Snohomish County Demographic Overview
Additional Info
The central Puget Sound region consists of four counties: King, Kitsap,Pierce, and Snohomish. Snohomish County, east of the Olympic Mountains and west of the Cascade Mountains, is located between Skagit County to the north and King county (and Seattle) to the south. Covering 2090 square miles, it is one of the fastest growing counties in the state of Washington, charting a 30% growth rate since 1990 with a 2004 population of 649,856. The population forecasted for the year 2012 is 714,244 according to Growth Management planning.
Snohomish County Demographics
| POPULATION | |
| 2004 Population Estimate | 649,856 |
| 2009 Population Estimate | 703,143 |
| Growth 2004-2009 | 8.20% |
| INCOME | |
| Income $50,000 and over | 57.5% |
| Average Family Income | $78,900 |
| EDUCATION | |
| College Continued Education (63.1% of the trade area population has continued college educations) | 63.1% |
| OCC MOVED IN | |
| Occ. Hus by Year Occ. Moved In | 241,277 |
| EMPLOYEES & INDUSTRIES | |
| Employees | 164,762 |
| Agriculture and Mining | 2,106 (1.1%) |
| Construction | 29,604 (9.0%) |
| Manufacturing | 58,694 (17.8%) |
| Wholesale Trade | 11,839 (3.6%) |
| Retail Trade | 42,681 (13.0%) |
| Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities | 15,871 (4.8%) |
| Information | 11,596 (3.5%) |
| Finance, Insurance and Real Estate | 23,422 (7.1%) |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical | 16,825 (5.1%) |
| Management | 62 (0.0%) |
| Educational Services | 21,796 (6.6%) |
| Other Services | 43,974 (13.4%) |
| Health care and Social Assistance | 31,635 (9.7%) |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | 5,243 (1.6%) |
| Public Administration | 12,797 (3.9%) |
