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The population of the city of Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington, was 737,015 in the 2020 United States census. Only about a fifth of the households include minor children, and more people live alone here than any other U.S. city besides San Francisco. Seattle's population is mostly white, with a relatively large minority of Asians.
In 2021 Seattle experienced its first population decline in 50 years. [135] Seattle has a relatively high number of adults living alone. According to the 2000 U.S. Census interim measurements of 2004, Seattle has the fifth highest proportion of single-person households nationwide among cities of 100,000 or more residents, at 40.8%. [136]
With the Boeing 707-120, Seattle became Boeing's company town; "in 1947 Boeing employed about one out of every five of King County's manufacturing workers, in 1957 about every other one." [3] As Boeing boomed, so did Seattle. From 1940 to 1950, the population increased 99,289 or 27% from 368,302 to 467,591.
The Census Bureau adopted metropolitan districts in the 1910 census to create a standard definition for urban areas with industrial activity around a central city. [11] At the time, Seattle had the 22nd largest metropolitan district population at 239,269 people, a 195.8 percent increase from the population of the equivalent area in the 1900 census. [12]
August 21: The Beatles perform at the Seattle Center Coliseum; they would do so once more just over two years later. 1965 April 29: The 6.7 M w Puget Sound earthquake affected western Washington with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( Severe ), causing seven deaths and $12.5–28 million in financial losses in the Puget Sound region .
States in the South and West tended to grow pretty quickly last year while a handful of states saw their populations shrink.
Dallas-Fort Worth leads all U.S. metro areas in absolute population growth in 2023: Houston United States: 7,370,464 2022 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area [2] Toronto Canada: 7,106,379 2025 Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, Ontario [3] "/> Washington, D.C. United States: 6,265,891 2022 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ...
King County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington.The population was 2,269,675 in the 2020 census, [1] making it the most populous county in Washington, and the 12th-most populous in the United States.