Seattle metropolitan area

The **Seattle metropolitan area** is a metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington. It is made of Seattle and places around Seattle, such as satellite cities. It has the three counties in Washington with the most people in them. These are King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. It is part of the Puget Sound region. The United States Census Bureau calls the Seattle metropolitan area the **Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA metropolitan statistical area.** The population is 4,018,762, according to the 2020 census. It is the 15th largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States. Over half of the people in Washington live there.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Seattle metropolitan area
- **official name**: Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA MSA
- **settlement type**: Metropolitan statistical area
- **image skyline**: Seattle Downtown Aerial, May 2024.jpg
- **imagesize**: 290
- **image caption**: Aerial view of Downtown Seattle, 2024
- **image map**: Map of Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue MSA and Seattle–Tacoma–Olympia CSA.svg
- **map alt**: Map of Washington state with the Seattle metropolitan area and combined statistical area highlighted
- **map caption**: Map of the Seattle Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is shown in teal; the Seattle Combined Statistical Area (CSA) is shown in gold
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: County (United States), Counties (MSA)
- **subdivision name2**: King County, Washington, King, Pierce County, Washington, Pierce, Snohomish County, Washington, Snohomish
- **established title**: Largest city
- **established date**: Seattle (762,500)
- **established title1**: Other cities
- **leader title1**: Washington's congressional districts, Congressional districts
- **leader name1**: Washington's 1st congressional district, 1st, Washington's 2nd congressional district, 2nd, Washington's 6th congressional district, 6th, Washington's 7th congressional district, 7th, Washington's 8th congressional district, 8th, Washington's 9th congressional district, 9th, Washington's 10th congressional district, 10th
- **unit pref**: US
- **area total sq mi**: 6308.67
- **area land sq mi**: 5869.72
- **area water sq mi**: 438.95
- **elevation max ft**: Mount Rainier
14,411
- **elevation max m**: 4,392
- **elevation min ft**: Sea level
0
- **elevation min m**: 0
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 4,018,762
- **pop est as of**: 2024
- **population est**: 4,145,494
- **population density sq mi**: 685
- **population rank**: Metropolitan statistical area, 15th in the U.S.
- **demographics type2**: Gross domestic product, GDP
- **demographics2 title1**: MSA
- **demographics2 info1**: $566.741 billion (2023)
- **timezone1**: Pacific Time Zone, Pacific (PST)
- **utc offset1**: −8
- **timezone1 dst**: Pacific Daylight Time, PDT
- **utc offset1 dst**: −7
- **postal code type**: ZIP Code prefixes
- **postal code**: 980, 981, 982, 983, 984
- **area code type**: Telephone numbering plan, Area codes
- **area code**: Area code 206, 206, Area code 253, 253, Area code 360, 360, Area code 425, 425, Area code 564, 564
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 53-42660