2024 population: 281,420 ( 5,802 from 2020)
Land area: 395.1 square miles
Population density: 712.3 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	205,780	73.12%	0.9%
Black:	8,086	2.87%	1.9%
Indian:	3,608	1.28%	0.1%
Asian:	18,834	6.69%	12.3%
2+ races:	16,695	5.93%	7.3%
Hispanic:	28,417	10.10%	17.9%

Total non-White:	75,640	26.88%	11.3%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	12,093	11.0
Deaths:	10,655	9.7
Net Migration:	1,888	1.7
Net Immigration:	2,426	2.2

Change in White population:	-1,868	-0.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	7,670	2.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
275,618
207,648	75.34%
7,934	2.88%
3,604	1.31%
16,773	6.09%
15,555	5.64%
24,104	8.75%
67,970	24.66%

2010
251,133
198,745	79.14%
6,329	2.52%
3,524	1.40%
14,259	5.68%
12,167	4.84%
15,686	6.25%
52,388	20.86%

2000
231,969
190,751	82.23%
6,495	2.80%
3,462	1.49%
11,733	5.06%
9,272	4.00%
9,609	4.14%
41,218	17.77%

1990
189,731
167,859	88.47%
4,859	2.56%
3,093	1.63%
7,970	4.20%
n/a
5,950	3.14%
21,872	11.53%

1980
147,152
134,314	91.28%
2,708	1.84%
1,384	0.94%
4,553	3.09%
n/a
3,972	2.70%
12,838	8.72%

1970
101,732
96,377	94.74%
1,432	1.41%
901	0.89%
1,332	1.31%
n/a
1,369	1.35%
5,355	5.26%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
27,849	11.1
19,793	7.9
10,047	4.0
2,148	0.9

8,903	3.5
15,582	6.2

Number	Rate
2000's
27,437	11.8
16,612	7.2
-1,343	-0.6
446	0.2

7,994	3.4
11,170	4.8

Number	Rate
1990's
32,678	17.2
14,927	7.9
21,634	11.4
2,489	1.3

22,892	12.1
19,346	10.2

Number	Rate
1980's
28,008	19.0
11,402	7.7
26,571	18.1
n/a

33,545	22.8
9,034	6.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
35,509	34.9
n/a

37,937	37.3
7,483	7.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.7
54,989	19.5%
226,431	80.5%
51,416	18.3%

106,031
2.52

72,211	68.1%
57,104	79.1%
5,502	7.6%
33,820	31.9%

2010
Number	Percent
39.4
56,496	22.5%
194,637	77.5%
33,296	13.3%

97,220
2.49

65,820	67.7%
51,689	78.5%
5,920	9.0%
31,400	32.3%

2000
Number	Percent
35.7
62,000	26.7%
169,969	73.3%
24,463	10.5%

86,393
2.60

61,518	71.2%
50,241	81.7%
5,754	9.4%
24,875	28.8%

1990
Number	Percent
31.8
52,877	27.9%
136,854	72.1%
20,284	10.7%

69,488
2.64

50,802	73.1%
43,185	85.0%
4,063	8.0%
18,686	26.9%

1980
Number	Percent
29.5
42,283	28.7%
104,869	71.3%
14,611	9.9%

52,841
2.68

39,187	74.2%
34,201	87.3%
2,919	7.4%
13,654	25.8%

2022 Housing Data for Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,580	3.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,524	2.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,587	2.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,498	2.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,331	2.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,304	2.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,349	2.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,141	3.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,194	3.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	6,943	6.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	10,693	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	14,976	14.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	12,832	12.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	9,509	9.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	12,125	11.4%
$200,000 or more	14,445	13.6%

Median Household Income	93,675
Per Capita Income	47,713

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	107

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	5,048	4.8%
Public Assistance	3,062	2.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	11,102	10.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	102,785	64.4%
Unemployed	5,128	3.2%
In Armed Forces	12,109	7.6%

Total Labor Force	120,022	75.2%
Not in Labor Force	39,552	24.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	35,388	29,789	54.3%
Non-Profit	3,241	6,266	34.1%
Self-Employed	6,123	5,111	54.5%

Local Government	4,170	4,922	45.9%
State Government	1,849	3,144	37.0%
Federal Government	14,668	4,886	75.0%

Total Private + Self	41,511	34,900	54.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	23,928	19,218	55.5%
Total	65,439	54,118	54.7%

Pct. Govt.	28.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	20,411	17.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	23,081	19.3%
Professional, Technical	30,701	25.6%
Service Occupations	20,102	16.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	304	0.3%
All others	25,457	21.3%

