Seattle Population

On the Road, People, Trivia
on May 3, 2009

According to the 2000 census report, nearly half of Seattle’s 563,374 residents were born in a state other than Washington (239,977), and nearly 17 percent of its residents are foreign born (94,952).
Of family ethnic backgrounds reported in the census for the city’s total population, German leads, with English and Irish reported as close seconds.