Seattle

Seattle (/siˈætəl/ (listen) see-AT-əl) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the home of the Space Needle and a monorail, both of which were built for the 1962 World's Fair. It is also the American headquarters of Boeing, Starbucks coffee, Amazon.com and Nordstrom. In the 1960s and 1990s, music artists like Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and others from the city became popular. It is also the setting of the TV shows Here Come the Brides, Frasier, and Grey's Anatomy.

Seattle
City
Downtown Seattle skyline Space Needle and the then-Key Arena, with the Olympic Mountains in the background Seattle Great Wheel Pike Place Market Amazon Spheres
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Nickname(s):  The Emerald City, Jet City, Rain City
Motto(s):  The City of Flowers, The City of Goodwill
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Coordinates: 47°36′35″N 122°19′59″W
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	King
Founded	November 13, 1851 (1851-11-13)[a]
Incorporated as a town	January 14, 1865 (1865-01-14)
Incorporated as a city	December 2, 1869 (1869-12-02)
Named for	Chief Si'ahl
Government
• Type	Mayor–council
• Body	Seattle City Council
• Mayor	Bruce Harrell (D)
Area [1]
• City	142.07 sq mi (367.97 km2)
• Land	83.99 sq mi (217.54 km2)
• Water	58.08 sq mi (150.43 km2)
• Metro	8,186 sq mi (21,202 km2)
Elevation [source?]	175 ft (53 m)
Highest elevation	520 ft (158 m)
Lowest elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• City	737,015
• Estimate  (2024)[2]	780,995
• Rank	58th in North America 18th in the United States 1st in Washington
• Density	8,775.03/sq mi (3,387.95/km2)
• Urban [3]	3,544,011 (US: 13th)
• Urban density	3,607.1/sq mi (1,392.7/km2)
• Metro [4]	4,018,762 (US: 15th)
Demonym	Seattleite[5] or Seattlite[6]
GDP [7]
• Seattle (MSA)	US$479.966 billion (2021)
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP Codes	ZIP Codes[8][9] 98101–98119, 98121–98122, 98124–98127, 98129, 98131, 98133–98134, 98136, 98138–98139, 98141, 98144–98146, 98148, 98154–98155, 98158, 98160–98161, 98164–98166, 98168, 98170, 98174–98175, 98177–98178, 98181, 98185, 98188, 98190–98191, 98194–98195, 98198–98199
Area code	206
FIPS code	53-63000
GNIS feature ID	1512650[10]
Website	seattle.gov

The Space Needle

Seattle has many sports teams, including the Seattle Mariners (baseball), the Seattle Seahawks (American football), the Seattle Kraken (ice hockey), the Sounders FC (soccer), and the Seattle Storm (women's basketball). Seattle has a lot of water around it, with Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean to the west and Lake Washington to the east. About 750,000 people live in the city. More than 4,000,000 (4 million) people live in the city or near it.

Seattle is home to many colleges and universities. The most notable of these are, University of Washington, and Seattle University.

Seattle has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb in the Köppen climate classification).

Notes

1. November 13, 1851 is often referred to as the unofficial date of Seattle's founding, when much of the Denny Party arrived at Alki Point. However, the first White settlers to inhabit the area had already arrived in September, which included some members of the Denny clan. The modern city did not take shape until the following spring after much of the party abandoned Alki to move across the bay. The name "Seattle" didn't become official until May 23, 1853.