Seattle metropolitan area

Seattle metropolitan area
Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue
A map of the Seattle MSA. The Seattle MSA is highlighted in teal, the CSA in navy blue.
Coordinates: 47°44′N 122°19′W / 47.74°N 122.32°W / 47.74; -122.32
Country	United States
State(s)	Washington
Largest city	Seattle (713,700)
Other cities	- Tacoma (211,277)  - Bellevue (141,400)  - Kent (127,514)  - Everett (109,043)  - Renton (104,000)
Area
• Total	5,872.35 sq mi (15,209.3 km2)
Highest elevation	14,411 ft (4,392 m)
Lowest elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Population
• Total	3,867,046
• Rank	14th in the U.S.
• Density	659/sq mi (250/km2)

The Seattle metropolitan area is located in the U.S. state of Washington and includes the three most populous counties—King, Snohomish, and Pierce—within the greater Puget Sound region. The United States Census Bureau officially defines the metropolitan area as the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. With an estimated population of 3,867,046 as of 2017,^[1] it is the 14th largest Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States, with slightly more than half of Washington's population.

As defined by the United States Census Bureau, the Seattle metropolitan area is made up of the following (see Fig. STB):

• Seattle–Bellevue–Everett metropolitan division
  • King County: Seattle and its immediate vicinity
  • Snohomish County: north of Seattle
• Tacoma metropolitan division
  • Pierce County: south of Seattle

Based on commuting patterns, the adjacent metropolitan areas of Olympia, Bremerton, and Mount Vernon, along with a few smaller satellite urban areas, are grouped together in a wider labor market region known as the Seattle–Tacoma–Olympia Combined Statistical Area (CSA) (See Figure STO), commonly known as the Puget Sound region. The population of this wider region is 4,686,536—roughly two-thirds of Washington's population—as of 2017.^[1] The Seattle CSA is the 12th largest CSA, and the 13th largest primary census statistical area in the country. The additional metropolitan and micropolitan areas included are:

• Bremerton–Silverdale metropolitan area
  • Kitsap County: west of Seattle, separated from the city by Puget Sound; connected to Seattle by ferry and to Tacoma by the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
• Olympia metropolitan area
  • Thurston County: southwest of Seattle, at the south end of Puget Sound
• Mount Vernon–Anacortes metropolitan area
  • Skagit County
• Oak Harbor micropolitan area
  • Island County: northwest of Everett, encompassing Whidbey and Camano Islands in Puget Sound
• Shelton micropolitan area
  • Mason County: west of Tacoma and northwest of Olympia

Census statistics

As of the 2010 census, there were 3,439,809 people, 1,357,475 households, and 845,966 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA were as followed:^[2][3]

• White: 71.9% (68.0% non-Hispanic white)
• Black or African American: 5.6%
• American Indian and Alaskan Native: 1.1%
• Asian: 11.4% (2.3% Chinese, 2.0% Filipino, 1.6% Vietnamese, 1.5% Indian, 1.5% Korean, 0.8% Japanese, 0.5% Cambodian, 0.2% Laotian, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Pakistani, 0.1% Indonesian)
• Pacific Islander: 0.8% (0.3% Samoan, 0.2% Guamanian or Chamorro, 0.1% Native Hawaiian)
• Two or more races: 5.3%
• Some other race: 3.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 9.0% (6.4% Mexican, 0.5% Puerto Rican, 0.4% Spanish or Spaniard, 0.2% Salvadoran, 0.1% Guatemalan, 0.1% Peruvian)

In 2010 the median income for a household in the MSA was $63,088 and the median income for a family was $76,876. The per capita income was $32,401.^[4]

Map of southeast Seattle Metro towns

Religion

According to the Pew Research Center's 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study, the Seattle metropolitan area's religious affiliation is as follows:^[5]

• Christian: 52%
  • Protestant Christian: 34%
  • Catholic Christian: 15%
  • Other Christian: 3%
• Non-Christian faiths: 10%
  • Buddhist: 2%
  • Hindu: 2%
  • Judaism: 1%
  • Islam: Less than 1%
  • Other faiths: 4%
• Unaffiliated: 37%
• Don't Know: 1%

Cities

Seattle

Tacoma

Bellevue

Everett

Major

• Seattle
• Tacoma
• Bellevue
• Everett

Other

Transportation

References