Jefferson County, Washington (WA)

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• • 27,938107.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,2134.7%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,1944.6%Two or more races
  • 6512.5%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 5612.2%Asian alone
  • 1940.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 340.1%Some other race alone
  • 170.07%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $459,502

Here:	$459,502
State:	$510,505

Townhouses or other attached units: $401,102

Here:	$401,102
State:	$453,343

In 2-unit structures: $541,580

Here:	$541,580
State:	$399,900

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $142,680

Here:	$142,680
State:	$365,625

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $291,457

Here:	$291,457
State:	$449,948

Mobile homes: $205,677

Here:	$205,677
State:	$172,568

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $115,165

Here:	$115,165
State:	$171,326

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 15
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 40
• Burglaries: 255
• Thefts: 332
• Auto thefts: 32

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 10
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 25
• Burglaries: 212
• Thefts: 292
• Auto thefts: 27

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $2,970 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,975 (0.8%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Jefferson County is $579 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $708 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1029 a month.

Cities in this county include: Discovery Bay, Oak Bay, Port Townsend, Port Hadlock-Irondale, Quilcene Bay, Port Ludlow, Marrowstone, Brinnon, West End, Quilcene.

2018 air pollution in Jefferson County:

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 6.4 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Benson County, North Dakota , Beltrami County, Minnesota , King County , Lincoln County , Whatcom County .

Current college students: 678
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 95.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 45.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,939 (55.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 3962010 or later
• 2672000 to 2009
• 2061990 to 1999
• 1421980 to 1989
• 871970 to 1979
• 574Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 26.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 80.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 14,394
• One, attached: 481
• Two: 273
• 3 or 4: 245
• 5 to 9: 305
• 10 to 19: 221
• 20 to 49: 285
• 50 or more: 127
• Mobile homes: 2,293
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 270

Housing units in Jefferson County with a mortgage: 5,696 (37 second mortgage, 504 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,631

Religion statistics for Jefferson County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Jefferson County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Washington Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4481-WA: March 22, 2020, FEMA Id: 4481, Natural disaster type: Other
• Washington Severe Winter Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides, Tornado, Incident Period: December 10, 2018 - December 24, 2018, FEMA Id: 4418, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• 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 Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: November 12, 2015 to November 21, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4249: January 15, 2016, FEMA Id: 4249, Natural disaster type: Storm, 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, 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 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
• 11 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

9.21% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($77,239 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.58% relocated from other counties in Washington ($38,407 average AGI)
4.63% relocated from other states ($38,831 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	4.63%
Washington average:	3.93%

from King County, WA	1.50% ($116,585 average AGI)
from Kitsap County, WA	0.82% ($67,389)
from Clallam County, WA	0.50% ($37,145)
from Snohomish County, WA	0.33% ($70,022)
from Pierce County, WA	0.28% ($60,763)
from Multnomah County, OR	0.20% ($93,370)
from Los Angeles County, CA	0.15% ($59,429)

6.36% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($53,445 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.79% relocated to other counties in Washington ($32,408 average AGI)
2.57% relocated to other states ($21,038 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	2.57%
Washington average:	2.89%

to Kitsap County, WA	0.96% ($59,000 average AGI)
to King County, WA	0.70% ($70,255)
to Clallam County, WA	0.67% ($43,478)
to Pierce County, WA	0.29% ($52,795)
to Snohomish County, WA	0.28% ($40,289)
to Whatcom County, WA	0.15% ($35,650)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 11.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Jefferson County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 7,582 (1,903 living alone), Female householders: 7,551 (2,489 living alone)

• 7,726 spouses (7,630 opposite-sex spouses), 1,465 unmarried partners, (1,443 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 4,813 children (4,410 natural, 183 adopted, 220 stepchildren), 334 grandchildren, 175 brothers or sisters, 417 parents, 0 foster children, 267 other relatives, 1,035 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 813

Size of family households: 6,369 2-persons, 1,497 3-persons, 772 4-persons, 301 5-persons, 134 6-persons, 50 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,392 1-person, 1,476 2-persons, 100 3-persons, 76 4-persons.

2,335 married couples with children.
1,088 single-parent households (124 men, 964 women).

95.6% of residents of Jefferson speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $210,761,000 ($7,498 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $24,638,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $117,257,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $35,229,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $310,000
Federal grants: $40,052,000
Federal procurement contracts: $9,989,000 ($8,309,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $7,924,000 ($2,827,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,125,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $9,347,000
Federal Government insurance: $26,156,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.64 millions of gallons per day (52% from ground, 48% from surface)

• Year house built in Jefferson County, Washington
• 1,1012014 or later
• 4592010 to 2013
• 3,0512000 to 2009
• 4,0041990 to 1999
• 3,3801980 to 1989
• 3,3651970 to 1979
• 1,1831960 to 1969
• 7731950 to 1959
• 4201940 to 1949
• 1,3921939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Jefferson County, Washington

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Jefferson County, Washington
• 1391 room
• 2952 rooms
• 5413 rooms
• 1,7604 rooms
• 2,5695 rooms
• 2,5746 rooms
• 1,1977 rooms
• 9638 rooms
• 1,2709+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jefferson County, Washington
• 1061 room
• 5282 rooms
• 5103 rooms
• 9364 rooms
• 9525 rooms
• 3666 rooms
• 2797 rooms
• 1668 rooms
• 309+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Jefferson County, Washington

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Jefferson County, Washington
• 179no bedroom
• 9191 bedroom
• 4,0732 bedrooms
• 5,1393 bedrooms
• 8024 bedrooms
• 1185+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jefferson County, Washington
• 175no bedroom
• 9121 bedroom
• 1,5282 bedrooms
• 1,0543 bedrooms
• 1884 bedrooms
• 65+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Jefferson County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 265no vehicle
• 2,6741 vehicle
• 4,9242 vehicles
• 2,2473 vehicles
• 8054 vehicles
• 3205+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Jefferson County in renter-occupied apartments
• 415no vehicle
• 1,6521 vehicle
• 1,1682 vehicles
• 5083 vehicles
• 1144 vehicles
• 85+ vehicles

83.8% of Jefferson County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Washington.

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

• This state: 12,922
• Other state: 16,796
• Northeast: 2,470
• Midwest: 4,058
• South: 2,680
• West: 7,549

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 469
• Number of aged recipients: 26
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 443
• Number of recipients under 18: 49
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 357
• Number of recipients older than 64: 63
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 150
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 232