Website City of Selah Selah is a town/city in Yakima County, Washington, United States.
Selah and the Wenas Valley increasingly serve as a "bedroom community" of the larger town/city of Yakima to the south.
The Washington State Audubon Society each Memorial Day weekend holds a campout some 22 miles north of Selah at the Hazel Wolf Bird Sanctuary in the upper Wenas Valley. The upper valley also holds Wenas Lake, an irrigation reservoir famed among anglers. Wenas Creek flows from the reservoir through the agricultural lower Wenas Valley.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.52 square miles (11.71 km2), of which, 4.44 square miles (11.50 km2) is territory and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km2) is water. There were 2,759 housing units at an average density of 621.4 per square mile (239.9/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 85.8% White, 0.5% African American, 1.3% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 8.4% from other competitions, and 3.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,658 homeholds of which 42.6% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 47.2% were married couples residing together, 17.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 30.0% were non-families.
24.0% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.12.
The median age in the town/city was 31.5 years.
29.6% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 9.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.9% were from 25 to 44; 22.8% were from 45 to 64; and 10.1% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,314 citizens , 2,269 homeholds, and 1,688 families living in the city.
There were 2,408 housing units at an average density of 551.1 per square mile (212.8/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 88.42% White, 0.60% African American, 1.22% Native American, 0.82% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 6.40% from other competitions, and 2.46% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,269 homeholds out of which 44.3% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 54.4% were married couples residing together, 14.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 25.6% were non-families.
21.7% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 8.0% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.16.
In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 31.7% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $42,386, and the median income for a family was $49,477.
About 9.0% of families and 10.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 13.4% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.
Climate Summary for Selah, Washington "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
Selah, Washington: Selah Valley Optimist Printing, 1984.
City of Selah Municipalities and communities of Yakima County, Washington, United States
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