Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: |  36.2% | | Whole state: |  10.6% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 10.4% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
George compared to Washington state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Median age significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house below state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $38 |
| Water Supply |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $1,628 |
| Financial Administration |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $1,392 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $3,024 | $36,288 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
1 | $3,024 | $36,288 | 4 | $3,058 |
George government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $58,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $99,000
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $50,000
Parks & Recreation: $39,000
Water Utilities: $32,000
Regular Highways: $30,000
Financial Administration: $26,000
Fire Protection: $9,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $7,000
General Public Buildings: $3,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $2,000
General - Other: $1,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $42,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $31,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $395,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $919,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $903,000
Water Utilities: $385,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $16,000
Water Utilities: $10,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $54,000
Special Assessments: $40,000
General Revenue, NEC: $3,000
Rents: $1,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $424,000
Parks & Recreation: $2,000
Sewerage: $1,000
Water Utilities: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $612,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $73,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $85,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $484,000
General Support: $4,000
All Other: $3,000
- Tax - Total General Sales: $31,000
Property: $29,000
Public Utilities: $16,000
NEC: $5,000
Other Selective Sales: $2,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $75,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $18,000
6.61% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,980 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.61% | | Washington average: | 7.86% |
0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($149 average AGI)| Grant County: | 0.05% | | Washington average: | 0.26% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.85% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,395 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.85% | | Washington average: | 7.07% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in George:
- KTBI (810 AM; daytime; 50 kW; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: TACOMA BROADCASTERS, INCORPORATED)
- KPQ (560 AM; 5 kW; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: WESTCOAST BROADCASTING CO.)
- KYAK (930 AM; 10 kW; YAKIMA, WA)
- KWNC (1370 AM; 1 kW; QUINCY, WA; Owner: WEST COAST BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- KZTS (1210 AM; 10 kW; SUNNYSIDE, WA; Owner: BUTTERFIELD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KBSN (1470 AM; 5 kW; MOSES LAKE, WA; Owner: KSEM, INC.)
- KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
- KIXI (880 AM; 50 kW; MERCER ISLAND/SEATTL, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO, INC.)
- KWIQ (1020 AM; 3 kW; MOSES LAKE NORTH, WA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
- KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
- KULE (730 AM; 1 kW; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: BUTTERFIELD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KFLD (870 AM; 10 kW; PASCO, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KGNW (820 AM; 50 kW; BURIEN-SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in George:
- KWWW-FM (96.7 FM; QUINCY, WA; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP, INC..)
- KZML (95.9 FM; QUINCY, WA; Owner: BUTTERFIELD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KRCW (96.3 FM; ROYAL CITY, WA; Owner: FARMWORKER EDUCATIONAL RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
- KNWR (90.7 FM; ELLENSBURG, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
- KPQ-FM (102.1 FM; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: WESCOAST BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- K204DH (88.7 FM; HANFORD, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- KPLW (89.9 FM; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: GROWING CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION)
- KKRV (104.7 FM; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
- K257DN (99.3 FM; BREWSTER, WA; Owner: BREWSTER GRANGE #1018)
- KLWS (91.5 FM; MOSES LAKE, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
- KOHO-FM (101.1 FM; LEAVENWORTH, WA; Owner: ICICLE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KXLE-FM (95.3 FM; ELLENSBURG, WA; Owner: KXLE, INC.)
- KULE-FM (92.3 FM; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: BUTTERFIELD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KARY-FM (100.9 FM; GRANDVIEW, WA; Owner: NEW NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS, LLC)
- KFFM (107.3 FM; YAKIMA, WA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KQBE (103.1 FM; ELLENSBURG, WA; Owner: PEAK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- K232CV (94.3 FM; ELLENSBURG, WA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KMLW (88.3 FM; MOSES LAKE, WA; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
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