Centralia is a medium-sized city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 19,061 people and six associated neighborhoods, Centralia is the 63rd largest community in Washington.Centralia is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Centralia is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Centralia who work in office and administrative support (11.91%), management occupations (8.88%), and food service (8.45%). Of important note, Centralia is also a city of artists. Centralia has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Centralia’s character. Also of interest is that Centralia has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The percentage of adults in Centralia who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.39% of the adults in Centralia have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Centralia in 2022 was $31,407, which is lower middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $125,628 for a family of four. However, Centralia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Centralia is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Centralia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Centralia residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Centralia also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.66% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Centralia include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Centralia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
