King Co. one of fastest growing for immigrants (Seattle, Bellevue: homes, estimate)

[pnwguy2]

This is a good read from The Times. I was surprised that only Miami-Dade, and Harris Co. (Houston) had larger immigrant growth.

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https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...n-tops-500000/

[Seacove]

Goes to show Seattle is very diverse, just that Asian is heavily weighted. My concern with growth is not immigrants, it's everyone.

[Bluefox]

It’s very significant that half of the county’s growth came from immigration. That’s very high. Clearly the Amazon/Microsoft effect is the primary pull factor, with Seattle being a refugee destination a not so close second.

[homesinseattle]

500,000, that's quite something. Yes, this should put the "no diversity" label to rest. Confirms also that we have a significant Latin American born presence in Seattle, that's not even counting Pierce and Snohomish Counties. The "Africa" numbers look low, I think collectively, the Ethiopian, Eritrean and Somali numbers must be higher.

[Bluefox]

Do you happen to know where the original study is that they cited? I’d be interested in the methodology they used. I have a hard time believing that Somalis aren’t even in the top ten countries for King County. There are many, many of them here.

[Bluefox]

Originally Posted by homesinseattle

500,000, that's quite something. Yes, this should put the "no diversity" label to rest. Confirms also that we have a significant Latin American born presence in Seattle, that's not even counting Pierce and Snohomish Counties. The "Africa" numbers look low, I think collectively, the Ethiopian, Eritrean and Somali numbers must be higher.

There’s a relatively “significant” presence from Mexico, but not from elsewhere in Latin America.

[rupp-certified]

Originally Posted by Bluefox

There’s a relatively “significant” presence from Mexico, but not from elsewhere in Latin America.

They estimate 92,000 from Latin America and 57,000 from Mexico so there must be a lot from other Latin American countries

[travis t]

Bellevue is now 39% foreign-born.
https://patch.com/washington/bellevu...9-foreign-born

Maybe more now since this is from 2017.

[Bluefox]

Originally Posted by rupp-certified

They estimate 92,000 from Latin America and 57,000 from Mexico so there must be a lot from other Latin American countries

I’d be surprised if any nationality is greater than 3-4,000, unless something has remarkably changed in the past year or so. A fellow city data member meticulously complied foreign born populations by metro area and nationality. For Latin America, Seattle was a top 10 metro only for Nicaragua (10th Place, 3809) and Chile (7th, 1690). This was a 2016 list and for the entire metro area.

2016 Top 10 MSAs per Country for Foreign Born Population (MSAs of 1M+ People)

At any rate, I would like to see the full list, not just the top 10.

[rjshae]

Boeing, Microsoft, and other companies in the area have benefited heavily from skill immigrants.