Compare Whatcom County, WA vs Washington State (WA) vs United States

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Metric	Whatcom County, WA County	Washington State (WA) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	230,503	7,816,116	334,922,499
Rent	$1,555	$1,760	$1,413
Year built	1989	1985	1980
Household income	$81,784	$98,141	$80,734
Per capita income	$45,361	$53,744	$44,673
Poverty rate	12.9%	9.9%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.5%	4.0%
Household size	2.4	2.5	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	57.3%	47.5%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	230,503	7,816,116	334,922,499
Adults over 25	157,791	5,484,391	230,807,303
Total households	94,021	3,064,820	129,227,496
Household size	2.4	2.5	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$81,784	$98,141	$80,734
Per capita income	$45,361	$53,744	$44,673
Poverty rate	12.9%	9.9%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.5%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	57.3%	47.5%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,555	$1,760	$1,413
Year built	1989	1985	1980
Households that rent	36.3%	36.2%	34.8%
Households that own	63.7%	63.8%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.3	5.5	5.5
Race
White	78%	65.8%	61%
Black	1%	4%	12.2%
Asian	4.4%	9.8%	6%
Two or more races	10.1%	12.8%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	14.4%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	89.4%	85.6%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	85.2%	80.2%	84.9%
Commute time to work	22.0 min	27.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	14.8%	19.8%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	28.5%	27.5%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	20.9%	21.6%	26%
Some college or associate degree	11.3%	11.2%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	39.3%	39.6%	35.7%