Concrete, Washington

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Concrete is a town in Skagit County, Washington, USA. The population was 790 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area.

1 History
2 Notable Locals
3 Geography
4 Demographics
5 External links

[edit] History

Concrete was officially incorporated on May 8, 1909.

[edit] Notable Locals

Author Tobias Wolff spent part of his childhood in Concrete; his memoir This Boy's Life chronicles his time living in Concrete.

[edit] Geography

Concrete is located at 48°32′21″N, 121°44′50″W (48.539084, -121.747188)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.2 km² (1.2 mi²). 3.1 km² (1.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (1.61%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 790 people, 300 households, and 198 families residing in the town. The population density was 252.1/km² (650.3/mi²). There were 335 housing units at an average density of 106.9/km² (275.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 92.78% White, 2.53% Native American, 0.89% Asian, 1.14% from other races, and 2.66% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.66% of the population.

There were 300 households out of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.3% were married couples living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.7% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.19.

In the town the population was spread out with 34.1% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $29,375, and the median income for a family was $34,464. Males had a median income of $34,083 versus $17,083 for females. The per capita income for the town was $12,492. About 8.4% of families and 14.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.4% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.