2010 Washington State Population Survey
The biennial Washington State Population Survey (WSPS) has been an important source of data on the health and welfare of Washington families since 1998. It focuses primarily on employment, family poverty, in-migration, health, and health insurance coverage.
Basic Information
Disclaimer: By using these data the user agrees that the Washington State Office of Financial Management shall not be liable for any activity involving these data with regard to lost profits or savings or any other consequential damages; or the fitness for use of the data for a particular purpose; or the installation of the data, its use, or the results obtained.
Download survey data
*Attention Data Users: The 2006-2010 WSPS surveys have new weights (check "User Notes" below for instructions on how to use).
User Notes - Instructions for using weights for the 2006, 2008, and 2010 surveys.
2010 WSPS Online - easy access to the latest health insurance and poverty data.
Survey data are also available for: 2008 | 2006 | 2004 | 2002 | 2000
2010 Data files
The 2010 WSPS analysis data file is available in both SAS (sps10_01.sas7bdat) and Excel spreadsheet (sps2010_v1.xls) formats.
The SAS file (30,306 kb when extracted) may be downloaded as a zipped SAS data file. Download formats2010v1.zip, the SAS format file associated with this dataset. The missing values in the SAS data set are denoted by the following:
- .A = Skipped-Age
- .D = Don't Know
- .R = Refused
- .S = Skipped
- .N = Not Ascertained
The analysis data file in Excel spreadsheet format (30,993 kb when extracted) is downloadable as a zipped file. The missing values in this file are denoted by negative numbers:
- -1 = Skipped-Age
- -2 = Don't Know
- -3 = Refused
- -4 = Skipped
- -9 = Not Ascertained
Survey regions
| Region | Counties |
|---|---|
| North Sound (1) | Island, San Juan, Skagit, Whatcom |
| West Balance (2) | Clallam, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Skamania, Wahkiakum |
| King (3) | King |
| Other Puget Sound Metro (4) | Kitsap, Thurston (prior to 2008 Snohomish and Pierce counties were included) |
| Clark (5) | Clark |
| East Balance (6) | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman |
| Spokane (7) | Spokane |
| Yakima-TriCities (8) | Benton, Franklin, Yakima |
| Snohomish(9) | Snohomish (not available prior 2008) |
| Pierce(10) | Pierce (not available prior 2008) |
A map of the State Population Survey regions is also available.
Last updated: December 3, 2010
E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov
