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Bothell
A snapshot profile, compiled from information provided by the 1990 Census, the City of Bothell, the Bothell Chamber of Commerce and the Snohomish County Planning and Development Services:

The numbers

Founded: 1909

Square miles: 11.67

Population: 25,850

Median household income: $40,252

Median house value: $146,150

Median apartment rent: $552

Parks: 12

Number of households: 9,887

Number of businesses: 2,000

The people

Pie chart showing ethnic breakdown of population

Median age: 32.1

Enrolled in public school (K-12): 7,800

Completed four-year college or higher: 26 percent

Below poverty level: 2 percent

Home ownership: 81 percent

Renters: 24 percent

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HEADLINES
Saturday, February 15, 1997

A logging and farm town yields to people and technology

Careful planning eases growing pains

Adapting to changing times

Sleepy downtown endures and endears, at least for now

Hometown sentiment prevails over glass towers

Jon Hahn: Winter storms can't crush Barfod's American dream

Things to do while you're here

Scenes of Bothell

Bothell historical album

Bothell by the numbers

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