King County, WA Census Data

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Washington



King County, Washington

People QuickFactsKing CountyWashington
Population, 2005 estimate 1,793,5836,287,759
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 3.3%6.7%
Population, 2000 1,737,0345,894,121
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 6.0%6.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 21.3%23.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 10.5%11.5%
Female persons, percent, 2005 50.1%50.1%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)76.2%85.0%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)5.9%3.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.0%1.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)12.9%6.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.6%0.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 3.4%3.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)6.7%8.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 70.3%77.1%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 47.6%48.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 15.4%10.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 18.4%14.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 90.3%87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 40.0%27.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 259,843981,007
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 26.525.5
Housing units, 2005 792,6822,651,645
Homeownership rate, 2000 59.8%64.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 37.0%25.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $236,900$168,300
Households, 2000 710,9162,271,398
Persons per household, 2000 2.392.53
Median household income, 2003 $53,414$48,185
Per capita money income, 1999 $29,521$22,973
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 9.4%11.0%
Business QuickFactsKing CountyWashington
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 60,825171,5291
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 984,0462,268,9131
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 -4.7%0.1%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 129,841369,860
Total number of firms, 2002 165,089467,290
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 2.3%1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 0.9%1.2%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 9.6%5.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.1%0.2%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 2.0%2.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 31.0%29.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 29,264,79779,313,884
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 54,547,03784,634,499
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 24,261,00165,262,333
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $13,797$10,757
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 3,776,8148,642,681
Building permits, 2005 12,03452,988
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 11,785,65744,840,8421
Geography QuickFactsKing CountyWashington
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 2,12666,544
Persons per square mile, 2000 817.088.6
FIPS Code 03353
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, 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, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:06:49 EST
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