2022 population: 111,956 ( 9,546 from 2010 , 1,216 from 2020)
Land area: 1141.2 square miles
Population density: 98.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	91,333	81.58%	4.0%
Black:	1,077	0.96%	88.3%
Indian:	1,606	1.43%	18.0%
Asian:	2,332	2.08%	38.7%
2+ races:	3,998	3.57%	36.4%
Hispanic:	11,610	10.37%	45.6%

Total non-White:	20,623	18.42%	41.4%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	2,736	12.4
Deaths:	3,340	15.1
Net Migration:	1,662	7.5
Net Immigration:	136	0.6

Change in White population:	3,508	3.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	6,038	5.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
102,410
87,825	85.76%
572	0.56%
1,361	1.33%
1,681	1.64%
2,932	2.86%
7,975	7.79%
14,585	14.24%

2000
92,948
83,571	89.91%
448	0.48%
1,280	1.38%
1,307	1.41%
2,049	2.20%
4,231	4.55%
9,377	10.09%

1990
82,119
77,444	94.31%
245	0.30%
1,487	1.81%
1,308	1.59%
n/a
1,635	1.99%
4,675	5.69%

1980
79,548
76,263	95.87%
250	0.31%
997	1.25%
885	1.11%
n/a
1,113	1.40%
3,285	4.13%

1970
68,616
67,187	97.92%
108	0.16%
354	0.52%
208	0.30%
n/a
639	0.93%
1,429	2.08%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
11,793	12.7
9,000	9.7
5,379	5.8
1,427	1.5

4,254	4.6
5,208	5.6

Number	Rate
1990's
12,336	15.0
8,470	10.3
5,342	6.5
566	0.7

6,127	7.5
4,702	5.7

Number	Rate
1980's
12,237	15.4
6,681	8.4
-2,925	-3.7
n/a

1,181	1.5
1,390	1.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
3,917	5.7
n/a

9,076	13.2
1,856	2.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Cowlitz County, WA

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
40.8
24,995	22.3%
86,961	77.7%
21,291	19.0%

43,167
2.53

28,108	65.1%
20,848	74.2%
2,948	10.5%
15,059	34.9%

2010
Number	Percent
40.2
24,721	24.1%
77,689	75.9%
15,805	15.4%

40,244
2.51

27,241	67.7%
20,196	74.1%
2,899	10.6%
13,003	32.3%

2000
Number	Percent
36.7
24,866	26.8%
68,082	73.2%
12,331	13.3%

35,883
2.55

25,245	70.4%
19,951	79.0%
2,570	10.2%
10,638	29.6%

1990
Number	Percent
34.3
22,399	27.3%
59,720	72.7%
11,099	13.5%

31,714
2.55

22,851	72.1%
18,923	82.8%
2,032	8.9%
8,863	27.9%

1980
Number	Percent
29.8
24,093	30.3%
55,455	69.7%
8,614	10.8%

29,528
2.67

22,021	74.6%
19,058	86.5%
1,751	8.0%
7,507	25.4%

2022 Housing Data for Cowlitz County, WA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,828	4.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,600	3.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,509	3.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,146	5.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,705	3.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,763	4.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,540	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,763	4.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,777	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	3,137	7.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	3,809	8.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	6,875	15.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	4,619	10.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	2,595	6.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,562	8.3%
$200,000 or more	2,939	6.8%

Median Household Income	70,912
Per Capita Income	35,526

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	84
Compared to U.S.	90

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,474	8.0%
Public Assistance	2,121	4.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	8,387	19.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	39,423	65.0%
Unemployed	2,425	4.0%
In Armed Forces	32	0.1%

Total Labor Force	41,880	69.0%
Not in Labor Force	18,805	31.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		35.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	18,915	13,380	58.6%
Non-Profit	1,178	2,445	32.5%
Self-Employed	2,389	1,959	54.9%

Local Government	1,241	2,208	36.0%
State Government	760	1,386	35.4%
Federal Government	605	381	61.4%

Total Private + Self	21,304	15,339	58.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	3,784	6,420	37.1%
Total	25,088	21,759	53.6%

Pct. Govt.	14.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	6,285	13.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	9,203	19.6%
Professional, Technical	7,595	16.2%
Service Occupations	8,874	18.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	618	1.3%
All others	14,959	31.9%

White Collar		49.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	7,399	15.8%
Health care and social assistance	6,280	13.4%
Retail trade	5,951	12.7%
Construction	4,047	8.6%
Accommodation and food services	3,248	6.9%
Transportation and warehousing	2,922	6.2%
Educational services	2,800	6.0%
Public administration	2,488	5.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	2,222	4.7%
Other services	2,154	4.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,636	3.5%
Finance and insurance	1,230	2.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,154	2.5%
Wholesale trade	1,014	2.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	684	1.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	660	1.4%
Utilities	521	1.1%
Information	395	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	111	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	8,835	7.99%
Puerto Rican	192	0.17%
Cuban	153	0.14%
Dominican	72	0.07%

