Skagit County, Washington

Skagit County (pronounced ) is a located in the  of. It is named after the  tribe. As of 2000, the population was 102,979. It is included in the Mount Vernon-. The county seat is at, which is also the county's largest city.

Skagit County was formed out of on,.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 4,974 (1,920 ). 4,494 km² (1,735 sq mi) of it is land and 480 km² (185 sq mi) of it (9.65%) is water.

Geographic features

 * Allan Island
 * Burrows Island
 * Hope Island
 * Kiket Island
 * Pass Island
 * Skagit Island
 * , highest point in Skagit County
 * Kiket Island
 * Pass Island
 * Skagit Island
 * , highest point in Skagit County
 * , highest point in Skagit County
 * , highest point in Skagit County
 * , highest point in Skagit County

Adjacent counties

 * - north
 * - east
 * - southeast
 * - south
 * - southwest
 * - west

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 102,979 people, 38,852 households, and 27,351 families residing in the county. The was 23/km² (59/sq mi). There were 42,681 housing units at an average density of 10/km² (25/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 86.49%, 0.44% or , 1.85% , 1.49% , 0.16% , 7.17% from , and 2.40% from two or more races. 11.20% of the population were or  of any race. 13.9% were of, 11.2% , 9.2% , 8.2% and 6.7%  or American ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 38,852 households out of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.60% were living together, 9.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.60% were non-families. 23.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the county, the population was spread out with 26.30% under the age of 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 26.90% from 25 to 44, 23.60% from 45 to 64, and 14.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,381, and the median income for a family was $48,347. Males had a median income of $37,207 versus $26,123 for females. The for the county was $21,256. About 7.90% of families and 11.10% of the population were below the, including 13.50% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over.

Government
Skagit County's government is headed by three commissioners, in the system laid out in the state constitution for all counties without charters. Commissioners are "nominated" in the primary by their district, but then are elected in the general by a county-wide vote. Commissioners are therefore said to represent the entire county, not just their district.

The current Skagit County commissioners include commission chair Sharon Dillon, a Democrat from district 3, which encompasses Burlington east of Interstate 5, Sedro-Woolley, and the rest of eastern Skagit County; Ken Dahlstedt, a Democrat from district 2, which covers Mount Vernon, Conway, and south county; and Don Munks, a Republican from district 1, which includes Anacortes, La Conner, and that area of the county west of Interstate 5 and north of McLean Road.

With the exception of the county assessor Mark Leander and county treasurer Katie Jungquist the county-wide offices are held by Democrats.