Washington

2022 population: 7,785,786 ( 1,061,246 from 2010 , 80,539 from 2020)
Land area: 66454.8 square miles
Population density: 117.2 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	5,071,894	65.14%	4.0%
Black:	323,768	4.16%	41.0%
Indian:	94,189	1.21%	6.1%
Asian:	853,581	10.96%	65.9%
2+ races:	349,041	4.48%	41.1%
Hispanic:	1,093,313	14.04%	44.7%

Total non-White:	2,713,892	34.86%	46.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	187,840	12.2
Deaths:	150,902	9.8
Net Migration:	-7,376	-0.5
Net Immigration:	52,172	3.4

Change in White population:	195,090	2.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	866,156	12.9

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
6,724,540
4,876,804	72.52%
229,603	3.41%
88,735	1.32%
514,417	7.65%
247,353	3.68%
755,790	11.24%
1,847,736	27.48%

2000
5,894,121
4,652,490	78.93%
184,631	3.13%
85,396	1.45%
342,180	5.81%
175,926	2.98%
441,509	7.49%
1,241,631	21.07%

1990
4,866,692
4,229,131	86.90%
143,555	2.95%
78,454	1.61%
209,534	4.31%
n/a
206,018	4.23%
637,561	13.10%

1980
4,132,156
3,734,289	90.37%
104,085	2.52%
54,984	1.33%
111,607	2.70%
n/a
121,286	2.94%
397,867	9.63%

1970
3,409,169
3,183,432	93.38%
69,825	2.05%
32,692	0.96%
43,144	1.27%
n/a
70,734	2.07%
225,737	6.62%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
772,324	13.1
424,029	7.2
238,546	4.0
202,442	3.4

224,314	3.8
606,105	10.3

Number	Rate
1990's
787,937	16.2
408,630	8.4
363,705	7.5
161,998	3.3

423,359	8.7
604,070	12.4

Number	Rate
1980's
704,532	17.0
339,797	8.2
382,651	9.3
n/a

494,842	12.0
239,694	5.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
431,109	12.6
n/a

550,857	16.2
172,130	5.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Washington

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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
38.0
1,662,997	21.4%
6,122,789	78.6%
1,228,940	15.8%

2,979,272
2.53

1,910,770	64.1%
1,482,230	77.6%
154,699	8.1%
1,068,502	35.9%

2010
Number	Percent
37.3
1,581,354	23.5%
5,143,186	76.5%
827,677	12.3%

2,620,076
2.51

1,687,455	64.4%
1,288,849	76.4%
162,000	9.6%
932,621	35.6%

2000
Number	Percent
35.4
1,509,780	25.6%
4,384,341	74.4%
662,162	11.2%

2,272,261
2.53

1,509,395	66.4%
1,201,324	79.6%
142,838	9.5%
762,866	33.6%

1990
Number	Percent
33.0
1,258,460	25.9%
3,608,232	74.1%
575,573	11.8%

1,875,508
2.53

1,276,227	68.0%
1,049,647	82.2%
111,190	8.7%
599,281	32.0%

1980
Number	Percent
30.0
1,139,593	27.6%
2,992,563	72.4%
431,416	10.4%

1,542,685
2.61

1,086,319	70.4%
928,161	85.4%
86,533	8.0%
456,366	29.6%

2022 Housing Data for Washington

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	110,588	3.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	83,319	2.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	75,955	2.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	80,970	2.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	84,876	2.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	85,622	2.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	84,937	2.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	91,345	3.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	93,410	3.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	188,739	6.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	264,177	8.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	388,197	13.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	322,837	10.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	244,672	8.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	321,646	10.8%
$200,000 or more	457,982	15.4%

Median Household Income	90,325
Per Capita Income	48,685

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	107

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	134,575	4.5%
Public Assistance	98,267	3.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	367,385	12.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	3,085,662	71.4%
Unemployed	160,649	3.7%
In Armed Forces	50,666	1.2%

Total Labor Force	3,296,977	76.2%
Not in Labor Force	1,026,995	23.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,441,630	1,036,221	58.2%
Non-Profit	108,497	208,647	34.2%
Self-Employed	209,442	154,124	57.6%

Local Government	114,579	157,970	42.0%
State Government	80,489	120,207	40.1%
Federal Government	69,417	43,551	61.4%

Total Private + Self	1,651,072	1,190,345	58.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	372,982	530,375	41.3%
Total	2,024,054	1,720,720	54.1%

Pct. Govt.	15.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	672,571	17.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	697,384	18.6%
Professional, Technical	991,751	26.4%
Service Occupations	595,994	15.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	56,699	1.5%
All others	794,376	21.2%

White Collar		62.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	489,181	13.0%
Retail trade	438,819	11.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	387,636	10.3%
Manufacturing	346,299	9.2%
Educational services	311,393	8.3%
Construction	269,999	7.2%
Accommodation and food services	242,482	6.5%
Public administration	186,281	5.0%
Transportation and warehousing	184,375	4.9%
Other services	164,780	4.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	141,293	3.8%
Finance and insurance	120,415	3.2%
Wholesale trade	92,595	2.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	89,702	2.4%
Information	88,696	2.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	80,535	2.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	78,689	2.1%
Utilities	29,768	0.8%
Management	5,890	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	3,248	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	793,289	10.32%
Puerto Rican	41,469	0.54%
Cuban	11,594	0.15%
Dominican	4,272	0.06%

Total Central American	73,272	0.95%
Costa Rican	3,253	0.04%
Guatemalan	23,052	0.30%
Honduran	11,072	0.14%
Nicaraguan	3,605	0.05%
Panamanian	4,874	0.06%
Salvadoran	26,976	0.35%
Other Central American	440	0.01%

