Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
The Seattle Times
Seattle, Washington
Owner: Seattle Times
From a report for the Knight Foundation
by Bill Dedman and Stephen K. Doig, June 2005
Click here to read the national report or to select another newspaper
Year Non-white % of newsroom staff
2005 20.9
2004 22.2
2003 20.3
2002 20.4
2001 21.2
2000 20.6
1999 20.1
1998 23.6
1997 20.1
1996 23.0
1995 19.2
1994 20.4
1993 21.6
1992 21.1
1991 21.0
1990 Did not report
The latest year at peak is 1998
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for The Seattle Times
Year Non-white % of newsroom staff Non-white % of circulation area Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005 20.9 24.7 85
2004 22.2 25.2 88
How the index is calculated
The Newsroom Diversity Index is the non-white percentage of the newsroom staff
divided by the non-white percentage of residents in the circulation area.
(Parity = 100.)
Company index
This newspaper's owner, Seattle Times,
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 99.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for The Seattle Times
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 85. This paper
Peer group
Compare that with 64, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers
reporting in this circulation category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales.
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 15 out of 58
newspapers reporting in the category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales.
An example of a newspaper of similar circulation, in an area of similar level of non-white residents, but one that has a relatively high Diversity Index, is The Detroit News, Michigan, with a 26.2 percent non-white staff in a community that is 21.6 percent non-white. Its index is 121.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 231,051 ranks 42 out of 1,410 daily newspapers in the US.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Details on race/ethnicity
in the circulation area
and the home county
of The Seattle Times
Circulation area
Race/ethnicity % of population Number of residents
Hispanic 5.4 113,648
Black 4.7 98,857
Asian and Pacific Islander 10.7 225,386
Native-American 0.8 17,783
Other non-white 0.3 5,334
Multi-racial 3.4 72,342
  Non-white 25.2 533,350
White 74.8 1,583,629
Total 2,116,979
Home county:  King
Race/ethnicity % of population Number of residents
Hispanic 5.5 95,242
Black 5.3 91,798
Asian and Pacific Islander 11.3 195,352
Native-American 0.8 14,278
Other non-white 0.3 4,577
Multi-racial 3.5 60,660
  Non-white 26.6 461,907
White 73.4 1,275,127
Total 1,737,034
The home county of this newspaper is King.
About this report
This third annual report for the Knight Foundation adds context to an annual survey by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. ASNE has set a goal that
every newspaper, to help it know its community and gather the news, should employ at least one non-white journalist, and that newspapers should strive to
employ non-whites in proportion to their share of the community. ASNE's report, at www.asne.org, shows each newspaper's non-white employment, but does
not disclose how closely that employment mirrors the newspaper's circulation area.
That gap is filled by the report you are reading now. This report was not done by ASNE, but was done for the Knight Foundation by Bill Dedman and 
Stephen K. Doig. It shows how close each newspaper is to ASNE's goal, by comparing the newsroom staffing with the circulation area population.
The full report is at www.powerreporting.com/knight.
Notes and definitions
  1. The Newsroom Diversity Index is the non-white percentage of the newsroom staff divided by the non-white percentage of the circulation area's residents. Parity = 100.
  2. Source for staffing: Survey by American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 2005. Newspapers report non-white staff as of the end of the previous year.
  3. Following ASNE's definition, newsroom staff includes only supervisors, reporters, editors, copy/layout editors and photographers.
  4. Also following ASNE's definition, "whites," "blacks," etc., exclude Hispanics, who are counted in a separate category.
  5. Source for boundaries of this newspaper's circulation area: ZIP Code circulation data, Audit Bureau of Circulations, latest available. 
  6. A paper may define its circulation area differently for marketing efforts, or news coverage, or to set advertising rates.
  7. If ZIP Codes or counties are used, this report applies a threshold: 10 percent household penetration is required to include an area in the circulation area.
  8. Source for the demographics of residents of that circulation area: US Census 2000.
  9. Source for total circulation: Editor & Publisher magazine, Monday-Friday average at year-end 2004.
 10. Staff of non-English publications, such as the Miami Herald's El Nuevo Herald, are excluded from the ASNE staffing survey for the first time this year.
      
Demographics of ZIP Codes
where sales were reported by
The Seattle Times
Note that some ZIP Codes listed here may not have been included in determining the newspaper's circulation area. In calculating the Diversity Index, a
ZIP Code was included only if the household penetration was at least 10 percent. Any lower-penetration ZIP Codes are also listed here for your information.
Also, if the newspaper reported more than 300 ZIP Codes, only the top 300 in weekday sales are listed here.
