Kennewick, Washington

Benton County

53-35275

Kennewick is a city in Benton County in the U.S. state of Washington in the United States. Kennewick belongs to the two neighboring cities Richland and Pasco metropolitan region Tri -Cities, where about 200,000 people live.

Geography

Kennewick is located in the southeastern part of the state of Washington, near the Hanford Site on the southwest shore of the Columbia River from Pasco and south of the confluence of the Columbia River and Yakima River.

Demography

At the time of the census in 2000 ( U.S. Census 2000), the town had 54 693 inhabitants on a land area of ​​approximately 59.4 km ². The average age was 32.3 years ( national U.S. average: 35.3 years ). The per capita income (English per capita income) was ( the national average of the United States: 21,587 U.S. dollars) 20 152 U.S. dollars. 12.9 % of residents were with their income below the poverty line ( national U.S. average: 12.4 %). Approximately 19.7% of the inhabitants are of German descent.

Others

In the vicinity of Kennewick on the banks of the Columbia River was found in 1996 about 9,500 year-old skeleton of Kennewick Man.