Analysis of Election Systems for the Pierce County, WA Council

Pierce County, Washington had 795,225 residents as of the 2010 Census. Table 1 shows the demographic breakdown of the county by total population, Voting Age Population (VAP) and Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP). Pierce County does not have a sizable single minority group, but the non-White share of total population is 29.69%. We use the term POC (people of color) to refer to residents who are Hispanic or have selected a non-White race in the Census (or both). The POC share of CVAP is 25.98% and the POC share of VAP is 25.83%. The distribution of POC residents across the county is shown in Figure 1.