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Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

3,867,046 Population
5,869.9 square miles 658.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 37.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$43,203 ±$530 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $36,975 ±$305
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$82,133 ±$965 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $70,979 ±$583
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

9% ±0.4% (342,539  ±15,235) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 11% 802,159 (±0.3% / ±24,114)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

31 minutes ±0.3 (58,060,630  ±708,041) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 27.9 93,074,920 (±0.2 / ±894,528)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

1,490,337 ±7,514 Number of households
  • Washington: 2,840,377 ±11,168
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.6 ±0 (3,801,423  ±3,046) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,262,753 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

5.5% ±0.3% (52,797  ±3,280) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 5.6% 97,643 (±0.3% / ±4,476)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

1,590,775 ±1,213 Number of housing units
  • Washington: 3,103,263 ±359
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$439,800 ±$3,845 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Washington: $339,000 ±$2,463
  • about double the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

18.2% ±0.6% (693,409  ±23,207.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 17.8% 1,302,329 (±0.4% / ±30,564.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

92.6% ±0.9% (2,507,354  ±24,378.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 91.3% 4,658,005 (±0.6% / ±32,871.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
41.9% ±0.6% (1,135,615  ±15,443.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 35.5% 1,811,119 (±0.4% / ±19,778.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

23.5% ±0.5% (853,616  ±16,393.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 19.6% 1,360,273 (±0.3% / ±20,559.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 21.8% 66,592,306 (±0.1% / ±178,397.9)

18.8% ±0.4% (725,640  ±13,868) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 14.3% 1,060,153 (±0.2% / ±17,490)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

8% ±0.2% (240,357  ±7,087) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 9.4% 535,293 (±0.2% / ±11,191)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
240,357 Total veterans ±7,087 213,877 Male ±6,249 26,480 Female ±2,412

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