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Economic Development Element <br />2000 2004 2009 2000 -2009 <br />Income HoUleholdl Percent HOUNhold1 Percent Hollllholds Percent Change Percent Range <br />$50,000-2,271 17 2,444 17 2,549 16 278 12 $74,999 <br />$75,000-994 7 1,343 9 1,563 10 569 57 $99,999 <br />$100,000-595 4 919 6 1,458 9 861 145 $149,999 <br />$150,000-278 2 328 2 481 3 203 73 $249,999 - <br />$250,000 -83 1 155 1 213 1 130 157 $499,989 <br />$500,000 14 0 3B or more 0 83 1 69 493 <br />Total 13,405 14,332 15,483 2078 <br />HOUl8holds -- <br />Median <br />HOUNholcl $32,844 $36,080 $40,849 $8,205 <br />Income - <br />Mean <br />Houaehold $45,941 $50,357 $57,849 $11,908 <br />lncoma <br />Source: Claritas. 2004 Household Trend Report for Kittitas County <br />Employment Growth and Distribution <br />Kittitas County's employed population varies for the state averages (Table 10.3)_ A greater <br />percentage ~f workers are employed in the government sector, with greater percentages employed <br />in both the self-employed and less in the private wage and salary classifications. <br />Tabla 10.3-Cl•II ofWorbr-2000 <br />Kitlltn County Wuhlngton S1lte <br />Number Pen:ent Number Pe~ <br />Prtvale wage and salary workenl 9,857 63.6 2 ,125,029 76.1 <br />Govammen1 wor1<era 4,239 27.3 459,722 18.5 <br />Self-employed wortcers In awn not Incorporated bueinesa 1,248 8.7 199,827 7 .2 --·~------·-~ -· ·- <br />Unpaid family wori<ers 67 0.4 9,144 0 .3 <br />Source: US Census 2000 <br />In a market study for the Ellensburg 2006 Comprehensive Plan Update. ECONorthwest made <br />four primary findings concerning employment growth and distribution: <br />• Population in Kittitas County grew at an average rate of 2.1 % per year from 1990 through <br />2003, substantially higher than the average rate of0.7% per year experienced in the 1980's. <br />Kittitas County <br />Comprehensive Plan 10-3 <br />December 2016