ZIP / City / State / Approx. distance in miles from the newspaper's home office Weekday sales Households Penetration % (daily sales per 100 households) Median household income Non-white
% of
population
Hispanic
% of
population
Black
% of
population
Native
% of
population
Asian
% of
population
98115 / Wedgwood / WA / 5.1 mi. 6,162 19,527 31.6 $58,475 17.3 3.0 1.8 0.5 8.6
98052 / Redmond / WA / 10.3 mi. 5,201 20,672 25.2 $68,923 22.7 5.5 1.4 0.4 12.5
98109 / Seattle / WA / 1.2 mi. 4,850 9,383 51.7 $49,531 15.5 3.6 2.9 0.7 5.6
98133 / Shoreline / WA / 8.4 mi. 4,813 19,103 25.2 $41,743 29.6 5.2 4.1 1.1 14.8
98006 / Newport Hills / WA / 8.5 mi. 4,449 13,046 34.1 $81,929 26.6 2.7 1.6 0.3 19.2
98103 / Wallingford / WA / 3.9 mi. 4,360 21,166 20.6 $49,044 16.6 4.0 2.3 0.8 6.1
98101 / Times Square / WA / 0.1 mi. 4,038 5,924 68.2 $26,995 29.7 5.1 10.3 1.9 8.6
98004 / Yarrow Point / WA / 5.6 mi. 3,905 10,497 37.2 $63,358 16.3 3.1 1.2 0.2 9.6
98033 / Totem Lake / WA / 8 mi. 3,892 13,661 28.5 $69,073 14.1 3.2 1.1 0.5 6.8
98155 / Shoreline / WA / 9.5 mi. 3,811 13,089 29.1 $55,863 23.0 3.5 2.7 0.7 12.0
98034 / Totem Lake / WA / 9.2 mi. 3,809 16,343 23.3 $60,043 20.7 5.3 1.8 0.5 9.7
98105 / University / WA / 3.8 mi. 3,741 14,742 25.4 $40,246 24.2 3.7 2.0 0.5 14.0
98125 / Seattle / WA / 7 mi. 3,664 15,967 22.9 $42,400 31.8 5.8 4.9 0.8 15.3
98117 / Seattle / WA / 5.3 mi. 3,653 13,194 27.7 $55,777 13.9 3.6 1.3 1.1 4.9
98040 / Mercer Island / WA / 5.7 mi. 3,491 8,437 41.4 $91,904 17.2 1.9 1.1 0.2 11.9
98012 / Mill Creek / WA / 15.9 mi. 3,475 14,238 24.4 $65,730 16.8 3.9 1.2 0.6 8.5
98026 / Edmonds / WA / 14.8 mi. 3,391 13,519 25.1 $56,774 17.1 3.7 1.5 0.8 7.8
98118 / Seattle / WA / 5.3 mi. 3,172 13,916 22.8 $44,697 75.2 7.2 25.6 0.9 35.5
98037 / Lynnwood / WA / 15.6 mi. 3,057 17,125 17.9 $48,602 25.3 5.2 2.5 0.8 12.8
98036 / Seattle Heights / WA / 13.3 mi. 3,044 12,567 24.2 $51,296 24.9 6.4 2.5 0.9 11.5
98104 / Seattle / WA / 0.6 mi. 3,033 5,566 54.5 $16,205 53.8 7.2 19.7 2.4 20.5
98058 / Renton / WA / 13.7 mi. 2,932 13,519 21.7 $63,680 25.1 3.6 4.9 0.6 12.2
98116 / West Seattle / WA / 3.5 mi. 2,899 10,571 27.4 $54,563 13.2 3.4 1.7 0.9 3.9
98011 / Queensgate / WA / 11.1 mi. 2,870 10,456 27.4 $61,329 15.5 4.7 1.3 0.6 6.0
98177 / The Highlands / WA / 8.8 mi. 2,860 7,499 38.1 $65,514 13.5 2.5 1.2 0.4 6.5
98020 / Woodway / WA / 12.3 mi. 2,848 7,946 35.8 $56,653 9.6 2.2 0.8 0.6 4.0
98122 / Seattle / WA / 1.5 mi. 2,806 13,820 20.3 $32,085 45.7 6.9 24.6 1.1 8.2
98003 / Federal Way / WA / 19.1 mi. 2,730 16,896 16.2 $43,027 35.0 8.6 8.6 0.8 12.1
98198 / Seattle / WA / 13.3 mi. 2,709 12,653 21.4 $46,628 32.6 8.8 8.2 1.0 10.1
98032 / Woodmont Beach / WA / 14.3 mi. 2,677 12,404 21.6 $42,042 34.3 10.8 8.9 1.0 8.9
98199 / Seattle / WA / 3.7 mi. 2,610 9,077 28.8 $59,542 14.5 3.3 1.6 0.5 6.1
98112 / Seattle / WA / 2.2 mi. 2,582 9,989 25.8 $59,693 18.6 2.7 8.6 0.3 4.0
