Richland (Washington)

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Richland
Tri-Cities with Richland in the foreground
Tri-Cities with Richland in the foreground
Location in Washington
Richland (Washington)
Richland
Richland
Basic data
Foundation : 1905
State : United States
State : Washington
County : Benton County
Coordinates : 46 ° 17 ′  N , 119 ° 17 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 17 ′  N , 119 ° 17 ′  W
Time zone : Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 )
Residents : 48,058 (as of 2010)
Population density : 532.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 97.8 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) of
which 90.2 km 2  (approx. 35 mi 2 ) is land
Area code : +1 509
FIPS : 53-58235
GNIS ID : 1513395
Website : www.ci.richland.wa.us
Mayor : Ryan Lukson

Richland is a city in Benton County in the US state of Washington in the United States with 48,058 inhabitants (2010). Richland is located in the southeastern part of Washington state at the confluence of the Yakima and Columbia Rivers .

Demographics

At the time of the 2000 census (2000 US Census ), the city had 38,708 residents on a land area of ​​90.2 km². The median age was 37.7 years (US national mean: 35.3 years). The per capita income (Engl. The per capita income ) amounted to 25,494 dollars (the national average for the USA: 21,587 US dollars). 8.2% of the population had their income below the poverty line (national average in the USA: 12.4%). About 19.6% of Richland's residents are of German descent .

At the time of the 2010 census (2010 US Census ), the city had 48,058 residents. The number of under 5 year olds was 6.3%, that of under 18 year olds was 24.2% and the number of over 65 year olds was 14.6%. Women made up 51 percent of the total population. The average income for the past 12 months (data from 2007 to 2011 possible) per resident was 34,855 (US dollars, 2011) compared to 30,481 dollars in the whole of Washington state. The average household income between 2007 and 2011 was $ 67,666 (Washington: $ 58,890). The number of people whose income was below the poverty line was 8.4 percent in Richland over the same period, compared with 12.5 percent in all of Washington.

history

The area was settled from 1906 and declared a city in 1910. The initially insignificant city grew with the development of nuclear weapons during World War II . The city became the seat of the Hanford Site nuclear complex as part of the Manhattan Project . The Cold War gave the city a further boost. In 1987 the nuclear reactor was closed. To this day, the city lives with the shadows of the past, for example the sports team at Richland High School calls itself “The Bombers” and their badge is the mushroom cloud. Richland has housed the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory since 1965 and is home to one of LIGO's two measuring stations .

economy

The largest employer with 4,188 employees is the local research center of the Battelle Institute . The Hanford Site (3,630 employees), which is now subordinate to the Department of Energy and is now primarily concerned with environmental remediation, is of economic importance for the residents of Richland . More and more important branches of the city are agriculture and viticulture . Richland, along with the two neighboring cities of Kennewick and Pasco, is part of the Tri-Cities metropolitan region , which is home to around 200,000 people.

sons and daughters of the town

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ factfinder.census.gov
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