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Seattle, Washington Neighborhood Profile

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Over 563,374 people live in Seattle, Washington, 280,973 males, 282,401 females. The median age for Seattle, Washington is thirty-five point four years old. The number of households is 258,499. The number of affordable housing units in Seattle, Washington is twelve thousand, twenty-five compared to 10,424,540 nationwide. The number of Seattle, Washington owner-occupied units is two hundred and fifty-eight thousand, four hundred and ninety-nine compared to one hundred and five million, four hundred and eighty thousand, one hundred and one in the U.S. The median value of Seattle, Washington housing units currently stands at two hundred and fifty-nine thousand, six hundred dollars. In terms of Seattle, Washington income characteristics, the median household income for Seattle, Washington is forty-five thousand, seven hundred and thirty-six dollars dollars.

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 Seattle, Washington United States
Total population563,374 281,421,906
StateWashington 
CitySeattle 

Seattle, Washington Population

 Seattle, Washington %, Seattle, Washington United States
Male280,97349.87%49.06%
Female282,40150.13%50.94%
Median age (years)35.4  35.3
18 years and over475,54784.41%74.31%
21 years and over449,52879.79%69.97%
62 years and over77,67113.79%14.66%
65 years and over67,80712.04%12.43%

 Seattle, Washington %, Seattle, Washington United States
White394,88970.09%75.14%
Black or African American47,5418.44%12.32%
Asian73,91013.12%3.64%
Some other race21,8863.88%5.46%
Two or more races25,1484.46%2.43%
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Seattle, Washington Housing

 Seattle, Washington %, Seattle, Washington United States
Total housing units 270,536 115,904,641
- Vacant housing units 12,0254.44%8.99%
- Occupied housing units 258,49995.55%91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units 125,16546.27%60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units 133,33449.29%30.77%
 Seattle, Washington %, Seattle, Washington United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 200067,692 26.19%19.95%
1995 to 199881,511 31.53%28.9%
1990 to 199436,522 14.13%16.07%
1980 to 198933,844 13.09%15.58%
1970 to 197917,986 6.96%9.86%
1969 or earlier20,955 8.11%9.65%
 Seattle, Washington %, Seattle, Washington United States
Total households258,499  105,480,101
Family households (families)113,400 43.87%68.06%
Nonfamily households145,099 56.13%31.94%
 Seattle, Washington United States
VALUE
Less than $50,0007485,457,817
$50,000 to $99,9991,79516,778,971
$100,000 to $149,9998,52813,110,384
$150,000 to $199,99918,0808,075,904
$200,000 to $299,99935,7156,583,049
$300,000 to $499,99926,5543,584,108
$500,000 to $999,9999,4221,308,116
$1,000,000 or more1,876313,759
Median (dollars)259,600119,600
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Seattle, Washington Education

 Seattle, Washington %, Seattle, Washington United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 136,863 76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool7,7385.65% 6.47%
Kindergarten4,9723.63% 5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)38,58828.19% 43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)20,16614.73% 21.38%
College or graduate school65,39947.78% 22.81%
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Seattle, Washington Economy

 Seattle, Washington %, Seattle, Washington United States
Population 16 years and over485,170  217,168,077
In labor force339,956 70.07%63.92%
- Civilian labor force338,866 69.84%63.39%
- - Employed321,524 66.27%59.73%
- - Unemployed17,342 3.57%3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force5.1  5.8
- Armed Forces1,090 0.22%0.53%
Not in labor force145,214 29.93%36.08%
Females 16 years and over243,647 50.22%51.66%
In labor force159,561 32.89%29.72%
- Civilian labor force159,437 32.86%29.65%
- - Employed152,244 31.38%27.92%
Own children under 6 years29,143 6.01%10.05%
All parents in family in labor force17,918  12,787,501
With earnings213,726 44.05%39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)62,602  56,604
With Social Security income50,817 10.47%12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)11,933  11,320
With Supplemental Security Income9,428 1.94%2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)6,135  6,320
With public assistance income7,638 1.57%1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)3,510  3,032
With retirement income34,197 7.05%8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)18,513  17,376
 Seattle, Washington %, Seattle, Washington United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households258,635  105,539,122
Less than $10,00023,130 8.94%9.54%
$10,000 to $14,99914,422 5.58%6.31%
$15,000 to $24,99929,028 11.22%12.83%
$25,000 to $34,99931,698 12.26%12.81%
$35,000 to $49,99941,045 15.87%16.53%
$50,000 to $74,99948,882 18.9%19.46%
$75,000 to $99,99929,387 11.36%10.23%
$100,000 to $149,99924,413 9.44%7.72%
$150,000 to $199,9997,618 2.95%2.2%
$200,000 or more9,012 3.48%2.37%
Median household income (dollars)45,736  41,994
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The data is taken from www.census.gov reports.