98055 / Renton / WA / 11.2 mi. 2,558 11,735 21.8 $42,758 39.2 6.6 11.2 0.6 16.2
98023 / Federal Way / WA / 19.2 mi. 2,535 16,966 14.9 $57,411 31.6 6.1 6.7 0.7 13.7
98072 / Woodinville / WA / 13.7 mi. 2,512 11,955 21.0 $82,922 12.2 4.1 0.7 0.3 4.5
98027 / Pine Lake / WA / 12.6 mi. 2,493 8,772 28.4 $70,085 12.5 3.4 0.8 0.5 5.2
98188 / Tukwila / WA / 11.1 mi. 2,419 9,694 25.0 $40,618 43.2 11.7 10.8 1.1 13.9
98042 / Lake Sawyer / WA / 18.8 mi. 2,397 12,805 18.7 $66,051 13.8 3.5 2.1 0.8 4.3
98166 / Seattle / WA / 10 mi. 2,332 8,525 27.4 $50,310 18.6 7.5 3.2 1.0 4.3
98021 / Thrashers Corner / WA / 12.8 mi. 2,300 7,524 30.6 $63,630 13.2 3.1 1.0 0.5 5.8
98008 / Bellevue / WA / 9.5 mi. 2,286 9,082 25.2 $67,391 25.1 5.8 1.8 0.4 14.1
98059 / Renton / WA / 10.8 mi. 2,284 10,745 21.3 $61,361 20.9 5.4 2.5 0.7 9.3
98107 / Seattle / WA / 4.3 mi. 2,254 9,809 23.0 $42,195 15.2 4.8 1.9 1.1 3.9
98144 / Seattle / WA / 2.3 mi. 2,234 9,888 22.6 $40,693 67.2 8.8 21.4 0.9 30.8
98005 / Bellevue / WA / 7.3 mi. 2,200 7,565 29.1 $60,173 26.8 5.1 1.9 0.3 16.7
98126 / Westwood Village / WA / 4.2 mi. 2,200 8,342 26.4 $47,519 30.9 6.1 7.1 1.2 11.8
98146 / White Center / WA / 7.1 mi. 2,196 9,719 22.6 $46,321 39.0 11.4 5.4 1.4 16.8
98168 / Tukwila / WA / 8.1 mi. 2,159 11,319 19.1 $41,097 41.3 13.7 7.6 1.4 13.5
98208 / Everett / WA / 19.3 mi. 2,146 16,678 12.9 $55,952 19.8 4.9 2.6 0.8 7.9
98031 / Kent / WA / 15.7 mi. 2,136 23,064 9.3 $50,958 32.3 6.1 7.3 0.8 13.0
98028 / Kenmore / WA / 10.1 mi. 2,087 7,125 29.3 $61,813 15.1 3.6 1.3 0.4 7.0
98110 / Seattle / WA / 8.9 mi. 2,066 7,979 25.9 $70,110 8.3 2.2 0.3 0.6 2.5
98056 / Renton / WA / 9.3 mi. 2,063 10,287 20.1 $53,608 27.8 6.6 4.8 0.7 12.0
98007 / Eastgate / WA / 8.4 mi. 2,057 10,233 20.1 $48,606 39.6 9.8 2.8 0.3 22.9
98119 / Seattle / WA / 2.3 mi. 2,038 10,143 20.1 $49,222 13.2 3.1 2.0 0.6 4.5
98038 / Wilderness Villa / WA / 19.2 mi. 1,943 7,723 25.2 $68,180 9.4 2.9 0.9 0.6 2.1
98178 / Tukwila / WA / 8.4 mi. 1,817 8,388 21.7 $47,461 60.7 4.3 26.0 0.7 24.2
98275 / Mukilteo / WA / 19.3 mi. 1,794 7,098 25.3 $67,372 19.4 3.0 1.6 0.7 11.0
98108 / Tukwila / WA / 4.9 mi. 1,769 7,170 24.7 $38,413 77.1 12.2 14.5 1.1 44.3
98043 / Mountlake Terrac / WA / 11.8 mi. 1,757 7,951 22.1 $47,210 24.8 5.7 2.5 1.0 11.1
98102 / Seattle / WA / 1.6 mi. 1,739 12,434 14.0 $41,850 17.0 3.9 3.1 0.7 6.1
98136 / Westwood / WA / 5.3 mi. 1,728 6,793 25.4 $56,455 14.0 3.8 2.4 0.8 3.9
98029 / Issaquah / WA / 14.8 mi. 1,725 9,815 17.6 $91,146 16.5 2.5 0.8 0.2 10.5
98002 / Auburn / WA / 21 mi. 1,696 12,557 13.5 $36,991 20.1 8.1 2.3 2.1 3.7
98204 / Silver Lake / WA / 19 mi. 1,492 13,015 11.5 $36,944 30.2 11.1 4.0 1.2 9.5
98121 / Seattle / WA / 0.5 mi. 1,457 5,908 24.7 $32,271 27.1 5.0 8.2 1.5 8.3
98001 / Federal Way / WA / 19.8 mi. 1,452 8,924 16.3 $60,534 17.2 4.2 2.6 1.0 6.2
98203 / Pinehurst / WA / 22 mi. 1,452 12,231 11.9 $50,899 16.6 4.8 2.0 1.2 5.8
