U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Mercer Island, WA

King County, Washington

Latitude: 47.569271     Longitude: -122.232337
Population 22,862 (2005)



General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5345005, place: Mercer Island city, Washington)

Total Population: 22,036
Male: 10,598 (48.09%)
Female: 11,438 (51.91%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 997 (4.52%)
5 to 9 years: 1,644 (7.46%)
10 to 14 years: 1,930 (8.76%)
15 to 19 years: 1,530 (6.94%)
20 to 24 years: 550 (2.5%)
25 to 34 years: 1,366 (6.2%)
35 to 44 years: 3,306 (15%)
45 to 54 years: 4,014 (18.22%)
55 to 59 years: 1,465 (6.65%)
60 to 64 years: 1,120 (5.08%)
65 to 74 years: 1,962 (8.9%)
75 to 84 years: 1,577 (7.16%)
85 years and over: 575 (2.61%)

Median age: 44.3 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 16,312 (74.02%)
21 years and over: 15,811 (71.75%)
62 years and over: 4,765 (21.62%)
65 years and over: 4,114 (18.67%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 16,312 (74.02%)
--Male: 7,651 (34.72%)
--Female: 8,661 (39.3%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 4,114 (18.67%)
--Male: 1,795 (8.15%)
--Female: 2,319 (10.52%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 21,561 (97.84%)
--White: 18,249 (82.81%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 410 (1.86%)
--Black or African American: 251 (1.14%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 35 (0.16%)
--Asian: 2,615 (11.87%)
----Asian Indian: 187 (0.85%)
----Chinese: 1,249 (5.67%)
----Filipino: 93 (0.42%)
----Japanese: 582 (2.64%)
----Korean: 320 (1.45%)
----Vietnamese: 44 (0.2%)
----Other Asian: 140 (0.64%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 16 (0.07%)
----Native Hawaiian: 7 (0.03%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 2 (0.01%)
----Samoan: 2 (0.01%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 5 (0.02%)
--Some other race: 114 (0.52%)
Two or more Races: 475 (2.16%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 410 (1.86%)
--Mexican: 172 (0.78%)
--Puerto Rican: 22 (0.1%)
--Cuban: 12 (0.05%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 204 (0.93%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 21,626 (98.14%)
--White Alone: 18,249 (82.81%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 21,757 (98.73%)
--Householder: 8,437 (38.29%)
--Spouse: 5,538 (25.13%)
--Child: 6,721 (30.5%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 5,578 (25.31%)
--Other relatives: 446 (2.02%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 107 (0.49%)
--Nonrelatives: 615 (2.79%)
----Unmarried partner: 181 (0.82%)
Living in group quarters: 279 (1.27%)
--Institutionalized Population: 139 (0.63%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 140 (0.64%)
Total households: 8,437
Family households (families): 6,273 (74.35%)
----With own children under 18 years: 2,994 (35.49%)
--Married-couple families: 5,538 (65.64%)
----With own children under 18 years: 2,547 (30.19%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 564 (6.68%)
----With own children under 18 years: 345 (4.09%)
Nonfamily households: 2,164 (25.65%)
--Householder living alone: 1,861 (22.06%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 943 (11.18%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 3,077 (36.47%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 2,676 (31.72%)
Average household size: 2.58 people
Average family size: 3.03 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 8,806
Occupied housing units: 8,437 (95.81%)
Vacant housing units: 369 (4.19%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 56 (0.64%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 0.7%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 5.3%
Occupied housing units: 8,437 (95.81%)
Owner occupied housing units: 6,790 (77.11%)
Renter occupied housing units: 1,647 (18.7%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.72 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2 people

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