- State:WashingtonCounty:Benton CountyZips:99346,99345,99353,99320,99353,99338,99337,99350,99354,99352,99336Coordinates:46.239860888904296, -119.51112714227318Area total:1759.70 sq. mi., 4557.60 sq. km, 1126208.64 acresArea land:1700.10 sq. mi., 4403.23 sq. km, 1088062.08 acresArea water:59.60 sq. mi., 154.37 sq. km, 38146.56 acresEstablished:1905Capital seat:
Prosser
Address: 620 Market Street
Prosser, WA
Governing Body: Board of Commissioners with 3 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Benton County, Washington, United States
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- Population:206,873; Population change: 18.09% (2010 - 2020)Population density:122 persons per square mileHousehold income:$54,219Households:60,010Unemployment rate:8.20% per 103,143 county labor force
- Sales taxes:8.30%GDP:$11.32 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Benton County's population of Washington of 10,952 residents in 1930 has increased 18,89-fold to 206,873 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 50.25% female residents and 49.75% male residents live in as of 2020, 62.91% in Benton County, Washington are married and the remaining 37.09% are single population.
As of 2020, 62.91% in Benton County, Washington are married and the remaining 37.09% are single population.
- Housing units:80,076 residential units of which 95.37% share occupied residential units.
23.5 minutes is the average time that residents in Benton 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.
80.74% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 12.40% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.86% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 3.75% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Benton County, Washington 66.12% are owner-occupied homes, another 27.60% are rented apartments, and the remaining 6.29% are vacant.
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The 38.04% of the population in Benton 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 = 62.190%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 36.050%) of those eligible to vote in Benton County, Washington.
