Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026.
Klickitat County, Washington, has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Klickitat County is held at the county jail, run by the Klickitat County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Klickitat County public records, Klickitat County arrest records, Klickitat County warrants, Klickitat County criminal records, Klickitat County court records, Washington arrest records and Washington inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Klickitat County
The county jail, run by the Klickitat County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Klickitat County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Klickitat County Sheriff's Office at klickitatcounty.gov/1578/Inmate-Lookup (page title: Inmate Lookup | Klickitat County, WA), 205 S Columbus Ave. Goldendale WA 98620, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Klickitat County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 33 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 49 beds, and it ran at 67 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Klickitat County has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 14 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Klickitat County Jail
The Klickitat County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Goldendale, White Salmon and Bingen make the arrests that end in a booking in Klickitat County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Goldendale's 154 for 2025, the Klickitat County Sheriff's Office's 83 for 2021 and White Salmon's 59 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Klickitat County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 236 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Klickitat County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Klickitat County serves the sentence in a facility of the Washington State Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.wa.gov/records/incarcerated-data-search/incarcerated-search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Klickitat County?
Look on the custody page of the Klickitat County Sheriff's Office at klickitatcounty.gov/1578/Inmate-Lookup. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Klickitat County jail?
About 33 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 49 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Klickitat County go?
To a facility of the Washington State Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.wa.gov.
Is this the official Klickitat County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.