2022 population: 298,758 ( 46,494 from 2010 , 3,961 from 2020)
Land area: 722.5 square miles
Population density: 413.5 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	214,681	71.86%	7.9%
Black:	10,860	3.64%	69.2%
Indian:	3,816	1.28%	26.8%
Asian:	21,855	7.32%	48.8%
2+ races:	16,241	5.44%	48.7%
Hispanic:	31,305	10.48%	76.0%

Total non-White:	84,077	28.14%	57.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	6,836	11.6
Deaths:	6,243	10.6
Net Migration:	2,670	4.5
Net Immigration:	708	1.2

Change in White population:	15,662	6.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	30,832	12.2

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
252,264
199,019	78.89%
6,420	2.54%
3,009	1.19%
14,689	5.82%
10,923	4.33%
17,787	7.05%
53,245	21.11%

2000
207,355
172,963	83.41%
4,714	2.27%
2,883	1.39%
10,064	4.85%
6,763	3.26%
9,392	4.53%
34,392	16.59%

1990
161,238
146,042	90.58%
2,602	1.61%
2,382	1.48%
5,935	3.68%
n/a
4,277	2.65%
15,196	9.42%

1980
124,264
116,304	93.59%
775	0.62%
1,384	1.11%
2,942	2.37%
n/a
2,700	2.17%
7,960	6.41%

1970
76,894
74,809	97.29%
206	0.27%
577	0.75%
390	0.51%
n/a
687	0.89%
2,085	2.71%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
25,107	12.1
15,894	7.7
32,450	15.6
2,790	1.3

26,056	12.6
18,853	9.1

Number	Rate
1990's
24,546	15.2
13,772	8.5
32,020	19.9
2,568	1.6

26,921	16.7
19,196	11.9

Number	Rate
1980's
21,780	17.5
10,141	8.2
25,327	20.4
n/a

29,738	23.9
7,236	5.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
39,241	51.0
n/a

41,495	54.0
5,875	7.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Thurston 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
39.5
62,033	20.8%
236,725	79.2%
52,793	17.7%

115,695
2.51

76,069	65.7%
59,073	77.7%
6,250	8.2%
39,626	34.3%

2010
Number	Percent
38.5
58,122	23.0%
194,142	77.0%
32,764	13.0%

100,650
2.46

66,161	65.7%
50,237	75.9%
6,930	10.5%
34,489	34.3%

2000
Number	Percent
36.5
52,379	25.3%
154,976	74.7%
23,453	11.3%

81,666
2.50

55,225	67.6%
43,888	79.5%
5,275	9.6%
26,441	32.4%

1990
Number	Percent
33.7
43,336	26.9%
117,902	73.1%
18,799	11.7%

62,047
2.56

43,428	70.0%
35,965	82.8%
4,025	9.3%
18,619	30.0%

1980
Number	Percent
29.7
36,897	29.7%
87,367	70.3%
12,228	9.8%

46,465
2.64

33,518	72.1%
28,791	85.9%
2,852	8.5%
12,947	27.9%

2022 Housing Data for Thurston County, WA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	4,614	4.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,605	2.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	3,207	2.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	3,064	2.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,050	2.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,982	2.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,403	2.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,748	2.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	4,201	3.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	8,339	7.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	10,594	9.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	16,587	14.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	15,051	13.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	11,020	9.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	12,666	10.9%
$200,000 or more	11,564	10.0%

Median Household Income	88,895
Per Capita Income	42,306

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	92
Compared to U.S.	99

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	4,790	4.1%
Public Assistance	3,832	3.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	14,388	12.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	114,697	68.2%
Unemployed	6,855	4.1%
In Armed Forces	4,815	2.9%

Total Labor Force	126,367	75.2%
Not in Labor Force	41,724	24.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	41,142	31,600	56.6%
Non-Profit	3,931	7,478	34.5%
Self-Employed	6,638	5,415	55.1%

Local Government	4,506	5,437	45.3%
State Government	9,537	13,090	42.1%
Federal Government	3,451	2,223	60.8%

Total Private + Self	47,780	37,015	56.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	21,425	28,228	43.1%
Total	69,205	65,243	51.5%

Pct. Govt.	28.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	24,476	18.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	28,228	21.0%
Professional, Technical	33,253	24.7%
Service Occupations	22,688	16.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,077	0.8%
All others	25,977	19.3%

White Collar		63.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Public administration	22,131	16.4%
Health care and social assistance	17,094	12.7%
Retail trade	16,192	12.0%
Educational services	11,452	8.5%
Construction	10,022	7.4%
Accommodation and food services	8,466	6.3%
Manufacturing	7,512	5.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	7,472	5.6%
Other services	6,064	4.5%
Finance and insurance	5,214	3.9%
Transportation and warehousing	5,212	3.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,792	3.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,450	2.6%
Wholesale trade	2,606	1.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,561	1.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,047	1.5%
Information	1,526	1.1%
Utilities	632	0.5%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	136	0.1%
Management	41	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	18,082	6.14%
Puerto Rican	3,596	1.22%
Cuban	437	0.15%
Dominican	314	0.11%

