Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA


The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan area is a tri-county area located within the Puget Sound region off the coast of the state of Washington.

The greater Seattle area is comprised of three major counties, King County, Snohomish County, and Pierce county. Over half of The state of Washington's population live in the greater Seattle metro area. Seattle is the largest city within the metro area, and is one of the largest port cities on the West Coast.

Total Population: 4,011,553

Census Data

  • Foreign Born - 556,017
  • Language Spoken at Home - 664,450

Quick Facts

  • Seattle is one of the most literate cities in the country, and has the highest percentage of college graduates in the nation.

  • Seattle is one of the fastest growing major cities in America with about a 5% annual growth percentage.

  • The largest ethnic group in Seattle are Asians. They make up 14.4% of the city's total population.

  • Historically Seattle has had one of the largest Japanese populations in America, and the oldest Judo dojo is the Seattle Dojo located in the heart of the city.

  • Seattle's 98118 zip code, in the Columbia city neighborhood, is considered to be one of the most diverse tabulation zip code areas in the country.

  • Seattle has one of the largest Cambodian, as well as one of the largest Samoan communities in the nation.

  • To get a closer look at the people groups that have settled in and around the greater Seattle area, go to Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan area map.

Profile

Seattle has been a significantly white city throughout its history. However, in recent years it has become more and more ethnically diverse. Not only does Seattle have one of the fastest growing populations among major cities in the United States, it also has one of the fastest growing foreign-born populations as well. In the past ten years Seattle's foreign-born population has increased by over 40%, and over half of its foreign-born residents arrived after the year 2000.

The large bulk of immigrants that are coming to Seattle are coming from Asian countries. Approximately 40% of all immigrants arriving in Seattle are from east, and southeast Asia. Many immigrants are moving to Seattle from mainland China, as well as the Philippines, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Seattle also has one of the top ten populations in the United States from each of those previously mentioned countries. The fact that Seattle is a west coast port and has a growing technology industry contributes greatly to this influx of immigrants.

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People Group Profiles

Displaying 1-25 of 57 results.
PG Name Country Of Birth Affinity Bloc Primary Religion Baseline Population Total
Punjabi SikhIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesOther Religions - Sikhism20,000
VietnameseVietnamSoutheast Asian PeoplesBuddhism50,731
HindiIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism33,699
SomaliSomaliaHorn of AfricaIslam25,000
GujaratiIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism18,722
JapaneseJapanEast Asian PeoplesEthnic Religions - Shintoism18,427
Arab, IraqiIraqArab WorldIslam - Shia7,667
AfghanAfghanistanPersian-MedianIslam6,714
ThaiThailandSoutheast Asian PeoplesBuddhism - Theravada6,524
PersianIranPersian-MedianIslam6,234
UrduPakistanSouth Asian PeoplesIslam5,206
Arab, MoroccanMoroccoArab WorldIslam - Sunni4,193
Arab, EgyptianEgyptArab WorldIslam3,320
Arab, Lebanese (Muslim)LebanonArab WorldIslam - Sunni2,717
Iu MienVietnamSoutheast Asian PeoplesEthnic Religions2,300
Arab, Palestinian (Muslim)IsraelArab WorldIslam1,617
Jew, IsraeliIsraelJewsEthnic Religions - Judaism1,305
KazakhKazakhstanTurkic PeoplesIslam1,130
KoreanSouth KoreaEast Asian PeoplesChristianity - Protestant42,381
Filipino, TagalogPhilippinesMalay PeoplesChristianity - Roman Catholic38,771
Chinese, MandarinChinaEast Asian PeoplesBuddhism33,000
RussianRussiaEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Orthodox28,336
GermanGermanyEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Protestant19,127
Cambodian, KhmerCambodiaSoutheast Asian PeoplesBuddhism15,000
FrenchFranceEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Roman Catholic14,825

Ethnic Links

Seattle Demographics- a good website to help get a sense of the demographic makeup of Seattle.

Seattle Community Network- a hub that will help connect you to the different ethnic communities in the greater Seattle area.

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