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People QuickFacts |
Longview |
Washington |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
36,767 | 6,395,798 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
6.1% | 8.5% |
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Population, 2000 |
34,660 | 5,894,121 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.1% | 6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
26.0% | 25.7% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
15.4% | 11.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
51.8% | 50.2% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
89.3% | 81.8% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.7% | 3.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.8% | 1.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
2.2% | 5.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | 0.4% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
2.9% | 3.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
5.8% | 7.5% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
49.0% | 48.6% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
5.5% | 10.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
8.6% | 14.0% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
81.2% | 87.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
14.6% | 27.7% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
17.6 | 25.5 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
15,225 | 2,451,075 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
57.8% | 64.6% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$122,300 | $168,300 |
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Households, 2000 |
14,066 | 2,271,398 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.40 | 2.53 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$35,171 | $45,776 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$18,559 | $22,973 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
16.7% | 10.6% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Longview |
Washington |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
182,084 | 84,634,499 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
575,116 | 65,262,333 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$16,189 | $10,758 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
56,742 | 8,642,681 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
2,357 | 467,290 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 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 |
4.9% | 5.8% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 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 |
S | 29.4% |
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