People QuickFacts	Kennewick	Washington
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	62,276	6,395,798
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	10.7%	8.5%
  	Population, 2000    	54,693	5,894,121
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	8.4%	6.7%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	29.6%	25.7%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	10.2%	11.2%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	50.4%	50.2% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	82.9%	81.8%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.1%	3.2%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.9%	1.6%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	2.1%	5.5%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	0.4%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	3.4%	3.6%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	15.5%	7.5% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	46.9%	48.6%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	9.6%	10.4%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	16.4%	14.0%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	83.3%	87.1%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	22.1%	27.7%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	22.1	25.5 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	22,043	2,451,075
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	59.7%	64.6%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$113,500	$168,300 			
  	Households, 2000    	20,786	2,271,398
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.60	2.53
  	Median household income, 1999    	$41,213	$45,776
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$20,152	$22,973
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	12.9%	10.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Kennewick	Washington
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	246,183	84,634,499
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,093,818	65,262,333
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$18,704	$10,758
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	110,518	8,642,681
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	4,034	467,290
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.5%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.2%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	5.8%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	8.1%	2.2%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.2%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	30.4%	29.4% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Kennewick	Washington
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	22	66,544
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	2,385.2	88.6
  	FIPS Code    	35275	53
 	Counties    	Benton County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts