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Northwest Snohomish, Washington

census designated place

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ1502839 ↗
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Northwest Snohomish is a former census-designated place (CDP) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,061 at the 2000 census. The CDP ceased to exist at the 2010 census, with some parts having been annexed by Snohomish and other parts going to the new Fobes Hill CDP.

Geography

Northwest Snohomish is located at 47°56′13″N 122°6′13″W (47.936926, -122.103607).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.8 km2), of which, 2.5 square miles (6.6 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2) of it (3.42%) is water.

Demographics

Northwest Snohomish first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census. It was deleted prior to the 2010 U.S. census.

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,061 people, 739 households, and 575 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 813.0 people per square mile (313.3/km2). There were 760 housing units at an average density of 299.8/sq mi (115.5/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.73% White, 0.29% African American, 0.63% Native American, 1.46% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.44% from other races, and 1.41% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.57% of the population.

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“Northwest Snohomish, Washington” enters the record as census designated place. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Northwest, Snohomish and Washington can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1502839. Authority coordinates are 47.937, -122.104. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000 and 2010.

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This entry incorporates text from “Northwest Snohomish, Washington” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.