State
Office of Financial Management
- Updated County Statistical Information - Statewide
The following
information is available on this page.
Population Statistics
Incorporated Cities
Economy
Business Information
Taxable
Retail Sales
Personal Income
Employment
Statistics
Unemployment
Statistics
Area and Rank
Property Assessments
Miscellaneous
Information
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Population
2003 Population - 20,900 (Estimated, Based on
2000 U.S.
Census)
Population Density, 2002 - 21.5 Persons Per Square Mile (State
Average - 90.7 Persons)
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Incorporated Cities
- Raymond, Population
2,985,
Incorporated 1907
- South Bend, Population
1,790, Incorporated 1890
- Long Beach, Population
1,340, Incorporated 1922
- Ilwaco, Population
945,
Incorporated 1890
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Economy
The economy of the county is based on the tourist industry, logging,
lumber, manufacturing, oyster harvesting, seafood canning, crabbing, sports and commercial
fishing, dairy farming, stock raising, and cranberry growing.
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Business Information
Registered Businesses - 2,155 County Wide
New Businesses in 2002 - 174 Total
New Businesses by Type
- Construction - 14
- Manufacturing - 16
- Wholesale Trade - 7
- Retail Trade - 55
- Services - 56
- All Other - 23
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Taxable Retail Sales
(TRS)
Taxable Retail Sales for 2002 - $142,705,512.00
- 2,755 Businesses Reporting TRS
- Average TRS per Business - $51,799.00
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Personal Income
Personal Income in 2001 - $21,533 (State Average -
$31,976)
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Employment Statistics
2001 Employment - 6,075 Resident Civilian Labor Force
Employment by Industry Sector, 2001
- Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing - 413
- Mining - 38
- Construction - 171
- Manufacturing - 899
- Transportation and Public Utilities - 83
- Wholesale Trade - 27
- Retail Trade - 1,163
- Finance, Insurance, Real Estate - 185
- Services - 1,334
- Government - 1,762
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Unemployment Statistics
- 1994 - 850 persons unemployed, 10.8% of Labor Force
- 1995 - 800 persons unemployed, 9.7% of Labor Force
- 1996 - 870 persons unemployed, 10.5% of Labor Force
- 1997 - 790 persons unemployed, 9.1% of Labor Force
- 1998 - 820 persons unemployed, 10% of Labor Force
- 1999 - 670 persons unemployed, 8.6% of Labor Force
- 2000 - 640 persons unemployed, 8.3% of Labor Force
- 2001 - 680 persons unemployed, 9.0% of Labor Force
- 2002 - 670 persons unemployed, 8.6% of Labor Force
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Area and Rank
Area - 975 Square Miles
Rank (39 Counties) - 28th in Population, 29th in area
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Property Assessment
Actual Real Property Value 2001 - $1,604,933,831
- Value Per Capita - $76,425
- Value Per Square Mile - $1,646,762
- Property Tax Levy Per Capita - $912
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Miscellaneous Information
Recreation
Fishing, hunting, beach combing, clam digging, camping, bird watching,
golfing, trail hiking, whale watching, kite flying and various organized community
sports.
Museums
- Pacific County Historical Society
Museum, South Bend
- Ilwaco Heritage Foundation Museum, Ilwaco
- Fort Columbia Museum, Fort Columbia
- Lewis and Clark Interpreative Center, Cape Disappointment
- Willapa Seaport Museum, Raymond
- World Kite Museum and Hall of Fame, Long Beach
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*Statistics on Population, Personal Income, Taxable Retail Sales,
Businesses, Property Assessments, Employment and Unemployment cited from the
2003-2004
Washington State Almanac, An Economic & Demographic Overview of Counties & Cities,
17th Edition, Public Sector Information, Inc.
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