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Thurston County, WA

302,912 Population
722.5 square miles 419.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 38.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$48,675 ±$1,913 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $55,177 ±$479
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$98,264 ±$5,612 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Washington: $99,389 ±$1,322
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.4% ±1.3% (25,169  ±3,937) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 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)

25.9 minutes ±1.1 (2,913,810  ±180,390) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 27.2 89,307,904 (±0.2 / ±1,061,767)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

122,533 ±2,218 Number of households
  • Washington: 3,168,080 ±9,393
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (298,357  ±103) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,802,363
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.7% ±1.7% (4,109  ±1,241) 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

128,450 ±73 Number of housing units
  • Washington: 3,400,980 ±404
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$525,500 ±$18,882 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $602,200 ±$3,897
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.7% ±1.7% (34,879  ±5,193.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 13.7% 1,081,341 (±0.4% / ±28,883.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.5% ±3.4% (207,517  ±7,533.2) 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)
40.5% ±2.1% (88,976  ±4,597.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 41% 2,309,863 (±0.5% / ±25,188.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

7.7% (23,232  ±2,436) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Washington: 16.1% 1,280,809
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

11% ±0.9% (25,659  ±2,169) 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)
25,659 Total veterans ±2,169 21,439 Male ±1,965 4,220 Female ±1,279

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