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Washington Population
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People QuickFacts |
Washington |
| Population, 2005 estimate
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6,287,759 |
| Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 |
6.7% |
| Population, 2000
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5,894,121 |
| Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000 |
21.1% |
| Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2004 |
6.2% |
| Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2004 |
24.0% |
| Persons 65 years old and over,
percent, 2004 |
11.3% |
| Female persons, percent, 2004
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50.1% |
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| White persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
85.3% |
| Black persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
3.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) |
1.6% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
6.3% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.5% |
| Persons reporting two or more
races, percent, 2004 |
2.9% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino
origin, percent, 2004 (b) |
8.5% |
| White persons, not Hispanic,
percent, 2004 |
77.5% |
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| Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
48.6% |
| Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000 |
10.4% |
| Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
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14.0% |
| High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
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87.1% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
27.7% |
| Persons with a disability,
age 5+, 2000 |
981,007 |
| Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
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25.5 |
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| Housing units, 2004
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2,606,623 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000
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64.6% |
| Housing units in multi-unit
structures, percent, 2000 |
25.6% |
| Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
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$168,300 |
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| Households, 2000
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2,271,398 |
| Persons per household, 2000
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2.53 |
| Per capita money income, 1999
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$22,973 |
| Median household income, 2003
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$48,185 |
| Persons below poverty,
percent, 2003 |
11.0% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Washington |
| Private nonfarm
establishments, 2003 |
167,2721 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
2003 |
2,293,2221 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
percent change 2000-2003 |
1.1%1 |
| Nonemployer establishments,
2003 |
353,240 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 2002
($1000) |
79,313,884 |
| Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
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65,262,333 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2002
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$10,757 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent
of total, 1997 |
9.6% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of
total, 1997 |
27.5% |
| Housing units authorized by
building permits, 2004 |
50,089 |
| Federal spending, 2004
($1000) |
44,840,8421 |
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Geography QuickFacts |
Washington |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles)
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66,544 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000
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88.6 |
| FIPS Code
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53 |
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