People QuickFacts	King County	Washington
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	2,007,440	6,897,012
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	1,931,246	6,724,543
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	3.9%	2.6%
 	Population, 2010    	1,931,249	6,724,540
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.2%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	21.2%	23.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	11.2%	12.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.1%	50.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	71.9%	82.0%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	6.5%	3.8%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.1%	1.8%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	15.0%	7.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.8%	0.7%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	4.7%	4.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	9.2%	11.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	64.4%	72.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	81.5%	82.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	20.1%	12.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	24.8%	17.8%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	91.9%	89.8%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	45.7%	31.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	125,035	601,507
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	26.6	25.5 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	854,703	2,907,490
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	59.6%	64.4%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	38.0%	25.7%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$402,300	$283,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	790,070	2,602,568
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.37	2.50
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$39,313	$30,481
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$70,567	$58,890
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	10.5%	12.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	King County	Washington
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	62,569	173,511
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	1,030,931	2,355,123
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	3.2%	1.2%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	145,650	405,256 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	196,686	551,340
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.3%	S
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.9%	1.2%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	10.9%	6.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.3%	0.2%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.8%	3.2%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	29.0%	28.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	37,390,762	112,053,283
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	41,042,685	76,790,966
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	37,153,888	92,968,519
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$20,002	$14,380
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	5,478,918	12,389,422
 	Building permits, 2012    	11,614	28,118

   	Geography QuickFacts	King County	Washington
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	2,115.57	66,455.52
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	912.9	101.2
 	FIPS Code    	033	53
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area	 

(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