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People QuickFacts |
Federal Way |
Washington |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
84,166 | 6,395,798 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
-1.4% | 8.5% |
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Population, 2000 |
83,259 | 5,894,121 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.8% | 6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
28.2% | 25.7% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
7.6% | 11.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
50.8% | 50.2% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
68.8% | 81.8% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
7.9% | 3.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.9% | 1.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
12.3% | 5.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.0% | 0.4% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
5.3% | 3.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
7.5% | 7.5% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
42.4% | 48.6% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
17.5% | 10.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
21.4% | 14.0% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
89.3% | 87.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
26.2% | 27.7% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
30.2 | 25.5 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
32,581 | 2,451,075 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
56.0% | 64.6% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$171,700 | $168,300 |
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Households, 2000 |
31,437 | 2,271,398 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.63 | 2.53 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$49,278 | $45,776 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$22,451 | $22,973 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
9.3% | 10.6% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Federal Way |
Washington |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,190,471 | 84,634,499 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
999,014 | 65,262,333 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$11,908 | $10,758 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
120,925 | 8,642,681 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
5,513 | 467,290 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
3.7% | 1.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.2% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
14.9% | 5.8% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 2.2% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.2% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
30.8% | 29.4% |
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