Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety32#2,113/3,096
Economy82#566/3,143
Housing5#2,985/3,140
Health64#1,142/3,144
Healthcare91#289/3,143
Environment22#2,421/3,108
Education59#1,281/3,144
Infrastructure86#429/3,144
Community49#1,596/3,144
Leisure & amenities49#1,596/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Pierce County, Washington ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Broadband subscriptions · high94.6%
97/100Washington 93.6%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Physical inactivity · low18.7%
95/100Washington 19.0%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health providers · high623 /100k
95/100Washington 568 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public transit commuters · high2.1%
95/100Washington 3.5%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Median household income · high$100,125
95/100Washington $99,309United States $81,6042024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Hot days · low1 days
94/100Washington 13 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Weaknesses

Drug overdose deaths · high36.1 /100k
4/100Washington 32.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Students per teacher · high18.3×
6/100Washington 17.9×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Home price to income ratio · high5.3×
7/100Washington 5.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Cost of buying a home today · high42.0%
8/100Washington 43.5%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Property crime rate · high2,022 /100k
8/100Washington 1,975 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Average commute time · high31.4 min
9/100Washington 26.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Hot daysWorsening
0 days (2011-2020) → 1 days (2016-2025)
+1,200%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
New business applicationsImproving
9.5 /1k (2020) → 18.0 /1k (2025)
+88%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
High ozone daysImproving
10 days (2017) → 2 days (2022)
−80%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Drought exposureWorsening
10% (2021) → 22% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+12 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Traffic deathsWorsening
7.2 /100k (2015-2019) → 10.2 /100k (2020-2024)
+41%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
34.2% (Dec 2021) → 42.0% (Aug 2026)
+7.8 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Pierce County, Washington improved on 10 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 13 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

New businesses+88%9.5 /1k → 18.0 /1k
Unemployment−4.4 points9.4% → 5.0%
Commute−1.4 min32.8 min → 31.3 min
Weekly wage+28%$1,115 → $1,423
Bachelor's++3.7 points27.2% → 30.9%

Declined6

Transit use−1.7 points3.9% → 2.1%
Overdose deaths+48%24.4 /100k → 36.1 /100k
Price / income+1.1×4.2× → 5.3×
Traffic deaths+41%7.2 /100k → 10.2 /100k
Rent / income+1.2 points30.3% → 31.5%

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Pierce County, Washington between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.0 /10k2020	3.1 /10k2025	+5%	Within the margin of error	50%
Average commute time	32.8 min2015-2019	31.3 min2020-2024	−1.4 min	Improved	84%
Average weekly wage	$1,1152020	$1,4232025	+28%	Improved	73%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%2015-2019	30.9%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Improved	68%
Broadband subscriptions	87.6%2015-2019	94.6%2020-2024	+7 points	Improved	23%
Child poverty rate	11.8%2019	11.6%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Distance to an airport	21 mi2020	21 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	24.4 /100k2020	36.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+48%	Declined	6%
Effective property tax rate	1.09%2015-2019	0.85%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	82%
Firearm deaths	12.2 /100k2020	13.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+13%	Within the margin of error	29%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+7.5%	Within the margin of error	75%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	+0.8%	Within the margin of error	50%
High school diploma or higher	91.5%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Little change	30%
Home price to income ratio	4.2×2015-2019	5.3×2020-2024	+1.1×	Declined	7%
Homicide rate	5.3 /100k2020	4.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−11%	Within the margin of error	32%
Income adjusted for local prices	$46,1962019	$61,5602024	+33%	Improved	59%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4232015-2019	0.4232020-2024	−0.000	Within the margin of error	55%
Median household income	$78,7792019	$100,1252024	+27%	Improved	61%
New business applications	9.5 /1k2020	18.0 /1k2025	+88%	Improved	87%
Pharmacies	1.2 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−8.7%	Within the margin of error	43%
Poverty rate	9.4%2019	9.4%2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Property crime rate	3,213 /100k2020	2,022 /100k2025	−37%	Improved	52%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−10%	Within the margin of error	11%
Public transit commuters	3.9%2015-2019	2.1%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Declined	10%
Rent as share of income	30.3%2015-2019	31.5%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Declined	37%
Rent-burdened households	50.6%2015-2019	53.0%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Declined	39%
Restaurants and bars	7.4 /10k2020	7.4 /10k2025	+0.8%	Within the margin of error	51%
Students per teacher	18.8×2019	18.3×2024	−0.5×	Little change	45%
Suicide rate	16.2 /100k2020	16.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.5%	Within the margin of error	52%
Traffic deaths	7.2 /100k2015-2019	10.2 /100k2020-2024	+41%	Declined	17%
Unemployment rate	9.4%2020	5.0%2025	−4.4 points	Improved	88%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.6%2019	7.0%2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Violent crime rate	437 /100k2020	406 /100k2025	−7.1%	Improved	40%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Pierce County, Washington five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Pierce County, Washington in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Pierce County, Washington itself moved +0.1 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

