Whitman County, WA Census Data

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Washington



Whitman County, Washington

People QuickFactsWhitman CountyWashington
Population, 2005 estimate 40,1706,287,759
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -1.4%6.7%
Population, 2000 40,7405,894,121
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 4.6%6.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 15.4%23.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 9.4%11.5%
Female persons, percent, 2005 49.4%50.1%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)87.4%85.0%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)2.1%3.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.7%1.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)7.2%6.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.4%0.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 2.2%3.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)3.4%8.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 84.2%77.1%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 38.0%48.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 7.7%10.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 11.0%14.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 92.8%87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 44.0%27.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 4,807981,007
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 15.625.5
Housing units, 2005 17,7342,651,645
Homeownership rate, 2000 47.9%64.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 37.8%25.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $119,600$168,300
Households, 2000 15,2572,271,398
Persons per household, 2000 2.312.53
Median household income, 2003 $30,943$48,185
Per capita money income, 1999 $15,298$22,973
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 15.8%11.0%
Business QuickFactsWhitman CountyWashington
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 857171,5291
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 7,4112,268,9131
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 4.0%0.1%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 1,796369,860
Total number of firms, 2002 2,435467,290
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.2%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA5.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.2%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA2.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 24.2%29.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 131,96679,313,884
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 317,24684,634,499
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 232,74965,262,333
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $5,758$10,757
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 39,6738,642,681
Building permits, 2005 43852,988
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 282,08444,840,8421
Geography QuickFactsWhitman CountyWashington
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 2,15966,544
Persons per square mile, 2000 18.988.6
FIPS Code 07553
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Pullman, WA Micro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:06:50 EST
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