WA Demographic Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

SEX AND AGE
	Number	Percent

Total population	5,894,121	100.0

Male	2,934,300	49.8
Female	2,959,821	50.2

Under 5 years	394,306	6.7
5 to 9 years	425,909	7.2
10 to 14 years	434,836	7.4
15 to 19 years	427,968	7.3
20 to 24 years	390,185	6.6
25 to 34 years	841,130	14.3
35 to 44 years	975,087	16.5
45 to 54 years	845,972	14.4
55 to 59 years	285,505	4.8
60 to 64 years	211,075	3.6
65 to 74 years	337,166	5.7
75 to 84 years	240,897	4.1
85 years and over	84,085	1.4

Median age (years)	35.3	(X)

18 years and over	4,380,278	74.3
Male	2,157,240	36.6
Female	2,223,038	37.7
21 years and over	4,127,976	70.0
62 years and over	782,897	13.3
65 years and over	662,148	11.2
Male	281,985	4.8
Female	380,163	6.4

RACE
One race	5,680,602	96.4
White	4,821,823	81.8
Black or African American	190,267	3.2
American Indian and Alaska Native	93,301	1.6
Asian	322,335	5.5
Asian Indian	23,992	0.4
Chinese	59,914	1.0
Filipino	65,373	1.1
Japanese	35,985	0.6
Korean	46,880	0.8
Vietnamese	46,149	0.8
Other Asian ¹	44,042	0.7
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	23,953	0.4
Native Hawaiian	4,883	0.1
Guamanian or Chamorro	5,823	0.1
Samoan	8,049	0.1
Other Pacific Islander ²	5,198	0.1
Some other race	228,923	3.9
Two or more races	213,519	3.6

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races ³
White	5,003,180	84.9
Black or African American	238,398	4.0
American Indian and Alaska Native	158,940	2.7
Asian	395,741	6.7
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	42,761	0.7
Some other race	287,400	4.9

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	5,894,121	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	441,509	7.5
Mexican	329,934	5.6
Puerto Rican	16,140	0.3
Cuban	4,501	0.1
Other Hispanic or Latino	90,934	1.5
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,452,612	92.5
White alone	4,652,490	78.9

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	5,894,121	100.0
In households	5,757,739	97.7
Householder	2,271,398	38.5
Spouse	1,181,995	20.1
Child	1,691,535	28.7
Own child under 18 years	1,385,475	23.5
Other relatives	236,631	4.0
Under 18 years	85,991	1.5
Nonrelatives	376,180	6.4
Unmarried partner	139,469	2.4
In group quarters	136,382	2.3
Institutionalized population	57,218	1.0
Noninstitutionalized population	79,164	1.3

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	2,271,398	100.0
Family households (families)	1,499,127	66.0
With own children under 18 years	742,481	32.7
Married-couple family	1,181,995	52.0
With own children under 18 years	541,636	23.8
Female householder, no husband present	224,618	9.9
With own children under 18 years	146,920	6.5
Nonfamily households	772,271	34.0
Householder living alone	594,325	26.2
Householder 65 years and over	184,924	8.1

Households with individuals under 18 years	799,102	35.2
Households with individuals 65 years and over	463,007	20.4

Average household size	2.53	(X)
Average family size	3.07	(X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	2,451,075	100.0
Occupied housing units	2,271,398	92.7
Vacant housing units	179,677	7.3
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	60,355	2.5

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.8	(X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	5.9	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	2,271,398	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	1,467,009	64.6
Renter-occupied housing units	804,389	35.4

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.65	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.32	(X)

(X) Not applicable
¹ Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
² Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
³ In combination with one or more other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1, Matrices P1, P3, P4, P8, P9, P12, P13, P,17, P18, P19, P20, P23, P27, P28, P33, PCT5, PCT8, PCT11, PCT15, H1, H3, H4, H5, H11, and H12.

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