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Language Spoken At Home in Seattle City
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 580,300 | 100% |
English only | 452,110 | 77.9% |
Language other than English | 128,190 | 22.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 54,861 | 9.5% |
Spanish | 25,743 | 4.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 9,390 | 1.6% |
Other Indo-European languages | 24,219 | 4.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 4,818 | 0.8% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 62,760 | 10.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 32,182 | 5.5% |
Other languages | 15,468 | 2.7% |
Speak English less than very well | 8,471 | 1.5% |
Ancestry in Seattle City
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 612,916 | 100% |
American | 18,459 | 3.0% |
Arab | 2,946 | 0.5% |
Czech | 4,082 | 0.7% |
Danish | 5,987 | 1.0% |
Dutch | 11,776 | 1.9% |
English | 69,186 | 11.3% |
French (except Basque) | 19,902 | 3.2% |
French Canadian | 4,514 | 0.7% |
German | 99,336 | 16.2% |
Greek | 4,232 | 0.7% |
Hungarian | 3,676 | 0.6% |
Irish | 72,358 | 11.8% |
Italian | 26,614 | 4.3% |
Lithuanian | 1,728 | 0.3% |
Norwegian | 30,572 | 5.0% |
Polish | 14,968 | 2.4% |
Portuguese | 2,223 | 0.4% |
Russian | 10,673 | 1.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 8,276 | 1.4% |
Scottish | 21,291 | 3.5% |
Slovak | 987 | 0.2% |
Subsaharan African | 15,977 | 2.6% |
Swedish | 22,634 | 3.7% |
Swiss | 3,848 | 0.6% |
Ukrainian | 2,778 | 0.5% |
Welsh | 7,752 | 1.3% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 1,323 | 0.2% |
Households By Type in Seattle City
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 285,476 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 123,994 | 43.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 52,643 | 18.4% |
Married-couple family | 97,199 | 34.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 39,329 | 13.8% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 7,596 | 2.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 3,174 | 1.1% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 19,199 | 6.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 10,140 | 3.6% |
Nonfamily households | 161,482 | 56.6% |
Householder living alone | 120,230 | 42.1% |
65 years and over | 26,089 | 9.1% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 56,106 | 19.7% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 50,921 | 17.8% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Seattle City
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 589,290 | 100% |
Householder | 285,476 | 48.4% |
Spouse | 97,345 | 16.5% |
Child | 111,155 | 18.9% |
Other relatives | 24,496 | 4.2% |
Nonrelatives | 70,818 | 12.0% |
Unmarried partner | 24,851 | 4.2% |
Marital Status in Seattle City
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 262,968 | 100% |
Never married | 123,276 | 46.9% |
Now married, except separated | 106,112 | 40.4% |
Separated | 3,240 | 1.2% |
Widowed | 4,528 | 1.7% |
Divorced | 25,812 | 9.8% |
Females 15 years and over | 268,736 | 100% |
Never married | 108,137 | 40.2% |
Now married, except separated | 105,312 | 39.2% |
Separated | 3,494 | 1.3% |
Widowed | 18,511 | 6.9% |
Divorced | 33,282 | 12.4% |
Fertility in Seattle City
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 8,496 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 1,314 | 15.5% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 12 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 48 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 16 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 56 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 45 | 0% |
Grandparents in Seattle City
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 6,077 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 1,658 | 27.3% |
Less than 1 year | 382 | 6.3% |
1 or 2 years | 299 | 4.9% |
3 or 4 years | 264 | 4.3% |
5 or more years | 713 | 11.7% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 1,658 | 100% |
Who are female | 1,164 | 70.2% |
Who are married | 1,020 | 61.5% |
School Enrollment in Seattle City
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 145,264 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 9,612 | 6.6% |
Kindergarten | 5,788 | 4.0% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 37,295 | 25.7% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 17,533 | 12.1% |
College or graduate school | 75,036 | 51.7% |
Educational Attainment in Seattle City
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 447,569 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 15,460 | 3.5% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 16,206 | 3.6% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 53,084 | 11.9% |
Some college, no degree | 78,668 | 17.6% |
Associate's degree | 31,396 | 7.0% |
Bachelor's degree | 150,640 | 33.7% |
Graduate or professional degree | 102,115 | 22.8% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 92.9% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 56.5% |
Veteran Status in Seattle City
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 517,990 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 33,111 | 6.4% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Seattle City
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 606,701 | 100% |
With a disability | 54,550 | 9.0% |
Under 18 years | 93,581 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,896 | 2.0% |
18 to 64 years | 447,417 | 100% |
With a disability | 29,578 | 6.6% |
65 years and over | 65,703 | 100% |
With a disability | 23,076 | 35.1% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Seattle City
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 605,529 | 100% |
Same house | 469,374 | 77.5% |
Different house in the U.S. | 128,307 | 21.2% |
Same county | 85,906 | 14.2% |
Different county | 42,401 | 7.0% |
Same state | 14,544 | 2.4% |
Different state | 27,857 | 4.6% |
Abroad | 7,848 | 1.3% |
Place Of Birth in Seattle City
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 612,916 | 100% |
Native | 505,558 | 82.5% |
Born in United States | 492,994 | 80.4% |
State of residence | 236,698 | 38.6% |
Different state | 256,296 | 41.8% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 12,564 | 2.0% |
Foreign born | 107,358 | 17.5% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Seattle City
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 107,358 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 57,650 | 53.7% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 49,708 | 46.3% |
Year of Entry in Seattle City
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 119,922 | 100% |
Native | 12,564 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 313 | 2.5% |
Entered before 2010 | 12,251 | 97.5% |
Foreign born | 107,358 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 4,645 | 4.3% |
Entered before 2010 | 102,713 | 95.7% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Seattle City
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 107,358 | 100% |
Europe | 15,575 | 14.5% |
Asia | 58,396 | 54.4% |
Africa | 12,648 | 11.8% |
Oceania | 1,670 | 1.6% |
Latin America | 13,143 | 12.2% |
Northern America | 5,926 | 5.5% |