Mercer Island, Washington
King County
53-45005
Mercer Iceland is a city in King County in the western part of the U.S. state of Washington. The city is located on the eponymous island in Lake Washington east of Seattle and is one of the metropolitan area. To the north of Interstate 90 connects the city to the mainland. The population in 2000 stood at 22,036.
History
Mercer Iceland was first settled by whites in the 1870s. It was named the island after the brothers Mercer, who rowed from Seattle here to fish, hunt or gather berries. The first settlement was formed on the northwestern side of the island. This was initially called East Seattle. Built in 1889 C. C. Calkins a hotel there, the Calkins Hotel. That's why there was a ferry boat, Calkins Landing, which contributed in turn to the growth of the population. The hotel burned in 1908, although down to the ground from which ferry service but was maintained and a small industrial estate was created. During the 1930s, George Lightfoot sat for a bridge connection to Seattle one. The Lake Washington Floating Bridge was completed in 1940 and in the industrial area shifted to its present location at the north end of the island.
The City of Mercer Iceland was registered on 5 July 1960 and comprised the entire island, with the exception of about 28 acres of commercial area. This was constituted on August 9, 1960 as the Town of Mercer Iceland and was completely surrounded by the City. The two towns merged on 19 May 1970.
Geography
Mercer Island geographical coordinates are 47 ° 34 ' N, 122 ° 14' W47.569166666667 - 122.23222222222.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 34.0 km ²; of which 16.5 km ² of land and 17.4 km ² waters.
Mercer Iceland is the most populous municipality on a single island in the United States.
Bridges
Mercer Iceland is by Interstate 90 in the West Seattle and Bellevue to the east is connected. The Interstate to Seattle is performed with the Mercer Iceland Bridge over Lake Washington. The building consists of two parallel floating bridges Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge and Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge, which are among the longest floating bridges in the world. Eastwards used Interstate the East Channel Bridge to cross the body of water.
Education
For Mercer Iceland School District has six schools on the island, three primary schools (West Mercer Elementary, Iceland Park Elementary and Lakeridge Elementary ), one middle school ( Islander Middle School ) and one high school ( Mercer Iceland High School ), and an alternative high school (Crest Learning Center ). On Mercer Iceland are also the St. Monica School, the French American School of Puget Sound and the Northwest Yeshiva High School.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 22,036 persons Mercer Iceland. The population density was 1333.6 people per km ². There were 8806 housing units at an average 532.9 per km ². The population consisted of Mercer Island 84.09 % White, 1.14 % African American, 0.16 % Native American, 11.87% Asian, 0.07 % Pacific Islander, 0.52 % reported other to belong to races and 2.16 % from two or more races. 1.86 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The residents of Mercer Island distributed to 8437 households out of which 35.5% were living in children under 18 years. 65.6 % married couples living together, 6.7 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6 % were non-families. 22.1% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 11.2% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size is 3.03.
The city population was spread out with 26.0 % under the, 4.2 % 18 -24- year-old, 21.2% 25-44 year olds, 29.9% of 45-64 year olds and 18.7 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 92.7 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 88.3 men.
The median household income in Mercer Iceland amounted to 91 904 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 110 830 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 82 855 U.S. dollars, compared to 46.734 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Mercer Iceland was 53 799 U.S. dollars. 3.2 % of the population and 1.9 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 3.4 % of minors and 2.3 % of those age 65 or over.
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