King County (Washington)

administration
King County Courthouse and City Hall
US state :	Washington
Administrative headquarters :	Seattle
Address of the administrative headquarters:	King County Courthouse 516 Third Avenue Seattle, WA 98104
Foundation :	1852
Made up from:	Thurston County
Area code :	206
Demographics
Residents :	2,233,163 (2018)
Population density :	405.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	5974 km²
Water surface :	467 km²
map

Website : www.kingcounty.gov

The King County is a county in the US state of Washington . At the 2010 census , the county had 1,931,249 residents and a population density of 350.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is in Seattle .

The King County is located in the center of the Seattle metropolitan area .

geography

King County is located in west central Washington, between Puget Sound and the Cascade Range . The county covers an area of 5,974 square kilometers, of which 5,506 square kilometers are land and 467 km² (7.82%) are water.

	Snohomish County	Chelan County
Kitsap County		Kittitas County
	Pierce County

National protected areas

history

The county was formed on December 22, 1852 from former parts of Thurston County. It was named after William R. King (1786-1853), the 13th Vice President of the USA (1853).

In World War II, County produced the King, the Boeing Plant 2 many bombers.

On February 24, 1986, the president was replaced by civil rights activist Martin Luther King (1929–1968) as the namesake through a referendum.

Historical objects

East of Auburn is the historic Aaron Neely Mansion (NRHP name: Aaron Neely Sr., Mansion ). The manor house , built in 1894, was accepted by the NRHP in 1974 with the number 74001955.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	302	-
1870	2120	602%
1880	6910	225.9%
1890	63,989	826%
1900	110.053	72%
1910	284,638	158.6%
1920	389.273	36.8%
1930	463,517	19.1%
1940	504.980	8.9%
1950	732.992	45.2%
1960	935.014	27.6%
1970	1,156,633	23.7%
1980	1,269,749	9.8%
1990	1,507,319	18.7%
2000	1,737,034	15.2%
2010	1,931,249	11.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

The Lake Sammamish State Park

The Granite Mountain

According to the 2010 census , King County had 1,931,249 people in 767,486 households. The population density was 350.7 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 68.7 percent white, 6.2 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 14.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 5.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 8.9 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.38 people lived in each of the 767,486 households.

21.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 67.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 67,706 USD . The per capita income was $ 37,797. 9.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.