Snohomish County, Washington

Snohomish County
County
Location within the U.S. state of Washington
Washington's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 48°02′N 121°43′W
Country	United States
State	Washington
Founded	January 14, 1861
Seat	Everett
Population  (2000)
• Total	606,024
Website	www1.co.snohomish.wa.us

Snohomish County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. It is named after the Snohomish tribe. As of 2000, the population was 606,024. The county seat is at Everett, which is also the county's largest city.

Snohomish County was created out of Island County on January 14, 1861.[1]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 5,689 km² (2,196 mi²). 5,411 km² (2,089 mi²) of it is land and 278 km² (107 mi²) of it (4.89%) is water.

Geographic features

• Cascade Mountains
• Puget Sound

Major highways

• Interstate 5
• United States Highway 2

Adjacent counties

• Skagit County, Washington - north
• Chelan County, Washington - east
• King County, Washington - south
• Kitsap County, Washington - southwest
• Island County, Washington - west

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 606,024 people, 224,852 households, and 157,846 families residing in the county. The population density was 112/km² (290/mi²). There were 236,205 housing units at an average density of 44/km² (113/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 85.63% White, 1.67% Black or African American, 1.36% Native American, 5.78% Asian, 0.28% Pacific Islander, 1.92% from other races, and 3.36% from two or more races. 4.72% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 224,852 households out of which 37.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.00% were married couples living together, 9.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.80% were non-families. 22.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the county, the population was spread out with 27.40% under the age of 18, 8.50% from 18 to 24, 33.00% from 25 to 44, 22.00% from 45 to 64, and 9.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 100.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $53,060, and the median income for a family was $60,726. Males had a median income of $43,293 versus $31,386 for females. The per capita income for the county was $23,417. About 4.90% of families and 6.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.60% of those under age 18 and 7.80% of those age 65 or over.

Census-recognized communities

Alderwood Manor Arlington Arlington Heights Bothell Brier Cathan Cathcart Darrington Echo Lake Edmonds Esperance Everett Gold Bar Granite Falls Index John Sam Lake Jordan Road-Canyon Creek Lake Bosworth Lake Goodwin Lake Ketchum

Lake Roesiger Lake Stevens Lochsloy Lynnwood Machias Maltby Martha Lake Marysville May Creek Mill Creek Monroe Mountlake Terrace Mukilteo North Creek North Marysville North Stanwood North Sultan Northwest Snohomish Oso Paine Field-Lake Stickney

Picnic Point-North Lynnwood Priest Point Seattle Hill-Silver Firs Shaker Church Silvana Smokey Point Snohomish Stanwood Startup Stimson Crossing Sultan Three Lakes Tulalip Bay Verlot Warm Beach Weallup Lake West Lake Stevens Woods Creek Woodway

Other communities

Bryant Clearview Eastmont Elger Bay Fobes Hill

Kennard Corner Larimers Corner Lowell North Lakewood Pinehurst

Queensborough Seattle Heights Trafton

See also

Kitty May Ellis, American diarist

External links

• Official Snohomish County website
• Snohomish County Housing Authority (HASCO)
• Everett Housing Authority
• University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections – Lee Pickett Photographs Over 1400 photographs documenting scenes from Snohomish, King and Chelan Counties in Washington State from the early 1900s to the 1940s.