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Today, this small farming community is most known for producing a wide variety of crops, thanks to a long growing season. Apples, cherries, peaches, timothy and alfalfa hay, melons, potatoes, onions, wine grapes, pears, mint and corn are grown in this area. The Royal Slope area is a popular place for
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living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 16.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 9.7% were non-families. 4.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was
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In the city, the population was spread out, with 40.3% under the age of 18, 12.4% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 11.0% from 45 to 64, and 4.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 126.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over,
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living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.4% were non-families. 10.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.10 and the average family size was 4.33.
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Royal City was founded in 1956 and officially incorporated on
February 14, 1962. The townsite was previously named Royal Flats, and the entire area Royal Slope, thus the name Royal City. During the 1960s, there was a Titan I ICBM silo located near the town. The Royal Slope was named Washington
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The median age in the city was 22.4 years. 40.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 14.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 30.6% were from 25 to 44; 11.8% were from 45 to 64; and 2.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 53.3% male and 46.7% female.
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The Royal
Knights (Royal High School) have won division 1A state football titles in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2022. The Royal High Knight mascot and colors, black and gold, were selected by the ASB class officers of 1965.
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was 1,585.2 inhabitants per square mile (612.0/km). There were 494 housing units at an average density of 365.9 per square mile (141.3/km). The racial makeup of the city was 45.7%
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was 1,445.6 people per square mile (558.6/km). There were 504 housing units at an average density of 399.7 per square mile (154.4/km). The racial makeup of the city was 66.32%
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857:"Census of Population and Housing"
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51:Location of Royal City, Washington
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771:"State Champs - Knight Tradition"
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346:46.90194°N 119.62722°W
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1191:Ghost towns
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1116:Marine View
1106:Desert Aire
1047:Coulee City
947:County seat
584:other races
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504:2010 census
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1251:Categories
1052:Coulee Dam
1007:Royal City
997:Moses Lake
862:October 2,
621:References
558:As of the
502:As of the
296:Washington
288:Royal City
266:feature ID
174:Population
124:Government
106:Washington
25:Royal City
1213:Footnotes
1176:Stratford
1012:Soap Lake
807:April 23,
781:August 7,
727:August 7,
675:March 18,
641:August 7,
334:46°54′7″N
323:Geography
254:FIPS code
242:Area code
196:Time zone
166:Elevation
64:46°54′7″N
1181:Trinidad
1111:Lakeview
1058:Hartline
588:Hispanic
578:, 0.55%
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570:, 0.38%
532:Hispanic
258:53-60230
230:ZIP code
1136:Wheeler
1126:Schwana
1091:Beverly
992:Mattawa
977:Ephrata
954:Ephrata
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514:, 1.2%
306:History
274:Website
269:1512626
92:Country
1171:Smyrna
1017:Warden
1002:Quincy
982:George
964:Cities
592:Latino
536:Latino
484:−17.0%
379:Census
113:County
1204:Haven
1199:Corfu
1156:Burke
1146:Other
1039:Towns
580:Asian
568:White
524:Asian
512:White
479:1,776
469:17.4%
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454:65.1%
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222:UTC-7
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182:1,776
118:Grant
101:State
1166:Ruff
1078:CDPs
889:2012
864:2013
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809:2011
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677:2022
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475:2020
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388:Note
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137:Area
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