Burien, Washington

King County

53-08850

Burien is a city in King County, Washington, United States. At the 2000 census it had 31 881 inhabitants. The city was founded in 1880 by the German Gottlieb From Boorian.

History

The settlement in the area of Burien goes back to about 1870, when walking up the hill Mike Kelly from Seatlle. Where he came out from under the trees, he called, according to tradition of, "This is truly a sunny dale. " ( German about: But this is really a sunny spot. ) After the homestead law, he acquired 160 acres of land and erected thereon a house and his farm.

Ten years later, met the German emigrants Gottlieb von Boorian in Sunnydale. At that time, the settlement consisted of a few small houses and there were only footpaths, no roads or public buildings. From Boorian settled on the southeast corner of Lake Burien and made the community to the city that now bears his, however the name was misspelled over the years. A land development office has been established and more settlers came here.

At the beginning of the 20th century discovered the citizens of Seattle Three Tree Point as a destination. 1915 a railway line was put into operation. This resulted in about there, where today the Ambaum Boulevard is, of Burien about White Center to Seattle. The train was called by the inhabitants The Toonerville Trolley. However, it was reduced again after a few years.

The Highline Times was founded in 1945 and is now a weekly local newspaper, which is distributed primarily on subscriptions.

Burien remained until February 28, 1993 nichtstatuierte community. End of 2004, considered the city 's North Highline to affiliate with White Center and Boulevard Park, whereby the area of the city had doubled. However, many citizens turned against this plan.

Geography

Buriens geographical coordinates are 47 ° 28 ' N, 122 ° 21' W47.468333333333 - 122.34555555556. The place is located just south of Seattle.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 34.2 km ², of which 19.3 km ² of land and 14.9 km ² omitted ( = 43.8 %) to water.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 31 881 people Burien. The population density was 1654.5 people per km ². There were 13,898 housing units at an average 721.2 per km ². The population consisted of 75.74 % White, 5.14 % African American, 1.29 % Native American, 7.00% Asian, 1.16 % Pacific Islander, 5.4 % reported other races and 4.28 % from two or more races. 10.66 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Buriens distributed to 13,399 households out of which 27.1% were living in children under 18 years. 43.5 % married couples living together, 11.6 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.8 % were non-families. 32.4% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 10.5 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size is 2.98.

The city population was spread out with 22.8 % under the, 8.0 % 18 -24- year-old, 30.8 % 25 -44- year-old, 24.7% 45-64 year olds and 13.8 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.5 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 94.7 men.

The median household income in Burien was 41 577 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 53 814 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 29 694 U.S. dollars, compared to 23,737 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Burien was 23,737 U.S. dollars. 9.4 % of the population and 6.9 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 13.1 % of minors and 6.1 % of those age 65 or over.