Total Central American	658	0.59%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	498	0.45%
Honduran	42	0.04%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	23	0.02%
Salvadoran	95	0.09%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	253	0.23%
Argentinean	11	0.01%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	205	0.19%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	37	0.03%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	688	0.62%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	305	0.28%
Chinese	261	0.24%
Vietnamese	242	0.22%
Cambodian	159	0.14%
Japanese	117	0.11%
Korean	72	0.07%
Laotian	42	0.04%
Indian	29	0.03%
Mongolian	19	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	96,099	92.3%
Spanish	5,533	5.3%
German, other Germanic	459	0.4%
Other Asian	388	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	348	0.3%
Other Indo-European	276	0.3%
Tagalog	264	0.3%
Vietnamese	251	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	153	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	20,085	18.2%
English	14,287	12.9%
Irish	14,248	12.9%
Norwegian	5,428	4.9%
American	5,205	4.7%
European	3,549	3.2%
French	3,332	3.0%
Italian	2,968	2.7%
Swedish	2,825	2.6%
Scottish	2,722	2.5%
Dutch	2,531	2.3%
Finnish	2,266	2.0%
Polish	1,347	1.2%
Scotch-Irish	1,023	0.9%
Scandinavian	986	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	108,279	97.9%
Not a citizen	2,342	2.1%

Native	106,047	95.9%
Foreign-born	4,574	4.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,547	3.3%	5,109	6.6%	24,528	31.8%	32,099	41.6%	8,679	11.3%	4,110	5.3%
Average years of education: 12.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,547	3.3%
9-12 Years	5,109	6.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	24,528	31.8%
Some College	32,099	41.6%
Bach. Degree	8,679	11.3%
Grad Degree	4,110	5.3%
Average years of education: 12.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	38,180	35,548	2,632	6.9%	5.1%
1991	38,844	35,713	3,131	8.1%	6.1%
1992	38,215	34,101	4,114	10.8%	7.2%
1993	38,676	34,397	4,279	11.1%	7.3%
1994	39,276	35,770	3,506	8.9%	6.3%
1995	40,663	37,491	3,172	7.8%	6.2%
1996	41,808	38,459	3,349	8.0%	5.9%
1997	42,084	39,183	2,901	6.9%	4.9%
1998	43,680	40,493	3,187	7.3%	4.8%
1999	43,607	40,559	3,048	7.0%	4.8%

2000	43,829	40,840	2,989	6.8%	5.1%
2001	42,996	38,944	4,052	9.4%	6.0%
2002	42,653	38,172	4,481	10.5%	7.1%
2003	42,638	38,398	4,240	9.9%	7.2%
2004	42,625	38,873	3,752	8.8%	6.3%
2005	42,892	39,585	3,307	7.7%	5.6%
2006	42,977	39,950	3,027	7.0%	5.0%
2007	43,743	40,718	3,025	6.9%	4.6%
2008	44,306	40,550	3,756	8.5%	5.2%
2009	43,883	38,406	5,477	12.5%	8.3%

2010	45,349	40,039	5,310	11.7%	9.1%
2011	44,216	39,466	4,750	10.7%	8.5%
2012	44,297	39,950	4,347	9.8%	7.7%
2013	43,270	39,108	4,162	9.6%	6.6%
2014	43,534	40,120	3,414	7.8%	5.9%
2015	44,093	40,793	3,300	7.5%	5.4%
2016	44,876	41,712	3,164	7.1%	5.2%
2017	45,719	42,990	2,729	6.0%	4.6%
2018	46,336	43,633	2,703	5.8%	4.4%
2019	47,843	44,997	2,846	5.9%	4.1%

2020	48,522	43,999	4,523	9.3%	8.4%
2021	48,156	45,062	3,094	6.4%	5.2%
2022	48,987	46,205	2,782	5.7%	4.2%
2023	48,526	46,067	2,459	5.1%	4.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	45,540
Median Value	$332,200

Occupied	43,167	94.8%
Vacant	2,373	5.2%

Owned	28,664	66.4%
Rented	14,503	33.6%
Median Rent	$1,090

Single-Family Units	32,541	71.5%
Detached	31,379	68.9%
Attached	1,162	2.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	6,336	13.9%
Mobile Homes	3,899	8.6%

Cowlitz County, WA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Cowlitz County, WA

2022 Housing Data for Cowlitz County, WA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Cowlitz County, WA

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Cowlitz County, WA

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Cowlitz County, WA

Historical Labor Force Data for Cowlitz County, WA