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Kittitas County Facts

Census Statistics

	Kittitas County	Washington
Population, 2003 estimate	35,206	6,131,445
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	5.5%	4.0%
Population, 2000	33,362	5,894,121
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	24.8%	21.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.1%	6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	20.6%	25.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	11.6%	11.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.3%	50.2%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	91.8%	81.8%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	3.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	1.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.2%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.4%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	2.3%	3.9%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.0%	3.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	5.0%	7.5%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	89.4%	78.9%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	44.0%	48.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	5.3%	10.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	7.7%	14.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	87.2%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	26.2%	27.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	5,760	981,007
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	22.0	25.5?
Housing units, 2002	17,066	2,530,215
Homeownership rate, 2000	58.3%	64.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	24.4%	25.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$133,400	$168,300?
Households, 2000	13,382	2,271,398
Persons per household, 2000	2.33	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$32,546	$45,776
Per capita money income, 1999	$18,928	$22,973
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	19.6%	10.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,014	164,072
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	7,658	2,294,285
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-0.8%	1.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	1,707	326,397
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	102,356	78,852,486
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	230,773	52,472,866
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$7,367	$9,363
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	6.2%	9.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	28.7%	27.5%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	365	40,200
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	152,740	40,217,592
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	2,297	66,544
Persons per square mile, 2000	14.5	88.6
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	037	53

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