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Cowlitz County, WA

113,982 Population
1,141.2 square miles 99.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 38.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,698 ±$2,936 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
$78,460 ±$10,377 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $99,389 ±$1,322
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.6% ±1.8% (10,850  ±1,999) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 9.9% 776,683 (±0.3% / ±22,218)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.2 minutes ±0.9 (1,122,345  ±51,468) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

45,444 ±905 Number of households
  • Washington: 3,168,080 ±9,393
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (112,972  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,802,363
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.4% ±2.6% (1,355  ±649) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 4.7% 89,530 (±0.3% / ±5,962)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

47,481 ±24 Number of housing units
  • Washington: 3,400,980 ±404
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$420,000 ±$20,983 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $602,200 ±$3,897
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.4% ±2.7% (13,964  ±3,065.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 13.7% 1,081,341 (±0.4% / ±28,883.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.7% ±4.9% (72,028  ±4,032.8) 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)
19.8% ±2.6% (15,922  ±2,101.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Washington: 41% 2,309,863 (±0.5% / ±25,188.4)
  • about half 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

5.3% (6,006  ±1,444) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 16.1% 1,280,809
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

11.2% ±1.7% (9,920  ±1,476) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 7.3% 455,376 (±0.2% / ±9,621)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
9,920 Total veterans ±1,476 9,186 Male ±1,468 734 Female ±409

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