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Social
Capital Community Benchmark Survey
Community Highlights
For the City of Seattle
Sponsor:
Northwest
Area Foundation
Media
Contact
Karl
Stauber, President
Northwest
Area Foundation
332 Minnesota Street, Suite E-1201
Saint Paul, MN 55101
Phone: 651-225-3866
Email address: kstauber@mcf.org
Web address: http://www.nwaf.org
Community type:
Urban
Population
537,150
(in 1999); 516,259 (in 1990)
1990
data and 1999 estimate, U.S. Census Bureau
Ethnicity
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Ethnicity
(city of Seattle)
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White
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75%
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African
American
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10%
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Asian
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12%
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Hispanic
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3%
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Source:
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Economic
Development Council of Seattle and King County
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1990
Census data also lists the following additional racial/ethnic groups):
American
Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 1.4%
Other
race 1.3%
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Age
Distribution (City of Seattle)
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0-17
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17%
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18-64
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68%
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over
65
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15%
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Source:Economic
Development Council of Seattle and King County
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Age
Distribution (King County)
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15-18
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6.3%
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20-34
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20.4%
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35-44
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19.1%
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45-64
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23.2%
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65+
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10.8%
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Source:
Washington State 2001 Consolidated Plan, Volume 1: Needs Assessment,
May 22, 2000
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Additional
Information:
Northwest
Area Foundation commissioned a study, Puget Sound Metropatterns, by Myron
Orfield.
Northwest
Area Foundation is interested in learning about communities in its eight-state
region, which includes Washington State.
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