Seattle, WA

1950‑1959:		Seattle, WA SMA
1959‑1963:		Seattle, WA SMSA
1963‑1975:		Seattle-Everett, WA SMSA
1975‑1983:		Seattle-Everett, WA SMSA in Seattle-Tacoma, WA SCSA
1983‑1992:		Seattle, WA PMSA in Seattle-Tacoma, WA CMSA
1992‑2003:		Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA PMSA in Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA
2003‑2006:		Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Division in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area in Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Island County, WA	11,079	19,638	27,011	44,048	60,195	71,558	79,983

King County, WA	732,992	935,014	1,156,633	1,269,749	1,507,319	1,737,034	1,799,119

Snohomish County, WA	111,580	172,199	265,236	337,720	465,642	606,024	655,564



Total	732,992	1,107,213	1,421,869	1,607,469	1,972,961	2,414,616	2,454,683
Percent Change	-	51.1%	28.4%	13.1%	22.7%	22.4%	1.7%



Total (as currently defined)	844,572	1,107,213	1,421,869	1,607,469	1,972,961	2,343,058	2,454,683
Percent Change	-	31.1%	28.4%	13.1%	22.7%	18.8%	4.8%

Timeline

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Component

Island County, WA

King County, WA

Snohomish County, WA

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Seattle, WA	467,591	*	557,087	*	530,831	*	493,846	*	516,259	*	563,374	*	573,911	*

Everett, WA	33,849		40,304		53,622	*	54,413	*	69,961	*	91,488	*	96,604	*

Auburn, WA	6,497		11,933		21,817		26,417		33,102	*	40,168 40,314		45,753 47,086

Bellevue, WA	(x)		12,809		61,102		73,903		86,874		109,569	*	117,137	*

Kent, WA	3,278		9,017		21,510		23,152		37,960		79,524		81,800	*

Renton, WA	16,039		18,453		25,258		30,612		41,688		50,052		55,817	*



Total	467,591		557,087		584,453		548,259		619,322		764,431		925,269
Metro	732,992		1,107,213		1,421,869		1,607,469		1,972,961		2,414,616		2,454,683
Percent	63.8%		50.3%		41.1%		34.1%		31.4%		31.7%		37.7%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

Seattle, WA

Everett, WA

Auburn, WA

Bellevue, WA

Kent, WA

Renton, WA

Urban/Rural Population



1950				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			636,623	86.9%
		UA Population		621,509	84.8%
	Rural Population			96,369	13.1%

	Inside Central Cities			467,591	63.8%
	Outside Central Cities			265,401	36.2%

	Total Metro Area Population			732,992	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Seattle, WA		621,509	621,509	100.0%

	Total			621,509


	population figures are from the 1950 census, metro areas as defined Mar 1952




1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			933,774	84.3%
		UA Population		864,109	78.0%
	Rural Population			173,439	15.7%

	Inside Central Cities			597,391	54.0%
	Outside Central Cities			509,822	46.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,107,213	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Seattle-Everett, WA		864,109	864,109	100.0%

	Total			864,109


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,259,775	88.6%
		UA Population		1,238,107	87.1%
	Rural Population			162,094	11.4%

	Inside Central Cities			584,453	41.1%
	Outside Central Cities			837,416	58.9%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,421,869	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Seattle-Everett, WA		1,238,107	1,238,107	100.0%

	Total			1,238,107


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,413,060	87.9%
		UA Population		1,391,753	86.6%
	Rural Population			194,409	12.1%

	Inside Central Cities			574,676	35.8%
	Outside Central Cities			1,032,793	64.2%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,607,469	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Seattle-Everett, WA		1,391,535	1,391,535	100.0%
	Tacoma, WA		402,077	218	0.1%

	Total			1,391,753


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,811,596	89.1%
		UA Population		1,744,783	85.8%
	Rural Population			221,560	10.9%

	Inside Central Cities			673,094	33.1%
	Outside Central Cities			1,360,062	66.9%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,033,156	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Seattle, WA		1,744,086	1,744,086	100.0%
	Tacoma, WA		497,210	697	0.1%

	Total			1,744,783


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			2,211,412	94.4%
		UA Population		2,180,474	93.1%
	Rural Population			131,646	5.6%

	Inside Principal Cities			894,007	38.2%
	Outside Principal Cities			1,449,051	61.8%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,343,058	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Marysville, WA		114,372	114,372	100.0%
	Seattle, WA		2,712,205	2,066,102	76.2%

	Total			2,180,474


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Seattle, WA SMA
-		King County, WA included as original SMA component
-		Seattle, WA designated as original central city of new SMA


May 1959



-		Snohomish County, WA added


Oct 1963



-		Title of Seattle, WA SMSA changed to Seattle-Everett, WA SMSA
-		Everett, WA designated as central city of SMSA


Oct 1975



-		Seattle-Everett, WA SMSA included in Seattle-Tacoma, WA SCSA


Jun 1983



-		Title of Seattle-Everett, WA SMSA in Seattle-Tacoma, WA SCSA changed to Seattle, WA PMSA in Seattle-Tacoma, WA CMSA
-		Auburn, WA designated as central city of PMSA


Dec 1992



-		Title of Seattle, WA PMSA in Seattle-Tacoma, WA CMSA changed to Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA PMSA in Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA
-		Island County, WA added
-		Bellevue, WA designated as central city of PMSA
-		Auburn, WA no longer designated as central city


Jun 2003



-		Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA PMSA in Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA became Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Division in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area in Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA
-		Island County, WA included as original component of Oak Harbor, WA Micro Area in Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA
-		Kent, WA designated as principal city of Metro Division
-		Renton, WA designated as principal city of Metro Division

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