98296 / Snohomish / WA / 16.6 mi. 1,452 6,396 22.7 $77,181 10.4 3.0 0.5 0.5 3.9
98092 / Auburn / WA / 22.8 mi. 1,414 8,721 16.2 $62,478 17.4 4.3 1.8 4.3 3.5
98053 / Redmond / WA / 14.3 mi. 1,369 10,287 13.3 $96,028 12.7 2.4 0.8 0.3 6.6
98106 / White Center / WA / 5 mi. 1,368 8,500 16.1 $40,815 55.8 11.1 11.7 1.5 24.7
98022 / Wabash / WA / 37.2 mi. 1,119 7,966 14.0 $54,118 8.2 3.7 0.3 1.4 0.8
98045 / North Bend / WA / 26.6 mi. 1,113 5,068 22.0 $65,674 7.9 2.7 0.5 0.9 1.8
98201 / Everett / WA / 24.9 mi. 1,038 11,826 8.8 $33,158 19.6 6.6 3.4 2.0 4.0
98270 / Marysville / WA / 30 mi. 1,030 12,522 8.2 $51,126 13.6 4.6 0.9 1.3 4.1
98070 / Vashon Island / WA / 14.5 mi. 932 4,193 22.2 $58,261 8.1 2.6 0.4 0.6 1.6
98277 / Oak Harbor / WA / 46.6 mi. 925 13,245 7.0 $41,891 22.5 5.7 4.0 1.1 7.7
98272 / Novelty / WA / 23.4 mi. 923 7,414 12.4 $55,987 14.4 7.3 1.9 1.0 1.9
98148 / Seattle / WA / 11.5 mi. 892 4,267 20.9 $37,411 30.2 10.2 5.4 0.9 8.7
98290 / Snohomish / WA / 25.2 mi. 874 10,353 8.4 $61,110 7.0 2.8 0.3 0.7 1.1
98223 / Smokey Point / WA / 38.9 mi. 813 12,053 6.7 $51,736 9.3 3.7 0.6 1.1 1.6
98390 / Sumner / WA / 27.8 mi. 802 15,999 5.0 $56,175 9.0 3.5 0.6 1.0 1.5
98134 / Seattle / WA / 2 mi. 652 39 1671.8 $27,083 52.5 10.4 18.1 5.0 11.8
98065 / Snoqualmie / WA / 23 mi. 638 1,428 44.7 $60,658 10.0 3.2 0.6 1.8 1.8
98221 / Similk Beach / WA / 57.8 mi. 598 7,885 7.6 $42,996 8.0 2.7 0.3 1.1 1.6
98019 / Duvall / WA / 22.7 mi. 573 2,831 20.2 $72,438 8.5 4.0 0.5 0.4 1.7
98422 / Tacoma / WA / 20.6 mi. 562 7,376 7.6 $65,267 22.2 3.8 5.0 0.9 8.4
98370 / Virginia / WA / 15.4 mi. 558 9,695 5.8 $51,689 11.7 3.4 0.6 1.7 2.5
98258 / Lake Stevens / WA / 29.2 mi. 548 5,727 9.6 $61,066 7.9 2.7 0.5 0.8 1.3
98014 / Lake Joy / WA / 18.6 mi. 519 2,378 21.8 $66,841 8.1 2.9 0.1 1.1 1.9
98271 / Tulalip / WA / 31.6 mi. 515 8,014 6.4 $54,160 18.7 4.2 0.5 9.2 2.1
98292 / Stanwood / WA / 38.8 mi. 490 11,858 4.1 $54,889 6.6 2.6 0.3 0.9 0.9
98366 / Wye Lake / WA / 14.4 mi. 490 11,726 4.2 $44,692 16.1 4.1 2.2 1.2 4.2
98225 / Marietta / WA / 73.4 mi. 442 17,809 2.5 $29,056 13.5 4.4 0.8 1.6 3.9
98346 / Kingston / WA / 15 mi. 415 3,135 13.2 $50,824 15.2 2.7 0.4 7.4 1.6
98039 / Medina / WA / 4.4 mi. 410 1,126 36.4 $132,665 8.6 1.4 0.2 0.3 5.1
98205 / Everett / WA / 26.2 mi. 394 6,067 6.5 $58,036 10.8 4.3 0.9 0.9 2.0
98501 / Union Mills / WA / 45.2 mi. 387 13,827 2.8 $47,230 13.0 3.8 1.1 1.1 3.8
98024 / Spring Glen / WA / 19.1 mi. 385 1,724 22.3 $62,076 9.0 3.0 0.9 1.1 1.3
98383 / Silverdale / WA / 16.5 mi. 384 7,153 5.4 $50,991 23.0 4.1 2.9 0.8 10.7
98371 / Summit / WA / 27.1 mi. 321 8,089 4.0 $46,268 12.9 4.8 1.4 1.2 2.7
98236 / Possession / WA / 22.6 mi. 310 2,313 13.4 $46,930 7.1 2.1 0.5 0.8 1.3
98260 / Langley / WA / 27.7 mi. 302 2,090 14.4 $45,469 6.1 1.8 0.3 0.6 1.6
98382 / Sequim / WA / 45 mi. 277 9,848 2.8 $37,392 7.0 2.3 0.2 1.4 1.4
98368 / Townsend / WA / 34.4 mi. 265 5,969 4.4 $38,100 7.3 1.9 0.5 1.1 1.4
