Population

According to the 2000 census, Washington had a population of 5,894,121—an increase of 1,027,429, or 21.1 per cent, over the 1990 total. The population density was about 88.5 persons per square mile (34.2 per km2), slightly more than that of the United States as a whole. Whites made up 81.8 per cent of the population. Asians, largely of Filipino, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese origin, accounted for 5.5 per cent of the population.