930,319 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−0.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

930,319 residents

Pierce County, Washington
Washington share

White61%571,064
Black7.0%64,989
Hispanic or Latino13%119,500

Education

635,580 residents

Pierce County, Washington
Washington share

No high school diploma7.5%47,783
High school or GED26%167,387
Some college24%150,883

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

351,330 households (±1,296)

Pierce County, Washington
Washington share

Under $25k9.6%33,606
$25k–50k13%44,161
$50k–75k15%51,483
$75k–100k13%47,206
$100k–150k22%75,724
$150k–200k13%44,404
$200k or more16%54,746

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+9.1 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

351,330 households (±1,296)

Pierce County, Washington
Washington share

Own65%227,400
Rent35%123,930

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

120,123 households (±2,182)

Pierce County, Washington
Washington share

Under $7505.1%6,094
$750–1,0003.9%4,668
$1,000–1,50022%26,078

Home values

227,400 homes (±2,414)

Pierce County, Washington
Washington share

Under $150k5.4%12,343
$150k–250k3.2%7,293
$250k–400k15%34,576

Age of homes

369,709 homes (±177)

Pierce County, Washington
Washington share

2010 or later13%48,971
2000–200916%59,036
1980–199929%105,513

Size of homes

369,709 homes (±177)

Pierce County, Washington
Washington share

Studio3.0%11,014
1 bedroom9.4%34,930
2 bedrooms23%85,354

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

451,807 workers (±2,803)

Pierce County, Washington
Washington share

Drive alone71%319,349
Carpool9.7%43,769
Public transit2.1%9,688
Walk2.2%10,077
Bike0.3%1,133
Work from home14%62,916
Other1.1%4,875

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+8.9 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

388,891 workers (±3,076)

Pierce County, Washington
Washington share

Under 15 min20%79,608
15–29 min34%130,529
30–44 min22%83,684

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Pierce County has 20,051 employer establishments, 215 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248; 0.83× Washington's), with 294,765 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,747. The Census Bureau also counts 59,552 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 20,051; 59,552 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 215; US 248 · Washington 258
Paid employees: 294,765
Average annual pay: $61,747; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Pierce County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	1,985	21.3	1.38×More than typical	17,390	$77,748	2,714
Ambulatory health care services	1,570	16.9	0.81×About typical	20,564	$90,990	3,236
Restaurants and other eating places	1,512	16.2	0.88×About typical	26,330	$28,660	209
Lessors of real estate	1,278	13.7	1.11×About typical	4,421	$63,158	5,929
Construction of buildings	947	10.2	1.34×More than typical	4,939	$76,506	1,632
Truck transportation	666	7.2	1.41×More than typical	5,766	$64,320	2,079
Services to buildings and dwellings	645	6.9	1.03×About typical	4,900	$45,427	2,709
Offices of other health practitioners	626	6.7	1.11×About typical	3,286	$49,877	1,678
Full-service restaurants	625	6.7	0.87×About typical	11,112	$33,916	73
Real estate agents and brokers	623	6.7	1.37×More than typical	992	$67,281	2,191
Building finishing contractors	622	6.7	1.76×More than typical	4,372	$61,697	1,056
Limited-service restaurants	588	6.3	0.79×Fewer than typical	11,533	$24,788	87

