People QuickFacts Pasco Washington Population, 2006 estimate 49,927 6,395,798 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 47.5% 8.5% Population, 2000 32,066 5,894,121 Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 11.1% 6.7% Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 35.5% 25.7% Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 8.7% 11.2% Female persons, percent, 2000 48.4% 50.2%  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 52.8% 81.8% Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) 3.2% 3.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.8% 1.6% Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.8% 5.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1% 0.4% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 3.9% 3.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 56.3% 7.5%  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 44.8% 48.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 30.5% 10.4% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 54.0% 14.0% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 55.9% 87.1% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 10.6% 27.7% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 21.6 25.5  Housing units, 2000 10,341 2,451,075 Homeownership rate, 2000 60.0% 64.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $93,000 $168,300  Households, 2000 9,619 2,271,398 Persons per household, 2000 3.30 2.53 Median household income, 1999 $34,540 $45,776 Per capita money income, 1999 $13,404 $22,973 Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 23.3% 10.6%     Business QuickFacts Pasco Washington Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 278,213 84,634,499 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 564,823 65,262,333 Retail sales per capita, 2002 $15,426 $10,758 Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 35,395 8,642,681 Total number of firms, 2002 2,066 467,290 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 6.4% 5.8% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 23.8% 2.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 38.3% 29.4%      Geography QuickFacts Pasco Washington Land area, 2000 (square miles) 28 66,544 Persons per square mile, 2000 1,142.0 88.6 FIPS Code 53545 53 Counties Franklin 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