98569 / Ocean Shores / WA / 89.5 mi. 261 1,990 13.1 $32,331 8.4 1.7 0.6 2.3 1.3
98230 / Blaine Air Force / WA / 88.7 mi. 244 4,364 5.6 $40,827 11.1 4.2 1.0 0.9 2.7
98311 / Sheridan Park / WA / 13.2 mi. 244 8,340 2.9 $52,477 23.2 3.7 3.7 0.8 9.8
98365 / Port Ludlow / WA / 24.9 mi. 235 1,687 13.9 $47,229 6.2 1.9 0.6 0.8 1.3
98273 / Mount Vernon / WA / 51.2 mi. 232 9,053 2.6 $40,304 29.2 23.3 0.6 0.8 2.4
98499 / Tacoma / WA / 29.9 mi. 226 12,161 1.9 $32,459 44.4 10.5 13.0 1.5 12.8
98372 / Puyallup / WA / 26.3 mi. 214 8,213 2.6 $47,927 12.1 3.9 1.0 0.8 3.3
98354 / Milton / WA / 23.3 mi. 205 2,308 8.9 $48,645 11.6 3.5 1.1 0.9 3.1
98284 / Sedro Woolley / WA / 59.2 mi. 204 8,393 2.4 $40,851 10.3 5.4 0.4 2.0 0.8
98226 / Silver Beach / WA / 74.5 mi. 200 22,045 0.9 $44,100 15.0 4.1 0.7 4.2 3.5
98010 / Morganville / WA / 24.2 mi. 197 1,616 12.2 $66,709 7.8 2.4 0.1 1.4 1.1
98252 / Granite Falls / WA / 40.2 mi. 196 2,340 8.4 $50,870 8.9 4.0 0.3 1.3 0.9
98274 / Mount Vernon / WA / 52.2 mi. 195 4,944 3.9 $47,136 15.9 10.9 0.5 0.8 1.8
98294 / Sultan / WA / 29.5 mi. 188 2,053 9.2 $47,331 9.8 3.8 0.3 1.5 1.3
98310 / Sheridan Park / WA / 12.8 mi. 181 8,180 2.2 $35,819 23.4 4.5 5.1 1.2 6.9
98248 / Pleasant Valley / WA / 81.4 mi. 179 6,475 2.8 $45,050 15.8 7.4 0.6 3.6 1.8
98374 / South Hill / WA / 30.5 mi. 179 10,189 1.8 $58,873 13.6 4.1 1.8 1.0 3.4
98312 / Wildcat Lake / WA / 18 mi. 176 12,534 1.4 $40,133 21.3 5.1 4.8 1.6 5.1
98047 / Pacific / WA / 22.6 mi. 170 1,862 9.1 $45,505 17.9 6.7 1.2 1.5 5.0
98249 / Freeland / WA / 28 mi. 170 1,613 10.5 $42,883 6.5 2.0 0.4 0.6 1.2
98325 / Shine / WA / 30.5 mi. 168 502 33.5 $43,140 9.5 1.9 0.1 1.1 1.1
98503 / Olympia / WA / 42.5 mi. 165 12,851 1.3 $44,902 23.0 6.2 4.3 1.3 7.2
98335 / Wollochet / WA / 22.1 mi. 156 8,797 1.8 $60,483 8.6 2.7 0.8 0.5 2.2
98502 / Olympia / WA / 46.3 mi. 155 10,671 1.5 $46,776 15.5 3.9 1.5 1.1 6.0
98257 / La Conner / WA / 50.8 mi. 152 1,560 9.7 $45,870 23.2 3.7 0.3 16.8 0.6
99163 / Pullman / WA / 231.8 mi. 152 9,462 1.6 $22,418 17.8 3.7 2.2 0.6 8.4
98337 / Gorst / WA / 13.4 mi. 147 2,869 5.1 $27,988 32.2 9.9 9.5 2.0 5.4
98406 / Tacoma / WA / 23.7 mi. 143 9,579 1.5 $44,575 16.6 3.5 4.4 0.9 4.0
98926 / Thrali / WA / 87.6 mi. 141 9,749 1.4 $30,198 11.9 5.4 0.8 0.8 2.9
98801 / West Wenatchee / WA / 88 mi. 139 13,802 1.0 $36,929 23.5 19.8 0.2 0.8 1.0
98424 / Tacoma / WA / 23.7 mi. 134 2,158 6.2 $31,938 35.5 13.0 6.4 3.6 7.7
98362 / Sol Duc Hot Spri / WA / 56.9 mi. 133 9,253 1.4 $35,721 7.9 2.0 0.4 2.3 1.1
98250 / San Juan Island / WA / 67.7 mi. 131 3,059 4.3 $45,000 6.3 2.8 0.3 0.9 0.9
98233 / Upper Skagit Ind / WA / 56.5 mi. 129 4,596 2.8 $44,454 21.4 16.4 0.5 0.8 1.9
98513 / Olympia / WA / 42.9 mi. 116 8,741 1.3 $52,497 24.7 5.3 4.4 2.7 7.3
98239 / Coupeville / WA / 38.9 mi. 115 2,513 4.6 $46,235 9.6 3.3 1.1 0.6 1.6
98409 / Tacoma / WA / 26.8 mi. 112 8,658 1.3 $32,132 40.3 9.5 14.7 1.6 7.6
