2024 population: 4,145,494 ( 126,711 from 2020)
Land area: 5869.7 square miles
Population density: 706.3 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	2,322,521	56.03%	4.6%
Black:	272,662	6.58%	10.4%
Indian:	31,035	0.75%	1.4%
Asian:	795,883	19.20%	22.0%
2+ races:	220,282	5.31%	8.0%
Hispanic:	503,111	12.14%	11.8%

Total non-White:	1,822,973	43.97%	15.0%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	185,927	11.6
Deaths:	125,452	7.8
Net Migration:	-95,476	-5.9
Net Immigration:	163,632	10.2

Change in White population:	-111,511	-2.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	238,222	5.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
4,018,783
2,434,032	60.57%
246,993	6.15%
31,478	0.78%
652,152	16.23%
204,042	5.08%
450,086	11.20%
1,584,751	39.43%

2010
3,439,809
2,340,274	68.03%
185,061	5.38%
30,525	0.89%
416,584	12.11%
150,566	4.38%
309,476	9.00%
1,099,535	31.97%

2000
3,043,878
2,313,259	76.00%
149,000	4.90%
30,962	1.02%
272,512	8.95%
108,380	3.56%
162,453	5.34%
730,619	24.00%

1990
2,559,164
2,175,966	85.03%
118,759	4.64%
30,717	1.20%
162,653	6.36%
n/a
71,069	2.78%
383,198	14.97%

1980
2,093,112
1,854,001	88.58%
86,554	4.14%
18,594	0.89%
84,420	4.03%
n/a
45,822	2.19%
239,111	11.42%

1970
1,832,896
1,687,978	92.09%
59,012	3.22%
12,605	0.69%
34,803	1.90%
n/a
33,412	1.82%
144,918	7.91%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
426,466	12.4
224,739	6.5
139,486	4.1
198,637	5.8

93,758	2.7
485,216	14.1

Number	Rate
2000's
392,652	12.9
195,862	6.4
40,741	1.3
131,366	4.3

27,015	0.9
368,916	12.1

Number	Rate
1990's
402,646	15.7
194,450	7.6
91,467	3.6
96,323	3.8

137,293	5.4
347,421	13.6

Number	Rate
1980's
358,965	17.1
165,142	7.9
282,847	13.5
n/a

321,965	15.4
144,087	6.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
114,420	6.2
n/a

166,023	9.1
94,193	5.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.3
841,943	10.3%
7,322,334	89.7%
553,236	6.8%

1,565,696
2.51

980,734	62.6%
770,704	78.6%
72,172	7.4%
584,962	37.4%

2010
Number	Percent
36.8
785,796	22.8%
2,654,013	77.2%
372,008	10.8%

1,357,475
2.49

845,966	62.3%
644,876	76.2%
80,095	9.5%
511,509	37.7%

2000
Number	Percent
35.2
744,863	24.5%
2,299,015	75.5%
308,519	10.1%

1,197,098
2.49

763,971	63.8%
604,010	79.1%
72,198	9.5%
433,127	36.2%

1990
Number	Percent
32.9
628,542	24.6%
1,930,622	75.4%
272,855	10.7%

1,003,337
2.49

659,731	65.8%
537,994	81.5%
56,864	8.6%
343,606	34.2%

1980
Number	Percent
30.2
548,404	26.2%
1,544,708	73.8%
204,393	9.8%

793,522
2.57

540,876	68.2%
455,689	84.3%
45,680	8.4%
252,646	31.8%

2022 Housing Data for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	51,575	3.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	35,474	2.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	31,696	2.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	32,440	2.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	35,334	2.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	35,958	2.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	35,622	2.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	39,932	2.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	40,258	2.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	84,832	5.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	123,756	7.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	186,883	11.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	169,304	10.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	136,253	8.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	194,988	12.5%
$200,000 or more	331,391	21.2%

Median Household Income	108,506
Per Capita Income	58,281

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	124

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	59,591	3.8%
Public Assistance	50,045	3.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	161,711	10.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,793,759	74.2%
Unemployed	86,601	3.6%
In Armed Forces	21,933	0.9%

Total Labor Force	1,902,293	78.7%
Not in Labor Force	513,576	21.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	852,916	599,388	58.7%
Non-Profit	61,879	118,425	34.3%
Self-Employed	108,366	81,731	57.0%

Local Government	57,681	81,288	41.5%
State Government	35,632	55,144	39.3%
Federal Government	26,072	20,228	56.3%

Total Private + Self	961,282	681,119	58.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	181,264	275,085	39.7%
Total	1,142,546	956,204	54.4%

Pct. Govt.	13.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	418,817	19.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	377,767	18.0%
Professional, Technical	624,868	29.7%
Service Occupations	305,191	14.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	6,029	0.3%
All others	376,108	17.9%

White Collar		67.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Professional, scientific, technical	284,566	13.5%
Health care and social assistance	259,630	12.3%
Retail trade	254,658	12.1%
Manufacturing	198,471	9.4%
Educational services	166,366	7.9%
Construction	142,374	6.8%
Accommodation and food services	129,120	6.1%
Transportation and warehousing	106,337	5.1%
Other services	90,705	4.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	81,495	3.9%
Public administration	78,357	3.7%
Finance and insurance	70,205	3.3%
Information	67,172	3.2%
Wholesale trade	48,964	2.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	48,553	2.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	47,629	2.3%
Utilities	11,708	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	10,786	0.5%
Management	4,829	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	826	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	290,062	7.25%
Puerto Rican	25,101	0.63%
Cuban	6,458	0.16%
Dominican	2,529	0.06%

