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Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area

299,612 Population
2,941.7 square miles 101.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$31,411 ±$1,141 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $41,521 ±$361
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$68,283 ±$3,692 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $78,687 ±$923
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

12.9% ±2.1% (37,952  ±6,117) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 9.8% 730,240 (±0.4% / ±26,102)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

21.8 minutes ±1.2 (2,768,390  ±175,933) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Washington: 28.8 100,088,410 (±0.2 / ±948,785)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

101,840 ±1,630 Number of households
  • Washington: 2,932,477 ±11,062
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.9 ±0.1 (295,613  ±1,375) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,467,073 (±0)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

7% ±1.8% (4,853  ±1,227) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 5.4% 98,105 (±0.4% / ±6,661)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

107,873 ±449 Number of housing units
  • Washington: 3,195,098 ±641
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$267,700 ±$7,674 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $387,600 ±$2,320
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

15.2% ±2.3% (44,860  ±6,758) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 16.9% 1,273,897 (±0.4% / ±31,025)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

85.4% ±3.3% (161,188  ±6,412.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 91.7% 4,850,250 (±0.7% / ±35,221.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
27.7% ±1.8% (52,337  ±3,416.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 37% 1,955,632 (±0.4% / ±21,591.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

15.4% ±1.4% (46,158  ±4,210) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 14.9% 1,132,834 (±0.3% / ±21,363)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

7.8% ±1.1% (16,825  ±2,328) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 8.9% 523,852 (±0.2% / ±11,285)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
16,825 Total veterans ±2,328 14,939 Male ±1,880 1,886 Female ±901

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