Grays Harbor County, Washington (WA)

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• • 57,92686.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 7,44211.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2,7464.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 2,7314.1%Two or more races
  • 1,2331.8%Asian alone
  • 7141.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2250.3%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 240.04%Some other race alone

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

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 4
• Robberies: 6
• Assaults: 36
• Burglaries: 228
• Thefts: 349
• Auto thefts: 60

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 5
• Assaults: 30
• Burglaries: 200
• Thefts: 277
• Auto thefts: 39

1996 2000 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2017: $1,869 (1.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $1,390 (0.9%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Grays Harbor County is $444 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $583 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $821 a month.

Cities in this county include: Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Wynoochee, North Beach, South Shore, Ocean Shores, Montesano, Elma, Central Park, Westport.

2018 air pollution in Grays Harbor County:

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 5.6 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Lewis and Clark County, Montana , Hubbard County, Minnesota .

Current college students: 2,347
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 89.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 4,133 (43.6% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 3182010 or later
• 1,0342000 to 2009
• 1,0381990 to 1999
• 5461980 to 1989
• 3081970 to 1979
• 781Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 87.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 25,156
• One, attached: 569
• Two: 2,302
• 3 or 4: 1,032
• 5 to 9: 947
• 10 to 19: 435
• 20 to 49: 531
• 50 or more: 605
• Mobile homes: 4,540
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 74

Housing units in Grays Harbor County with a mortgage: 11,361 (107 second mortgage, 1,008 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,476

Religion statistics for Grays Harbor County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Grays Harbor County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Washington Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides, and a Tornado, Incident Period: December 01, 2015 to December 14, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4253: February 02, 2016, FEMA Id: 4253, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• Washington Severe Windstorm, Incident Period: August 29, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4242: October 15, 2015, FEMA Id: 4242, Natural disaster type: Storm, Wind
• Washington Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: January 14, 2012 to January 23, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4056: March 05, 2012, FEMA Id: 4056, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Washington Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding, Incident Period: January 06, 2009 to January 16, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1817: January 30, 2009, FEMA Id: 1817, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Washington Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow, Incident Period: December 12, 2008 to January 05, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1825: March 02, 2009, FEMA Id: 1825, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Snow
• Washington Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: December 01, 2007 to December 17, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1734: December 08, 2007, FEMA Id: 1734, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Washington Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: December 14, 2006 to December 15, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1682: February 14, 2007, FEMA Id: 1682, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Landslide
• Washington Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: November 02, 2006 to November 11, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1671: December 12, 2006, FEMA Id: 1671, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Washington Severe Storms, Flooding, Tidal Surge, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: January 27, 2006 to February 04, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1641: May 17, 2006, FEMA Id: 1641, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Washington Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3227: September 07, 2005, FEMA Id: 3227, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 15 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.21% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($41,251 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.65% relocated from other counties in Washington ($28,745 average AGI)
2.56% relocated from other states ($12,506 average AGI)

Grays Harbor County:	2.56%
Washington average:	3.93%

from Thurston County, WA	1.08% ($37,253 average AGI)
from King County, WA	0.89% ($61,417)
from Pierce County, WA	0.72% ($47,629)
from Mason County, WA	0.33% ($40,450)
from Snohomish County, WA	0.22% ($44,873)
from Lewis County, WA	0.22% ($40,528)
from Pacific County, WA	0.20% ($31,563)

6.35% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($41,599 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.48% relocated to other counties in Washington ($29,928 average AGI)
1.87% relocated to other states ($11,671 average AGI)

Grays Harbor County:	1.87%
Washington average:	2.89%

to Thurston County, WA	1.42% ($47,895 average AGI)
to King County, WA	0.54% ($46,553)
to Pierce County, WA	0.51% ($38,589)
to Mason County, WA	0.39% ($39,011)
to Lewis County, WA	0.24% ($41,930)
to Pacific County, WA	0.19% ($24,872)
to Snohomish County, WA	0.19% ($38,383)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 11.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Grays Harbor County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 55,490 (9,438 male householders, 8,737 female householders)

  13,333 spouses, 17,097 children (15,467 natural, 643 adopted, 987 stepchildren), 2,118 grandchildren, 421 brothers or sisters, 535 parents, 1,157 other relatives, 2,654 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 14,138 (5,531 male householders (4,296 living alone)), 5,580 female householders (4,672 living alone)), 3,027 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 3,069

Size of family households: 9,103 2-persons, 3,553 3-persons, 2,595 4-persons, 1,237 5-persons, 848 6-persons, 839 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 8,968 1-person, 1,649 2-persons, 339 3-persons, 149 4-persons, 6 5-persons.

8,540 married couples with children.
3,781 single-parent households (1,577 men, 2,204 women).

90.8% of residents of Grays Harbor speak English at home.
6.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (58% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $455,517,000 ($6,476 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $19,900,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $211,402,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $100,285,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $15,267,000
Federal grants: $93,523,000
Federal procurement contracts: $17,750,000 ($7,621,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $17,290,000 ($3,581,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $4,030,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $28,166,000
Federal Government insurance: $307,549,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 11.73 millions of gallons per day (50% from ground, 50% from surface)

• Year house built in Grays Harbor County, Washington
• 2452014 or later
• 6012010 to 2013
• 4,7752000 to 2009
• 4,6781990 to 1999
• 3,5441980 to 1989
• 6,5431970 to 1979
• 3,1681960 to 1969
• 2,3641950 to 1959
• 1,6901940 to 1949
• 8,5831939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Grays Harbor County, Washington

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Grays Harbor County, Washington
• 2511 room
• 692 rooms
• 7113 rooms
• 1,3244 rooms
• 4,4105 rooms
• 4,4666 rooms
• 3,4437 rooms
• 2,0738 rooms
• 2,0909+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Grays Harbor County, Washington
• 7431 room
• 4522 rooms
• 1,6283 rooms
• 2,8604 rooms
• 1,2945 rooms
• 1,7726 rooms
• 1,0417 rooms
• 3188 rooms
• 3419+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Grays Harbor County, Washington

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Grays Harbor County, Washington
• 251no bedroom
• 7531 bedroom
• 3,7522 bedrooms
• 10,0033 bedrooms
• 3,4544 bedrooms
• 6245+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Grays Harbor County, Washington
• 866no bedroom
• 2,0761 bedroom
• 4,0322 bedrooms
• 2,7083 bedrooms
• 3634 bedrooms
• 4045+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Grays Harbor County, Washington in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Grays Harbor County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 754no vehicle
• 3,9451 vehicle
• 7,2152 vehicles
• 4,5283 vehicles
• 1,5474 vehicles
• 8485+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Grays Harbor County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,993no vehicle
• 4,3701 vehicle
• 2,5672 vehicles
• 9703 vehicles
• 5494 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

84.8% of Grays Harbor County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Washington.

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

• This state: 48,314
• Other state: 19,583
• Northeast: 1,394
• Midwest: 4,208
• South: 2,769
• West: 11,212

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,276
• Number of aged recipients: 64
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,212
• Number of recipients under 18: 236
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,787
• Number of recipients older than 64: 253
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 714
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,098

Grays Harbor County on our top lists:

• #56 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"