People QuickFacts Tukwila Washington Population, 2011 estimate 19,486 6,823,267 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 19,107 6,724,543 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 2.0% 1.5% Population, 2010 19,107 6,724,540 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.6% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 24.2% 23.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 8.0% 12.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 48.1% 50.2%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 43.9% 77.3% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 17.9% 3.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.1% 1.5% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 19.0% 7.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 2.8% 0.6% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 6.0% 4.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 17.5% 11.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 37.6% 72.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 77.0% 82.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 36.0% 12.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 49.3% 17.8% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 80.1% 89.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 18.8% 31.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,078 601,507 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 24.6 25.5  Housing units, 2010 7,755 2,885,677 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 40.4% 64.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 54.7% 25.7% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $278,500 $283,200 Households, 2007-2011 7,310 2,602,568 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.57 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $21,096 $30,481 Median household income, 2007-2011 $43,887 $58,890 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 24.3% 12.5%     Business QuickFacts Tukwila Washington Total number of firms, 2007 2,575 551,340 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 14.1% S American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.6% 1.2% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 12.8% 6.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.2% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.4% 3.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 16.0% 28.7%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 750,205 112,053,283 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,602,068 76,790,966 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,546,576 92,968,519 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $89,985 $14,380 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 185,324 12,389,422     Geography QuickFacts Tukwila Washington Land area in square miles, 2010 9.17 66,455.52 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,084.1 101.2 FIPS Code 72625 53 Counties King 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