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A snapshot profile, compiled from information provided by the 1990 Census and 1998 King County Annual Growth Report:

The numbers

Incorporated: 1901

Square miles: 16.6

Population: 46,270

Median household income: $46,000
1994 estimate

Median house value: $147,324
1993

Median apartment rent: $484

Parks: 37

Number of households: 18,219

Number of businesses: 1,567

The people

Pie chart showing ethnic breakdown of population

Median age: 33

Enrolled in public school (K-12): 12,333
Renton School District

Completed four-year college or higher: 22 percent

Below poverty level: 7 percent

Home ownership: 49 percent

Renters: 51 percent

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Renton historical album

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