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Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

3,798,902 Population
5,870.7 square miles 647.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2016 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 37.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,584 ±$593 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $35,284 ±$366
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $31,128 ±$63
$78,612 ±$1,063 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $67,106 ±$595
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $57,617 ±$115

9.6% ±0.4% (360,058  ±16,223) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 11.3% 805,691 (±0.3% / ±22,400)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 44,268,996 (±0.1% / ±246,910)

30.8 minutes ±0.3 (56,206,335  ±812,032) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 27.9 90,685,170 (±0.2 / ±984,542)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,802,425,670 (±0.1 / ±7,681,794)

Families

1,464,941 ±6,415 Number of households
  • Washington: 2,768,076 ±8,506
  • United States: 118,860,065 ±154,606
2.6 ±0 (3,732,032  ±3,530) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,145,410 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.7 315,047,636

5.2% ±0.4% (49,464  ±3,469) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 5.2% 90,150 (±0.3% / ±5,401)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,946,903 (±0.1% / ±36,746)

Housing

1,552,272 ±1,367 Number of housing units
  • Washington: 3,025,802 ±1,111
  • United States: 135,702,775 ±3,052

$391,500 ±$2,774 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Washington: $306,400 ±$2,570
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $205,000 ±$467

18.1% ±0.6% (679,992  ±21,682.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 17.7% 1,277,396 (±0.4% / ±31,485.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.6% 46,701,858 (±0.1% / ±203,161.6)

Social

92% ±0.9% (2,432,838  ±22,473.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 90.8% 4,537,718 (±0.6% / ±30,660.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 87.5% 191,063,246 (±0.1% / ±220,872.9)
42% ±0.6% (1,110,279  ±14,827.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 35.1% 1,755,710 (±0.4% / ±18,578.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 31.3% 68,334,277 (±0.1% / ±133,659.9)

22.6% ±0.5% (805,344  ±17,097.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 19.3% 1,318,810 (±0.3% / ±23,161.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 21.6% 65,518,938 (±0.1% / ±163,928.5)

18.2% ±0.4% (690,230  ±14,797) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 14% 1,020,394 (±0.3% / ±20,537)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 13.5% 43,739,345 (±0% / ±129,849)

8.2% ±0.2% (241,776  ±7,221) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 9.6% 537,385 (±0.2% / ±11,712)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.4% 18,496,937 (±0% / ±66,959)
241,776 Total veterans ±7,221 219,870 Male ±6,709 21,906 Female ±2,501

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