People QuickFacts Fort Lewis CDP Washington Population, 2012 estimate X 6,897,012 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base X 6,724,543 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 X 2.6% Population, 2010 11,046 6,724,540 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 19.2% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 42.2% 23.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 0.2% 12.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 47.7% 50.2%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 68.2% 77.3% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 11.3% 3.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.5% 1.5% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.0% 7.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 2.3% 0.6% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 9.6% 4.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 16.3% 11.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 60.1% 72.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 54.4% 82.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 4.0% 12.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 16.3% 17.8% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 98.2% 89.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 17.8% 31.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 842 601,507 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 11.7 25.5  Housing units, 2010 2,902 2,885,677 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 0.7% 64.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 44.5% 25.7% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $211,500 $283,200 Households, 2007-2011 2,790 2,602,568 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.61 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $17,101 $30,481 Median household income, 2007-2011 $42,020 $58,890 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 12.1% 12.5%     Business QuickFacts Fort Lewis CDP Washington Total number of firms, 2007 259 551,340 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 S 3.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 43.2% 28.7%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 112,053,283 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) NA 76,790,966 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 6,401 92,968,519 Retail sales per capita, 2007 NA $14,380 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 16,730 12,389,422     Geography QuickFacts Fort Lewis CDP Washington Land area in square miles, 2010 10.27 66,455.52 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,075.7 101.2 FIPS Code 24915 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