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Camano Island
A snapshot profile, compiled from information provided by the 1990 Census and other sources as noted:

The numbers

Square miles: 39.8
Island County Economic Development Council

Population: 12,800
Island County Economic Development Council

Median family income: $35,951

Median house value: $169,400
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Median apartment rent: $402

Parks: 2

Housing units: 3,133

The people

Pie chart showing ethnic breakdown of population

Median age: 47.2

Enrolled in public school (K-12): 1,862

Completed four-year college or higher: 19.1 percent

Below poverty level: 5.5 percent

Home ownership: 83.6 percent

Renters: 16.4 percent

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HEADLINES
Saturday, August 29, 1998

Rural island draws many who love water and the simple life

Growth, and lack of it, ties isle of soaring spirits to mainland

Mostly residential town is a community in every sense of the word

New state park is big news

Jon Hahn: Artificial leg didn't handicap Camano citizen's legislative drive

Things to do while you're here

Scenes of Camano Island

Camano Island historical album

Camano Island by the numbers

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Everett

Oak Harbor

Marysville

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Port Townsend

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