Auburn (Washington)

King County Pierce County

53-03180

Auburn is a city in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located mostly in the southern part of King County, however, the city territory extends to the Pierce County into it. At the time of the census of 2000, Auburn had 40,314 inhabitants; by subsequent annexation of West Hill, and Lea Hill in the area, the population has since risen sharply. In the U.S. census of 2010, it had increased to 70,180 residents. The city in 2008 by population within Washington, in 13th place, but this had to cede to Kennewick and is now in 14th place, but with a strong population growth.

2.1 Historical Objects

Geography

Auburn is located about 30 km south of Seattle and is one of the metropolitan area. In the West Washington State Route 167 runs It is surrounded by the cities of the north Kent, Federal Way, Pacific and Algona to the west and Sumner in the south and the unincorporated parts of King County in the east. The Muckleshoot Indian Reservation is located within the city limits.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 55.1 km ², which accounts for almost all of it land. Two rivers flow through Auburn, White River and Green River. Both rivers feed into the Cascade Range.

Historically, the Stuck River led through the village of stucco, which is now in a small area of nichtinkorporierten part of King County in the south Auburn. The course of the White River was changed in 1906. The southern section of the river flows since in the former bed of the Stuck River. At this past street names and remind older documents.

Auburn has an extensive system of public parks, open spaces and urban hiking trails, including 29 -scale parks, five projected parks, two facilities for skaters and more than 35 km of trails are. Overall, the public recreation areas cover about 100 hectares.

Climate

History

At the site of today's Auburn was one of the first inhabited areas in King County. The city was originally founded as Slaughter. In 1893, attracted a group of settlers from Auburn, New York, the city that changed the name in her hometown.

Historical buildings

East of Auburn, the historical Aaron Neely Mansion is (NRHP designation: Aaron Neely Sr., Mansion). Built in 1894 manor house was recorded in 1974 by NRHP with the number 74,001,955.

Economy

A large part of the erstwhile fertile farmlands of the city was converted to industrial and commercial areas, mostly in the western part of the valley.

In Auburn also a number of major companies are located, such as Northwest Territorial Mint, ZONES, Toysmith, Timberland Homes, POE construction, Armstrong Construction, Miles Sand and Gravel, Oak Harbor Freight Lines

Boeing has its headquarters not in Auburn, but is among the largest employers. The factory opened in 1966 with an area of about 195,000 square meters and 11,000 employees, the largest aircraft maintenance facility in the world. 265,000 aircraft parts are produced here annually.

Traffic

Several main roads leading past through the urban area or near Auburn, Washington about the most known as Valley Freeway State Route 167 and State Route 18 Washington Auburn has a railway station in the center, where the trains depart from Sound Transit. They connect the city with the area around the Puget Sound. The Auburn Municipal Airport serves the general aviation.

Management

The City is administered by a mayor and the city council. The district Auburns are:

Christopher / Thomas
Downtown
Forest Villa
Hazelwood
Hidden Valley
Lakeland Hills
Lea Hill
Muckleshoot Area
North Auburn
River's Bend
South Auburn
Terminal Park
Westhill
West Valley

In Auburn, there is also the seat of the General Services Administration for the northwestern United States.

Demographic data

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 40,314 persons Auburn. The population density was 732.1 people per km ². There were 16,767 housing units at an average 304.5 per km ². The population consisted of Auburn's 82.8 % White, 2.42% Black or African American, 2.54% Native Americans, 3.50% Asian American, 0.51% Pacific Islander, 3.66 % reported from other races and 4.56 % from two or more races. 7.49 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Auburns distributed to 16,108 households out of which 32.8 % were living in children under 18 years. 43.7 % married couples living together, 13.4 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.6 % were non-families. 29.1% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 9.1 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size is 3.05.

The population was spread out with 26.6 % under the, 9.5 % 18 -24- year-old, 31.6 % 25 -44- year-old, 20.7% 45-64 year olds and 11.6 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 98.5 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 95.5 men.

The median household income in Auburn was 39 208 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 45 426 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 36 977 U.S. dollars, compared to 27,476 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 19,630 U.S. dollars. 12.8 % of the population and 10.2% of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 15.3 % of minors and 8.8 % of those age 65 or over.

Attractions

The City of Auburn has the following buildings designated as City Landmarks:

Memorable people

Christine Gregoire, Governor of Washington, grew up in Auburn and went to school here.
Dave Reichert, Member of Parliament for the 8th Congressional District of Washington was sheriff of King County, whose expertise lay in the hunt for the Green River Killer and his arrest.
Pam Roach, Senator for the 31 senatorial district of Washington, lives in Auburn.
Greg Haugen, professional boxer, was born in Auburn and grew up here.
Dick Scobee, astronaut, was the commander of the Space Shuttle Challenger and visited here the Washington Elementary School; was named after him, the former North Auburn Elementary School.
Blair Rasmussen, professional basketball player who was drafted in 1985 by the Denver Nuggets.
Minoru Yamasaki, architect, designed not only the World Trade Center, but also the Pacific Science Center Pavilion at the Century 21 Exposition in Seattle
Dana Claire Simpson (DC Simpson), a comic artist
Sir Mix -A-Lot, hip-hoppers
Cam Gigandet, actor, starred in Never Back Down and Twilight

Twinning

Japan Kasugai, Japan
United States Kent (Washington ), United States

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