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):

2024
Number	Percent
37.6
846,488	20.4%
3,299,006	79.6%
583,198	14.1%

1,608,596
2.48

991,488	61.6%
781,690	78.8%
70,484	7.1%
617,108	38.4%

2010
Number	Percent
73.7
-1,868,217	-54.3%
5,308,026	154.3%
744,016	21.6%

2,714,950
2.49

1,691,932	62.3%
1,289,752	76.2%
160,190	9.5%
1,023,018	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%

2024 Housing Data for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	57,128	3.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	34,331	2.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	28,095	1.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	31,716	2.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	30,900	1.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	32,438	2.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	33,074	2.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	37,956	2.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	36,637	2.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	75,649	4.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	121,401	7.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	183,100	11.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	166,526	10.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	134,927	8.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	200,765	12.5%
$200,000 or more	403,953	25.1%

Median Household Income	116,592
Per Capita Income	64,494

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	59,513	3.7%
Public Assistance	55,467	3.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	173,229	10.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,796,055	74.4%
Unemployed	90,538	3.7%
In Armed Forces	23,661	1.0%

Total Labor Force	1,910,254	79.1%
Not in Labor Force	504,480	20.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	852,321	611,369	58.2%
Non-Profit	65,057	122,367	34.7%
Self-Employed	109,061	83,291	56.7%

Local Government	60,516	85,550	41.4%
State Government	37,561	54,769	40.7%
Federal Government	25,898	21,099	55.1%

Total Private + Self	961,382	694,660	58.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	189,032	283,785	40.0%
Total	1,150,414	978,445	54.0%

Pct. Govt.	13.4%
Pct. Private + Self	77.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	438,887	20.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	363,623	17.1%
Professional, Technical	668,498	31.4%
Service Occupations	294,837	13.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	6,070	0.3%
All others	366,397	17.2%

White Collar		69.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Professional, scientific, technical	299,242	14.0%
Health care and social assistance	270,745	12.7%
Retail trade	252,853	11.9%
Manufacturing	195,814	9.2%
Educational services	171,592	8.0%
Construction	141,153	6.6%
Accommodation and food services	123,314	5.8%
Transportation and warehousing	108,563	5.1%
Other services	87,799	4.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	82,521	3.9%
Public administration	79,185	3.7%
Information	77,158	3.6%
Finance and insurance	73,378	3.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	49,228	2.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	47,230	2.2%
Wholesale trade	43,547	2.0%
Utilities	13,207	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	11,018	0.5%
Management	3,746	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	949	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	313,554	7.72%
Puerto Rican	24,619	0.61%
Cuban	7,484	0.18%
Dominican	3,434	0.08%

Total Central American	47,292	1.16%
Costa Rican	1,677	0.04%
Guatemalan	10,919	0.27%
Honduran	9,040	0.22%
Nicaraguan	2,798	0.07%
Panamanian	3,439	0.08%
Salvadoran	19,075	0.47%
Other Central American	344	0.01%

Total South American	36,534	0.90%
Argentinean	3,211	0.08%
Bolivian	911	0.02%
Chilean	4,269	0.11%
Colombian	10,698	0.26%
Ecuadorian	3,157	0.08%
Paraguayan	238	0.01%
Peruvian	7,800	0.19%
Uruguayan	408	0.01%
Venezuelan	5,763	0.14%
Other South American	79	0.00%

Other Hispanic	40,916	1.01%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	150,836	3.71%
Indian	147,389	3.63%
Filipino	87,360	2.15%
Vietnamese	71,892	1.77%
Korean	61,219	1.51%
Japanese	26,771	0.66%
Cambodian	18,763	0.46%
Taiwanese	11,953	0.29%
Thai	7,259	0.18%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,825,385	73.7%
Spanish	269,642	7.0%
Chinese	127,036	3.3%
Other Indo-European	126,835	3.3%
Other Asian	126,762	3.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	79,677	2.1%
Other	70,582	1.8%
Vietnamese	60,132	1.6%
Tagalog	48,075	1.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	525,730	12.9%
English	452,974	11.2%
Irish	369,337	9.1%
Norwegian	161,642	4.0%
Italian	136,005	3.3%
European	119,135	2.9%
American	116,414	2.9%
Swedish	101,619	2.5%
Scottish	100,059	2.5%
French	94,273	2.3%
Polish	68,715	1.7%
Dutch	48,556	1.2%
Russian	46,514	1.1%
Ukrainian	45,717	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	36,525	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	3,630,718	89.4%
Not a citizen	431,202	10.6%

Native	3,208,120	79.0%
Foreign-born	853,800	21.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
86,542	3.0%	105,457	3.6%	536,001	18.5%	797,074	27.6%	812,767	28.1%	552,173	19.1%
Average years of education: 14.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	86,542	3.0%
9-12 Years	105,457	3.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	536,001	18.5%
Some College	797,074	27.6%
Bach. Degree	812,767	28.1%
Grad Degree	552,173	19.1%
Average years of education: 14.4

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	1,704,523
Median Value	$755,729

Occupied	1,608,596	94.4%
Vacant	95,927	5.6%

Owned	964,807	60.0%
Rented	643,789	40.0%
Median Rent	$2,002

Single-Family Units	1,044,998	61.3%
Detached	954,810	56.0%
Attached	90,188	5.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	513,721	30.1%
Mobile Homes	46,044	2.7%

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

2024 Housing Data for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

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