U.S. Census reveals an increasingly diverse Snohomish County

Over the past decade, the population of nonwhite or mixed-race people in the United States increased from 24.9 percent to 27.6 percent. In this state, the increase was more pronounced — from 18.2 percent minorities in 2000 to 22.7 percent in 2010. Snohomish County saw an even greater increase, proportionally, from 14.4 percent in 2000 to 21.6 percent. Below are breakdowns for the county’s cities, as well as total population numbers, based on data from the U.S. Census.

Nonwhite populations, 2000 vs. 2010

	2000 nonwhite and/or mixed-race	2000 percentage nonwhite	2010 nonwhite and/or mixed-race	2010 percentage nonwhite
State	1,072,298	18.2%	1,528,178	22.7%
Incorporated state	751,416	21.4%	1,092,184	25.7%
Unincorporated state	320,882	13.5%	435,994	17.6%

Snohomish County	87,076	14.4%	154,324	21.6%
Incorporated county	51,528	16.4%	90,977	22.1%
Unincorporated county	35,548	12.2%	63,347	21.0%

Lynnwood	8,709	25.7%	12,961	36.2%
Mountlake Terrace	4,541	22.3%	5,629	28.3%
Mill Creek	2,133	18.5%	4,707	25.8%
Everett	17,336	18.9%	26,175	25.4%
Mukilteo	3,232	17.9%	5,082	25.1%
Monroe	1,913	13.9%	3,706	21.4%
Marysville	2,984	11.8%	11,991	20.0%
Bothell (part)	1,639	11.7%	3,159	19.2%
Edmonds	4,849	12.3%	6,595	16.6%
Brier	867	13.6%	921	15.1%
Lake Stevens	489	7.7%	4,187	14.9%
Gold Bar	170	8.4%	309	14.9%
Arlington	1,170	10.0%	2,574	14.4%
Sultan	291	8.7%	643	13.8%
Woodway	55	5.9%	163	12.5%
Granite Falls	215	9.2%	418	12.4%
Snohomish	540	6.4%	1,005	11.0%
Stanwood	331	8.4%	642	10.3%
Darrington	57	5.0%	102	7.6%
Index	7	4.5%	8	4.5%

Total populations, 2000 vs. 2010

	2000 population	2010 population	Population change	Percent change
State	5,894,121	6,724,540	830,419	14.1%
Incorporated state	3,515,109	4,246,021	730,912	20.8%
Unincorporated state	2,379,012	2,478,519	99,507	4.2%

Snohomish County	606,024	713,335	107,311	17.7%
Incorporated county	314,639	411,043	96,404	30.6%
Unincorporated county	291,385	302,292	10,907	3.7%

Everett	91,488	103,019	11,531	12.6%
Marysville	25,315	60,020	34,705	137.1%
Edmonds	39,515	39,709	194	0.5%
Lynnwood	33,847	35,836	1,989	5.9%
Lake Stevens	6,361	28,069	21,708	341.3%
Mukilteo	18,019	20,254	2,235	12.4%
Mountlake Terrace	20,362	19,909	-453	-2.2%
Mill Creek	11,525	18,244	6,719	58.3%
Arlington	11,713	17,926	6,213	53.0%
Monroe	13,795	17,304	3,509	25.4%
Bothell (part)	13,965	16,415	2,450	17.5%
Snohomish	8,494	9,098	604	7.1%
Stanwood	3,923	6,231	2,308	58.8%
Brier	6,383	6,087	-296	-4.6%
Sultan	3,344	4,651	1,307	39.1%
Granite Falls	2,347	3,364	1,017	43.3%
Gold Bar	2,014	2,075	61	3.0%
Darrington	1,136	1,347	211	18.6%
Woodway	936	1,307	371	39.6%
Index	157	178	21	13.4%