- State:WashingtonCounty:Chelan CountyZips:98817,98811,98852,98836,98821,98807,98828,98822,98847,98831,98815,98816,98826,98801Coordinates:47.869207112436044, -120.61897338188811Area total:2994.40 sq. mi., 7755.47 sq. km, 1916417.92 acresArea land:2921.18 sq. mi., 7565.82 sq. km, 1869554.56 acresArea water:73.22 sq. mi., 189.65 sq. km, 46863.36 acresEstablished:1899Capital seat:
Wenatchee
Address: 400 Douglas St.
County Courthouse
Wenatchee, WA
Governing Body: Board of Commissioners with 3 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Chelan County, Washington, United States
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- Population:79,074; Population change: 9.14% (2010 - 2020)Population density:27 persons per square mileHousehold income:$47,225Households:26,586Unemployment rate:8.40% per 44,190 county labor force
- Sales taxes:8.00%GDP:$4.36 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Chelan County's population of Washington of 31,634 residents in 1930 has increased 2,5-fold to 79,074 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 50.29% female residents and 49.71% male residents live in as of 2020, 62.27% in Chelan County, Washington are married and the remaining 37.73% are single population.
As of 2020, 62.27% in Chelan County, Washington are married and the remaining 37.73% are single population.
- Housing units:37,267 residential units of which 81.29% share occupied residential units.
19.3 minutes is the average time that residents in Chelan County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
73.64% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 13.84% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 1.07% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 5.42% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Chelan County, Washington 52.95% are owner-occupied homes, another 27.64% are rented apartments, and the remaining 19.41% are vacant.
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The 37.45% of the population in Chelan County, Washington who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 55.090%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 43.120%) of those eligible to vote in Chelan County, Washington.
