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Lewis County

Population in July 2007: 2,104.
Males: 1,009  (48.0%)
Females: 1,095  (52.0%)

Median resident age:  44.3 years
Washington median age:  35.3 years

Zip codes: 98531.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $52,552 (it was $42,927 in 2000)
Fords Prairie:  $52,552
Washington:  $55,591

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $26,920
Fords Prairie:  $26,920
Washington:  $29,027

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $212,090 (it was $124,400 in 2000)
Fords Prairie:  $212,090
Washington:  $300,800

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Races in Fords Prairie:

  • White Non-Hispanic (91.9%)
  • Hispanic (3.6%)
  • Two or more races (1.8%)
  • Other race (1.4%)
  • American Indian (1.3%)
  • Asian Indian (0.7%)
  • Korean (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Fords Prairie: 86.0 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (20.6%), English (12.1%), Irish (10.3%), Norwegian (6.2%), United States (4.8%), Swedish (3.6%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Elevation: 175 feet

Land area: 3.91 square miles.

Population density: 539 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Fords Prairie

  • High school or higher: 84.4%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.3%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 5.1%
  • Unemployed: 4.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 21.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Fords Prairie CDP

  • Never married: 19.3%
  • Now married: 65.8%
  • Separated: 0.3%
  • Widowed: 5.7%
  • Divorced: 8.9%

33 residents are foreign born

This place:  1.7%
Washington:  10.4%


According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Fords Prairie:  1.2% ($1,516)
Washington:  1.2% ($1,915)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lakewood, WA (36.7 miles , pop. 58,211).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Seattle, WA (68.7 miles , pop. 563,374).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (908.1 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Centralia, WA (1.5 miles ), Grand Mound, WA (2.1 miles ), Chehalis, WA (2.4 miles ), Rochester, WA (2.7 miles ), Bucoda, WA (2.7 miles ), Newaukum, WA (3.0 miles ), Chehalis Village, WA (3.1 miles ), Bunker, WA (3.2 miles ).

Latitude: 46.74 N, Longitude: 123.00 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 360

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Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (15%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Utilities (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Health care (20%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Social assistance (7%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Other direct selling establishments (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
  • Construction laborers (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Cashiers (9%)
  • Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Child care workers (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Business operations specialists (4%)



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Fords Prairie-area historical earthquake activity is above Washington state average. It is 378% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/13/1949 at 19:55:42, a magnitude 7.0 (7.0 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 42.3 miles away from Fords Prairie center, causing $80,000,000 total damage
On 2/28/2001 at 18:54:32, a magnitude 6.8 (6.5 MB, 6.6 MS, 6.8 MW, Depth: 32.2 mi, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 31.1 miles away from the city center, causing $2,000,000,000 total damage and $305,000,000 insured losses
On 4/29/1965 at 15:28:43, a magnitude 6.6 (6.6 UK) earthquake occurred 50.6 miles away from the city center, causing $28,000,000 total damage
On 7/3/1999 at 01:43:54, a magnitude 5.8 (5.4 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.8 MW, 5.3 ME, Depth: 25.2 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 24.7 miles away from Fords Prairie center
On 2/14/1981 at 06:09:27, a magnitude 5.5 (5.1 MB, 4.8 MS, 5.5 ML) earthquake occurred 48.5 miles away from the city center
On 5/3/1996 at 04:04:22, a magnitude 5.5 (5.2 MB, 5.3 MD, 5.5 ML, Depth: 2.5 mi) earthquake occurred 95.8 miles away from Fords Prairie center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), energy magnitude (ME), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Fords Prairie:
  • PROVIDENCE CENTRALIA HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; CENTRALIA, WA)
  • COLUMBIA CAPITAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 22 miles; OLYMPIA, WA)
  • ST PETER CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY CENTER (about 22 miles; LACEY, WA)

Amtrak stations near Fords Prairie:
  • 3 miles: CENTRALIA (210 RAILROAD AVE.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, taxi stand, public transit connection.
  • 20 miles: OLYMPIA/LACEY (OLYMPIA, 6600 YELM HWY. S.E.). Services: fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Fords Prairie:
  • SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 15 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; Full-time enrollment: 2,908)
  • EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE (about 23 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; FT enrollment: 3,749)
  • PIERCE COLLEGE AT FORT STEILACOOM (about 36 miles; LAKEWOOD, WA; FT enrollment: 5,921)
  • CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 38 miles; LAKEWOOD, WA; FT enrollment: 3,819)
  • LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE (about 41 miles; LONGVIEW, WA; FT enrollment: 2,237)
  • TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 42 miles; TACOMA, WA; FT enrollment: 3,710)
  • BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 44 miles; TACOMA, WA; FT enrollment: 3,710)

