Federal Way, WA Profile

Federal Way, WA, population 85,827, is located in Washington's King county, about 7.8 miles from Tacoma and 19.7 miles from Seattle.

Through the 90's Federal Way's population has grown by about 23%. It is estimated that in the first 5 years of the past decade the population of Federal Way has stayed about the same. Since 2005 Federal Way's population has grown by about 3%.

Federal Way's property crime levels tend to be higher than Washington's average level. The same data shows violent crime levels in Federal Way tend to be about the same as Washington's average level.

Population Statistics

Gender

Population by Gender
	Males	49%
	Females	51%

As % of Population

Race

Population by Race
	White	69%
	African American	8%
	Native American	1%
	Asian	12%
	Hawaiian	1%
	Other/Mixed	9%

As % of Population

Age

Median Age
	Population	9.99
	Males	9.99
	Females	9.99

Vs. State Median Age


Under 20	9.99%	Under 20:	9.99%
20 to 40	9.99%	20 to 40:	9.99%
40 to 60	9.99%	40 to 60:	9.99%
Over 60	5.00%	Over 60:	6.00%

Age Distribution

Size

Population by Year		Change Rate
2000	85,342	N/A
2001	84,900	-0.52%
2002	84,181	-0.85%
2003	83,642	-0.64%
2004	83,380	-0.31%
2005	83,411	0.04%
2006	84,269	1.03%
2007	84,613	0.41%
2008	85,070	0.54%
2009	85,827	0.89%

Vs. State Change Rate

Economics

Household Income
Median	$49,278

Vs. State Median Income

Law Enforcement Statistics

Violent Crime Reports

Rate Per 100K People
2001	377
2002	310
2003	358
2004	339
2005	382
2006	392
2007	342
2008	381
2009	438
2010	380

Vs. State Violent Crime Rate

Year	Murder, Man-Slaughter	Forcible Rape	Robbery	Aggravated Assault
2001	4	49	125	141
2002	4	34	108	120
2003	2	50	125	120
2004	0	50	121	109
2005	6	55	153	101
2006	1	64	146	120
2007	3	48	129	107
2008	8	30	170	115
2009	5	51	198	115
2010	5	50	152	118

Property Crime Reports

Rate Per 100K People
2001	6,169
2002	6,101
2003	6,048
2004	6,210
2005	7,469
2006	6,131
2007	5,757
2008	5,366
2009	5,382
2010	5,501

Vs. State Property Crime Rate

Year	Burglary	Larceny, Theft	Motor Vehicle Theft
2001	522	3,516	1,180
2002	677	3,347	1,206
2003	672	3,145	1,204
2004	759	3,257	1,118
2005	800	3,786	1,573
2006	753	3230	1199
2007	739	3159	939
2008	800	2933	816
2009	741	3231	561
2010	828	3141	741