Census shows county's ethnic mix unchanged

According to the 2010 census the ethnic breakdown for Wahkiakum County’s population of 3,978 is 94 percent White. Black persons were .03 percent of the total, American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3 percent, Asian persons 0.6 percent, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders 0.2 percent.

Of the 3,824 Wahkiakum County residents counted in the 2000 census, 93.5 percent were White. Blacks were 0.03 percent of the total, Native Americans 1.6, Asians 0.5, and Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders 0.1 percent.

People reporting two or more races in 2010 were 3.1 percent, compared to 2.5 percent in 2000.

The Associated Press reported Wahkiakum County is one of the least expensive places for a single-parent family with one preschooler and one school-age child to live, reporting the family would need $32,997 a year to be self-sufficient. Most expensive places to live would be East King County at $65,690.