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Demographics of Seattle

Index Demographics of Seattle

The city of Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington, was estimated in 2011 by the U.S. Census Bureau to have 620,778 residents. [1]

57 relations: Affordable housing, African Americans, Asian Americans, Begging, Birmingham, Alabama, Boston, Central District, Seattle, Columbus, Ohio, Comma-separated values, Desegregation, Emergency shelter, English Americans, FareStart, Food bank, German Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, History of Chinese Americans in Seattle, History of the Japanese in Seattle, Homeless shelter, Homelessness, Homelessness in Seattle, Hygiene program, Immigration, Irish Americans, Lanham, Maryland, Latino, Los Angeles, Mental disorder, Multiracial Americans, Native Americans in the United States, Norwegian Americans, Pacific Islands Americans, Per capita income, Philadelphia, Population density, Poverty in the United States, Public housing, Rainier Beach, Seattle, Real Change, San Diego, Seattle, Seattle Central Library, Seattle Housing Authority, Seattle Youth Garden Works, Soup kitchen, South Park, Seattle, Street newspaper, Tent city, The Homelessness Project, United States Census, ..., United States Census Bureau, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington (state), White Americans, Yesler Terrace, Seattle, 2000 United States Census, 2010 United States Census. Expand index (7 more) »

Affordable housing

Affordable housing is housing which is deemed affordable to those with a median household income as rated by the national government or a local government by a recognized housing affordability index.

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African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Asian Americans

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent.

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Begging

Begging (also panhandling or mendicancy) is the practice of imploring others to grant a favor, often a gift of money, with little or no expectation of reciprocation.

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Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the seat of Jefferson County.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Central District, Seattle

The Central Area, commonly called the Central District or CD,Mary T. Henry,, HistoryLink, March 10, 2001.

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Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the state capital and the most populous city in Ohio.

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Comma-separated values

In computing, a comma-separated values (CSV) file is a delimited text file that uses a comma to separate values.

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Desegregation

Desegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups usually referring to races.

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Emergency shelter

An emergency shelter is a place for people to live temporarily when they cannot live in their previous residence, similar to homeless shelters.

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English Americans

English Americans, also referred to as Anglo-Americans, are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England, a country that is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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FareStart

FareStart is a non-profit, social entrepreneurial organization in Seattle, Washington, USA, that operates a job placement and training program benefiting homeless and disadvantaged men, women, and youth.

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Food bank

A food bank or foodbank is a non-profit, charitable organization that distributes food to those who have difficulty purchasing enough to avoid hunger.

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German Americans

German Americans (Deutschamerikaner) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry.

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Hispanic and Latino Americans

Hispanic Americans and Latino Americans (Estadounidenses hispanos) are people in the United States who are descendants of people from countries of Latin America and Spain.

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History of Chinese Americans in Seattle

Greater Seattle has had a Chinese American community almost since its founding in 1851.

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History of the Japanese in Seattle

There is a population of Japanese Americans and Japanese expatriates in Greater Seattle.

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Homeless shelter

Homeless shelters are a type of homeless service agency which provide temporary residence for homeless individuals and families.

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Homelessness

Homelessness is the circumstance when people are without a permanent dwelling, such as a house or apartment.

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Homelessness in Seattle

In the Seattle King County area, there are about 12,500 homeless people living on the streets or in shelters.

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Hygiene program

Hygiene programs are ways of providing basic hygiene facilities to people experiencing homelessness.

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Immigration

Immigration is the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens, or to take up employment as a migrant worker or temporarily as a foreign worker.

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Irish Americans

Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are an ethnic group comprising Americans who have full or partial ancestry from Ireland, especially those who identify with that ancestry, along with their cultural characteristics.

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Lanham, Maryland

Lanham is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland.

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Latino

Latino is a term often used in the United States to refer to people with cultural ties to Latin America, in contrast to Hispanic which is a demonym that includes Spaniards and other speakers of the Spanish language.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Mental disorder

A mental disorder, also called a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.

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Multiracial Americans

Multiracial Americans are Americans who have mixed ancestry of "two or more races".

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States.

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Norwegian Americans

Norwegian Americans (norskamerikanere) are Americans with ancestral roots from Norway.

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Pacific Islands Americans

Pacific Islands Americans, also known as Oceanian Americans, Pacific Islander Americans, or Native Hawaiian and/or other Pacific Islander Americans, are Americans who have ethnic ancestry among the indigenous peoples of Oceania (viz. Polynesians, Melanesians and Micronesians).

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Per capita income

Per capita income or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.

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Poverty in the United States

Poverty is a state of deprivation, lacking the usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions.

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Public housing

Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local.

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Rainier Beach, Seattle

Rainier Beach is a set of neighborhoods in Seattle, Washington that are mostly residential.

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Real Change

Real Change is a weekly progressive street newspaper based in Seattle, Washington, USA written by professional staff and sold by self-employed vendors, many of whom are homeless.

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San Diego

San Diego (Spanish for 'Saint Didacus') is a major city in California, United States.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.

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Seattle Central Library

The Seattle Public Library's Central Library is the flagship library of The Seattle Public Library system.

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Seattle Housing Authority

Seattle Housing Authority is an independent public corporation in the city of Seattle, Washington, responsible for public housing for low-income, elderly, and disabled residents.

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Seattle Youth Garden Works

Seattle Youth Garden Works, a non-profit organization in Seattle, Washington, United States, empowers homeless and under-served youth.

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Soup kitchen

A soup kitchen, meal center, or food kitchen is a place where food is offered to the hungry usually for free or sometimes at a below market price.

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South Park, Seattle

South Park is a neighborhood in the city of Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Street newspaper

Street newspapers (or street papers) are newspapers or magazines sold by homeless or poor individuals and produced mainly to support these populations.

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Tent city

A tent city is a temporary housing facility made using tents or other temporary structures.

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The Homelessness Project

The Homelessness Project (THP), based in Seattle helps homeless families secure and keep permanent, stable housing.

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United States Census

The United States Census is a decennial census mandated by Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, which states: "Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States...

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is a Cabinet department in the Executive branch of the United States federal government.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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White Americans

White Americans are Americans who are descendants from any of the white racial groups of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, or in census statistics, those who self-report as white based on having majority-white ancestry.

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Yesler Terrace, Seattle

Yesler Terrace, a public housing development in Seattle, Washington was, at the time of its completion in 1941, Washington State's first public housing development and the first racially integrated public housing development in the United States.

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2000 United States Census

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 Census.

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2010 United States Census

The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Seattle

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