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King County, WA

2,340,211 Population
2,115.7 square miles 1,106.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 38.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$75,553 ±$1,409 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Washington: $55,177 ±$479
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$122,080 ±$2,417 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $99,389 ±$1,322
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.7% ±0.7% (200,416  ±15,476) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 776,683 (±0.3% / ±22,218)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28.3 minutes ±0.2 (28,542,570  ±481,270) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 27.2 89,307,904 (±0.2 / ±1,061,767)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

970,174 ±5,101 Number of households
  • Washington: 3,168,080 ±9,393
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (2,299,553  ±890) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,802,363
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.1% ±0.5% (24,687  ±2,800) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 4.7% 89,530 (±0.3% / ±5,962)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

1,033,522 ±410 Number of housing units
  • Washington: 3,400,980 ±404
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$885,200 ±$12,452 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Washington: $602,200 ±$3,897
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.3% ±0.7% (377,507  ±16,968.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 13.7% 1,081,341 (±0.4% / ±28,883.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.6% ±1.2% (1,598,960  ±20,949.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,196,048 (±0.7% / ±38,059.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
57.9% ±0.9% (989,005  ±15,118.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 41% 2,309,863 (±0.5% / ±25,188.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

33% (732,440  ±) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 22.3% 1,680,873 (±0.4% / ±27,035.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

27.1% (634,674  ±15,702) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 16.1% 1,280,809
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.1% ±0.3% (78,289  ±4,686) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 7.3% 455,376 (±0.2% / ±9,621)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
78,289 Total veterans ±4,686 70,209 Male ±4,462 8,080 Female ±1,451

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