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==Demographics== {{US Census population | 1860 = 691 | 1870 = 3064 | 1880 = 4235 | 1890 = 4009 | 1900 = 4612 | 1910 = 5123 | 1920 = 6764 | 1930 = 7420 | 1940 = 9269 | 1950 = 9836 | 1960 = 10271 | 1970 = 13669 | 1980 = 26065 | 1990 = 48560 | 2000 = 90354 | 2010 = 138115 | 2020 = 180279 | estyear = 2024 | estimate = 207943 | estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html|title=County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2024|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 17, 2025}}</ref> | footnote = US Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=US Decennial Census|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref><br />1790β1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref> 1900β1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ut190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=US Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref><br />1990β2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=US Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref> 2010β2020<ref name=QF/> }} ===2020 census=== According to the [[2020 United States census]]<ref name="2020CensusDHC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2023/dec/2020-census-dhc.html|title=2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC)|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=November 3, 2024}}</ref> and [[American Community Survey|2020 American Community Survey]],<ref name="2020ACS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.2020.html|title=American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2009-2022)|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=November 3, 2024}}</ref> there were 180,279 people in Washington County with a [[population density]] of 74.3 people per square mile (28.7/km<sup>2</sup>). Among non-[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] people, the racial makeup was 147,462 (81.8%) [[White Americans|White]], 913 (0.5%) [[African Americans|African American]], 1,566 (0.9%) [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 1,802 (1.0%) [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 1,607 (0.9%) [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 631 (0.4%) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|other races]], and 5,816 (3.2%) from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]. 20,482 (11.4%) people were Hispanic or Latino. There were 89,115 (49.43%) males and 91,164 (50.57%) females, and the population distribution by age was 47,542 (26.4%) under the age of 18, 92,818 (51.5%) from 18 to 64, and 39,919 (22.1%) who were at least 65 years old. The median age was 37.6 years. There were 62,416 households in Washington County with an average size of 2.89 of which 46,724 (74.9%) were families and 15,692 (25.1%) were non-families. Among all families, 38,423 (61.6%) were [[Marriage|married couples]], 2,728 (4.4%) were male householders with no spouse, and 5,573 (8.9%) were female householders with no spouse. Among all non-families, 12,372 (19.8%) were a single person living alone and 3,320 (5.3%) were two or more people living together. 20,177 (32.3%) of all households had children under the age of 18. 45,539 (73.0%) of households were [[Owner-occupancy|owner-occupied]] while 16,877 (27.0%) were [[Renting|renter-occupied]]. The median income for a Washington County household was $61,747 and the median family income was $72,683, with a [[per-capita income]] of $29,886. The median income for males that were [[Full-time job|full-time employees]] was $50,029 and for females $36,844. 10.0% of the population and 7.2% of families were below the [[Poverty threshold|poverty line]]. In terms of education attainment, out of the 112,121 people in Washington County 25 years or older, 6,908 (6.2%) had [[High school dropouts in the United States|not completed high school]], 25,232 (22.5%) had a [[high school diploma]] or equivalency, 47,254 (42.1%) had some college or [[associate degree]], 20,939 (18.7%) had a [[bachelor's degree]], and 11,788 (10.5%) had a [[Postgraduate education|graduate]] or [[professional degree]]. ===Religion=== In 2000, 92.5% of residents were adherents of the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]; 4.1% [[Catholicism|Catholic]]; 0.8% [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptist]]; 0.6% [[Presbyterian Church|Presbyterian]]; 0.4% [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]]; 0.4% [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]]; 0.2% [[United Methodist Church|United Methodist]]; 0.2% [[American Baptist Churches USA|Baptist]]; 0.2% [[Assemblies of God]]; and 0.5% Other.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131119085645/http://www.city-data.com/city/St.-George-Utah.html St. George, Utah]. ''City-data.com''. Advameg, Inc. Archived from [http://www.city-data.com/city/St.-George-Utah.html the original] on November 19, 2013.</ref> ===Ancestry=== As of 2015, the largest European self-reported ancestry groups in Washington County are:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP02/0500000US49053|title=American FactFinder - Results|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=factfinder.census.gov|access-date=March 31, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213035721/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP02/0500000US49053|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;" |- ! Largest ancestries (2015) !! Percent |- | [[English Americans|English]] ||28.7% |- | [[German Americans|German]] || 11.5% |- | [[Irish American|Irish]] || 7.4% |- | [[Swedish American|Swedish]] || 4.3% |- | [[Danish American|Danish]] || 4.3% |- | [[Scottish American|Scottish]] || 3.5% |- | [[Italian Americans|Italian]] || 3.2% |- | [[Dutch American|Dutch]] || 2.5% |- | [[Swiss American|Swiss]] || 2.2% |- | [[Norwegian American|Norwegian]] || 2.0% |- | [[French American|French (except Basque)]] || 2.0% |- | [[Polish American|Polish]] || 1.2% |- | [[Welsh American|Welsh]] || 1.1% |- | [[Scots-Irish American|Scots-Irish]] || 1.0% |}
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