Cowlitz County, Washington (WA)

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% of renters here:	32%
State:	35%

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Races in Cowlitz County, Washington:

Median resident age:	36.9 years
Washington median age:	35.3 years

Males: 46,050	(49.5%)
Females: 46,898	(50.5%)

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Cowlitz County:	2.5 people
Washington:	2.5 people

This county:	$44,118
Washington:	$55,591

This county:	$563
State:	$721

Cowlitz County:	$177,500
Washington:	$300,800

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 17
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 35
• Burglaries: 399
• Thefts: 565
• Auto thefts: 113

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 10
• Robberies: 7
• Assaults: 80
• Burglaries: 315
• Thefts: 537
• Auto thefts: 116

Cowlitz County:	16.1%
Washington:	11.4%

This county:	14.0%
Whole state:	10.6%

This county:	5.5%
Whole state:	4.6%

Area name: Longview, WA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cowlitz County is $506 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $588 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $857 a month.

Cities in this county include: Longview, Kelso, Woodland, Longview Heights, West Longview, Castle Rock, Kalama, Rose Valley.

Neighboring counties: Columbia County, Oregon , Clark County , Lewis County , Skamania County , Wahkiakum County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits: Notable locations in Cowlitz County: Alder Bluff (A), Alder Creek Rearing Pond (B), Meridian Lookout (C), Incline Lookout (D), Merrill Lake Campground (E), Merwin (F), North Fork Ranger Station (G), Nineteen Mile Camp (H), Yale Park (I), Beaver Bay Campground (J), Beaver Bay Park (K), Vader Junction (L), Tucker (M), Tower (N), Camp Baker (O), Camp Cowlitz (P), Camp Kalama (Q), Caples (R), Castle Rock Fairgrounds (S), Cleaveland Landing (T). Display/hide their locations on the map Cemeteries: Bunker Hill Cemetery (1), Abernathy Cemetery (2), Jackson Cemetery (3), Rosin Cemetery (4), Rose Valley Cemetery (5), Longview Memorial Park Cemetery (6), Oak Point Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Coldwater Lake (A), Big Bull Lake (B), Coweeman Lake (C), Lakeview Peak Lake (D), Blue Lake (E), Log Pond (F), Silver Lake (G), Merrill Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map Streams, rivers, and creeks: Husky Creek (A), Devils Creek (B), Sucker Creek (C), Olequa Creek (D), Skipper Creek (E), Houghton Creek (F), Studebaker Creek (G), Ordway Creek (H), Schmidt Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Parks in Cowlitz County include: Speelyai Picnic Area (1), Goat Marsh Research Natural Area (2), Barnes State Park (3), Kid Valley Park (4), Hoffstadt Creek Park (5), Al Raught Park (6), Seaquest State Park (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Here:	14.2%
Washington:	9.2%

Current college students: 3,602
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,452 (43% naturalized citizens)

Cowlitz County:	3.7%
Whole state:	10.4%

Mean travel time to work: 21.3 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 85.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 25,587
• One, attached: 900
• Two: 1,254
• 3 or 4: 1,157
• 5 to 9: 1,245
• 10 to 19: 1,473
• 20 or more: 2,090
• Mobile homes: 4,768
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 150

Housing units in Cowlitz County with a mortgage: 13,025 (1,604 second mortgage, 1,451 home equity loan, 85 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,542

Here:	70.2% with mortgage
State:	75.4% with mortgage

Cowlitz County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Washington state average. It is 8.8 times below overall U.S. average.

