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Population estimates, July 1, 2019, (V2019) 7,614,893 110,593 75,061 80,707 66,768 22,471 290,536 4,488 650,624

PEOPLE

Population                  
Population estimates, July 1, 2019, (V2019) 7,614,893 110,593 75,061 80,707 66,768 22,471 290,536 4,488 650,624
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2019) 6,724,540 102,408 72,800 75,457 60,689 20,919 252,260 3,979 588,512
Population, percent change – April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2019, (V2019) 13.20% 8.00% 3.10% 7.00% 10.00% 7.40% 15.20% 12.80% 10.55%
Population, Census, April 1, 2010 6,724,540 102,410 72,797 75,455 60,699 20,920 252,264 3,978 588,523
Age and Sex (!)                  
Persons under 5 years, percent 6.0% 6.1% 5.2% 5.9% 5.3% 4.0% 5.7% 3.5% 5.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent 21.8% 22.8% 20.3% 21.3% 19.5% 15.3% 21.2% 17.1% 21.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent 15.9% 19.3% 22.3% 21.3% 23.3% 32.2% 17.9% 33.0% 20.2%
Female persons, percent 49.9% 50.5% 48.9% 49.9% 48.1% 50.3% 51.1% 50.1% 50.3%
Race and Hispanic Origin (!)                  
White alone, percent 78.5% 91.1% 87.1% 92.0% 87.5% 90.0% 81.5% 91.2% 86.1%
Black or African American alone, percent(a) 4.4% 1.1% 1.4% 0.9% 1.5% 1.1% 3.6% 0.7% 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a) 1.9% 2.1% 5.6% 2.0% 4.8% 2.8% 1.8% 1.7% 2.7%
Asian alone, percent(a) 9.6% 1.6% 1.5% 1.3% 1.3% 2.1% 6.3% 1.8% 3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a) 0.8% 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.2% 1.0% 0.2% 0.6%
Two or More Races, percent 4.9% 3.7% 4.1% 3.5% 4.4% 3.8% 5.8% 4.5% 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent(b) 13.0% 9.3% 10.3% 10.5% 10.6% 10.1% 9.4% 5.7% 9.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent 67.5% 83.2% 79.0% 82.9% 79.8% 81.7% 74.1% 86.5% 78.2%
Population Characteristics                  
Veterans, 2014-2018 537,713 9,484 7,461 7,726 7,136 2,372 28,992 487 63,658
Foreign born persons, percent, 2014-2018 14.0% 4.1% 4.9% 4.8% 6.0% 7.1% 7.8% 3.2% 6.2%
Housing                  
Housing units, July 1, 2019, (V2019) 3,195,004 45,282 36,907 35,686 33,987 16,417 119,558 2,180 290,017
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2014-2018 62.7% 66.0% 66.2% 69.7% 76.6% 77.8% 63.7% 85.8% 67.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2014-2018 $311,700 $197,000 $168,500 $191,100 $216,000 $170,800 $271,300 $207,000 $227,273
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2014-2018 $1,826 $1,383 $1,312 $1,338 $1,420 $1,147 $1,730 $1,417 $1,520
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2014-2018 $564 $467 $443 $422 $431 $394 $543 $453 $486
Median gross rent, 2014-2018 $1,194 $817 $778 $854 $979 $753 $1,192 $721 $998
Building permits, 2019 48,424 351 344 301 293 91 1,713 16 3,109
Families & Living Arrangements              
Households, 2014-2018 2,800,423 41,397 28,263 30,262 23,535 9,087 108,070 1,844 242,458
Persons per household, 2014-2018 2.55 2.51 2.44 2.51 2.61 2.31 2.51 2.24 2.50
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2014-2018 82.2% 80.8% 84.2% 83.6% 82.6% 87.1% 80.5% 90.6% 81.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2014-2018 19.4% 6.9% 8.8% 8.8% 8.9% 11.4% 11.4% 2.8% 9.7%
Computer and Internet Use                  
Households with a computer, percent, 2014-2018 92.7% 88.6% 86.7% 87.6% 88.8% 85.9% 92.4% 87.4% 89.9%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2014-2018 86.5% 79.7% 80.9% 77.2% 81.5% 77.7% 86.6% 79.6% 82.7%
Education                  
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018 91.1% 88.5% 88.9% 87.8% 87.4% 88.0% 94.0% 91.2% 90.8%
Bachelor’s degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018 35.3% 16.6% 15.8% 16.8% 18.0% 18.0% 35.7% 19.0% 25.3%
Health                  
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2014-2018 8.8% 15.8% 14.1% 14.0% 15.5% 20.4% 8.8% 15.3% 12.4%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent 7.7% 7.9% 9.4% 8.9% 10.2% 10.7% 6.5% 8.1% 7.9%
Economy                  
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018 63.5% 56.6% 51.0% 53.1% 50.1% 41.4% 61.2% 40.4% 56.3%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018 58.4% 52.1% 50.2% 48.7% 46.7% 38.5% 58.0% 38.5% 53.0%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 14,297,278 124,212 104,196 93,638 D 46,067 419,185 D 787,298
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 43,966,889 566,966 263,892 350,313 161,460 55,586 1,584,793 D 2,983,010
Total manufacturers shipments, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 131,530,601 3,264,480 874,205 1,238,119 268,509 154,919 910,527 D 6,710,759
Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 83,313,366 2,021,433 D D D D 1,252,014 D 3,273,447
Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 118,924,049 1,188,331 761,545 912,245 404,348 107,854 3,330,812 10,069 6,715,204
Total retail sales per capita, 2012(c) $17,243 $11,651 $10,622 $12,063 $6,647 $5,242 $12,894 $2,522 $11,341
Transportation                  
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2014-2018 27.6 25.1 26.2 27.5 32.1 20.1 26.3 27.9 26.62545
Income & Poverty                  
Median household income (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018 $70,116 $51,752 $47,770 $50,216 $55,726 $44,846 $69,592 $54,085 $59,254
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018 $36,888 $27,264 $25,374 $25,813 $27,253 $24,474 $33,901 $29,452 $29,747
Persons in poverty, percent 9.8% 12.2% 17.3% 12.5% 13.7% 15.4% 8.7% 10.9% 11.5%

