Jefferson County, Washington (WA)

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• • 27,484105.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,1514.4%Two or more races
  • 1,1324.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 6042.3%Asian alone
  • 5442.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1650.6%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 470.2%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 230.09%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2017:

Detached houses: $456,453

Here:	$456,453
State:	$447,152

Townhouses or other attached units: $587,162

Here:	$587,162
State:	$391,417

In 2-unit structures: $433,413

Here:	$433,413
State:	$295,878

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $81,530

Here:	$81,530
State:	$323,576

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $374,988

Here:	$374,988
State:	$382,353

Mobile homes: $134,339

Here:	$134,339
State:	$131,988

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $87,076

Here:	$87,076
State:	$87,922

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 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: $2,631 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $2,646 (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: 95.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 41.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,741 (61.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2802010 or later
• 2132000 to 2009
• 1851990 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: 14,641
• One, attached: 366
• Two: 195
• 3 or 4: 231
• 5 to 9: 179
• 10 to 19: 249
• 20 to 49: 322
• 50 or more: 171
• Mobile homes: 2,000
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 246

Housing units in Jefferson County with a mortgage: 5,622 (95 second mortgage, 656 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,945

Religion statistics for Jefferson County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Jefferson 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 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
• 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
• Washington Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: October 15, 2003 to October 23, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1499: November 07, 2003, FEMA Id: 1499, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 9 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 2014: 11.1

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:

• In family households: 23,705 (4,931 male householders, 3,939 female householders)

  7,493 spouses, 5,333 children (4,860 natural, 140 adopted, 340 stepchildren), 413 grandchildren, 180 brothers or sisters, 380 parents, 297 other relatives, 717 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 7,022 (2,353 male householders (1,717 living alone)), 3,101 female householders (2,350 living alone)), 1,552 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 809

Size of family households: 5,995 2-persons, 1,405 3-persons, 926 4-persons, 256 5-persons, 182 6-persons, 80 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,071 1-person, 1,285 2-persons, 74 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 18 5-persons.

2,636 married couples with children.
888 single-parent households (155 men, 733 women).

96.0% of residents of Jefferson speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 9% 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
• 4892014 or later
• 4212010 to 2013
• 3,1992000 to 2009
• 4,4381990 to 1999
• 2,8651980 to 1989
• 3,0251970 to 1979
• 1,2751960 to 1969
• 8231950 to 1959
• 4961940 to 1949
• 1,5631939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Jefferson County, Washington

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Jefferson County, Washington
• 941 room
• 3372 rooms
• 4043 rooms
• 1,6534 rooms
• 2,1215 rooms
• 2,5806 rooms
• 1,3437 rooms
• 8318 rooms
• 1,2409+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jefferson County, Washington
• 931 room
• 3942 rooms
• 4913 rooms
• 1,0554 rooms
• 8545 rooms
• 4656 rooms
• 2247 rooms
• 1248 rooms
• 549+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Jefferson County, Washington

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Jefferson County, Washington
• 141no bedroom
• 7221 bedroom
• 3,5562 bedrooms
• 5,1293 bedrooms
• 8114 bedrooms
• 615+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jefferson County, Washington
• 117no bedroom
• 7911 bedroom
• 1,5232 bedrooms
• 1,0183 bedrooms
• 3064 bedrooms
• 85+ 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
• 234no vehicle
• 2,6381 vehicle
• 4,6022 vehicles
• 1,8503 vehicles
• 6984 vehicles
• 5125+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Jefferson County in renter-occupied apartments
• 390no vehicle
• 1,6721 vehicle
• 9572 vehicles
• 5863 vehicles
• 1954 vehicles
• 115+ vehicles

81.6% 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, 52% lived in Washington.

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

• This state: 13,251
• Other state: 16,053
• Northeast: 2,658
• Midwest: 3,693
• South: 2,289
• West: 7,377

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