People QuickFacts	Elk Plain CDP	Washington
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	X	6,823,267
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	X	6,724,543
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	X	1.5%
 	Population, 2010    	14,205	6,724,540
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.4%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	27.4%	23.5%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	7.9%	12.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	50.0%	50.2% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	78.7%	77.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	4.6%	3.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.2%	1.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	3.6%	7.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.4%	0.6%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	7.6%	4.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	6.9%	11.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	75.5%	72.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	90.1%	82.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	8.6%	12.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	12.2%	17.8%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	90.0%	89.8%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	13.6%	31.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,138	601,507
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	34.7	25.5 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	4,929	2,885,677
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	83.3%	64.4%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	1.6%	25.7%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$233,600	$283,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	4,569	2,602,568
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	3.05	2.50
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$24,516	$30,481
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$66,550	$58,890
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	9.7%	12.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Elk Plain CDP	Washington
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	533	551,340
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	6.2%	S
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.2%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	6.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.2%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	3.2%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	28.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	112,053,283
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	76,790,966
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	42,459	92,968,519
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	NA	$14,380
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	12,389,422

   	Geography QuickFacts	Elk Plain CDP	Washington
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	7.69	66,455.52
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,847.0	101.2
 	FIPS Code    	21205	53
 	Counties    	Pierce 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