BUSINESSES

Businesses                  
Total employer establishments, 2018 193,817 2,209 1,591 1,899 1,079 581 6,335 84 13,778
Total employment, 2018 2,847,481 32,829 15,857 20,868 9,679 4,321 75,226 427 159,207
Total annual payroll, 2018 ($1,000) 183,300,334 1,608,921 640,575 852,767 386,155 152,498 3,283,226 15,944 6,940,086
Total employment, percent change, 2017-2018 2.8% 1.6% -0.8% -1.3% 3.7% 2.7% 2.2% 8.7% 1.5%
Total nonemployer establishments, 2018 491,908 4,618 3,293 3,733 3,005 1,425 16,142 341 32,557
All firms, 2012 541,522 5,848 4,899 5,007 3,524 1,845 18,842 337 40,302
Men-owned firms, 2012 262,650 2,698 2,395 2,349 1,689 822 8,970 177 19,100
Women-owned firms, 2012 187,677 1,795 1,483 1,494 1,023 515 6,797 89 13,196
Minority-owned firms, 2012 92,807 483 582 421 337 205 2,758 60 4,846
Nonminority-owned firms, 2012 426,697 4,934 4,041 4,314 2,945 1,569 15,115 237 33,155
Veteran-owned firms, 2012 49,331 682 593 733 410 176 2,288 F 4,882
Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012 461,401 4,554 3,807 3,876 2,849 1,534 15,225 283 32,128

GEOGRAPHY

Geography                  
Population per square mile, 2010 101.2 89.8 38.3 31.4 63.3 22.4 349.4 15.1 70.7
Land area in square miles, 2010 66,455.52 1,140.13 1,902.03 2,402.80 959.42 932.66 721.96 263.38 8,322.38
FIPS Code 53 53015 53027 53041 53045 53049 53067 53069 N/A

Value Notes

(!) Estimates are not comparable to other geographic levels due to methodology differences that may exist between different data sources.

Some estimates presented here come from sample data, and thus have sampling errors that may render some apparent differences between geographies statistically indistinguishable. If available, click the link row to learn about sampling error.

The vintage year (e.g., V2019) refers to the final year of the series (2010 thru 2019). Different vintage years of estimates are not comparable.

Fact Notes

(a)Includes persons reporting only one race

(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories

(c) Economic Census – Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data

Value Flags

Either no or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest or upper interval of an open ended distribution.

D   Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information

F   Fewer than 25 firms

FN   Footnote on this item in place of data

N   Data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

NA   Not available

S   Suppressed; does not meet publication standards

X   Not applicable

Z   Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.

Source: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/WA/PST045219