Total Central American	2,323	0.79%
Costa Rican	10	0.00%
Guatemalan	440	0.15%
Honduran	489	0.17%
Nicaraguan	77	0.03%
Panamanian	551	0.19%
Salvadoran	627	0.21%
Other Central American	129	0.04%

Total South American	1,336	0.45%
Argentinean	10	0.00%
Bolivian	98	0.03%
Chilean	264	0.09%
Colombian	423	0.14%
Ecuadorian	108	0.04%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	225	0.08%
Uruguayan	11	0.00%
Venezuelan	197	0.07%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	2,974	1.01%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	4,386	1.49%
Vietnamese	3,409	1.16%
Korean	2,906	0.99%
Chinese	1,727	0.59%
Japanese	908	0.31%
Cambodian	904	0.31%
Indian	799	0.27%
Thai	313	0.11%
Taiwanese	79	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	244,689	88.0%
Spanish	12,934	4.7%
Other Asian	3,956	1.4%
German, other Germanic	3,338	1.2%
Vietnamese	3,079	1.1%
Tagalog	2,257	0.8%
Korean	2,112	0.8%
Chinese	1,445	0.5%
Other Indo-European	1,402	0.5%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	49,559	16.8%
Irish	36,138	12.3%
English	35,417	12.0%
American	11,989	4.1%
Norwegian	11,912	4.0%
European	9,851	3.3%
Italian	9,675	3.3%
French	8,516	2.9%
Swedish	8,024	2.7%
Scottish	7,810	2.7%
Polish	5,698	1.9%
Dutch	5,536	1.9%
Scandinavian	3,546	1.2%
Scotch-Irish	3,156	1.1%
British	3,135	1.1%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	284,164	96.6%
Not a citizen	10,108	3.4%

Native	269,610	91.6%
Foreign-born	24,662	8.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,787	1.8%	8,113	3.9%	45,825	22.0%	74,944	35.9%	47,084	22.6%	28,862	13.8%
Average years of education: 14.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,787	1.8%
9-12 Years	8,113	3.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	45,825	22.0%
Some College	74,944	35.9%
Bach. Degree	47,084	22.6%
Grad Degree	28,862	13.8%
Average years of education: 14.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	81,088	77,097	3,991	4.9%	5.1%
1991	83,293	78,440	4,853	5.8%	6.1%
1992	86,225	80,412	5,813	6.7%	7.2%
1993	88,505	82,210	6,295	7.1%	7.3%
1994	90,626	84,572	6,054	6.7%	6.3%
1995	94,620	88,529	6,091	6.4%	6.2%
1996	98,502	92,478	6,024	6.1%	5.9%
1997	100,892	95,878	5,014	5.0%	4.9%
1998	104,661	99,842	4,819	4.6%	4.8%
1999	106,382	101,593	4,789	4.5%	4.8%

2000	109,801	104,402	5,399	4.9%	5.1%
2001	109,117	102,820	6,297	5.8%	6.0%
2002	111,957	104,838	7,119	6.4%	7.1%
2003	115,586	108,110	7,476	6.5%	7.2%
2004	118,829	111,719	7,110	6.0%	6.3%
2005	121,658	115,101	6,557	5.4%	5.6%
2006	124,010	117,831	6,179	5.0%	5.0%
2007	127,860	121,714	6,146	4.8%	4.6%
2008	131,604	124,703	6,901	5.2%	5.2%
2009	129,173	119,725	9,448	7.3%	8.3%

2010	124,535	114,417	10,118	8.1%	9.1%
2011	122,196	112,328	9,868	8.1%	8.5%
2012	122,762	113,263	9,499	7.7%	7.7%
2013	122,701	113,589	9,112	7.4%	6.6%
2014	123,222	115,445	7,777	6.3%	5.9%
2015	125,761	118,488	7,273	5.8%	5.4%
2016	129,896	122,677	7,219	5.6%	5.2%
2017	134,309	127,746	6,563	4.9%	4.6%
2018	138,126	131,616	6,510	4.7%	4.4%
2019	142,325	135,461	6,864	4.8%	4.1%

2020	144,312	132,365	11,947	8.3%	8.4%
2021	144,912	137,276	7,636	5.3%	5.2%
2022	148,608	141,683	6,925	4.7%	4.2%
2023	149,840	143,640	6,200	4.1%	4.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	121,682
Median Value	$411,700

Occupied	115,695	95.1%
Vacant	5,987	4.9%

Owned	77,830	67.3%
Rented	37,865	32.7%
Median Rent	$1,499

Single-Family Units	86,783	71.3%
Detached	81,818	67.2%
Attached	4,965	4.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	16,861	13.9%
Mobile Homes	10,423	8.6%

Thurston County, WA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Thurston County, WA

2022 Housing Data for Thurston County, WA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Thurston County, WA

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Thurston County, WA

Historical Labor Force Data for Thurston County, WA