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Legislative (Senate) District 12, WA

159,840 Population
4,155.1 square miles 38.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$53,789 ±$1,600 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$106,724 ±$3,627 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.3% ±0.8% (9,741  ±1,303) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.2 minutes ±1.3 (1,665,280  ±56,389) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

58,359 ±861 Number of households
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0 (155,371  ±2,335) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±1% (1,804  ±337) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

67,827 ±805 Number of housing units
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$648,900 ±$12,549 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • about double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.6% ±1.2% (19,900  ±1,922) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.5% ±1.7% (100,866  ±2,399.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
37.7% ±1.2% (42,038  ±1,479) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13% ±0.8% (20,739  ±1,332) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±0.4% (7,768  ±489) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
7,768 Total veterans ±489 6,954 Male ±443 814 Female ±237

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