Secondary Source

Seattle Population Data

Decennial Population City of
Seattle
1900 - 2000
City of Seattle
Strategic Planning Office
April 12, 2001
Year
1990
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
Population
80,671
237,194
315,312
365,583
368,583
467,591
557,087
530,831
493,846
516,259
563,374
Land Area

(sq. mi)

N/A
55.9
58.6
68.5
68.5
70.8
88.5
83.6
83.6
83.9
83.9
Density

(avg. population/ sq. mi.)

N/A
4,243
5,381
5,377
5,377
6,604
6,295
6,350
5,907
6,153
6,715
Rank*
48
21
20
20
22
19
19
22
23
21
24
Decennial Pop. Change

(%)

‒
194%
33%
16%
1%
27%
19%
-5%
-7%
5%
9%

Sources:

1) U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting Data.

2) Gibson, Campbell. "Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990." Population

Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, D.C., Population Division Working Paper No. 27, June 1998.

<http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027.html>

3) Rank for 2000 from "Ranking Tables for Incorporated Places of 100,000 or More: 1990 and 2000 (PHC-T-5)", U.S. Census Bureau,

Population Division, April 2, 2001. <http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t5.html>

*Rank among 100 largest urban places in the United States

Note: Cell entries in light blue italic font have been added by Seattle SPO.

Page Works Cited

City of Seattle: Strategic Planning Office. “Decennial Population.” 12 April 2001. Seattle.gov: Department of Planning and
Development. 2 March 2010 <http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/cms/groups/pan/@pan/documents/web_informational/dpds_006755.pdf>.
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