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The foreign-born population increased 40 percent between the 1990 and 2000 census. [13] Although the 2000 census shows only 5.28% of the population as Hispanic or Latino of any race, Hispanics are believed to be the most rapidly growing population group in Washington State, with an estimated increase of 10% just in the years 2000–2002. [14]
By the 1970s, Central District was a largely an African-American neighborhood and the center of the civil rights movement in Seattle. In 1970, Black people made up nearly 80 percent of the neighborhood's population. [12] However, the neighborhood declined with increased rates of poverty and crime over the following two decades.
Seattle today is physically similar to the Seattle of the 1960s, while the demographics have begun to shift over time. It is still filled with single-family households, with whites making up 64.9% of the population (down from a high of 91.6% in 1960), Asians 16.3%, two or more races 8.8%, Black 6.8%, and Hispanic 7.2%.
b ^ While all Native Americans in the United States were only counted as part of the (total) U.S. population since 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau previously either enumerated or made estimates of the non-taxed Native American population (which was not counted as a part of the U.S. population before 1890) for the 1860–1880 time period.
Seattle's population historically has been predominantly white. [118] The 2010 census showed that Seattle was one of the whitest big cities in the country, although its proportion of white residents has been gradually declining. [119] In 1960, whites constituted 91.6% of the city's population, [118] while in 2010 they constituted 69.5%.
The Tri-Cities population grew to an estimated 316,600 this spring, a gain of nearly 13,000 people since the 2020 Census. With a 4.3% growth rate, the Tri-Cities is outpacing Washington state ...
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]
The racial homeownership gap widened over the last decade, ... Map: Racial homeownership gap widened in last 10 years, new data shows. Dani Romero. March 2, 2023 at 9:00 AM.