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Jefferson County, WA

32,590 Population
1,803.7 square miles 18.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Washington: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$40,208 ±$2,383 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $43,817 ±$204
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $37,638 ±$102
$59,968 ±$4,175 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $82,400 ±$397
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $69,021 ±$146

14.2% ±2.1% (4,516  ±660) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 10% 746,904 (±0.2% / ±11,668)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,661,636 (±0.1% / ±274,456)

23.9 minutes ±1.7 (223,195  ±22,862) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 27.7 88,785,350 (±0.1 / ±382,269)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

15,497 ±432 Number of households
  • Washington: 2,931,841 ±4,588
  • United States: 124,010,990 ±196,755
2.1 ±0.1 (31,848  ±211) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,474,395
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 321,899,260

2.7% ±1.4% (124  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Washington: 5.4% 96,266 (±0.2% / ±2,614)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,971,395 (±0% / ±22,692)

Housing

18,960 ±107 Number of housing units
  • Washington: 3,170,695 ±762
  • United States: 139,647,020 ±3,504

$389,700 ±$16,406 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Washington: $397,600 ±$1,249
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $244,900 ±$316

11.6% ±2% (3,751  ±633.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 16.4% 1,238,781 (±0.2% / ±14,894.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,820,703 (±0% / ±133,972.5)

Social

96.1% ±4.1% (26,326  ±1,123.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 91.9% 4,852,151 (±0.3% / ±16,184.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 88.9% 200,101,962 (±0.1% / ±254,727.4)
42.7% ±2.5% (11,695  ±682.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 37.3% 1,968,008 (±0.2% / ±9,649)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 33.7% 75,808,835 (±0.1% / ±157,731.9)

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

4.7% ±1.1% (1,524  ±344) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 14.7% 1,116,529 (±0.1% / ±9,623)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,844,808 (±0% / ±126,423)

13.1% ±1.4% (3,737  ±394) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 8.7% 509,722 (±0.1% / ±4,952)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,431,290 (±0% / ±48,418)
3,737 Total veterans ±394 3,424 Male ±411 313 Female ±107

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