Cowlitz County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Washington state average. It is 830% 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 75.5 miles away from Cowlitz County 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 64.0 miles away from the county 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 81.6 miles away from the county 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 65.6 miles away from Cowlitz County center
On 3/25/1993 at 13:34:35, a magnitude 5.7 (5.5 MB, 5.4 MS, 5.6 MW, 5.7 ML, Depth: 12.8 mi) earthquake occurred 77.4 miles away from the county center
On 2/14/1981 at 06:09:27, a magnitude 5.5 (5.1 MB, 4.8 MS, 5.5 ML) earthquake occurred 38.1 miles away from Cowlitz County center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), energy magnitude (ME), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 32,104 (82%) Carpooled: 4,563 (12%) Bus or trolley bus: 104 (0%) Railroad: 9 (0%) Ferryboat: 15 (0%) Taxi: 26 (0%) Motorcycle: 3 (0%) Bicycle: 231 (1%) Walked: 885 (2%) Other means: 267 (1%) Worked at home: 1,123 (3%)

8.09% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,614 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.09%
Washington average:	7.86%

0.06% of residents moved from foreign countries ($183 average AGI)

Cowlitz County:	0.06%
Washington average:	0.26%

4.24% relocated from other counties in Washington ($23,196 average AGI)
3.79% relocated from other states ($19,236 average AGI)

Cowlitz County:	3.79%
Washington average:	3.90%

from Clark County, WA	2.34% ($49,107 average AGI)
from Lewis County, WA	0.41% ($31,667)
from Multnomah County, OR	0.36% ($48,427)
from Columbia County, OR	0.36% ($44,664)
from King County, WA	0.33% ($51,081)
from Washington County, OR	0.19% ($42,391)
from Pierce County, WA	0.18% ($40,317)

6.15% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($39,471 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.15%
Washington average:	7.07%

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($229 average AGI)

Cowlitz County:	0.08%
Washington average:	0.16%

3.32% relocated to other counties in Washington ($19,203 average AGI)
2.75% relocated to other states ($20,039 average AGI)

Cowlitz County:	2.75%
Washington average:	3.17%

to Clark County, WA	1.43% ($39,585 average AGI)
to King County, WA	0.32% ($33,898)
to Multnomah County, OR	0.27% ($40,674)
to Lewis County, WA	0.26% ($34,494)
to Pierce County, WA	0.19% ($31,141)
to Thurston County, WA	0.19% ($42,349)
to Columbia County, OR	0.16% ($35,673)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 7.9

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 15,448 (12,810 aged, 2,638 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 78,360 (19,950 male householders, 5,295 female householders)

  20,247 spouses, 27,406 children (24,247 natural, 843 adopted, 2,316 stepchildren), 1,367 grandchildren, 502 brothers or sisters, 301 parents, 990 other relatives, 2,302 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 13,169 (5,218 male householders (3,905 living alone)), 5,420 female householders (4,808 living alone)), 2,531 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 1,419 (978 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 11,134 2-persons, 5,518 3-persons, 5,085 4-persons, 2,230 5-persons, 753 6-persons, 525 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 8,713 1-person, 1,561 2-persons, 233 3-persons, 103 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons.

94.0% of residents of Cowlitz County speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $501,632,000 ($5215 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $21,403,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $257,562,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $103,485,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $444,000
Federal grants: $104,922,000
Federal procurement contracts: $13,362,000 ($2,945,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $21,856,000 ($7,738,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $964,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $66,361,000
Federal Government insurance: $265,880,000

Here:	64 per 1000 residents
State:	66 per 1000 residents

Here:	51 per 1000 residents
State:	38 per 1000 residents

Here:	+8 per 1000 residents
State:	+21 per 1000 residents

Here:	+25 per 1000 residents
State:	+13 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 11.64 millions of gallons per day (25% from ground, 75% from surface)

Here:	6.2
State:	6.3

Here:	4.1
State:	3.9

53% of Cowlitz County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Washington.

Cowlitz County:	53.1%
State average:	50.2%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 50139
• Northeast: 1559
• Midwest: 9464
• South: 4856
• West: 22948

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $92,500

Here:	6.1%
Washington:	9.2%

Here:	4.2%
Washington:	7.0%

Here:	9.0%
Washington:	15.7%

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