Seattle metropolitan area

The Seattle metropolitan area is an urban conglomeration in the U.S. state of Washington that includes Seattle and its surrounding satellites and suburbs. It includes the three most populous counties in the state—King, Snohomish, and Pierce—and is considered a component of the greater Puget Sound region. The United States Census Bureau defines the metropolitan area as the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. With an estimated population of 3,867,046, it is the 14th largest Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States, with almost half of Washington's population.

Definition
As defined by the United States Census Bureau, the Seattle metropolitan area is made up of the following (see Fig. STB):


 * Seattle–Bellevue–Everett metropolitan division
 * King County: Seattle and its immediate vicinity
 * Snohomish County: north of Seattle
 * Tacoma metropolitan division
 * Pierce County: south of Seattle

Based on commuting patterns, the adjacent metropolitan areas of Olympia, Bremerton, and Mount Vernon, along with a few smaller satellite urban areas, are grouped together in a wider labor market region known as the Seattle–Tacoma–Olympia Combined Statistical Area (CSA) (See Figure STO), commonly known as the Puget Sound region. The population of this wider region is 4,686,536—roughly two-thirds of Washington's population—. The Seattle CSA is the 12th largest CSA, and the 13th largest primary census statistical area in the country. The additional metropolitan and micropolitan areas included are:


 * Bremerton–Silverdale metropolitan area
 * Kitsap County: west of Seattle, separated from the city by Puget Sound; connected to Seattle by ferry and to Tacoma by the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
 * Olympia metropolitan area
 * Thurston County: southwest of Seattle, at the south end of Puget Sound
 * Mount Vernon–Anacortes metropolitan area
 * Skagit County
 * Oak Harbor micropolitan area
 * Island County: northwest of Everett, encompassing Whidbey and Camano Islands in Puget Sound
 * Shelton micropolitan area
 * Mason County: west of Tacoma and northwest of Olympia

Census statistics
As of the 2010 census, there were 3,439,809 people, 1,357,475 households, and 845,966 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA were as followed:


 * White: 71.9% (68.0% non-Hispanic white)
 * Black or African American: 5.6%
 * American Indian and Alaskan Native: 1.1%
 * Asian: 11.4% (2.3% Chinese, 2.0% Filipino, 1.6% Vietnamese, 1.5% Indian, 1.5% Korean, 0.8% Japanese, 0.5% Cambodian, 0.2% Laotian, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Pakistani, 0.1% Indonesian)
 * Pacific Islander: 0.8% (0.3% Samoan, 0.2% Guamanian or Chamorro, 0.1% Native Hawaiian)
 * Two or more races: 5.3%
 * Some other race: 3.8%
 * Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 9.0% (6.4% Mexican, 0.5% Puerto Rican, 0.4% Spanish or Spaniard, 0.2% Salvadoran, 0.1% Guatemalan, 0.1% Peruvian)

In 2010 the median income for a household in the MSA was $63,088 and the median income for a family was $76,876. The per capita income was $32,401.



Religion
According to the Pew Research Center's 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study, the Seattle metropolitan area's religious affiliation is as follows:
 * Christian: 52%
 * Protestant Christian: 34%
 * Catholic Christian: 15%
 * Other Christian: 3%
 * Non-Christian faiths: 10%
 * Buddhist: 2%
 * Hindu: 2%
 * Judaism: 1%
 * Islam: Less than 1%
 * Other faiths: 4%
 * Unaffiliated: 37%
 * Don't Know: 1%

Cities



 * Major:
 * Seattle
 * Tacoma
 * Bellevue
 * Everett


 * Other:


 * Arlington
 * Auburn
 * Bainbridge Island
 * Beaux Arts Village
 * Bonney Lake
 * Bothell
 * Bremerton
 * Brier
 * Burien
 * Covington
 * Des Moines
 * Duvall
 * Enumclaw
 * Edmonds
 * Federal Way
 * Gig Harbor
 * Gold Bar
 * Granite Falls
 * Issaquah
 * Kenmore
 * Kent
 * Kirkland
 * Lake Forest Park
 * Lake Stevens
 * Lakewood
 * Lynnwood
 * Maple Valley
 * Marysville
 * Mercer Island
 * Mill Creek
 * Monroe
 * Mountlake Terrace
 * Mount Vernon
 * Mukilteo
 * Newcastle
 * Normandy Park
 * Puyallup
 * Poulsbo
 * Redmond
 * Renton
 * Sammamish
 * SeaTac
 * Shoreline
 * Silverdale
 * Snohomish
 * Stanwood
 * Sultan
 * Tukwila
 * Woodinville
 * Woodway

Major airports

 * Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
 * Arlington Municipal Airport (Washington)
 * Boeing Field
 * Harvey Airfield
 * Paine Field
 * Renton Municipal Airport

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 2.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 2
 * [[Image:I-5.svg|20px]] Interstate 5
 * [[Image:WA-7.svg|20px]] State Route 7
 * [[Image:WA-9.svg|20px]] State Route 9
 * [[Image:WA-16.svg|20px]] State Route 16
 * [[Image:WA-18.svg|20px]] State Route 18
 * [[Image:I-90.svg|20px]] Interstate 90
 * [[Image:WA-99.svg|20px]] State Route 99
 * [[Image:US 101.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 101
 * [[Image:WA-202.svg|20px]] State Route 202
 * [[Image:I-405.svg|20px]] Interstate 405
 * [[Image:WA-520.svg|20px]] State Route 520
 * [[Image:WA-522.svg|20px]] State Route 522
 * [[Image:I-605.svg|20px]] Interstate 605 (proposed)
 * [[Image:I-705.svg|20px]] Interstate 705

Mass transit

 * Sound Transit, trains, buses, light rail in Puget Sound area
 * Community Transit, buses in Snohomish County except Everett
 * King County Metro, buses in King County
 * Pierce Transit, buses in Pierce County
 * Everett Transit, bus service in the city of Everett
 * Intercity Transit, bus service in Thurston County
 * Mason Transit Authority, bus service in Mason County
 * Seattle Streetcar, streetcar service in the city of Seattle