White Collar		62.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	15,888	13.3%
Retail trade	14,808	12.4%
Manufacturing	14,290	11.9%
Public administration	12,289	10.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	10,706	8.9%
Construction	8,353	7.0%
Educational services	8,154	6.8%
Accommodation and food services	8,136	6.8%
Other services	4,663	3.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,141	3.5%
Transportation and warehousing	4,088	3.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,203	2.7%
Finance and insurance	2,953	2.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,502	2.1%
Wholesale trade	1,801	1.5%
Information	1,764	1.5%
Utilities	1,075	0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	763	0.6%
Management	103	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	72	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	14,353	5.21%
Puerto Rican	2,300	0.84%
Cuban	424	0.15%
Dominican	65	0.02%

Total Central American	2,247	0.82%
Costa Rican	56	0.02%
Guatemalan	1,153	0.42%
Honduran	114	0.04%
Nicaraguan	109	0.04%
Panamanian	198	0.07%
Salvadoran	617	0.22%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	876	0.32%
Argentinean	93	0.03%
Bolivian	20	0.01%
Chilean	88	0.03%
Colombian	282	0.10%
Ecuadorian	166	0.06%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	65	0.02%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	149	0.05%
Other South American	13	0.00%

Other Hispanic	3,205	1.16%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	7,331	2.66%
Japanese	1,268	0.46%
Chinese	1,052	0.38%
Vietnamese	1,031	0.37%
Indian	764	0.28%
Korean	636	0.23%
Thai	159	0.06%
Indonesian	109	0.04%
Taiwanese	32	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	238,678	91.6%
Spanish	8,208	3.1%
Tagalog	4,381	1.7%
Other Asian	2,884	1.1%
Other Indo-European	1,282	0.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	913	0.4%
Other	899	0.3%
Vietnamese	803	0.3%
Chinese	735	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	48,556	17.6%
English	37,879	13.8%
Irish	35,327	12.8%
European	16,950	6.2%
Norwegian	14,361	5.2%
American	11,099	4.0%
Italian	10,557	3.8%
Scottish	7,997	2.9%
French	7,967	2.9%
Swedish	7,510	2.7%
Dutch	4,640	1.7%
Polish	4,523	1.6%
Scotch-Irish	3,739	1.4%
Scandinavian	3,138	1.1%
British	3,015	1.1%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	268,037	97.3%
Not a citizen	7,374	2.7%

Native	256,669	93.2%
Foreign-born	18,742	6.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,872	1.5%	6,372	3.3%	41,545	21.4%	74,919	38.5%	44,914	23.1%	23,760	12.2%
Average years of education: 14.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,872	1.5%
9-12 Years	6,372	3.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	41,545	21.4%
Some College	74,919	38.5%
Bach. Degree	44,914	23.1%
Grad Degree	23,760	12.2%
Average years of education: 14.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	169,554	162,618	6,936	4.1%
1991	173,648	165,038	8,610	5.0%
1992	177,026	166,166	10,860	6.1%
1993	178,526	166,254	12,272	6.9%
1994	179,832	168,128	11,704	6.5%
1995	180,790	168,318	12,472	6.9%
1996	190,592	178,686	11,906	6.2%
1997	189,286	179,224	10,062	5.3%
1998	188,492	179,186	9,306	4.9%
1999	197,126	187,464	9,662	4.9%

2000	215,062	203,408	11,654	5.4%
2001	214,026	201,132	12,894	6.0%
2002	222,650	207,914	14,736	6.6%
2003	228,128	212,820	15,308	6.7%
2004	236,088	221,916	14,172	6.0%
2005	241,420	228,308	13,112	5.4%
2006	244,096	231,772	12,324	5.0%
2007	245,784	233,914	11,870	4.8%
2008	249,454	236,504	12,950	5.2%
2009	245,906	228,334	17,572	7.1%

2010	236,694	218,298	18,396	7.8%
2011	232,668	215,112	17,556	7.5%
2012	231,486	214,742	16,744	7.2%
2013	227,190	211,152	16,038	7.1%
2014	226,854	213,362	13,492	5.9%
2015	230,776	218,348	12,428	5.4%
2016	236,570	223,578	12,992	5.5%
2017	240,732	229,194	11,538	4.8%
2018	247,116	235,848	11,268	4.6%
2019	256,328	244,688	11,640	4.5%

2020	258,184	238,280	19,904	7.7%
2021	254,314	241,208	13,106	5.2%
2022	258,292	246,626	11,666	4.5%
2023	258,198	247,568	10,630	4.1%
2024	243,964	232,970	10,994	4.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	113,930
Median Value	$463,000

Occupied	106,031	93.1%
Vacant	7,899	6.9%

Owned	74,050	69.8%
Rented	31,981	30.2%
Median Rent	$1,635

Single-Family Units	85,890	75.4%
Detached	81,574	71.6%
Attached	4,316	3.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	14,996	13.2%
Mobile Homes	6,596	5.8%

Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area