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Seattle--Tacoma, WA Urban Area

3,555,253 Population
982.9 square miles 3,617.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 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

$63,356 ±$904 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$110,589 ±$1,870 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

9.3% ±0.5% (323,455  ±18,173) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

28.3 minutes ±0.4 (42,958,280  ±763,764) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

1,449,264 ±9,691 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (3,487,834  ±13,464) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.8% ±0.5% (43,170  ±4,389) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

1,545,390 ±5,445 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$720,200 ±$7,033 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

15.8% ±0.6% (555,547  ±21,365.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

93.6% ±0.9% (2,378,663  ±24,171.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
50.8% ±0.6% (1,290,899  ±15,892.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

28.2% ±0.8% (947,293  ±26,215) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±,222,236.2)

22.9% ±0.5% (813,725  ±17,673) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

6% ±0.2% (167,271  ±6,548) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
167,271 Total veterans ±6,548 148,626 Male ±6,003 18,645 Female ±2,162

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