Official name | Pullman, Washington |
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Settlement type | City |
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Map caption | The location of Pullman in Washington |
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Coordinates region | US-WA |
Subdivision type | Country |
Subdivision name | United States |
Subdivision type1 | State |
Subdivision name1 | Washington |
Subdivision type2 | County |
Subdivision name2 | Whitman
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Leader title | Mayor |
Leader name | Glenn Johnson |
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Unit pref | Imperial |
Area total km2 | 23.3 |
Area land km2 | 23.3 |
Area water km2 | 0.0 |
Area total sq mi | 9.0 |
Area land sq mi | 9.0 |
Area water sq mi | 0.0
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Population as of | 2010 |
Population total | 29,799 |
Population density km2 | 1058.2 |
Population density sq mi | 2740.8
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Timezone | Pacific (PST) |
Utc offset | -8 |
Timezone dst | PDT |
Utc offset dst | -7 |
Elevation m | 717 |
Elevation ft | 2352 |
Coordinates display | 1 |
Postal code type | ZIP codes |
Postal code | 99163-99165 |
Area code | 509 |
Area code type | Area code |
Blank name | FIPS code |
Blank info | 53-56625 |
Blank1 name | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 info | 1531905 |
Website | http://www.pullman-wa.gov/ |
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Pullman is best known as the home of Washington State University, a four-campus land-grant university, and of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, an international firm in the power industry. Eight miles east of Pullman is Moscow, Idaho, home of the University of Idaho.
On March 28, 1890, the Washington State Legislature established the state's land grant college, but did not designate a location. Pullman leaders were determined to secure the new college and offered 160 acres of land for its campus. On April 18, 1891, the commission appointed by Washington's governor to select a site for the new agricultural college chose Pullman. On January 13, 1892, the institution opened with 59 students under the name Washington Agricultural College and School of Science. In 1905 it was renamed the State College of Washington, becoming Washington State University in 1959.
In 1961, Pullman became a non-chartered code city under the Mayor-Council form of government. The city has an elected mayor with an elected seven-member council and an appointed administrative officer, the city supervisor. The current mayor is Glenn A. Johnson, who doubles as a professor at WSU's Edward R. Murrow College of Communication; he is the long-time WSU Cougars football announcer in Martin Stadium and the basketball announcer at Beasley Coliseum. The long-time city supervisor is John Sherman.
An expanding high-tech industry is located on the north end of the city, anchored by Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL), founded by Edmund Schweitzer, a Ph.D. graduate of WSU. SEL and other firms are located within the Pullman Industrial Park, run by the Port of Whitman County.
Pullman High School (PHS) is attended by about 700 students, and is the city's only public high school. It is located on Military Hill, and the mascot for its athletic teams is the Greyhound. PHS offers honors and advanced placement courses, along with Running Start course work through WSU and area community colleges.
As of the census of 2000, there were 24,675 people, 8,828 households, and 3,601 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,740.8 people per square mile (1,058.6/km2).
The racial makeup of the city was:
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.86% of the population.
The 2000 Census found 9,398 housing units at an average density of 1,043.9 per square mile (403.2/km2). There were 8,828 households out of which:
In the city the population was spread out as follows:
The median income for a household in the city was $20,652, and the median income for a family was $46,165. Males had a median income of $36,743 versus $29,192 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,448. About 15.3% of families and 37.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.0% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over.
Since 1989, Pullman has been home to the National Lentil Festival, a major community event celebrating the lentil legume grown in the surrounding Palouse region. The festival includes a lentil cook-off, Friday night street fair, Saturday parade and music in the park, and more. It is held on the August weekend before fall semester classes start at WSU.
Pullman, Washington is the sister city of Kasai, Hyōgo Japan.
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