Total South American	38,956	0.51%
Argentinean	3,791	0.05%
Bolivian	1,391	0.02%
Chilean	4,369	0.06%
Colombian	11,884	0.15%
Ecuadorian	3,489	0.05%
Paraguayan	232	0.00%
Peruvian	8,692	0.11%
Uruguayan	582	0.01%
Venezuelan	4,252	0.06%
Other South American	274	0.00%

Other Hispanic	74,301	0.97%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	152,810	1.99%
Indian	142,302	1.85%
Filipino	109,398	1.42%
Vietnamese	83,582	1.09%
Korean	69,000	0.90%
Japanese	35,977	0.47%
Cambodian	20,251	0.26%
Taiwanese	11,978	0.16%
Thai	7,738	0.10%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	5,758,942	79.5%
Spanish	629,881	8.7%
Other Asian	141,649	2.0%
Other Indo-European	138,529	1.9%
Chinese	129,196	1.8%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	106,883	1.5%
Other	78,158	1.1%
Vietnamese	69,154	1.0%
Tagalog	61,201	0.8%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	1,152,811	15.0%
English	868,037	11.3%
Irish	761,455	9.9%
Norwegian	332,142	4.3%
American	285,061	3.7%
European	254,988	3.3%
Italian	250,568	3.3%
Swedish	203,180	2.6%
French	197,049	2.6%
Scottish	194,784	2.5%
Polish	123,253	1.6%
Dutch	123,131	1.6%
Russian	81,632	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	78,138	1.0%
Scandinavian	72,440	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	7,097,801	92.3%
Not a citizen	590,748	7.7%

Native	6,545,121	85.1%
Foreign-born	1,143,428	14.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
183,332	3.4%	240,317	4.5%	1,165,130	21.8%	1,729,092	32.3%	1,244,437	23.3%	785,006	14.7%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	183,332	3.4%
9-12 Years	240,317	4.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,165,130	21.8%
Some College	1,729,092	32.3%
Bach. Degree	1,244,437	23.3%
Grad Degree	785,006	14.7%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,522,052	2,392,469	129,583	5.1%
1991	2,558,731	2,402,723	156,008	6.1%
1992	2,646,463	2,456,127	190,336	7.2%
1993	2,699,904	2,503,530	196,374	7.3%
1994	2,741,498	2,568,914	172,584	6.3%
1995	2,803,679	2,628,795	174,884	6.2%
1996	2,893,869	2,722,666	171,203	5.9%
1997	2,969,806	2,823,819	145,987	4.9%
1998	3,031,928	2,885,393	146,535	4.8%
1999	3,062,750	2,915,513	147,237	4.8%

2000	3,087,684	2,929,825	157,859	5.1%
2001	3,085,658	2,900,356	185,302	6.0%
2002	3,101,002	2,881,328	219,674	7.1%
2003	3,136,262	2,910,012	226,250	7.2%
2004	3,189,392	2,988,317	201,075	6.3%
2005	3,259,777	3,077,062	182,715	5.6%
2006	3,330,061	3,164,352	165,709	5.0%
2007	3,401,406	3,244,796	156,610	4.6%
2008	3,474,046	3,291,668	182,378	5.2%
2009	3,463,712	3,176,728	286,984	8.3%

2010	3,458,457	3,142,113	316,344	9.1%
2011	3,437,874	3,144,462	293,412	8.5%
2012	3,468,738	3,203,296	265,442	7.7%
2013	3,460,776	3,230,948	229,828	6.6%
2014	3,495,159	3,287,906	207,253	5.9%
2015	3,554,830	3,361,252	193,578	5.4%
2016	3,648,563	3,459,529	189,034	5.2%
2017	3,724,637	3,552,577	172,060	4.6%
2018	3,811,866	3,645,263	166,603	4.4%
2019	3,909,324	3,747,162	162,162	4.1%

2020	3,914,873	3,585,785	329,088	8.4%
2021	3,898,712	3,695,708	203,004	5.2%
2022	3,990,348	3,822,322	168,026	4.2%
2023	4,025,767	3,860,887	164,880	4.1%

Migration Data for Washington

Inflows From (2011-2021)
From State	Number of People
California	397,663
Oregon	249,245
Texas	147,100
Arizona	95,230
Idaho	89,510
Florida	85,253
Colorado	60,551
Virginia	50,542
New York	50,282
Hawaii	47,301
Nevada	46,770
Illinois	46,017
Georgia	44,904
Utah	42,275
North Carolina	41,246

Outflows To (2011-2021)
To State	Number of People
California	301,858
Oregon	212,256
Texas	139,353
Arizona	109,293
Idaho	98,871
Florida	75,644
Colorado	53,945
Virginia	45,752
Nevada	43,995
Georgia	40,044
North Carolina	39,024
Utah	38,458
Hawaii	38,006
New York	36,256
Montana	35,409

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	3,216,243
Median Value	$473,400

Occupied	2,979,272	92.6%
Vacant	236,971	7.4%

Owned	1,900,252	63.8%
Rented	1,079,020	36.2%
Median Rent	$1,592

Single-Family Units	2,151,892	66.9%
Detached	2,017,443	62.7%
Attached	134,449	4.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	686,995	21.4%
Mobile Homes	184,719	5.7%

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Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Washington

2022 Housing Data for Washington

2022 Income & Employment Data for Washington

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Washington

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Washington

Historical Labor Force Data for Washington

Migration Data for Washington

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