98363 / Prt Angeles / WA / 61.3 mi. 103 4,924 2.1 $37,791 12.7 2.2 0.5 6.0 1.2
98340 / Hansville / WA / 21.7 mi. 98 861 11.4 $58,646 7.4 1.7 0.3 0.8 1.4
98532 / Newaukum / WA / 69.1 mi. 98 7,503 1.3 $39,614 8.9 4.8 0.7 1.0 1.0
98392 / Suquamish / WA / 12.7 mi. 92 958 9.6 $45,357 19.4 3.2 0.4 8.0 3.1
98373 / South Hill / WA / 30.8 mi. 91 6,521 1.4 $52,251 14.9 3.9 2.4 0.9 3.7
98321 / Burnett / WA / 31.5 mi. 90 4,921 1.8 $54,602 7.6 2.5 0.6 1.1 1.0
98367 / Port Orchard / WA / 14.3 mi. 90 8,574 1.0 $52,974 12.3 3.2 1.0 1.1 3.4
98516 / Olympia / WA / 38.8 mi. 89 5,511 1.6 $51,348 23.7 5.2 4.1 1.3 9.2
98922 / Teanaway / WA / 66.5 mi. 87 1,967 4.4 $41,162 5.3 1.9 0.3 1.3 0.5
98531 / Waunch Prairie / WA / 63.5 mi. 85 8,594 1.0 $32,485 13.4 9.0 0.3 1.1 1.2
98816 / Lucerne / WA / 100.6 mi. 85 2,466 3.4 $33,235 25.1 21.7 0.1 1.2 0.5
99352 / West Richland / WA / 159.1 mi. 83 15,560 0.5 $53,169 12.8 4.7 1.3 0.7 4.1
99362 / Walla Walla / WA / 202.9 mi. 81 13,517 0.6 $35,841 22.1 16.0 2.0 0.8 1.3
98253 / Greenbank / WA / 32.5 mi. 79 653 12.1 $49,861 6.4 1.2 0.4 0.7 1.1
98402 / Tacoma / WA / 23.9 mi. 78 2,362 3.3 $15,847 32.5 4.9 15.9 2.5 5.3
98408 / Tacoma / WA / 26.4 mi. 75 10,938 0.7 $38,030 33.6 7.1 9.9 1.6 8.8
98444 / Tacoma / WA / 30 mi. 73 11,798 0.6 $32,351 39.1 7.4 12.3 1.1 11.4
98506 / Olympia / WA / 40.8 mi. 71 7,443 1.0 $44,775 13.0 3.6 1.5 1.3 3.6
98837 / Wheeler / WA / 136.3 mi. 71 11,379 0.6 $36,859 27.2 21.0 1.8 0.9 1.2
98245 / Eastsound / WA / 74.9 mi. 70 1,475 4.7 $42,633 6.9 1.8 0.3 0.5 1.3
98584 / Skokomish / WA / 42.4 mi. 69 11,328 0.6 $38,543 16.2 6.0 1.5 4.7 1.4
98407 / Tacoma / WA / 22.3 mi. 68 8,802 0.8 $46,025 15.7 3.3 4.5 0.9 3.2
98404 / Tacoma / WA / 25.9 mi. 66 10,162 0.6 $34,483 50.9 13.0 12.6 4.2 14.4
98548 / Hoodsport / WA / 38.1 mi. 66 871 7.6 $38,095 7.5 1.5 0.3 2.6 0.7
99336 / Kennewick / WA / 166.5 mi. 65 15,973 0.4 $36,100 25.2 18.6 1.1 0.8 2.1
98331 / Upper Hoh / WA / 91.7 mi. 63 2,184 2.9 $35,802 24.5 12.8 1.3 7.1 1.5
98498 / Tacoma / WA / 30.5 mi. 60 11,429 0.5 $43,938 32.8 6.0 10.6 1.1 9.4
98632 / Longview / WA / 98 mi. 59 18,612 0.3 $38,195 11.4 4.9 0.6 1.5 2.1
98841 / Omak / WA / 131.5 mi. 58 3,332 1.7 $30,492 34.3 11.2 0.2 19.0 0.8
98948 / Toppenish / WA / 119.3 mi. 58 3,555 1.6 $28,218 79.9 62.2 0.3 14.9 0.4
98826 / Winton / WA / 72.7 mi. 57 2,693 2.1 $40,975 8.8 6.0 0.1 0.7 0.3
98908 / Yakima / WA / 99.1 mi. 57 12,433 0.5 $48,007 14.8 10.1 0.7 0.6 1.6
98051 / Ravensdale / WA / 24.9 mi. 54 1,046 5.2 $56,414 5.3 1.5 0.6 0.9 0.3
98342 / Indianola / WA / 12.8 mi. 54 310 17.4 $57,054 7.6 1.1 0.0 3.3 0.8
98802 / Wenatchee / WA / 91.2 mi. 54 8,482 0.6 $41,553 16.8 13.8 0.2 0.7 0.7
98901 / Yakima / WA / 104.4 mi. 53 9,186 0.6 $27,878 49.6 42.8 2.4 1.8 0.7
98232 / Samish Island / WA / 61.3 mi. 48 1,338 3.6 $55,019 10.2 6.3 0.1 0.7 2.0
98942 / Selah / WA / 97.9 mi. 48 5,366 0.9 $46,418 13.8 9.8 0.3 1.0 0.7
