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Finley is a
census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Benton County, Washington Benton County is a County (United States), county in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 206,873. The county seat is Prosser, Wash ...
, United States. The population was 6,152 at the 2020 census. It is located to the southeast of the larger city of
Kennewick Kennewick () is a city in Benton County, Washington, Benton County in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. It is located along the southwest bank of the Columbia River, just southeast of the confluence of the Columbia and Yakima ...
.


History

A post office called Finley was established in 1906, and remained in operation until 1935. The community was named after George E. Finley, a pioneer settler. It includes the community of Hedges.


Geography

According to the
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, the CDP has a total area of 14.6 square miles (37.7 km2), of which, 11.5 square miles (29.8 km2) of it is land and 3.0 square miles (7.9 km2) of it (20.88%) is water.


Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 5,770 people, 1,987 households, and 1,585 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 501.2 people per square mile (193.6/km2). There were 2,082 housing units at an average density of 180.8/sq mi (69.8/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.40%
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, 0.03%
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, 1.11% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 0.12%
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, 4.71% from other races, and 2.37% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 8.99% of the population. There were 1,987 households, out of which 39.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.2% were non-families. 14.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.19. In the CDP, the age distribution of the population shows 29.5% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.8 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $42,820, and the median income for a family was $47,983. Males had a median income of $41,103 versus $23,818 for females. The
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for the CDP was $17,282. About 6.2% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the
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, including 9.1% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over.


References


External links


Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce
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