White Center, Washington

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The last Census shows that White Center had a population^<1> of 20,975 people in 2000. This represents 0.35% of the total population of Washington, making it the state's 48th most populous community.

The following is a list of similarily sized communities (based on the 2000 Census):

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
46	Spanaway	21,588	S	28 mi [45.06 km]
47	North Marysville	21,161	N	41 mi [66 km]
48	White Center	20,975
49	Mountlake Terrace	20,362	N	18 mi [28.97 km]
50	Bainbridge Island	20,308	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]

White Center had 7,775 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that White Center has a total area of 3.4 square miles [8.81 km²]^<4>. Of this total, only a minor amount of the area is covered by water (0.01 square miles [0.04 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, White Center had a 2000 population density of 6,194 people per square mile [16,044 people/km²], making it the state's 2nd most densely populated area.

King County

White Center is located in King County.

The county had a population of 1,739,657 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 20,975 people, White Center accounted for 1.21% of the King County total.

In addition, where the community of White Center has a population density of 6,194 people per square mile [16,044 people/km²], King County averages 818 people per square mile [2,119 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for King County.

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they haven't created a QuickFact for White Center, there are QuickFacts available for the following nearby communities:

Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	Population (2000 cnt)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
Burien	QF-5308850	S	3 mi [4.83 km]	31,394	31,881	-1.53%
Renton	QF-5357745	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	60,331	50,052	20.54%
Seattle	QF-5363000	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	594,210	563,374	5.47%
Des Moines	QF-5317635	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	29,076	29,267	-0.65%
Bellevue	QF-5305210	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	121,347	109,569	10.75%
Kent	QF-5335415	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	84,474	79,524	6.22%
Bremerton	QF-5307695	W	13 mi [20.92 km]	34,075	37,259	-8.55%
Federal Way	QF-5323515	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	84,819	83,259	1.87%

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our White Center Neighborhood Page.

A Census Quickfact is available for King County (QF-53033).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border King County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
Chelan	QF-53007	E	70,993	66,692	6.45%
Kittitas	QF-53037	SE	38,542	33,514	15%
Pierce	QF-53053	S	773,165	703,996	9.83%
Snohomish	QF-53061	N	676,898	609,155	11.12%

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to White Center:

White Center is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #9 (the Pacific Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for White Center.

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) White Center. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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