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Tacoma, Washington QuickFacts

	Tacoma, Washington	United States
Total population	193,556	281,421,906
State	Washington
City	tacoma

Tacoma, Washington Population

	Tacoma, Washington	%, Tacoma, Washington	United States
Male	94,419	48.78%	49.06%
Female	99,137	51.22%	50.94%
Median age (years)	33.9		35.3

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	Tacoma, Washington	%, Tacoma, Washington	United States
18 years and over	143,666	74.22%	74.31%
21 years and over	134,651	69.57%	69.97%
62 years and over	26,553	13.72%	14.66%
65 years and over	22,994	11.88%	12.43%

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	Tacoma, Washington	%, Tacoma, Washington	United States
White	133,704	69.08%	75.14%
Black or African American	21,757	11.24%	12.32%
Asian	14,656	7.57%	3.64%
Some other race	11,287	5.83%	5.46%
Two or more races	12,152	6.28%	2.43%

Tacoma, Washington Housing

	Tacoma, Washington	%, Tacoma, Washington	United States
Total households	76,152		105,480,101
Family households (families)	45,924	60.31%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	30,228	39.69%	31.94%

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	Tacoma, Washington	%, Tacoma, Washington	United States
Total housing units	81,037		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	4,950	6.11%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	76,152	93.97%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	41,676	51.43%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	34,476	42.54%	30.77%

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	Tacoma, Washington	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	635	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	11,029	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	15,476	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,921	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	3,439	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	1,668	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	218	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	85	0.57%
Median (dollars)	123,300	119,600

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	Tacoma, Washington	%, Tacoma, Washington	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	19,175	25.18%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	22,893	30.06%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	11,580	15.21%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	9,896	13.0%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	5,882	7.72%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	6,684	8.78%	9.65%

Tacoma, Washington Education

	Tacoma, Washington	%, Tacoma, Washington	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	52,281		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	2,929	5.6%	6.47%
Kindergarten	2,779	5.32%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	23,302	44.57%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	10,929	20.9%	21.38%
College or graduate school	12,342	23.61%	22.81%

Tacoma, Washington Economy

	Tacoma, Washington	%, Tacoma, Washington	United States
Population 16 years and over	148,628		217,168,077
In labor force	95,488	64.25%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	94,114	63.32%	63.39%
- - Employed	86,787	58.39%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	7,327	4.93%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.8		5.8
- Armed Forces	1,374	0.92%	0.53%
Not in labor force	53,140	35.75%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	77,264	51.98%	51.66%
In labor force	44,609	30.01%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	44,408	29.88%	29.65%
- - Employed	40,881	27.51%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	15,094	10.16%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	9,544		12,787,501

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	Tacoma, Washington	%, Tacoma, Washington	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	76,127		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	8,354	10.97%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,488	7.21%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	10,167	13.36%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	10,901	14.32%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	13,937	18.31%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	14,766	19.4%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	6,804	8.94%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	4,047	5.32%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	829	1.09%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	834	1.1%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	37,879		41,994

	Tacoma, Washington	%, Tacoma, Washington	United States
With earnings	60,042	40.4%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	47,479		56,604
With Social Security income	17,727	11.93%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,188		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	5,013	3.37%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,500		6,320
With public assistance income	5,029	3.38%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,790		3,032
With retirement income	13,238	8.91%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,419		17,376

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