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Average household size:
This place:  2.5 people
Washington:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  75.0%
Whole state:  66.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  5.4%
Whole state:  6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  7.2%
Whole state:  10.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  4.5%
Whole state:  4.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Fords Prairie, WA


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Fords Prairie compared to Washington state average:

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  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Electricity (59%)
  • Utility gas (24%)
  • Wood (10%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
  • Other fuel (1%)


Religion statistics for Fords Prairie

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchAssemblies of GodChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsUnited Methodist ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in America
Adherents24.5%18.2%11.0%5.6%5.5%
Congregations10.1%18.0%6.7%7.9%4.5%
NamePresbyterian Church (USA)Southern Baptist ConventionSeventh-Day Adventist ChurchChurch of God (Anderson, Indiana)Other religions
Adherents4.9%4.9%4.3%3.4%17.8%
Congregations6.7%5.6%5.6%3.4%31.5%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.


7.74% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,833 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.74%
Washington average:  7.86%

0.08% of residents moved from foreign countries ($240 average AGI)
Lewis County:  0.08%
Washington average:  0.26%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Thurston County, WA  1.85% ($33,630 average AGI)
from Pierce County, WA  0.78% ($42,995)
from King County, WA  0.66% ($41,134)


6.79% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,756 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.79%
Washington average:  7.07%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($139 average AGI)
Lewis County:  0.04%
Washington average:  0.16%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Thurston County, WA  1.56% ($38,049 average AGI)
to Cowlitz County, WA  0.57% ($31,667)
to Pierce County, WA  0.54% ($32,594)


Strongest AM radio stations in Fords Prairie:
  • KELA (1470 AM; 5 kW; CENTRALIA-CHEHALIS, WA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KITI (1420 AM; 5 kW; CENTRALIA-CHEHALIS, WA; Owner: PREMIER BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • KJR (950 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA)
  • KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KGNW (820 AM; 50 kW; BURIEN-SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
  • KYCW (1090 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KOMO (1000 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - SEATTLE RADIO, L.L.C.)
  • KGHO (920 AM; 5 kW; OLYMPIA, WA; Owner: SPENCER BROADCASTING, L.P.)
  • KIXI (880 AM; 50 kW; MERCER ISLAND/SEATTL, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO, INC.)
  • KPAM (860 AM; 50 kW; TROUTDALE, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
  • KPOJ (620 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KKOL (1300 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Fords Prairie:
  • KACS (90.5 FM; CHEHALIS, WA; Owner: CHEHALIS VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
  • KMNT (102.9 FM; CENTRALIA, WA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KFMY (97.7 FM; RAYMOND, WA; Owner: SOUTH SOUND BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • K220HE (91.9 FM; CHEHALIS, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KXXO (96.1 FM; OLYMPIA, WA; Owner: 3 CITIES, INC.)
  • KITI-FM (95.1 FM; WINLOCK, WA; Owner: PREMIER BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • KRQT (107.1 FM; CASTLE ROCK, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM LONGVIEW LICENSE, LLC)
  • K201GB (88.1 FM; CENTRALIA, WA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • KGY-FM (96.9 FM; MCCLEARY, WA; Owner: KGY, INC.)
  • KAYO-FM (99.3 FM; ELMA, WA; Owner: SOUTH SOUND BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • K216DH (91.1 FM; CATHLAMET, WA; Owner: TILLICUM FOUNDATION)
  • KRXY (94.5 FM; SHELTON, WA; Owner: PREMIER BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • K273AI (102.5 FM; ARIEL, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KCED (91.3 FM; CENTRALIA, WA; Owner: STATE OF WASH. CENTRALIA COLLEGE)
  • KBSG-FM (97.3 FM; TACOMA, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • K201EX (88.1 FM; GREENWATER, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KJET (105.7 FM; SOUTH BEND, WA; Owner: JODESHA BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KUKN (105.5 FM; LONGVIEW, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON INTERSTATE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • K254AP (98.7 FM; OLYMPIA, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KAYO-FM1 (99.3 FM; OLYMPIA, WA; Owner: BLACK HILLS BROADCASTING, L.P.)

TV broadcast stations around Fords Prairie:
  • KCKA (Channel 15; CENTRALIA, WA; Owner: BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE)
  • K42CM (Channel 42; CENTRALIA, ETC., WA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION NORTHWEST, INC.)

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