98264 / Lynden / WA / 85.8 mi. 47 5,879 0.8 $44,531 11.3 7.2 0.2 0.5 2.0
98951 / Wapato / WA / 112.5 mi. 44 3,659 1.2 $30,417 76.8 51.9 0.2 19.9 2.3
98626 / Kelso / WA / 97.5 mi. 43 8,556 0.5 $37,760 9.8 4.6 0.5 1.5 0.9
98466 / University Place / WA / 26.3 mi. 40 10,615 0.4 $47,286 22.0 3.6 7.9 0.6 5.4
98320 / Brinnon / WA / 25.9 mi. 38 579 6.6 $28,167 9.9 1.9 0.3 1.6 0.8
98339 / Port Hadlock / WA / 32.6 mi. 38 1,415 2.7 $32,645 11.2 2.6 0.2 2.3 1.6
98467 / University Place / WA / 27.6 mi. 38 5,768 0.7 $48,829 32.2 4.7 10.9 0.8 10.4
98812 / Rocky Butte / WA / 117.9 mi. 35 1,701 2.1 $26,625 49.5 42.1 0.3 5.0 0.3
99301 / Pasco / WA / 166.1 mi. 35 12,535 0.3 $39,786 53.9 47.9 2.4 0.5 1.6
98405 / Tacoma / WA / 24.1 mi. 34 8,903 0.4 $30,585 43.4 6.0 21.1 2.0 7.8
83501 / Lewiston / ID / 247.8 mi. 33 13,449 0.2 $36,693 5.9 1.9 0.3 1.6 0.8
98358 / Nordland / WA / 33.4 mi. 33 395 8.4 $38,182 3.7 1.4 0.0 0.4 0.5
98595 / Westport / WA / 90.6 mi. 32 1,319 2.4 $32,218 8.5 2.6 0.3 2.6 0.8
98902 / Yakima / WA / 102.6 mi. 30 16,300 0.2 $30,694 34.8 28.8 1.4 1.5 1.1
98851 / Soap Lake / WA / 125.2 mi. 29 1,543 1.9 $25,393 14.0 9.4 0.5 1.2 0.2
98387 / Spanaway / WA / 34.5 mi. 28 12,097 0.2 $51,318 26.2 5.3 7.0 1.3 6.7
98261 / Port Stanley / WA / 58.1 mi. 27 1,027 2.6 $38,594 6.8 2.7 0.1 1.2 0.9
98375 / South Hill / WA / 33 mi. 27 4,669 0.6 $59,611 15.3 4.3 2.4 1.0 3.9
98465 / Tacoma / WA / 24.8 mi. 27 3,003 0.9 $33,404 26.5 4.8 8.7 0.8 7.2
98840 / Okanogan / WA / 128.4 mi. 27 1,789 1.5 $30,307 21.9 10.9 0.4 7.5 0.3
98953 / Zillah / WA / 119.2 mi. 27 1,974 1.4 $36,438 37.5 31.9 0.3 2.0 0.8
98338 / Thrift / WA / 37.2 mi. 26 6,964 0.4 $52,455 11.7 3.1 1.3 1.2 2.2
98512 / Tumwater / WA / 51.9 mi. 26 9,639 0.3 $50,286 11.3 2.9 1.4 1.1 3.0
99201 / Spokane / WA / 212.8 mi. 26 5,173 0.5 $16,257 17.7 4.2 3.4 4.9 1.6
99208 / Spokane / WA / 212.4 mi. 25 13,630 0.2 $46,311 8.5 2.2 1.0 1.0 2.2
98315 / Silverdale / WA / 18.9 mi. 24 1,282 1.9 $32,246 28.0 10.2 7.7 1.1 5.2
98944 / Sunnyside / WA / 131.8 mi. 24 5,591 0.4 $30,689 68.8 66.6 0.2 0.4 0.6
98327 / Dupont / WA / 35.9 mi. 23 877 2.6 $54,836 24.4 4.7 5.9 0.6 8.1
98903 / Yakima / WA / 101.3 mi. 23 5,041 0.5 $36,239 22.9 17.7 0.5 2.1 0.6
99004 / Tyler / WA / 206.4 mi. 23 5,184 0.4 $31,465 13.0 3.5 1.5 1.2 4.3
98360 / Orting / WA / 34.3 mi. 21 2,588 0.8 $56,429 8.6 3.1 0.5 1.1 1.2
98597 / Yelm / WA / 47 mi. 21 5,269 0.4 $41,015 12.6 4.4 1.2 1.5 1.8
98815 / Cashmere / WA / 80.9 mi. 20 2,742 0.7 $40,256 21.1 18.2 0.2 0.6 0.6
98831 / Manson / WA / 96.5 mi. 20 1,092 1.8 $33,779 39.0 36.6 0.0 0.9 0.3
98238 / Conway / WA / 47 mi. 19 24 79.2 $33,750 10.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
98855 / Tonasket / WA / 148.1 mi. 19 2,113 0.9 $27,994 16.3 12.3 0.1 1.6 0.4
98237 / Concrete / WA / 63.8 mi. 17 1,109 1.5 $34,038 6.5 2.2 0.2 1.1 0.7
98345 / Keyport / WA / 14 mi. 17 151 11.3 $45,500 15.1 2.5 2.5 3.7 3.0
