Grant County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Royal City that have no violations reported:
- ROYAL PACIFIC ORCHARD (Population served: 96, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- MC DONALD, TED WATER SYSTEM (Population served: 30, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 40.7%
(0.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 47.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 49.6% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 4.1 people | | Washington: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 85.6% | | Whole state: | 66.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 4.7% | | Whole state: | 6.1% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Royal City, WA
Royal City compared to Washington state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage 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.
- House age below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Royal City (2011 data):
- Bank of Whitman: Royal City Branch at 364 Camelia St, branch established on 04/13/1998. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $7.2 mil, Deposits: $60.6 mil, headquarters in Colfax, WA, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 20 total offices, Holding Company: Bank Of Whitman Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- U.S. Bank National Association: Royal City Branch at 131 Evergreen Avenue Nw, branch established on 10/15/1962. Info updated 01/31/2011: Bank assets: $285,762.4 mil, Deposits: $196,374.2 mil, headquarters in Cincinnati, OH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3127 total offices, Holding Company: U.S. Bancorp
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (98%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
Religion statistics for Royal City:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 43.20%
| Here |  | 43.2% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | LDS (Mormon) Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Assemblies of God | United Methodist Church |
| Adherents | 40.2% | 17.6% | 7.1% | 5.5% | 3.4% |
| Congregations | 7.7% | 16.2% | 3.4% | 10.3% | 4.3% |
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| Name | Christian and Missionary Alliance | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Lutheran Church | General Association of Regular Baptist Churches | Other |
| Adherents | 3.2% | 2.8% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 15.8% |
| Congregations | 0.9% | 6.0% | 5.1% | 4.3% | 41.9% |
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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.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 18 | Grant County: | 2.19 / 10,000 pop. | | Washington: | 2.06 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 2 | This county: | 0.24 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.19 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 13 | Grant County: | 1.58 / 10,000 pop. | | Washington: | 1.18 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 43 | Grant County: | 5.22 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.67 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 50 | Here: | 6.07 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 8.26 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 9.0% | | Washington: | 7.7% |
Adult obesity rate: | Grant County: | 30.6% | | Washington: | 25.7% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 15.6% | | State: | 13.9% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
2 | $5,956 | $35,736 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $2,858 | $34,296 | 6 | $898 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
3 | $11,888 | $47,552 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $3,540 | $42,480 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $3,062 | $36,744 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $3,498 | $41,976 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
9 | $30,802 | $41,069 | 6 | $898 |
Royal City government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $238,000 ($117.59)
Solid Waste Management: $118,000 ($58.30)
All Other: $16,000 ($7.91)
- Construction - Regular Highways: $54,000 ($26.68)
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $181,000 ($89.43)
Sewerage: $121,000 ($59.78)
Water Utilities: $104,000 ($51.38)
Financial Administration: $87,000 ($42.98)
Solid Waste Management: $86,000 ($42.49)
Central Staff Services: $31,000 ($15.32)
Regular Highways: $24,000 ($11.86)
Parks & Recreation: $18,000 ($8.89)
General - Other: $17,000 ($8.40)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $7,000 ($3.46)
Natural Resources - Other: $4,000 ($1.98)
Libraries: $3,000 ($1.48)
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $13,000 ($6.42)
- General - Interest on Debt: $17,000 ($8.40)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $147,000 ($72.63)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $847,000 ($418.48)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $285,000 ($140.81)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $3,000 ($1.48)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $835,000 ($412.55)
Other, NEC: $259,000 ($127.96)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $23,000 ($11.36)
Water Utilities: $12,000 ($5.93)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $35,000 ($17.29)
General Revenue, NEC: $11,000 ($5.43)
Rents: $4,000 ($1.98)
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $97,000 ($47.92)
Sewerage: $54,000 ($26.68)
Water Utilities: $41,000 ($20.26)
Police Protection: $8,000 ($3.95)
Financial Administration: $3,000 ($1.48)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,002,000 ($495.06)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $212,000 ($104.74)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $54,000 ($26.68)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $114,000 ($56.32)
All Other: $71,000 ($35.08)
General Support: $16,000 ($7.91)
- Tax - Total General Sales: $110,000 ($54.35)
Public Utilities: $49,000 ($24.21)
Property: $43,000 ($21.25)
NEC: $14,000 ($6.92)
Other Selective Sales: $3,000 ($1.48)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $319,000 ($157.61)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $39,000 ($19.27)
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 Royal City:
- KTBI (810 AM; daytime; 50 kW; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: TACOMA BROADCASTERS, INCORPORATED)
- KBSN (1470 AM; 5 kW; MOSES LAKE, WA; Owner: KSEM, INC.)
