Wenatchee
| Wenatchee | |
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| Nickname : Apple Capital of the World | |
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| Location in Washington | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1893 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Washington |
| County : | Chelan County |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 25 ′ N , 120 ° 20 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
33,836 (as of 2016) 117,665 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 1,900.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 19.0 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) of which 17.8 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 237 m |
| Postal code : | 98801 |
| Area code : | +1 509 |
| FIPS : | 53-77105 |
| GNIS ID : | 1527897 |
| Website : | www.wenatcheewa.gov |
| Mayor : | Frank Kuntz |
 The Chelan County Courthouse |
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Wenatchee is the county seat and the largest city of Chelan County in the center of the US -amerikanischen state of Washington . At the 2010 census , the city had 31,925 residents.
The city was named after the Wenatchi (also: Wenatchee) Indian tribe . Because of the numerous apple orchards in the Wenatchee Valley, the place is nicknamed Apple Capital of the World .
geography
Wenatchee is located at the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia , on the eastern ancestors of the Cascade Range . The place is on the western side of the Columbia, across the river is East Wenatchee . The Columbia forms the border between Chelan County and Douglas County . Wenatchee is the largest city of the Wenatchee – East Wenatchee, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area , defined for statistical purposes , which includes both counties.
In the north of the city lies Wenatchee Confluence State Park , which with 200 bird species not only plays an ecological role, but also plays a tourist and economic role with 35–40,000 overnight stays.
The city's airport is Pangborn Memorial Airport , which is across the river in East Wenatchee.
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 451 | - | |
| 1910 | 4050 | 798% | |
| 1920 | 6324 | 56.1% | |
| 1930 | 11,627 | 83.9% | |
| 1940 | 11,620 | -0.1% | |
| 1950 | 13,072 | 12.5% | |
| 1960 | 16,726 | 28% | |
| 1970 | 16,912 | 1.1% | |
| 1980 | 17,257 | 2% | |
| 1990 | 21,756 | 26.1% | |
| 2000 | 27,856 | 28% | |
| 2010 | 31,925 | 14.6% | |
| 1900-1990 2000-2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Wenatchee had 31,925 people in 11,926 households. The population density was 1793.5 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 76.7 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 1.2 percent Native American, 1.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 3.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 29.4 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Statistically, 2.53 people lived in each of the 11,926 households.
26.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was 44,156 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,942. 12.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
sons and daughters of the town
- Walt Horan (1898–1966), politician
- Noreen Nash (born 1924), actress
- William C. Dement (1928-2020), pioneer of sleep research
- Don Lanphere (1928–2003), tenor and soprano saxophonist of modern jazz
- Geefwee Boedoe (* 1965), animator and book illustrator
- Tyler Farrar (* 1984), racing cyclist
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Wenatchee, WA ( March 4, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive ). Retrieved March 17, 2012
- ↑ US Decennial Census
