Cascade-Fairwood, Washington
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| Cascade-Fairwood, Washington | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | King |
| Area | |
| - Total | 8.9 sq mi (23.0 km²) |
| - Land | 8.9 sq mi (23.0 km²) |
| - Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 34,580 |
| - Density | 3,898.6/sq mi (1,505.2/km²) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| - Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| FIPS code | 53-10372[1] |
Cascade-Fairwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 34,580 at the 2000 census.
In February 2005, the Fairwood Task Force[2] filed a Notice of Intent to Incorporation with King County, Washington, to establish a new city under the name of Fairwood. This attempt to incorporate the City of Fairwood was narrowly defeated at the election held on 9/19/2006. In that election, 48.22% of the votes were for incorporation. A swing of only 136 votes in the election would have changed the result.
The process to form the new city was restarted by the Fairwood Municipal Initiative [3] when it filed a Notice of Proposed Incorporation with King County, Washington on 4/16/2007.
Based on per capita income Cascade-Fairwood ranks 77th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.
The Cascade area, which includes much of unincorportated Benson Hill north of SE 200 St voted to Annex to the City of Renton effective March 1, 2008. This follows the planned potential annexation area decided by King County, State of Washington, and Renton. The City of Renton will be the service provider for that area.
Multiple annexations in this area to the City of Renton are ongoing and the entire area of unincorportated King County has the option of annexing the City of Renton via petition methods. The City of Renton is a full service community that provided plently of benefits over King County or the formation of a new city. Citizens can attend and observe their governance locally without having to drive into downtown Seattle.
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[edit] Geography
Cascade-Fairwood is located at (47.448873, -122.169361)[4].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.9 square miles (23.0 km²), all of it land.
[edit] Demographics
The Demographics listed below will be incorrect effective March 1, 2008 due to the large amount of area being annexed into the City of Renton. King County will need to revist these numbers at that time. Additional ongoing annexations to the City of Renton will futher change these numbers.
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 34,580 people, 13,065 households, and 9,197 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 3,898.6 people per square mile (1,505.2/km²). There were 13,456 housing units at an average density of 1,517.0/sq mi (585.7/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 72.95% White, 6.09% African American, 0.60% Native American, 13.50% Asian, 0.46% Pacific Islander, 1.88% from other races, and 4.51% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.11% of the population.
There were 13,065 households out of which 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.6% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.6% were non-families. 22.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.14.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 7.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 98.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.3 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $57,996, and the median income for a family was $66,811. Males had a median income of $47,094 versus $33,886 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $25,752. About 4.6% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.0% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Politics
On the national level, Cascade-Fairwood is a stronghold for the Democratic Party. Democrat John Kerry received about 56 percent of the vote in 2004 to Republican George W. Bush's 43 percent. Despite this, there are a number of pockets where the Republican Party often wins marginal majorities.
[edit] References
- ^ a b American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ Fairwood Task Force
- ^ Fairwood Municipal Initiative
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
City of Renton King County Elections
[edit] External links
- Cascade-Fairwood, Washington is at coordinates Coordinates:
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