† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupSeattleWashingtonUnited States
German13.7%14.5%12.5%
English12.5%12.1%9.5%
Irish9.8%9.8%9.4%
Italian3.9%3.1%4.8%
Norwegian3.9%4.0%—
American2.8%3.8%5.3%
Swedish2.7%1.8%—
Scottish2.6%2.6%1.3%
Chinese4.9%2.2%1.3%
Asian Indian4.3%2.0%1.4%
Filipino2.0%1.5%0.9%
Vietnamese1.9%1.1%0.6%
Korean1.4%0.9%0.4%
Japanese0.8%0.4%0.2%
Taiwanese0.3%——
Cambodian0.3%0.3%—
Mexican5.5%10.8%11.3%
Salvadoran0.4%0.4%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.5%1.8%
Spaniard0.3%0.4%—
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Colombian0.2%0.2%0.4%
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
African American†3.4%2.3%9.9%
Ethiopian0.9%0.3%—
African0.6%0.4%0.5%
Somali0.6%0.2%—
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Kenyan0.2%——
Samoan0.7%0.2%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Seattle
Washington
United States
Median age
35.6
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
10.0%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.0%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Seattle
Washington
United States
Median household income
$123,860
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.9%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
68.4%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Seattle
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
23.7%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
4.7%
9.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
3.3%
2.1%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
5.0%
1.9%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.3%
2.1%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Seattle
Washington
United States
Catholic
—
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
58.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Seattle, Washington
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+63.8%
2008
+70.7%
2012
+69.5%
2016
+77.4%
2020
+79.3%
2024
+78.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
87.0%Harris362,545
8.9%Trump37,281
4.1%
D+78.1
R+1.3
D+79.5
416,707
D
88.5%Biden386,570
9.1%Trump39,834
2.4%
D+79.3
D+1.9
D+74.9
437,029
D
86.0%Clinton323,126
8.6%Trump32,362
5.3%
D+77.4
D+8.0
D+75.3
375,555
D
83.3%Obama293,066
13.8%Romney48,634
2.9%
D+69.5
R+1.3
D+65.6
351,953
D
84.6%Obama279,448
13.9%McCain45,763
1.6%
D+70.7
D+6.9
D+63.5
330,357
D
81.1%Kerry250,207
17.3%Bush53,375
1.6%
D+63.8
—
D+66.3
308,521
Seattle's electorate skews heavily college-educated and renter-heavy, producing some of the largest Democratic margins in Washington state, while rapid tech-sector growth has intensified debates over housing density and local tax policy.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 79.3 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 78.1 points.
A population of 754,195, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $123,860 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Portland and Durham.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Seattle, Washington voted Democratic by 78.1 points (D+78.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 416,707 votes cast, 362,545 went Democratic and 37,281 went Republican.
How many people live in Seattle, Washington?
Seattle, Washington has a population of 754,195 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Seattle, Washington?
Median household income in Seattle, Washington is $123,860 — above the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Seattle, Washington?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Seattle, Washington from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
