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

The numbers

Founded: 1889

Square miles: 1.75

Population: 3,825
(City of Orting)

Median household income: $26,250

Median house value: $59,900

Median apartment rent: $314

Parks: 1

Housing units: 702


The people

Pie chart showing ethnic breakdown of population

Median age: 34.7

Enrolled in public school (K-12): 1,760
(Orting School District)

Completed four-year college or higher: 9.4 percent

Below poverty level: .9 percent

Home ownership: 71.5 percent

Renters: 28.5 percent

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HEADLINES
Saturday, July 24, 1999

Community holding to small-town values

Suburbia creeps ever closer

Local schools' biggest problem is bulging classrooms, not violence

Veterans' home is a living tie to history

Jon Hahn: Pole mender's real work is hunting and fishing

Things to do while you're here

Scenes of Orting

Orting historical album

Orting by the numbers


Nearby communities:

Bonney Lake

Fort Lewis/Lakewood

Puyallup

Sumner

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