Skagit County, Washington (WA)

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• • 95,55074.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 24,05018.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3,5062.7%Two or more races
  • 2,5892.0%Asian alone
  • 2,2771.8%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 9390.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2010.2%Some other race alone
  • 930.07%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $415,469

Here:	$415,469
State:	$510,505

Townhouses or other attached units: $347,017

Here:	$347,017
State:	$453,343

In 2-unit structures: $351,368

Here:	$351,368
State:	$399,900

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $345,816

Here:	$345,816
State:	$365,625

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $292,263

Here:	$292,263
State:	$449,948

Mobile homes: $243,112

Here:	$243,112
State:	$172,568

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $269,822

Here:	$269,822
State:	$171,326

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

• Murders: 3
• Rapes: 16
• Robberies: 11
• Assaults: 52
• Burglaries: 750
• Thefts: 1515
• Auto thefts: 173

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

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 31
• Robberies: 7
• Assaults: 72
• Burglaries: 591
• Thefts: 1166
• Auto thefts: 180

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: $3,186 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $3,426 (0.9%)

Area name: Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Skagit County is $638 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $792 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1083 a month.

Cities in this county include: Mount Vernon, Anacortes, Sedro-Woolley, Burlington, Bow, Upper Skagit, Samish, Bayview, Swinomish Reservation, Cavanaugh.

2018 air pollution in Skagit County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.022 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 5.6 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.000 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Douglas County , Divide County, North Dakota , Richland County, Montana , Teton County, Montana , Valley County, Montana , Roseau County, Minnesota .

Current college students: 4,095
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 27.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 12,610 (40.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2,8212010 or later
• 3,1162000 to 2009
• 3,4321990 to 1999
• 1,9231980 to 1989
• 8411970 to 1979
• 1,791Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 78.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 39,519
• One, attached: 1,580
• Two: 1,615
• 3 or 4: 1,784
• 5 to 9: 1,438
• 10 to 19: 1,842
• 20 to 49: 1,165
• 50 or more: 952
• Mobile homes: 4,966
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 75

Housing units in Skagit County with a mortgage: 22,092 (213 second mortgage, 2,013 home equity loan, 68 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 12,173

Religion statistics for Skagit County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Skagit 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 Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: January 20, 2020 - February 10, 2020, FEMA Id: 4539, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Washington Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: January 11, 2011 to January 21, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1963: March 25, 2011, FEMA Id: 1963, 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 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
• 10 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.45% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($57,999 average adjusted gross income)

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($350 average AGI)

Skagit County:	0.04%
Washington average:	0.11%

4.57% relocated from other counties in Washington ($33,233 average AGI)
2.84% relocated from other states ($24,416 average AGI)

Skagit County:	2.84%
Washington average:	3.93%

from Snohomish County, WA	1.40% ($58,281 average AGI)
from Whatcom County, WA	0.95% ($48,462)
from King County, WA	0.75% ($78,381)
from Island County, WA	0.60% ($54,481)
from Pierce County, WA	0.17% ($49,138)
from San Diego County, CA	0.11% ($95,596)
from Los Angeles County, CA	0.09% ($51,167)

5.94% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($51,291 average adjusted gross income)

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($539 average AGI)

Skagit County:	0.05%
Washington average:	0.13%

3.86% relocated to other counties in Washington ($32,360 average AGI)
2.04% relocated to other states ($18,393 average AGI)

Skagit County:	2.04%
Washington average:	2.89%

to Snohomish County, WA	1.09% ($53,855 average AGI)
to Whatcom County, WA	0.90% ($47,402)
to King County, WA	0.54% ($48,902)
to Island County, WA	0.37% ($54,124)
to Pierce County, WA	0.13% ($39,967)
to Thurston County, WA	0.09% ($37,341)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.09% ($52,881)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.0
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 12.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.0

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Skagit County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 25,677 (5,558 living alone), Female householders: 23,366 (7,454 living alone)

• 25,629 spouses (25,405 opposite-sex spouses), 2,939 unmarried partners, (2,926 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 33,510 children (30,808 natural, 1,383 adopted, 1,319 stepchildren), 3,820 grandchildren, 1,728 brothers or sisters, 1,774 parents, 678 foster children, 1,846 other relatives, 6,463 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,775

Size of family households: 16,358 2-persons, 5,612 3-persons, 6,287 4-persons, 2,846 5-persons, 1,520 6-persons, 420 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 13,012 1-person, 2,117 2-persons, 318 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 474 5-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons.

15,166 married couples with children.
6,738 single-parent households (1,975 men, 4,763 women).

82.9% of residents of Skagit speak English at home.
13.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (30% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 45% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $581,626,000 ($5,237 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $44,740,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $298,543,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $118,805,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $10,466,000
Federal grants: $102,634,000
Federal procurement contracts: $29,417,000 ($14,377,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $21,761,000 ($343,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $7,507,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $99,389,000
Federal Government insurance: $772,018,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 24.61 millions of gallons per day (5% from ground, 95% from surface)

• Year house built in Skagit County, Washington
• 2,0882014 or later
• 1,7172010 to 2013
• 9,5202000 to 2009
• 9,0311990 to 1999
• 7,8571980 to 1989
• 7,5581970 to 1979
• 4,8351960 to 1969
• 3,4171950 to 1959
• 2,5621940 to 1949
• 6,3511939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Skagit County, Washington

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Skagit County, Washington
• 501 room
• 2192 rooms
• 8153 rooms
• 5,0304 rooms
• 7,7935 rooms
• 7,2916 rooms
• 5,7107 rooms
• 3,6128 rooms
• 3,7459+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Skagit County, Washington
• 9881 room
• 1,6932 rooms
• 2,9913 rooms
• 4,2394 rooms
• 2,1955 rooms
• 1,3016 rooms
• 7387 rooms
• 4538 rooms
• 1809+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Skagit County, Washington

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Skagit County, Washington
• 114no bedroom
• 6641 bedroom
• 7,4992 bedrooms
• 19,4843 bedrooms
• 5,7504 bedrooms
• 7545+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Skagit County, Washington
• 988no bedroom
• 3,6551 bedroom
• 5,2612 bedrooms
• 3,9613 bedrooms
• 7874 bedrooms
• 1265+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Skagit County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 267no vehicle
• 6,8891 vehicle
• 13,0842 vehicles
• 10,0703 vehicles
• 2,4164 vehicles
• 1,5395+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Skagit County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,607no vehicle
• 5,8241 vehicle
• 4,4722 vehicles
• 1,4643 vehicles
• 1,0534 vehicles
• 3585+ vehicles

84.4% of Skagit County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Washington.

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

• This state: 70,231
• Other state: 44,240
• Northeast: 4,904
• Midwest: 10,519
• South: 6,539
• West: 22,278

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,871
• Number of aged recipients: 130
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,741
• Number of recipients under 18: 261
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,334
• Number of recipients older than 64: 276
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 600
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 899

Skagit County on our top lists:

• #16 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #77 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"