| Population |
193556 |
| Male Population |
94419 |
| Male Population Percent |
48.8% |
| Female Population |
99137 |
| Female Population Percent |
51.2% |
| Average Age |
33.9 |
| Average Income |
$40,290.00 |
| Average Home Cost |
$190,000.00 |
| Average Rent Cost |
$720.00 |
| Law Enforcement in 2006 |
404 |
| Law Enforcement per 1000 |
1.82 |
| Average Household Size |
2.5 |
| Percentage of Family Households |
60.3% |
| Percentage of Unmarried Households |
6.8% |
| Races |
| White Non-Hispanic (66.5%) | | Black (11.2%) | | Hispanic (6.9%) | | Two or more races (6.3%) | | American Indian (3.6%) | | Other race (2.9%) | | Other Asian (2.2%) | | Vietnamese (1.9%) | | Korean (1.4%) | | Filipino (1.0%) | | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.9%) | | Japanese (0.5%) |
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| Colleges In Tacoma |
| Name |
# of Students |
| TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE | 3,710 | | BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE | 3,710 | | PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY | 3,265 | | UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND | 2,754 | | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-TACOMA CAMPUS | 1,155 | | BUSINESS COMPUTER TRAINING INSTITUTE | 318 | | NORTHWEST BAPTIST SEMINARY | 60 | | FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SEMINARY | | | WESTERN PACIFIC TRUCK SCHOOL | | | TRANS UNION TRAINING SCHOOL INC | |
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| Colleges Near Tacoma |
| Name |
# of Students |
| CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE | 3,819 | | PIERCE COLLEGE AT FORT STEILACOOM | 5,921 | | SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-SOUTH CAMPUS | 3,013 | | GREEN RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE | 4,568 | | OLYMPIC COLLEGE | 3,889 | | RENTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE | 2,623 | | ART INSTITUTE OF SEATTLE | 2,313 |
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| Public High Schools |
| Name |
# of Students |
| FOSS | 1,936 | | LINCOLN | 1,745 | | WILSON | 1,726 | | STADIUM | 1,705 | | MT TAHOMA | 1,643 | | FRANKLIN-PIERCE HIGH SCHOOL | 1,159 | | WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL | 965 | | FIFE HIGH SCHOOL | 777 | | OAKLAND ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL | 450 | | TACOMA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS | 337 |
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| Private High Schools |
| Name |
# of Students |
| LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 1,004 | | BELLARMINE PREPARATORY SCHOOL | 986 | | TACOMA BAPTIST SCHOOLS | 549 | | ANNIE WRIGHT SCHOOL | 429 | | COVENANT HIGH SCHOOL | 103 |
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| Public Elementary Schools |
| Name |
# of Students |
| MORRIS FORD MIDDLE SCHOOL | 1,039 | | SPANAWAY JUNIOR HIGH | 926 | | PERRY G KEITHLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL | 838 | | MEEKER | 787 | | BAKER | 783 | | TRUMAN | 761 | | MASON | 757 | | NACHES TRAIL ELEMENTARY | 748 | | JASON LEE | 702 | | GRAY | 700 |
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| Private Elementary Schools |
| Name |
# of Students |
| CONCORDIA LUTHERAN SCHOOL | 522 | | ST CHARLES BORROMEO | 514 | | CASCADE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS SPAN | 281 | | VISITATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 202 | | HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 177 | | PARKLAND LUTHERAN SCHOOL | 159 | | THE SEABURY SCHOOL | 155 | | PUGET SOUND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 110 | | HOLY ROSARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 109 |
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| Libraries |
| Name |
Books |
Audio |
Video |
Serial |
| PIERCE COUNTY | 931,761 | 81,934 | 68,885 | 3,060 | | TACOMA PUBLIC | 2,119,719 | 57,308 | 30,796 | 1,651 |
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| Hospitals |
| MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | | PUGET SOUND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | | ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER | | TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL | | WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL |
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