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People Facts |
Washington |
USA |
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Population, 2003 estimate |
6,131,445 | 290,809,777 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
4.0% | 3.3% |
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Population, 2000 |
5,894,121 | 281,421,906 |
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
21.1% | 13.1% |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
6.7% | 6.8% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
25.7% | 25.7% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
11.2% | 12.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
50.2% | 50.9% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
81.8% | 75.1% |
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Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
3.2% | 12.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.6% | 0.9% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
5.5% | 3.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.4% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
3.9% | 5.5% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
3.6% | 2.4% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
7.5% | 12.5% |
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White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
78.9% | 69.1% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000 |
48.6% | 54.1% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
10.4% | 11.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
14.0% | 17.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
87.1% | 80.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
27.7% | 24.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
981,007 | 49,746,248 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
25.5 | 25.5 |
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Housing units, 2002 |
2,530,215 | 119,302,132 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
64.6% | 66.2% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
25.6% | 26.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$168,300 | $119,600 |
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Households, 2000 |
2,271,398 | 105,480,101 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.53 | 2.59 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$45,776 | $41,994 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$22,973 | $21,587 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
10.6% | 12.4% |
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Business Facts |
Washington |
USA |
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Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 |
164,072 | 7,095,302 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2001 |
2,294,285 | 115,061,184 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 |
1.2% | 0.9% |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2000 |
326,397 | 16,529,955 |
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Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) |
78,852,486 | 3,842,061,405 |
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Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
52,472,866 | 2,460,886,012 |
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Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$9,363 | $9,190 |
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Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
9.6% | 14.6% |
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Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
27.5% | 26.0% |
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Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 |
40,200 | 1,747,678 |
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Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) |
40,217,592 | 1,901,247,889 |
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.