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People QuickFacts | Seattle | Washington
Population, 2011 estimate | 620,778 | 6,823,267
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 608,660 | 6,724,543
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 2.0% | 1.5%
Population, 2010 | 608,660 | 6,724,540
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.3% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 15.4% | 23.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 10.8% | 12.3%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 50.0% | 50.2%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 69.5% | 77.3%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 7.9% | 3.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.8% | 1.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 13.8% | 7.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.4% | 0.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 5.1% | 4.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 6.6% | 11.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 66.3% | 72.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 77.1% | 82.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.5% | 12.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 21.8% | 17.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 92.4% | 89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 55.8% | 31.4%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 34,321 | 601,507
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25 | 25.5
Housing units, 2010 | 308,516 | 2,885,677
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 48.0% | 64.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 50.4% | 25.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $453,000 | $283,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 282,480 | 2,602,568
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.05 | 2.5
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $41,695 | $30,481
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $61,856 | $58,890
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.2% | 12.5%
Business QuickFacts | Seattle | Washington
Total number of firms, 2007 | 73,997 | 551,340
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.7% | S
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.9% | 1.2%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 9.8% | 6.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.2% | 0.2%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.5% | 3.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 30.3% | 28.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 7,076,203 | 112,053,283
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 11,531,366 | 76,790,966
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 15,968,835 | 92,968,519
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $26,945 | $14,380
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,730,802 | 12,389,422
Geography QuickFacts | Seattle | Washington
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 83.94 | 66,455.52
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 7,250.9 | 101.2
FIPS Code | 63000 | 53
Counties | King County
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts