Kent is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 79,325 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Kent is the eighth largest community in Washington.

Kent is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Kent is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kent who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.80%), sales jobs (11.89%), and management occupations (8.69%).

Also of interest is that Kent has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Kent Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Kent is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 23.97% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Kent in 2000 was $21,390, which is upper middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,560 for a family of four.

Kent is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kent home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Kent is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Kent include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and Italian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Kent's cultural character, accounting for 16.93% of the city's population.

The most common language spoken in Kent is English. Some people also speak Spanish.