# Washington Senior Housing & Health Data
Washington has 738 federally subsidized senior housing properties totaling 36,559 elderly units, of which 348 are rural and 572 sit inside a federally designated health professional shortage area.
## Portfolio at a glance
- Subsidized senior properties: 738
- Elderly units: 36,559
- HUD Section 202: 175 properties (12,644 units)
- USDA Section 515: 268 properties (8,075 units)
- Rural properties: 348 across 31 rural counties
- HPSA shortage-area properties: 572 (22,822 units)
- Population 65+: 1,259,313 (est. 431,247 living alone)
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Source: HUD, USDA RD, HRSA, CDC BRFSS/PLACES, HHS emPOWER, CMS. Snapshot 2026-08-04.
Canonical page: https://community.connective.care/data/state/WA