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Benton County, WA

218,190 Population
1,700.1 square miles 128.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 38.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,284 ±$2,025 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $55,177 ±$479
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$91,356 ±$4,378 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $99,389 ±$1,322
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11% ±2% (23,879  ±4,250) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 9.9% 776,683 (±0.3% / ±22,218)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.3 minutes ±1.2 (1,934,325  ±136,732) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 27.2 89,307,904 (±0.2 / ±1,061,767)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

81,497 ±1,314 Number of households
  • Washington: 3,168,080 ±9,393
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0 (215,366  ±205) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,802,363
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.4% ±2.4% (4,206  ±1,219) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 4.7% 89,530 (±0.3% / ±5,962)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

85,729 ±82 Number of housing units
  • Washington: 3,400,980 ±404
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$447,700 ±$13,446 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $602,200 ±$3,897
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.6% ±2.6% (29,211  ±5,649) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 13.7% 1,081,341 (±0.4% / ±28,883.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.3% ±4% (128,871  ±5,828.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,196,048 (±0.7% / ±38,059.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
34.3% ±2.6% (49,560  ±3,799) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 41% 2,309,863 (±0.5% / ±25,188.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

13% (28,277  ±3,810) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 16.1% 1,280,809
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7% ±1.1% (11,363  ±1,758) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 7.3% 455,376 (±0.2% / ±9,621)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
11,363 Total veterans ±1,758 9,763 Male ±1,637 1,600 Female ±863

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