Editing Orchards, Washington

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|subdivision_name1        = [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Clark County, Washington|Clark]]
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'''Orchards''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Clark County, Washington|Clark County]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States. The population was 27,729 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census">{{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Orchards, Washington |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Orchards_CDP,_Washington?g=160XX00US5351795 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 8, 2024}}</ref>

==History==
Orchards was originally known as Fourth Plain. Several theories exist as to the etymology of the name, but one account states that in 1846, Dugald McTavish, an employee of the [[Hudson's Bay Company]], surveyed land near the fur trading post, [[Fort Vancouver]]. McTavish described four plains in the area of thick woods and officials at the trading post numbered the plains accordingly thus providing the name of the community. Wanting a more unique name, residents voted in 1904 to change the name to Orchards, after the many fruit trees in the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clark.wa.gov/public-information-outreach/living-fourth-plain-1846|access-date=2019-03-26|title=LIVING ON THE FOURTH PLAIN (1846)}}</ref>

==Geography==
Orchards is located in southern Clark County. The community is bordered to the northeast by [[Hockinson, Washington|Hockinson]], to the north by [[Brush Prairie, Washington|Brush Prairie]], to the west by [[Five Corners, Washington|Five Corners]], and to the south by the city limits of [[Vancouver, Washington|Vancouver]]. The neighborhood of [[Sifton, Washington|Sifton]] is in the southern part of the CDP.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Orchards CDP has a total area of {{convert|14.0|sqkm|order=flip}}, all of it land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US5351795| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Orchards CDP, Washington| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=September 8, 2015}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| footnote = Sources:<ref name="GR2"/><ref name="Census 2010"/><ref name="2020 Census"/>
| 2000 = 17852
| 2010 = 19556
| 2020 = 27729
}}
As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 17,852 people, 5,918 households, and 4,704 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 2,601.4 people per square mile (1,004.8/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 6,175 housing units at an average density of 899.8/sq&nbsp;mi (347.5/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the CDP was 87.39% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.75% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.88% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.11% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.59% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.84% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.44% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.53% of the population. 19.9% were of German, 9.3% Irish, 8.8% American and 6.6% English ancestry according to [[Census 2000]].

There were 5,918 households, out of which 49.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.4% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.5% were non-families. 14.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 3.34.

In the CDP, the age distribution of the population shows 34.2% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 36.9% from 25 to 44, 16.5% from 45 to 64, and 4.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.2 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $49,216, and the median income for a family was $50,330. Males had a median income of $37,716 versus $26,576 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $17,866. About 4.6% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.1% of those under the age of 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Most of it is in the [[Evergreen School District (Clark)|Evergreen School District]]<!--UNI 02700-->. Parts are in the [[Battle Ground School District]]<!--UNI 00380--> and in the [[Hockinson School District]]<!--UNI 03570-->.<ref name=CensusSDMap2020>{{Cite map |author=Geography Division|title=2020 Census – School District Reference Map: Clark County, WA |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st53_wa/schooldistrict_maps/c53011_clark/DC20SD_C53011.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213406/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st53_wa/schooldistrict_maps/c53011_clark/DC20SD_C53011.pdf |date=December 21, 2020|archive-date=June 2, 2021 |access-date=2025-03-23|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st53_wa/schooldistrict_maps/c53011_clark/DC20SD_C53011_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

==References==
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{{Clark County, Washington}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Clark County, Washington]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Washington (state)]]