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Census Statistics

	Washington	USA
Population, 2003 estimate	6,131,445	290,809,777
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	4.0%	3.3%
Population, 2000	5,894,121	281,421,906
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	21.1%	13.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.7%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.7%	25.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	11.2%	12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.2%	50.9%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	81.8%	75.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	3.2%	12.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.6%	0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	5.5%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.4%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	3.9%	5.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	3.6%	2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	7.5%	12.5%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	78.9%	69.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	48.6%	54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	10.4%	11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	14.0%	17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	87.1%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	27.7%	24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	981,007	49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	25.5	25.5?
Housing units, 2002	2,530,215	119,302,132
Homeownership rate, 2000	64.6%	66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	25.6%	26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$168,300	$119,600?
Households, 2000	2,271,398	105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000	2.53	2.59
Median household income, 1999	$45,776	$41,994
Per capita money income, 1999	$22,973	$21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	10.6%	12.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	164,072	7,095,302
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	2,294,285	115,061,184
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.2%	0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	326,397	16,529,955
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	78,852,486	3,842,061,405
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	52,472,866	2,460,886,012
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,363	$9,190
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	9.6%	14.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	27.5%	26.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	40,200	1,747,678
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	40,217,592	1,901,247,889
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	66,544	3,537,438
Persons per square mile, 2000	88.6	79.6
FIPS Code	53

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