Total Central American	43,076	1.08%
Costa Rican	1,675	0.04%
Guatemalan	10,383	0.26%
Honduran	7,947	0.20%
Nicaraguan	2,241	0.06%
Panamanian	3,252	0.08%
Salvadoran	17,311	0.43%
Other Central American	267	0.01%

Total South American	27,424	0.69%
Argentinean	2,947	0.07%
Bolivian	864	0.02%
Chilean	2,807	0.07%
Colombian	8,110	0.20%
Ecuadorian	2,082	0.05%
Paraguayan	223	0.01%
Peruvian	6,900	0.17%
Uruguayan	352	0.01%
Venezuelan	3,026	0.08%
Other South American	113	0.00%

Other Hispanic	35,581	0.89%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	135,058	3.38%
Indian	131,353	3.28%
Filipino	82,257	2.06%
Vietnamese	67,706	1.69%
Korean	59,045	1.48%
Japanese	28,594	0.71%
Cambodian	17,868	0.45%
Taiwanese	10,704	0.27%
Laotian	6,795	0.17%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,833,234	75.1%
Spanish	248,702	6.6%
Other Asian	117,680	3.1%
Other Indo-European	116,491	3.1%
Chinese	115,143	3.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	71,223	1.9%
Other	68,286	1.8%
Vietnamese	55,942	1.5%
Tagalog	46,290	1.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	538,479	13.5%
English	421,466	10.5%
Irish	366,943	9.2%
Norwegian	171,938	4.3%
Italian	137,711	3.4%
European	137,181	3.4%
American	117,017	2.9%
Swedish	105,794	2.6%
French	99,443	2.5%
Scottish	97,195	2.4%
Polish	70,867	1.8%
Dutch	50,313	1.3%
Russian	49,340	1.2%
Ukrainian	40,179	1.0%
Scotch-Irish	38,273	1.0%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	3,598,418	89.9%
Not a citizen	403,283	10.1%

Native	3,205,155	80.1%
Foreign-born	796,546	19.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
83,665	3.0%	106,499	3.8%	535,161	18.9%	822,258	29.1%	772,228	27.3%	505,367	17.9%
Average years of education: 14.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	83,665	3.0%
9-12 Years	106,499	3.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	535,161	18.9%
Some College	822,258	29.1%
Bach. Degree	772,228	27.3%
Grad Degree	505,367	17.9%
Average years of education: 14.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,766,182	2,656,406	109,776	4.0%
1991	2,800,056	2,665,860	134,196	4.8%
1992	2,905,648	2,735,178	170,470	5.9%
1993	2,948,180	2,770,852	177,328	6.0%
1994	2,962,840	2,811,352	151,488	5.1%
1995	3,005,028	2,854,300	150,728	5.0%
1996	3,098,718	2,955,658	143,060	4.6%
1997	3,201,754	3,075,888	125,866	3.9%
1998	3,259,700	3,140,112	119,588	3.7%
1999	3,284,132	3,162,394	121,738	3.7%

2000	3,327,530	3,186,544	140,986	4.2%
2001	3,345,912	3,178,180	167,732	5.0%
2002	3,332,074	3,120,606	211,468	6.3%
2003	3,347,070	3,131,298	215,772	6.4%
2004	3,377,934	3,190,896	187,038	5.5%
2005	3,453,040	3,285,992	167,048	4.8%
2006	3,560,802	3,414,216	146,586	4.1%
2007	3,636,392	3,504,172	132,220	3.6%
2008	3,710,146	3,548,448	161,698	4.4%
2009	3,716,818	3,430,522	286,296	7.7%

2010	3,737,576	3,403,592	333,984	8.9%
2011	3,745,128	3,439,384	305,744	8.2%
2012	3,799,828	3,535,612	264,216	7.0%
2013	3,818,136	3,616,046	202,090	5.3%
2014	3,894,808	3,697,642	197,166	5.1%
2015	3,962,712	3,779,398	183,314	4.6%
2016	4,066,870	3,891,560	175,310	4.3%
2017	4,150,010	3,985,832	164,178	4.0%
2018	4,251,988	4,095,190	156,798	3.7%
2019	4,338,074	4,201,434	136,640	3.1%

2020	4,355,920	4,001,706	354,214	8.1%
2021	4,325,924	4,123,658	202,266	4.7%
2022	4,446,664	4,294,132	152,532	3.4%
2023	4,524,962	4,358,788	166,174	3.7%
2024	4,657,128	4,462,150	194,978	4.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,657,075
Median Value	$659,569

Occupied	1,565,696	94.5%
Vacant	91,379	5.5%

Owned	946,532	60.5%
Rented	619,164	39.5%
Median Rent	$1,844

Single-Family Units	1,032,689	62.3%
Detached	949,176	57.3%
Attached	83,513	5.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	477,593	28.8%
Mobile Homes	47,881	2.9%

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area