- KYAK (930 AM; 10 kW; YAKIMA, WA)
- KWIQ (1020 AM; 3 kW; MOSES LAKE NORTH, WA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
- KZTS (1210 AM; 10 kW; SUNNYSIDE, WA; Owner: BUTTERFIELD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KFLD (870 AM; 10 kW; PASCO, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
- KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
- KIXI (880 AM; 50 kW; MERCER ISLAND/SEATTL, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO, INC.)
- KPQ (560 AM; 5 kW; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: WESTCOAST BROADCASTING CO.)
- KGNW (820 AM; 50 kW; BURIEN-SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
- KJR (950 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA)
- KGA (1510 AM; 50 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
Strongest FM radio stations in Royal City:
- KRCW (96.3 FM; ROYAL CITY, WA; Owner: FARMWORKER EDUCATIONAL RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
- KMLW (88.3 FM; MOSES LAKE, WA; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
- K204DH (88.7 FM; HANFORD, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- KNWR (90.7 FM; ELLENSBURG, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
- KPQ-FM (102.1 FM; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: WESCOAST BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KZLN-FM (97.5 FM; OTHELLO, WA; Owner: WHEELER BROADCASTING, INC)
- KARY-FM (100.9 FM; GRANDVIEW, WA; Owner: NEW NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS, LLC)
- KWWW-FM (96.7 FM; QUINCY, WA; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP, INC..)
- KZML (95.9 FM; QUINCY, WA; Owner: BUTTERFIELD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KFFM (107.3 FM; YAKIMA, WA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KXLE-FM (95.3 FM; ELLENSBURG, WA; Owner: KXLE, INC.)
- KQBE (103.1 FM; ELLENSBURG, WA; Owner: PEAK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KXDD (104.1 FM; YAKIMA, WA; Owner: NEW NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS, LLC)
- K232CV (94.3 FM; ELLENSBURG, WA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KPLW (89.9 FM; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: GROWING CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION)
- KOHO-FM (101.1 FM; LEAVENWORTH, WA; Owner: ICICLE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KLWS (91.5 FM; MOSES LAKE, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
- KULE-FM (92.3 FM; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: BUTTERFIELD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KKRV (104.7 FM; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
TV broadcast stations around Royal City:
- K39DL (Channel 39; MOSES LAKE, WA; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- K52AF (Channel 52; MOSES LAKE, ETC., WA; Owner: PEOPLES TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
- K59IA (Channel 64; MOSES LAKE, ETC., WA; Owner: PEOPLES TV ASSOCIATION)
- K55DJ (Channel 55; MOSES LAKE, ETC., WA; Owner: PEOPLES TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
Royal City fatal accident list:
Mar 25, 2006 03:30 AM, Beverly Burke Rd, Lat: 46.922553, Lon: -119.855725, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Jan 10, 2003 01:56 AM, Sr-26, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 5, Fatalities: 2
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 2 - Call Sign: KA7ENF, Licensee ID: L01453453
Grant Date: 12/23/2008, Expiration Date: 12/23/2018
Registrant: Susan M Jungers, 2317 Lakeside Drive, Royal City, WA 98837 - Call Sign: KD7OGQ, Licensee ID: L00395797
Grant Date: 08/31/2001, Expiration Date: 08/31/2011, Certifier: Patricia A Havens
Registrant: Patricia A Havens, 15509 Rd 11 Sw, Royal City, WA 99357
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Incident types - Royal City
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Royal City, WA
| Most common first names in Royal City, WA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| William | 6 | 78.8 years |
| Charles | 4 | 79.2 years |
| James | 4 | 71.0 years |
| Mary | 4 | 82.2 years |
| Robert | 4 | 72.5 years |
| Leo | 3 | 73.4 years |
| Donald | 3 | 72.0 years |
| Joe | 3 | 72.7 years |
| Edward | 3 | 84.7 years |
| Martha | 3 | 74.3 years |
| Most common last names in Royal City, WA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Potter | 5 | 85.8 years |
| Miller | 5 | 73.8 years |
| Jensen | 3 | 79.3 years |
| Ettles | 3 | 70.3 years |
| Ginochio | 3 | 42.3 years |
| Moore | 3 | 74.3 years |
| Pedigo | 3 | 78.7 years |
| Pelham | 3 | 79.9 years |
| Dewey | 2 | 70.5 years |
| Christensen | 2 | 91.0 years |
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Royal City on our top lists:
- #63 on the list of "Top 100 cities with highest percentage of foreign-born residents"
- #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #41 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2003 (pop 50,000+)"
- #55 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
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