98446 / Tacoma / WA / 29.9 mi. 17 3,392 0.5 $51,949 15.8 3.8 3.4 1.1 3.4
83843 / University / ID / 241.9 mi. 16 9,164 0.2 $30,125 8.3 2.3 0.8 0.7 2.9
98823 / Ephrata / WA / 122.9 mi. 16 3,559 0.4 $36,670 15.1 11.7 0.3 0.8 0.7
98862 / Winthrop / WA / 108.3 mi. 16 864 1.9 $36,736 3.4 1.8 0.1 0.5 0.5
99223 / Spokane / WA / 216.2 mi. 16 9,758 0.2 $51,774 8.6 2.0 1.3 0.5 2.4
98280 / Orcas / WA / 68.3 mi. 15 185 8.1 $51,500 5.8 3.4 0.0 0.8 0.5
98571 / Pacific Beach / WA / 85.3 mi. 14 196 7.1 $29,722 35.2 6.3 0.2 22.2 1.7
99207 / Spokane / WA / 214.9 mi. 14 15,463 0.1 $27,095 14.4 3.5 2.4 2.4 2.4
99901 / Ketchikan / AK / 624.5 mi. 14 5,381 0.3 $51,563 27.1 2.6 0.5 14.6 4.4
98244 / Welcome / WA / 79.1 mi. 13 872 1.5 $50,833 13.1 2.5 0.5 5.2 0.8
98380 / Seabeck / WA / 22.2 mi. 13 1,249 1.0 $51,750 9.4 2.7 0.5 1.1 1.5
98359 / Olalla Valley / WA / 15.8 mi. 12 1,378 0.9 $46,278 9.6 3.0 0.7 1.4 1.0
98243 / Deer Harbor / WA / 71.3 mi. 11 77 14.3 $79,537 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4
98591 / Toledo / WA / 78.4 mi. 11 1,118 1.0 $37,474 7.0 3.2 0.3 1.5 0.3
99204 / Spokane / WA / 211 mi. 11 5,515 0.2 $21,158 13.8 3.4 2.5 1.7 2.4
99206 / Spokane / WA / 219.7 mi. 11 12,531 0.1 $39,535 7.9 2.7 0.9 1.1 1.3
99212 / Spokane / WA / 218 mi. 11 7,952 0.1 $35,572 8.5 2.3 1.0 1.3 1.6
99350 / Prosser / WA / 144.9 mi. 11 3,648 0.3 $39,055 37.9 35.6 0.2 0.5 0.7
98262 / Snug Harbor / WA / 72.3 mi. 10 381 2.6 $42,279 4.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.5
98576 / Vail / WA / 49.4 mi. 10 1,212 0.8 $42,420 8.3 2.8 0.5 0.9 0.8
99218 / Spokane / WA / 213.7 mi. 10 4,714 0.2 $43,320 8.4 2.4 0.9 1.0 2.0
98388 / Steilacoom / WA / 30.5 mi. 9 2,662 0.3 $46,875 24.6 5.4 6.5 0.7 6.6
98433 / Tacoma / WA / 32.2 mi. 9 3,566 0.3 $32,339 44.1 13.1 19.7 1.2 5.1
98848 / Winchester / WA / 110.9 mi. 9 3,040 0.3 $34,571 51.5 49.1 0.1 0.4 0.7
98247 / Van Buren / WA / 83.5 mi. 8 2,703 0.3 $42,191 16.6 10.3 0.3 3.3 1.0
98847 / Peshastin / WA / 75.5 mi. 8 509 1.6 $50,378 26.4 23.8 0.1 0.5 0.7
98941 / Roslyn / WA / 63.7 mi. 8 472 1.7 $36,250 4.7 1.4 0.9 0.6 0.2
99216 / Spokane / WA / 222.4 mi. 8 8,647 0.1 $37,930 8.2 2.5 0.9 0.9 1.9
98520 / Wishkah / WA / 75.5 mi. 7 8,578 0.1 $33,169 15.2 7.4 0.4 2.8 1.9
98589 / Tenino / WA / 53.5 mi. 7 2,417 0.3 $46,111 8.7 3.3 0.5 1.2 1.3
98611 / Castle Rock / WA / 88.9 mi. 6 3,145 0.2 $44,897 6.8 2.6 0.2 1.2 0.6
98925 / Easton / WA / 55.8 mi. 6 247 2.4 $38,958 9.4 6.5 0.0 0.9 1.4
99205 / Spokane / WA / 212.5 mi. 6 17,953 0.0 $34,778 9.8 2.7 1.3 1.3 1.9
98283 / Rockport / WA / 64.4 mi. 5 152 3.3 $41,250 6.4 0.5 0.3 1.1 1.3
98550 / Woodlawn / WA / 79.2 mi. 5 4,607 0.1 $32,104 12.2 4.9 0.3 3.5 1.1
98856 / Twisp / WA / 107.3 mi. 5 996 0.5 $30,504 4.2 1.3 0.1 1.0 0.4
99202 / Spokane / WA / 215.2 mi. 4 7,594 0.1 $25,053 19.6 4.4 4.6 2.3 3.8
99835 / Sitka / AK / 793 mi. 1 3,257 0.0 $52,315 33.1 3.3 0.3 18.1 4.1
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