Other pages about the topic: Population

Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA)

The Local Update of Census Addresses operation or LUCA, is a voluntary decennial census operation. LUCA is the only opportunity prior to the 2020 Census for tribal, state, and local governments to review and update the U.S. Census Bureau’s residential address list and flag group quarters for their jurisdiction.

Counting people experiencing homelessness during the 2020 Census

The intent of the 2020 Census is to count everyone living in the United States, including people experiencing homelessness or living in transitory locations. General information about how the homeless will be counted and categorized in the 2020 Census results is provided below, as well as references to more detailed explanations.

Hard-to-count population - 2020 Census

Understand the typology of hard-to-count (HTC)

In every census, there are certain socioeconomic and demographic factors that include age, housing status, and language that can influence self-response. The traditional socioeconomic and demographic factors that have tended to correlate with lower levels of self-response have included:

Population by race

Washington state population by race

2022

Hispanic population as a percent of total population

2022

In 2022, the highest percentages of Hispanic residents were found in central Washington with Adams (65.3%), Franklin (55.3%), and Yakima (52.3%) counties posting the highest shares.

Components of population change

2010–2023

  Population
2010 Population  6,724,540
Plus Births  1,123,786
Less Deaths    -739,279
Plus Net Migration     842,103

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