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 931,408 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $557.4M on contracts performed in Pierce County, Washington: $589 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $557.4M; −37% vs FY2025
Per resident: $589; US $1,994
Sole-source: 27%; US 30%
Single offer: 4.3%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$161.7M29%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$101.5M18%
Defense Logistics Agency$94.7M17%
Defense Health Agency$45.7M8.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs$36.4M6.5%
Federal Acquisition Service$32.4M5.8%
Federal Highway Administration$22.6M4.1%
Maritime Administration$15.6M2.8%

Top recipients

THE GEO GROUP, INC.$101.5M18%
ABSHER CONSTRUCTION CO$53M9.5%
US OIL & REFINING CO$52.6M9.4%
AMERICAN WATER MILITARY SERVICES, LLC$24.8M4.5%
QUIGG BROS., INC.$24.4M4.4%

Spending by fiscal year

625.9MFY2017
646.5MFY2018
673.2MFY2019
785.7MFY2020
657.7MFY2021
704.7MFY2022
788.8MFY2023
864.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$71.2M13%
Investigation and security services · 5616$68M12%
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$52.6M9.4%
Facilities support services · 5612$51.1M9.2%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$29.4M5.3%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$28.3M

Largest awards

THIS CONTRACT IS AWARDED FOR THE OWNERSHIP, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY SYSTEMS AT JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASHINGTON$135.9M
AMERICAN WATER MILITARY SERVICES, LLC· Pierce County, WA· Facilities & utilities· Sep 23, 2020 – May 11, 2026· SP060020C8330
NEW TASK ORDER FOR DETENTION AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AT TACOMA, WA FOR SEATTLE AOR$117.4M
THE GEO GROUP, INC.· Pierce County, WA· Facilities & utilities· Oct 24, 2024 – Sep 11, 2026· 70CDCR25FR0000004
UTILITY SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THE PRIVATIZATION OF THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AT JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASHINGTON.$117.2M
CITY LIGHT & POWER JBLM LLC· Pierce County, WA· Facilities & utilities· Sep 27, 2018 – May 14, 2026· SP060018C8327

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $5.9B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Pierce County, Washington: $6,268 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $5.9B; −0.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,268; US $12,955
Loan face value: $629.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$3.3B55%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$1B18%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$363M6.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$276.2M4.7%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$154.9M2.6%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$148.7M2.5%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$121.1M2.0%
64.028 · Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance$77.2M1.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

WASHINGTON ST DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$248.9M4.2%
OLYMPIA, WA
HOUSING AUTHORITY-THE CITY-TCM$76.3M1.3%
TACOMA, WA
PIERCE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY$47.4M0.8%
PUYALLUP, WA
PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS$27.1M0.5%
TACOMA, WA
CHIEF LESCHI SCHOOLS$18.5M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$4.1B68%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$1.2B21%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$256.8M4.3%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$129.6M2.2%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

4.9BFY2021
4.8BFY2022
5BFY2023
5.4BFY2024
6BFY2025
5.9BFY2026

County aggregates

90%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Pierce County, Washington compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Pierce County, Washington
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pierce County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pierce County, Washington	United States
FY2017	$711	$1,436
FY2018	$722	$1,552
FY2019	$743	$1,654
FY2020	$851	$1,880
FY2021	$709	$1,810
FY2022	$760	$1,917
FY2023	$847	$2,079
FY2024	$920	$2,047
FY2025	$932	$2,165
FY2026	$589 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pierce County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pierce County, Washington	United States
FY2017	$227	$93.28
FY2018	$218	$105
FY2019	$174	$128
FY2020	$453	$145
FY2021	$212	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pierce County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pierce County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$987	$5,748
FY2022	$958	$5,221
FY2023	$1,076	$5,364
FY2024	$1,236	$5,501
FY2025	$1,272	$5,732
FY2026	$978

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pierce County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pierce County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$46.50	$298
FY2022	$83.32	$357
FY2023	$97.12	$301
FY2024	$172	$319
FY2025	$237	$360
FY2026	$298

