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Washington Population and Components of Change

Date Population %
Change
Components of Change
Total
Population
Change
Births Deaths Inter-
national
Immigra-
tion
Net
Domestic
Migration
1970 3,413,244-- ----
1971 3,447,0001.033,756 ----
1972 3,447,0000.00 ----
1973 3,477,0000.930,000 ----
1974 3,548,0002.071,000 ----
1975 3,619,0002.071,000 ----
1976 3,691,0002.072,000 ----
1977 3,772,0002.281,000 ----
1978 3,886,0003.0114,000 ----
1979 4,013,0003.3127,000 ----
1980 4,132,3533.0119,353 ----
1981 4,235,7282.5103,375 85,77740,022--
1982 4,276,5511.040,823 69,65432,174--
1983 4,300,2690.623,718 69,12732,477--
1984 4,343,6571.043,388 68,83633,219--
1985 4,400,0961.356,439 69,59634,141--
1986 4,452,7241.252,628 69,83734,328--
1987 4,531,9031.879,179 69,89034,576--
1988 4,639,8942.4107,991 71,40935,640--
1989 4,746,3152.3106,421 73,90736,180--
1990 4,866,6692.5120,354 56,49927,040--
1991 5,025,6243.3158,955 100,06345,98811,43682,369
1992 5,160,7572.7135,133 80,64537,57812,39366,628
1993 5,278,8422.3118,085 78,90639,91013,50153,932
1994 5,375,1611.896,319 78,11439,66514,34033,219
1995 5,481,0272.0105,866 77,29140,51715,16944,163
1996 5,569,7531.688,726 77,28741,20016,55828,423
1997 5,674,7471.9104,994 77,26742,49520,82436,840
1998 5,769,5621.794,815 79,61542,38521,24924,920
1999 5,842,5641.373,002 79,83743,22621,36011,058
2000 5,894,1210.951,557 ----
2001 5,987,1811.693,060 101,32054,93632,25316,281
2002 6,055,6131.168,432 78,95344,73921,33514,763
2003 6,110,2020.954,589 79,57045,16913,7739,318
2004 6,179,6451.169,443 81,79645,78922,10114,793
2005 6,254,5791.274,934 81,74346,19019,61523,579
2006 6,360,5291.7105,950 84,84545,42121,30147,614
2007 6,449,5111.488,982 86,85846,84017,50131,774
2008 6,549,2241.599,713 87,30247,27818,45640,588
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates.

 
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