Demographic Profile for Grant County, Washington

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Grant County, Washington to be 31.9 years old. The median age in Grant is less than the median in Washington of 36.7. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median, when the median age was 31.4 years old. With 29.8 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Grant can be understood as having a relatively high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the population, with 58.7 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 11.5 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

Grant County, Washington has a population that is made up of 62.5 percent White, 0.9 percent African American, 1 percent Asian, and 33.8 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 35.7 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is greater than the State of Washington percent of 18.3. Since 2000, Grant has increased the percent of minority population when 32.0 percent of the people were minorities.

Grant County, Washington had a population that was estimated at 81,229 for the year 2005. The total population has increased sharply, since its 2000 population of 75,039. This growth represents an increase of 8.2 percent. Grant ranks 14 of 39 counties by growth in total population in Washington and the county ranks 443 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

Since 2000, a very high amount of people migrated to Grant from another country. The international migration into Grant accounts for 2.8 percent of all immigration into Washington. This level of international migration can be considered very high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

In terms of total land area, Grant extends a total area of 2681 square miles. This area has a low average area density of 30 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Gallatin, MT (30 per sq. mile ), De Soto, LA (30 per sq. mile ), Trigg, KY (30 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Finney, KS (30 per sq. mile ), Telfair, GA (30 per sq. mile ), Crawford, WI (30 per sq. mile ).

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Grant County, Washington

Grant County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2005 of $116,000, reported by the American Community Survey. This is less than the State of Washington 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $227,700 and less than median home value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

The residential real estate values in Grant County, Washington have moderate increases from the housing values in 2000. The residential values have increased by $16,500, or 16.6 percent, from their 2000 value of $99,500.

When compared to other counties in Washington, Grant County places 21 of 39 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 1,008 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of affordable housing in Grant County, Washington. In 2005, 54.8 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

In Grant County, there were a total of 30,605 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding in all 1,238 residential structures since 2001, a change of 4.2 percent.

Grant County may be be described as having a medium percentage of high-priced residential real estate. In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that 3 percent of the houses are valued over a half a million dollars.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau