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Population in July 2007: 513,113.

Males: 255,002	(49.7%)
Females: 258,111	(50.3%)

Median resident age:	36.6 years
Washington median age:	35.3 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $82,310 (it was $65,294 in 2000)

East Seattle:	$82,310
Washington:	$55,591

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $45,517

East Seattle:	$45,517
Washington:	$29,027

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $506,793 (it was $264,800 in 2000)

East Seattle:	$506,793
Washington:	$300,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $595,949; Detached houses: $657,624; Townhouses or other attached units: $440,326; In 2-unit structures: $401,255; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $264,186; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $290,119; Mobile homes: $88,055; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $29,354

East Seattle, WA residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in East Seattle:

White Non-Hispanic (80.3%)
Hispanic (4.7%)
Two or more races (3.2%)
Chinese (3.1%)
Black (2.5%)
American Indian (2.5%)
Other race (2.1%)
Japanese (1.6%)
Other Asian (1.6%)
Asian Indian (1.5%)
Filipino (1.2%)
Vietnamese (1.1%)
Korean (1.1%)

2008 cost of living index in East Seattle: 120.5 (high, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Elevation: 164 feet

Land area: 217.1 square miles.

Population density: 2363 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in East Seattle

High school or higher: 93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 47.3%
Graduate or professional degree: 15.4%
Unemployed: 3.8%
Mean travel time to work: 23.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in East Seattle CCD

Never married: 25.6%
Now married: 59.6%
Separated: 1.2%
Widowed: 4.3%
Divorced: 10.5%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.0%
Washington:	10.4%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

East Seattle:	1.1% ($2,822)
Washington:	1.2% ($1,915)

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (956.3 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Bellevue, WA (1.2 miles ), Clyde Hill, WA (1.6 miles ), Beaux Arts Village, WA (1.6 miles ), Yarrow Point, WA (1.7 miles ), Medina, WA (1.8 miles ), Eastgate, WA (1.8 miles ), Hunts Point, WA (1.8 miles ), Redmond, WA (2.0 miles ).

Latitude: 47.62 N, Longitude: 122.17 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 425

East Seattle household income distribution

Most common industries for males (%):

Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
Construction (8%)
Transportation equipment (8%)
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (5%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Health care (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (12%)
Educational services (11%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Transportation equipment (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Computer specialists (12%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Engineers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Top executives (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Computer specialists (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Business operations specialists (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)

East Seattle-area historical earthquake activity is slightly above Washington state average. It is 274% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/13/1949 at 19:55:42, a magnitude 7.0 (7.0 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 29.8 miles away from East Seattle center, causing $80,000,000 total damage
On 2/28/2001 at 18:54:32, a magnitude 6.8 (6.5 MB, 6.6 MS, 6.8 MW, Depth: 32.2 mi, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 41.3 miles away from the city center, causing $2,000,000,000 total damage and $305,000,000 insured losses
On 4/29/1965 at 15:28:43, a magnitude 6.6 (6.6 UK) earthquake occurred 22.1 miles away from the city center, causing $28,000,000 total damage
On 7/3/1999 at 01:43:54, a magnitude 5.8 (5.4 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.8 MW, 5.3 ME, Depth: 25.2 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 63.1 miles away from East Seattle center
On 5/3/1996 at 04:04:22, a magnitude 5.5 (5.2 MB, 5.3 MD, 5.5 ML, Depth: 2.5 mi) earthquake occurred 24.7 miles away from the city center
On 2/14/1981 at 06:09:27, a magnitude 5.5 (5.1 MB, 4.8 MS, 5.5 ML) earthquake occurred 80.5 miles away from East Seattle center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), energy magnitude (ME), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

Hospitals/medical centers near East Seattle:

OVERLAKE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 2 miles; BELLEVUE, WA)
GROUP HEALTH EASTSIDE HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; REDMOND, WA)
SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles; SEATTLE, WA)

Amtrak stations near East Seattle:

8 miles: SEATTLE (303 S. JACKSON ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, intercity bus service, public transit connection.
17 miles: EDMONDS (211 RAILROAD AVE.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit connection.
20 miles: MONROE (RED BARN UNOCAL) - Bus Station

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to East Seattle:

BELLEVUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 2 miles; BELLEVUE, WA; Full-time enrollment: 7,013)
CITY UNIVERSITY (about 2 miles; BELLEVUE, WA; FT enrollment: 4,007)
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY (about 7 miles; SEATTLE, WA; FT enrollment: 4,743)
SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-CENTRAL CAMPUS (about 7 miles; SEATTLE, WA; FT enrollment: 4,386)
RENTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 8 miles; RENTON, WA; FT enrollment: 2,623)
LAKE WASHINGTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 8 miles; KIRKLAND, WA; FT enrollment: 2,328)
ART INSTITUTE OF SEATTLE (about 9 miles; SEATTLE, WA; FT enrollment: 2,313)

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Notable locations in East Seattle: Overlake Village (A), Overlake Industrial Park (B), Overlake Golf and Country Club (C), Overlake Fashion Plaza (D), Mercer Village (E), Houghton Center (F), Lake Hills Sewage Disposal (G), Lake Hills Sewage Disposal Treatment Plant (H), Indian (I), Indian Coal Mine (J), Inglewood Country Club (K), Inglewood Plaza (L), Inglewood Village (M), North Benson Supercenter (N), Loehmanns Plaza (O), Wayne Golf Course (P), Newport Hills Shopping Square (Q), Newcastle Landing (R), Lincoln Landing (S), Meydenbauer Yacht Club (T). Display/hide their locations on the map

Shopping Centers: Hillfair Shopping Center (1), Overlake Shopping Center (2), Overlake East Shopping Center (3), Mercer Island Shopping Center (4), Lake Hills Shopping Center (5), Village Square Shopping Center (6), Truly Ranch Shopping Center (7), Town and Country Shopping Center (8), Totem Lake Shopping Center (9). Display/hide their locations on the map

Church in East Seattle: Forest Ridge Convent of the Sacred Heart (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemeteries: Mount Olivet Cemetery (1), Woodinville Memorial Park (2), Greenwood Cemetery (3), Sunset Hills Memorial Park (4), Everest Memorial Park (5), Eastside Memorial Park (6). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Washington, Lake (A), Cottage Lake (B), Forbes Lake (C), Desire, Lake (D), Boren, Lake (E), Totem Lake (F), O'Brians Lake (G), Sammamish, Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Honey Dew Creek (A), Honey Creek (B), Struve Creek (C), Cedar River (D), Seidel Creek (E), Molasses Creek (F), May Creek (G), Gold Creek (H), Goff Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in East Seattle include: North Towne Park (1), Talbot Hill Park (2), Hillaire Park (3), E Norway Hill Park (4), Weowna Beach Park (5), Ardmore Park (6), Mercerdale Field (7), Chesterfield Park (8), Northwest Community Center Park (9). Display/hide their locations on the map

Beach: Rosemont Beach (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.5 people
Washington:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	51.1%
Whole state:	66.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	4.8%
Whole state:	6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	5.2%
Whole state:	10.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	2.5%
Whole state:	4.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in East Seattle, WA

People in group quarters in East Seattle

1109 people in nursing homes
1094 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
419 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
408 people in other group homes
188 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
104 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
59 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
25 people in homes for the physically handicapped
20 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
13 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
9 people in institutions for the blind
6 people in religious group quarters
4 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)

East Seattle compared to Washington state average:

Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
House age below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher above state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (55%) Electricity (40%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Wood (1%)

Religion statistics for East Seattle

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Assemblies of God
Adherents	43.3%	6.3%	5.5%	4.2%	3.8%
Congregations	5.9%	9.7%	6.2%	5.5%	5.6%

Name	United Methodist Church	Episcopal Church	Charismatic Churches Independent	Non-Charismatic Churches Independent	Other religions
Adherents	2.9%	2.8%	2.7%	2.0%	26.6%
Congregations	4.6%	3.6%	0.7%	0.6%	57.7%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

