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Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

3,939,363 Population
5,869.6 square miles 671.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 37.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$46,204 ±$507 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $39,119 ±$347
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$87,910 ±$1,268 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $74,073 ±$697
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

8.7% ±0.4% (338,257  ±16,163) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 10.3% 759,013 (±0.3% / ±23,800)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

31.6 minutes ±0.3 (60,674,295  ±693,111) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 28.4 96,998,425 (±0.2 / ±910,218)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

1,526,210 ±7,190 Number of households
  • Washington: 2,895,575 ±9,139
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.5 ±0 (3,870,914  ±3,884) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,392,406 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

5% ±0.4% (48,684  ±4,101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 5.2% 92,209 (±0.3% / ±5,583)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

1,617,428 ±1,504 Number of housing units
  • Washington: 3,148,084 ±526
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$487,400 ±$3,897 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Washington: $373,100 ±$2,028
  • more than double the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

18.3% ±0.6% (711,709  ±23,363.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 18.1% 1,351,906 (±0.4% / ±31,328.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

92.9% ±0.8% (2,574,043  ±23,354) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 91.6% 4,777,579 (±0.6% / ±32,405.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
43.6% ±0.6% (1,208,305  ±15,839.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 36.7% 1,913,104 (±0.4% / ±20,770)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

24% ±0.5% (888,989  ±18,166.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 20% 1,417,595 (±0.3% / ±21,280.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 21.9% 67,268,668 (±0.1% / ±198,318.9)

19.3% ±0.4% (759,002  ±14,860) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 14.7% 1,104,850 (±0.3% / ±20,138)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

7.6% ±0.2% (233,093  ±7,035) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 8.9% 520,226 (±0.2% / ±10,007)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
233,093 Total veterans ±7,035 210,255 Male ±6,545 22,838 Female ±2,374

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