Charts

Income
	A world of differences New data from the 2000 census show the demographics of the rich and poor. [September 17, 2002]
Commuting
	How Puget Sound commuters get to work Car-pooling and public-transit use rose during the 1990s, while driving alone decreased slightly. [May 9, 2002]
	Commutes get worse, but not for all Average commute times increased 17 percent for Snohomish County residents and 10 percent for King County residents. [May 9, 2002]
How we live
	How we live: homes, commutes, education The newest release of Census 2000 figures for Washington state provides new detail on housing, transportation — even divorce rates. [May 8, 2002]
Growth
	Top 10 largest cities outside of Snohomish and King counties (19K PDF) Vancouver grew by 209 percent, making it the third largest city outside the Puget Sound. Bremerton, the 10th largest, actually lost 2.3 percent of its population. [March 25, 2001]
	Population through the century Growth in King County has slowed, while statewide the population has grown more rapidly. [March 24, 2001]
Race/ethnicity
	Increases in foreign-born population Tukwila tops the list of larger Washington cities that from 1990 to 2000 experienced dramatic increases in the percentage of residents who were born in a foreign country. [May 11, 2002]
	Out of Africa, into the Seattle area The African-born population increased dramatically from 1990 to 2000 in King County and several of its cities. [May 11, 2002]
	Languages spoken at home In many Eastern Washington homes, Spanish is spoken more commonly than English. [May 11, 2002]
	Children living with one parent, Washington state Overall, the percentage of children in a single-parent household increased from 1990 to 2000. [August 12, 2001]
	Living arrangements for African-American children, Washington state For the first time in Washington, more African-American children live with single parents than with married parents. [August 12, 2001]
	A 30-year decline For the first time in 30 years, the Central Area is home to more whites than blacks. [July 22, 2001]
	Racial makeup, 2000 Although whites made up the largest influx of people moving into the Central Area, the Asian and Hispanic populations have also increased in the last few decades. [July 22, 2001]
	African-American home ownership Thirty years ago nearly half of all blacks in Washington owned their home. That rate steadily declined and is now significantly behind the national rate. [July 16, 2001]
	Home-ownership rates in Washington Home ownership generally increases with age for all racial groups. However, black rates lag significantly behind for all age categories. [July 16, 2001]
	A changing Asian-American population Two decades of large-scale immigration has significantly changed the makeup of the area's Asian-American population. Chinese are the dominant Asian ethnic group, overtaking Filipinos, who had the greatest numbers in 1990. [May 29, 2001]
	In the schools (122K PDF) The percentage of non-white students in south King County school districts far exceed those of non-white school principals and teachers. [April 11, 2001]
	In the cities (141K PDF) The municipal workforces and police forces in south King County do not reflect the racial composition of the population of the individual cities. [April 11, 2001]
	A sampling of King and Snohomish counties' Hispanic population The state's Hispanic population, once more heavily focused in Eastern Washington, has been growing most rapidly west of the Cascades... [March 25, 2001]
	Profiles of cities in Snohomish and King Counties (10K PDF) All cities in King and Snohomish counties grew in population except for Clyde Hill and Normandy Park, which lost a small percentage of residents. [March 25, 2001]
	Racial/ethnic population breakdown In Seattle, 68 percent of people chose white for race, compared to 74 percent in 1990. [March 24, 2001]
	Racial breakdown Hispanic and Asian populations made up much of the state's growth in the 1990s. [March 24, 2001]
	The race quandary For the first time, people were able to choose more than one race category in the 2000 census. [March 24, 2001]
	U.S. Hispanics Top places of origin for the 35.3 million Hispanics living in the U.S. and the number living in the nation's largest cities. [March 13, 2001]
Households/families
	Same-sex facts Seattle ranks second in the percentage of same-sex households for cities over 100,000 population. However, the Census Bureau has yet to release data for 25 states, including California and Florida, both with significant same-sex populations. [July 11, 2001]
	A mosaic of households Married couples are still the majority of U.S. and Washington households, but in Seattle, people living alone and unrelated roommates predominate. [May 29, 2001]
	Living alone The number of people living alone increased in cities throughout the Puget Sound area while married-with-children households declined. Places such as Kirkland, Redmond and Issaquah are catching up to Seattle, which has had one of the highest rates of one-person households in the country. [May 29, 2001]
	Shacking up in Seattle For every four married couples in Seattle, there is one unmarried couple living together. The ratio is 8-to-1 in Washington and 10-to-1 in the U.S. The census does not track sexual orientation but same-sex couples, who tend to gravitate toward Seattle, likely account for some of the difference. [May 29, 2001]
	A home of your own Despite skyrocketing real estate prices, home ownership increased slightly in King County during the last decade - 66.4 percent of homes in the county are owned by their occupants, compared to 65 percent in 1990. In Seattle, the percentage of home ownership dipped slightly. [May 29, 2001]
	Unmarried with children The percentage of families headed by a single parent changed little in the last decade, after two previous decades of rapid growth. [May 29, 2001]
	Aging in the U.S. New 2000 census data show the U.S. median age (half are older, half are younger) is the highest it has ever been. [May 15, 2001]
	Kidless in Seattle (104K PDF) San Francisco and Seattle have the smallest percentage of children of the 50 largest cities. [April 11, 2001]
	Children in Seattle (105K PDF) The number of children in Seattle is about half what it was in 1960. [April 11, 2001]