7.07% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($51,604 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.07%
Washington average:	7.86%

0.27% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,154 average AGI)
King County: 0.27%
Washington average: 0.26%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Snohomish County, WA	0.95% ($45,723 average AGI)
from Pierce County, WA	0.78% ($40,128)
from Los Angeles County, CA	0.20% ($65,600)

6.45% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($54,696 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.45%
Washington average:	7.07%

0.16% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,377 average AGI)
King County: 0.16%
Washington average: 0.16%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Snohomish County, WA	1.31% ($49,721 average AGI)
to Pierce County, WA	0.97% ($46,071)
to Los Angeles County, CA	0.15% ($51,775)

Strongest AM radio stations in East Seattle:

KIXI (880 AM; 50 kW; MERCER ISLAND/SEATTL, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO, INC.)
KKNW (1150 AM; 10 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ORCA RADIO, INC.)
KXPA (1540 AM; 5 kW; BELLEVUE, WA; Owner: MULTICULTURAL RADIO BROADCASTING, INC.)
KARR (1460 AM; 5 kW; KIRKLAND, WA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
KOMO (1000 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - SEATTLE RADIO, L.L.C.)
KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
KGNW (820 AM; 50 kW; BURIEN-SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
KKOL (1300 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
KYCW (1090 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
KRKO (1380 AM; 50 kW; EVERETT, WA; Owner: S-R BROADCASTING, CO.)
KJR (950 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA)
KBLE (1050 AM; 5 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: SACRED HEART RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in East Seattle:

KYPT (96.5 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
KMTT (103.7 FM; TACOMA, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
KNDD (107.7 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
KJR-FM (95.7 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ACKERLEY MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
KUBE (93.3 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ACKERLEY MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
KQBZ (100.7 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
KISW (99.9 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
KPLZ-FM (101.5 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - SEATTLE RADIO, L.L.C.)
KBSG-FM (97.3 FM; TACOMA, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
KNHC (89.5 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS)
KRWM (106.9 FM; BREMERTON, WA; Owner: SEASCAPE RADIO, INC.)
KBKS (106.1 FM; TACOMA, WA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
KING-FM (98.1 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: CLASSIC RADIO, INC.)
KLSY-FM (92.5 FM; BELLEVUE, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO INC.)
KPLU-FM (88.5 FM; TACOMA, WA; Owner: PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, INC.)
KWJZ (98.9 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ORCA RADIO, INC.)
KZOK-FM (102.5 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
KMPS-FM (94.1 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
KBCS (91.3 FM; BELLEVUE, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
KUOW (94.9 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON)

TV broadcast stations around East Seattle:

KSTW (Channel 11; TACOMA, WA; Owner: UPN TELEVISION STATIONS INC.)
KTWB-TV (Channel 22; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION HOLDINGS, INC.)
KING-TV (Channel 5; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: KING BROADCASTING COMPANY)
K58DP (Channel 58; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
KCTS-TV (Channel 9; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: KCTS TELEVISION)
KOMO-TV (Channel 4; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - SEATTLE TV, L.L.C.)
KIRO-TV (Channel 7; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: KIRO-TV HOLDINGS, INC.)
KHCV (Channel 45; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: NORTH PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION, INC.)
KWPX (Channel 33; BELLEVUE, WA; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
K68DL (Channel 68; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
K57HB (Channel 57; EUREKA, CA; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
KONG-TV (Channel 16; EVERETT, WA; Owner: KONG-TV, INC.)
KWDK (Channel 56; TACOMA, WA; Owner: PUGET SOUND EDUCATIONAL TV, INC.)
KWOG (Channel 51; BELLEVUE, WA; Owner: AFRICAN-AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO.OF BELLEVUE, INC.)
KCPQ (Channel 13; TACOMA, WA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION NORTHWEST, INC.)
KBTC-TV (Channel 28; TACOMA, WA; Owner: BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE)

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