Samish, Washington

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Population in July 2007: 4,461.

Males: 2,357	(52.8%)
Females: 2,104	(47.2%)

Median resident age:	35.0 years
Washington median age:	35.3 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $49,473 (it was $40,670 in 2000)

Samish:	$49,473
Washington:	$55,591

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $21,533

Samish:	$21,533
Washington:	$29,027

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $299,840 (it was $158,800 in 2000)

Samish:	$299,840
Washington:	$300,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $309,951; Detached houses: $348,387; Mobile homes: $125,386

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Races in Samish:

White Non-Hispanic (86.7%)
Hispanic (5.2%)
Other race (2.7%)
Two or more races (2.4%)
Black (1.4%)
American Indian (1.4%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Samish: 97.0 (near average, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Land area: 62.6 square miles.

Population density: 71 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Samish

High school or higher: 82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.7%
Unemployed: 12.7%
Mean travel time to work: 31.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Samish CCD

Never married: 27.4%
Now married: 57.7%
Separated: 1.6%
Widowed: 5.3%
Divorced: 9.6%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.5%
Washington:	10.4%

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

Samish:	1.3% ($1,996)
Washington:	1.2% ($1,915)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Bellingham, WA (18.1 miles , pop. 67,171).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Seattle, WA (64.4 miles , pop. 563,374).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (1020.0 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Sedro-Woolley, WA (1.9 miles ), Clear Lake, WA (2.6 miles ), Lyman, WA (2.7 miles ), Alger, WA (2.8 miles) , Burlington, WA (2.8 miles ), Bow, WA (2.9 miles ), Edison, WA (3.2 miles) , Hamilton, WA (3.2 miles ).

Latitude: 48.55 N, Longitude: 122.21 W

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (16%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
Educational services (8%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
Public administration (6%)
Transportation equipment (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (14%)
Health care (13%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Public administration (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Private households (5%)
Clothing and clothing accessories, including shoe, stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
Carpenters (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)

Samish-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below Washington state average. It is 125% 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 91.2 miles away from Samish center, causing $80,000,000 total damage
On 4/29/1965 at 15:28:43, a magnitude 6.6 (6.6 UK, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 85.8 miles away from the city center, causing $28,000,000 total damage
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, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 54.2 miles away from the city center
On 4/14/1990 at 05:33:26, a magnitude 5.2 (4.4 MB, 4.1 MS, 5.2 ML, Depth: 7.8 mi) earthquake occurred 20.2 miles away from Samish center
On 1/29/1995 at 03:11:22, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MB, 4.5 MS, 5.1 MW, 5.0 MD, Depth: 10.7 mi) earthquake occurred 81.0 miles away from the city center
On 6/23/1997 at 19:13:27, a magnitude 5.0 (5.0 MB, 4.9 MD, Depth: 4.5 mi) earthquake occurred 68.2 miles away from Samish center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

Hospitals/medical centers near Samish:

AFFILIATED HEALTH SERVICES (about 12 miles; MOUNT VERNON, WA)
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA)
ISLAND HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; ANACORTES, WA)

Amtrak stations near Samish:

10 miles: MOUNT VERNON (725 COLLEGE WAY). Services: fully wheelchair accessible, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit connection.
18 miles: BELLINGHAM (401 HARRIS AVE.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Samish:

SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE (about 12 miles; MT VERNON, WA; Full-time enrollment: 3,420)
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 19 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 11,889)
WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 20 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 2,656)
EVERETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 40 miles; EVERETT, WA; FT enrollment: 3,970)
EDMONDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 52 miles; LYNNWOOD, WA; FT enrollment: 4,953)
LAKE WASHINGTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 58 miles; KIRKLAND, WA; FT enrollment: 2,328)
SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-NORTH CAMPUS (about 62 miles; SEATTLE, WA; FT enrollment: 3,489)

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Notable locations in Samish: Skitopa Grange (A), Hickson Community Hall (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lake: Cranberry Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Skiyou Slough (A), Hansen Creek (B), Coal Creek (C), Dry Creek (D), Doolittle Creek (E), Swede Creek (F), Thunder Creek (G), Jackson Creek (H), Willard Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.8 people
Washington:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	65.4%
Whole state:	66.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	7.1%
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: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	16.2%
Whole state:	10.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	10.2%
Whole state:	4.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Samish, WA

312 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
109 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse

Samish compared to Washington state average:

Unemployed percentage above state average.
Black race population percentage below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
House age significantly below state average.
Institutionalized population percentage above 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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School Enrollment by Level of School

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (42%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%) Wood (15%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%) Utility gas (6%)

Religion statistics for Samish

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Assemblies of God	United Methodist Church	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Adherents	42.2%	12.0%	6.7%	5.6%	5.5%
Congregations	6.7%	10.6%	10.6%	7.7%	5.8%

Name	Baptist General Conference	Southern Baptist Convention	International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	American Baptist Churches in the USA	Other religions
Adherents	3.0%	3.0%	2.3%	2.1%	17.7%
Congregations	1.0%	4.8%	2.9%	3.8%	46.2%

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.

8.09% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($46,767 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.09%
Washington average:	7.86%

0.20% of residents moved from foreign countries ($936 average AGI)
Skagit County: 0.20%
Washington average: 0.26%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Snohomish County, WA	1.32% ($42,390 average AGI)
from Whatcom County, WA	1.06% ($40,460)
from King County, WA	0.84% ($59,633)

6.76% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,564 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.76%
Washington average:	7.07%

0.12% of residents moved to foreign countries ($540 average AGI)
Skagit County: 0.12%
Washington average: 0.16%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Snohomish County, WA	1.23% ($42,823 average AGI)
to Whatcom County, WA	0.85% ($31,050)
to King County, WA	0.74% ($32,387)

Strongest AM radio stations in Samish:

KAPS (660 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT VERNON, WA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTERS, INC.)
KRPI (1550 AM; 50 kW; FERNDALE, WA; Owner: BBC BROADCASTING, INC.)
KARI (550 AM; 25 kW; BLAINE, WA; Owner: WAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
KBRC (1430 AM; 5 kW; MOUNT VERNON, WA; Owner: JIM AND ANN KEANE)
KGMI (790 AM; 5 kW; BELLINGHAM, WA)
KPUG (1170 AM; 10 kW; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: SAGA BROADCASTING, LLC)
KRKO (1380 AM; 50 kW; EVERETT, WA; Owner: S-R BROADCASTING, CO.)
KIXI (880 AM; 50 kW; MERCER ISLAND/SEATTL, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO, INC.)
KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
KGNW (820 AM; 50 kW; BURIEN-SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
KKOL (1300 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
KOMO (1000 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - SEATTLE RADIO, L.L.C.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Samish:

KSVR (91.7 FM; MOUNT VERNON, WA; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE)
K206CU (89.1 FM; MOUNT VERNON, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
KISM (92.9 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: SAGA BROADCASTING, LLC)
KWPZ (106.5 FM; LYNDEN, WA; Owner: CRISTA MINISTRIES, INC.)
KAFE (104.3 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: SAGA BROADCASTING, LLC)
K201FH (88.1 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
K210CN (89.9 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
KUGS (89.3 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY)
KISW (99.9 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
K205DL (88.9 FM; GRANITE FALLS/EVERET, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
KQBZ (100.7 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
KMWS (90.1 FM; MOUNT VERNON, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
KZAZ (91.7 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
K216EN (91.1 FM; MOUNT VERNON, WA; Owner: PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Samish:

KBCB (Channel 24; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: WORLD TELEVISION OF WASHINGTON, LLC.)

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