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People QuickFacts

Snohomish County

Washington

Population, 2001 estimate

1,741,785

5,987,973

Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001

0.3%

1.6%

Population, 2000

1,737,034

5,894,121

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000

15.2%

21.1%

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000

6.1%

6.7%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000

22.5%

25.7%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000

10.5%

11.2%

Female persons, percent, 2000

50.2%

White persons, percent, 2000 (a)

75.7%

81.8%

Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)

5.4%

3.2%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)

0.9%

1.6%

Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)

10.8%

5.5%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)

0.5%

0.4%

Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)

2.6%

3.9%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000

4.1%

3.6%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)

5.5%

7.5%

White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000

73.4%

78.9%

Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000

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

259,843

981,007

Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000

26.5

25.5

Housing units, 2000

742,237

2,451,075

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

710,916

2,271,398

Persons per household, 2000

2.39

2.53

Median household money income, 1999

$53,157

$45,776

Per capita money income, 1999

$29,521

$22,973

Persons below poverty, percent, 1999

8.4%

10.6%

Business QuickFacts

Snohomish County

Washington

Private nonfarm establishments, 1999

59,335

162,932

Private nonfarm employment, 1999

1,004,382

2,209,129

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999

19.5%

25.4%

Nonemployer establishments, 1999

114,690

321,766

Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)

26,480,337

78,852,486

Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)

19,399,797

52,472,866

Retail sales per capita, 1997

$11,871

$9,363

Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

13.7%

9.6%

Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

28.4%

27.5%

Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000

11,564

39,021

Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000)

10,228,467

36,903,358

Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997

56,081

185,152

Geography QuickFacts

Snohomish County

Washington

Land area, 2000 (square miles)

2,126

66,544

Persons per square mile, 2000

817.0

88.6

Metropolitan Area

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA PMSA

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