| Benton \| Chelan \| Clallam \| Clark \| Columbia \| Cowlitz \| Douglas \| Ferry \| Franklin \| Garfield \| Grant \| Grays Harbor \| Island \| Jefferson \| King \| Kitsap \| Kittitas \| Klickitat \| Lewis \| Lincoln \| Mason \| Okanogan \| Pacific \| Pend Oreille \| Pierce \| San Juan \| Skagit \| Skamania \| Snohomish \| Spokane \| Stevens \| Thurston \| Wahkiakum \| Walla Walla \| Whatcom \| Whitman \| Yakima

	v • d • e State of Oregon Salem (capital)
Topics	Flag \| Governors \| Government \| Constitution \| Law \| Congress \| Ballot measures \| Parks \| Fair \| Flower \| Tree \| Bird \| Oregon Trail \| Rivers \| Misc.
Regions	The Cascades \| Central Oregon \| Columbia Gorge \| Columbia Plateau \| Columbia River \| Eastern Oregon \| Harney Basin \| Inland Empire \| Mount Hood Corridor \| Oregon Coast \| Palouse \| Portland Metro \| Rogue Valley \| Southern Oregon \| Treasure Valley \| Tualatin Valley \| Western Oregon \| Willamette Valley
Metros	Bend-Redmond \| Eugene-Springfield \| Medford-Ashland \| Portland \| Salem-Keizer
Cities	Albany \| Astoria \| Baker City \| Beaverton \| Brookings \| Coos Bay \| Corvallis \| Florence \| Grants Pass \| Gresham \| Hillsboro \| Hood River \| Independence \| Klamath Falls \| La Grande \| Lake Oswego \| Lakeview \| Madras \| McMinnville \| Milwaukie \| Monmouth \| Newberg \| Newport \| Ontario \| Oregon City \| Pendleton \| Prineville \| Roseburg \| Sandy \| The Dalles \| Tigard \| Tillamook \| Tualatin \| Umatilla \| West Linn
Counties	Baker \| Benton \| Clackamas \| Clatsop \| Columbia \| Coos \| Crook \| Curry \| Deschutes \| Douglas \| Gilliam \| Grant \| Harney \| Hood River \| Jackson \| Jefferson \| Josephine \| Klamath \| Lake \| Lane \| Lincoln \| Linn \| Malheur \| Marion \| Morrow \| Multnomah \| Polk \| Sherman \| Tillamook \| Umatilla \| Union \| Wallowa \| Wasco \| Washington \| Wheeler \| Yamhill

	v • d • e State of Idaho Boise (capital)
Topics	Culture \| Geography \| Government \| Governors \| History \| Images
Regions	Boise metropolitan area \| Cache Valley \| Central Idaho \| Columbia River Plateau \| Eastern Idaho \| Great Basin \| Idaho Panhandle \| Inland Empire \| Magic Valley \| North Central Idaho \| North Idaho \| Palouse \| Southern Idaho \| Southwestern Idaho \| Treasure Valley \| Wasatch Range \| Wood River Valley \| Yellowstone
Larger cities	Boise \| Coeur d'Alene \| Idaho Falls \| Lewiston \| Meridian \| Nampa \| Pocatello \| Twin Falls
Smaller cities	Ammon \| Blackfoot \| Burley \| Caldwell \| Chubbuck \| Eagle \| Garden City \| Kuna \| Moscow \| Mountain Home \| Post Falls \| Rexburg Stanley
Counties	Ada \| Adams \| Bannock \| Bear Lake \| Benewah \| Bingham \| Blaine \| Boise \| Bonner \| Bonneville \| Boundary \| Butte \| Camas \| Canyon \| Caribou \| Cassia \| Clark \| Clearwater \| Custer \| Elmore \| Franklin \| Fremont \| Gem \| Gooding \| Idaho \| Jefferson \| Jerome \| Kootenai \| Latah \| Lemhi \| Lewis \| Lincoln \| Madison \| Minidoka \| Nez Perce \| Oneida \| Owyhee \| Payette \| Power \| Shoshone \| Teton \| Twin Falls \| Valley \| Washington

	v • d • e State of Montana Helena (capital)
Topics	History · Governors · People · Geography · Demographics · State Government
Regions	Bighorn Country · Eastern Montana · The Flathead · Glacier National Park · Inland Empire · South Central Montana · Southwestern Montana · Western Montana · Yellowstone
Largest cities	Anaconda · Belgrade · Billings · Bozeman · Butte · Evergreen · Glendive · Great Falls · Havre · Helena · Kalispell · Laurel · Lewistown · Livingston · Miles City · Missoula · Sidney · Whitefish
Counties	Beaverhead · Big Horn · Blaine · Broadwater · Carbon · Carter · Cascade · Chouteau · Custer · Daniels · Dawson · Deer Lodge · Fallon · Fergus · Flathead · Gallatin · Garfield · Glacier · Golden Valley · Granite · Hill · Jefferson · Judith Basin · Lake · Lewis and Clark · Liberty · Lincoln · Madison · McCone · Meagher · Mineral · Missoula · Musselshell · Park · Petroleum · Phillips · Pondera · Powder River · Powell · Prairie · Ravalli · Richland · Roosevelt · Rosebud · Sanders · Sheridan · Silver Bow · Stillwater · Sweet Grass · Teton · Toole · Treasure · Valley · Wheatland · Wibaux · Yellowstone