King County Benchmarks

Land Use 2004

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King County Benchmarks, Land Use 2004 (entire document: 1911kb PDF file)

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Table of Contents

Highlights: King County’s Key Land Use Policies are Working (335kb PDF)

The Land Use Indicators:

• 30: New Housing Units in Urban and Rural Areas and in Urban Centers (283kb PDF)
• 31: Employment in Urban and Rural Areas, in Urban Centers and in Mfg./Indust Centers (329kb PDF)
• 32: New Housing Units Built Through Redevelopment (182kb PDF)
• 33: Ratio of Land Consumption to Population Growth (156kb PDF)
• 34: Ratio of Achieved Density to Planned Density of Residential Development (274kb PDF)
• 35: Ratio of Land Capacity to 20-Year Job and Household Targets (347kb PDF)
• Map of King County Jurisdictions, Sub-Regions and Urban Centers (330kb PDF)
• 36: Amount of Land with Six Years of Infrastructure Capacity (184kb PDF)
• 37: Acres of Urban Parks and Open Space (319kb PDF)
• 38: Ratio of Jobs to Housing in Central Puget Sound and King County Sub-Regions (195kb PDF)
• 39: Acres in Forest Land (369kb PDF)
• 40: Number and Average Size of Farms (256kb PDF)

Data Sources and Acknowledgments (196kb PDF)

Contact Information:

Printed copies of the Benchmark Reports or information about the Benchmark Program are available from:

Lisa Voight, Benchmark Program Manager
King County Office of Management and Budget
701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3200
Seattle, Washington 98104
(206) 296-3464 or via e-mail at lisa.voight@kingcounty.gov

Updated: September 3, 2004

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