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pierce County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pierce County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$165	$239
FY2022	$143	$185
FY2023	$177	$229
FY2024	$179	$229
FY2025	$185	$249
FY2026	$171

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pierce County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pierce County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$41.04	$2,304
FY2022	$28.29	$2,197
FY2023	$20.46	$2,274
FY2024	$26.81	$2,267
FY2025	$17.68	$2,397
FY2026	$22.41

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pierce County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pierce County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$942	$1,186
FY2022	$335	$465
FY2023	$76.56	$76.52
FY2024	$132	$120
FY2025	$119	$148
FY2026	$119

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Pierce County, Washington
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Pierce County, Washington and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Pierce County, Washington	United States
2014	3.0%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/53053

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Pierce County, Washington is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Maria CantwellD-

Metro area

The metro or micro area Pierce County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA82Central county

Cities and towns in Pierce County

Places whose residents live mostly in Pierce County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Pierce County, Washington	United States
2014	−5.2%	−4.2%
2015	−2.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.6%	+3.3%
2018	+8.2%	+6.8%
2019	+13.4%	+10.5%
2020	+21.3%	+19.4%
2021	+27.9%	+26.1%
2022	+34.8%	+30.6%
2023	+40.3%	+35.0%
2024	+47.3%	+41.0%
2025	+54.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Pierce County, Washington	United States
2014	−6.0%	−5.5%
2015	−2.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.6%	+4.1%
2018	+7.8%	+8.9%
2019	+13.7%	+13.5%
2020	+23.3%	+20.8%
2021	+30.1%	+32.1%
2022	+33.8%	+35.4%
2023	+42.5%	+42.9%
2024	+49.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Pierce County, Washington	United States
2014	4.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.5/1k	3.7/1k
2017	5.6/1k	3.9/1k
2018	6.1/1k	4.1/1k
2019	4.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	5.3/1k	4.4/1k
2021	6.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	5.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.4/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Pierce County, Washington	United States
2014	−6.1%	−6.9%
2015	−6.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+7.3%	+4.7%
2018	+16.7%	+7.5%
2019	+22.5%	+14.0%
2020	+24.8%	+16.9%
2021	+32.9%	+21.0%
2022	+44.3%	+29.7%
2023	+51.6%	+34.9%
2024	+55.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Pierce County, Washington	United States
2014	−17.6% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−9.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+11.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+22.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+31.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+52.3% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+78.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+86.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+89.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+97.0% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+96.0% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Pierce County, Washington	United States
2014	6.8%	6.2%
2015	6.0%	5.3%
2016	4.8%	4.9%
2017	4.5%	4.4%
2018	4.1%	3.9%
2019	3.6%	3.7%
2020	9.4%	8.1%
2021	5.4%	5.4%
2022	4.3%	3.7%
2023	4.4%	3.6%
2024	4.6%	4.0%
2025	5.0%	4.3%

Calendar years	Pierce County, Washington	United States
2014	13.1%	15.5%
2015	12.4%	14.7%
2016	12.1%	14.0%
2017	10.2%	13.4%
2018	8.7%	13.1%
2019	9.4%	12.3%
2020	8.7%	11.9%
2021	8.2%	12.8%
2022	9.1%	12.6%
2023	9.9%	12.5%
2024	9.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	Pierce County, Washington	United States
2015	−6.2% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+10.0% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+16.9% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+24.3% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+33.1% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+50.3% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+56.7% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+60.2% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+64.0% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+70.6% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Pierce County, Washington	United States
2014	10.8%	13.5%
2015	7.3%	10.9%
2016	6.5%	10.0%
2017	6.9%	10.2%
2018	6.8%	10.4%
2019	7.6%	10.8%
2020	6.8%	10.4%
2021	7.2%	10.2%
2022	6.6%	9.5%
2023	7.1%	9.5%
2024	7.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	Pierce County, Washington	United States
2014	6.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.2/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.8/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	9.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	11.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	12.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	13.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	18.0/1k	16.6/1k

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