Pend Oreille County

Pend Oreille County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Washington
Administrative headquarters :	Newport (Washington)
Foundation :	1911
Demographics
Residents :	13,001  (2010)
Population density :	3.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	3692 km²
Water surface :	65 km²
map
Website : www.pendoreilleco.org

Pend Oreille County is a county in the state of Washington in the United States . It has 11,732 inhabitants. The county seat is in Newport .

geography

The county has an area of ​​3,692 square kilometers, of which 65 square kilometers (1.76 percent) are water. The Pend Oreille River runs through the county from Newport in the south to the Canadian border in the north, about 15 kilometers downriver from Metaline Falls .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1920	6363		-
1930	7155		12.4%
1940	7156		0%
1950	7413		3.6%
1960	6914		-6.7%
1970	6025		-12.9%
1980	8580		42.4%
1990	8915		3.9%
2000	11,732		31.6%
2010	13.001		10.8%
1900-1990 2000 Pend Oreille County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Pend Oreille Museum in Newport

The Pend Oreille River below the Boundary Dam

As of the 2000 census , the county had 11,732 people. There were 4,639 households and 3,261 families. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 93.53% White, 0.14% African American, 2.88% Native American, 0.63% Asian, 0.20% Pacific Islander, and 0.57% other races Groups; 2.04% were from two or more races. 2.05% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 4,639 households, 29.60% had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 57.50% were married couples living together, 8.40% were single mothers. 29.70% were not families. 25.00% were single households and 10.50% had someone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.98 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 26.30% of residents under 18 years of age, 5.50% between 18 and 24 years of age, 23.80% between 25 and 44 years of age, 29.50% between 45 and 64 years of age 14.90% were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 100.50 males, for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 99.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 31,677 , and the median income for a family is $ 36,977. Males had a median income of $ 36,951 versus $ 20,693 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,731. 18.10% of the population and 13.60% of families are below the poverty line. 27.60% of these were under 18 years of age and 6.40% were 65 years of age or older.

Protected areas and cultural monuments

North of Metaline lying Crawford State Park with the third largest limestone cave in the state. In 2019, the National Register of Historic Places listed nine buildings, structures, facilities and other significant objects in the county , including the Boundary Dam and Box Canyon Bridge .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pend Oreille County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
3. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

Web links

Commons : Pend Oreille County  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Pend Oreille County Official Website
• Entry in the Washington encyclopedia HistoryLink (English)

Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '  N , 117 ° 17'  W