Pasco (Washington)
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 Tri-Cities with Pasco on the other side of the Columbia River |
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| Location in Washington | |||
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| Foundation : | 1891 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Washington | ||
| County : | Franklin County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 14 ′ N , 119 ° 7 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 59,781 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 822.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 78.3 km 2 (approx. 30 mi 2 ) of which 72.7 km 2 (approx. 28 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 118 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 99301-99302 | ||
| Area code : | +1 509 | ||
| FIPS : | 53-53545 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1513388 | ||
| Website : | www.pasco-wa.gov | ||
| Mayor : | Matt Watkins | ||
 Franklin County District Court in Pasco |
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Pasco is a city in the US state of Washington with 59,781 inhabitants (2010) in the United States and the administrative seat ( county seat ) of Franklin County . It lies at the mouth of Snake- in the Columbia River .
Demographics
At the time of the 2000 census ( US Census 2000 ), the city had 32,066 inhabitants on a land area of 72.7 km². The median age was 26.6 years (US national mean: 35.3 years). The per capita income (Engl. The per capita income ) was (national average of USA: 21,587 US dollars) for 13,404 US dollars. 23.3% of the population had their income below the poverty line (national average in the USA: 12.4%). About 7.7% of the inhabitants of Pasco are of German descent ,
At the 2010 census (2010 US Census ), the city already had 59,781 inhabitants. An estimate for the population in 2011 is already at 63,186, the growth of the city is almost four times as high as the average growth in the state of Washington, whose growth is already well above the average of the United States.
Others
Pasco, together with the two neighboring cities of Kennewick and Richland, is part of the Tri-Cities metropolitan region , in which around 200,000 people live. The metropolitan region has an airport located in Pasco, the Tri-Cities Airport .
Personalities
- Brian Urlacher (* 1978), American football player
Individual evidence
- ↑ factfinder.census.gov
- ↑ Quickfacts: Pasco, Washington (English) ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- The city of Pasco site (English)
- Statistics about Pasco at city-data.com (English)
- Entry in the Washington encyclopedia HistoryLink (English)