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Seattle--Tacoma, WA Urban Area

3,642,006 Population
982.9 square miles 3,705.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$66,578 ±$904 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$111,547 ±$1,516 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9% ±0.5% (323,928  ±17,083) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

29.2 minutes ±0.2 (46,168,480  ±681,354) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

1,479,326 ±7,291 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (3,573,897  ±13,487) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4% ±0.4% (37,243  ±3,563) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

1,562,358 ±4,302 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$749,900 ±$9,519 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.4% ±0.6% (554,700  ±20,884.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.2% ±1% (2,440,516  ±26,880.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
50.2% ±0.7% (1,315,003  ±18,191.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

29.8% ±0.8% (1,026,986  ±26,827.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

23.6% ±0.5% (860,576  ±19,331) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.8% ±0.2% (166,350  ±6,523) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
166,350 Total veterans ±6,523 143,624 Male ±6,138 22,726 Female ±3,005

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