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Indicators Washington King County Pierce County Snohomish County Spokane City  Populations Total population 6,468,424[1] 1,859,284[2] 773,165[3] 676,898[4] 210,447[5] Families 764,019[6] 210,666[7] 97,013[8] 84,666[9] 24,644[10] Children 1,798,336[11] 472,076[12] 228,100[13] 197,188[14] 54,264[15]  Households Average family size 3.09[16] 3.07[17] 3.09[18] 3.09[19] 2.93[20]  Family Composition One parent (female) 21.95%[21] 19.65%[22] 27.05%[23] 18.73%[24] 27.25%[25] One parent (male) 8.11%[26] 6.21%[27] 10.51%[28] 8.62%[29] 11.20%[30] Two-parent 69.94%[31] 74.14%[32] 62.44%[33] 72.65%[34] 61.55%[35]  Income Median family income $66,642[36] $85,828[37] $66,019[38] $74,952[39] $50,558[40] Mean family income $84,335[41] $109,037[42] $79,009[43] $87,833[44] $65,028[45] Fair market rent two-bedroom apartment $829[46] $942[47] $845[48] $942[49] $674[50] Income needed to afford two-bedroom apartment $33,178[51] $37,680[52] $33,800[53] $37,680[54] $26,960[55]  Employment Unemployed 5.99%[56] 4.48%[57] 6.09%[58] 5.56%[59] 5.80%[60]  Families Below Poverty Level Total 12.37%[61] 9.50%[62] 13.24%[63] 8.89%[64] 18.33%[65] Children under 5 17.79%[66] 14.04%[67] 18.28%[68] 11.65%[69] 23.68%[70] Children 5-17 13.10%[71] 11.05%[72] 13.11%[73] 9.31%[74] 18.61%[75]  Education No high school diploma 10.68%[76] 8.42%[77] 10.32%[78] 8.36%[79] 8.62%[80] High school and above 89.32%[81] 91.58%[82] 89.68%[83] 91.64%[84] 91.38%[85] Bachelor’s degree and above 30.27%[86] 44.00%[87] 23.54%[88] 27.60%[89] 27.42%[90] High school dropout rate 4.50%[91] n/a n/a n/a n/a  Teen Birth Rate Percent of total births to teens 8.26%[92] 4.70%[93] 9.18%[94] 6.11%[95] n/a Birth rate ranking 11[96] 50[97] 243[98] 95[99]