The main 2010 Census gets underway soon, but for those who don’t want to wait to get a snapshot of Washington, our counties and our cities, the number-crunchers have a fun “Quick Facts” webpage that gives factoids galore as we head into the new round of nose-counting.

For instance:

1. What’s the male-female split in Washington?  Almost even-Steven, 50.1 percent, a little more testosterone-y than the national percentage.
2. What about racial breakouts? We are 84.3 percent white or of Hispanic origin, 3.7 percent black, 1.7 percent American Indian or Alaska Native, 6.7 percent Asian, 0.5 percent Pacific Islander; 3.1 percent two or more races.  Hispanic breakout is 9.8.
3. Travel time to work?  About 25 minutes each way. Whew!
4. Homeownership? About 65 percent.
5. How many of us are foreign-born?  Not so many: 10.4 percent. About 14 percent speak a language other than English in the home.
6. Disabilities? Nearly 1 million Washingtonians – or about a sixth of the population – report having a disability of some kind.
7. Poverty? More than 11 percent of us live below the poverty line.

You can also click on a specific county or select a city for more drilldown.