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By Job Gal | August 14, 2008
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is a coastal port city and the largest city in the Pacific Northwest United States. It is located between part of the Pacific Ocean known as Puget Sound and Lake Washington and is about 96 miles south of Canada.
Seattle was founded by the European Denny Party in 1851. The area was originally called New York and was renamed Alki in 1853. The city was later renamed Seattle after Chief Sealth of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. The city was officially incorporated in 1869. Over the years, the city’s economy has been affected by the lumber industry, the Klondike Gold Rush, the shipbuilding boom and the dot-com boom.
Central Connecticut State University ranked Seattle the most literate of America’s 69 largest cities in 2005 and 2006, and the second most-literate city in 2007. Seattle also was ranked as the most educated city by the United States Census Bureau in 2002.
Seattle’s Job Market
In 2006, Expansion Management magazine ranked Seattle among the top 10 metropolitan areas in the nation favorable to business expansion. The city also has seen a boom in biotechnology and is experiencing redevelopment of the South Lake Union neighborhood. Tourism also plays a large part in the city’s economy.
The city’s fastest growing industries include: manufacturing, professional and business services, education and health services and leisure and hospitality.
Work Trends
Mean travel time to work: 24.8 minutes
Seattle unemployment rate: 4 percent
National unemployment rate: 5.7 percent
Seattle’s Largest Employers
Washington Mutual
1301 Second Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
Amazon.com
1200 12th Avenue S.
Seattle, WA 98144
Starbucks
2401 Utah Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98134
Nordstrom
1617 Sixth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
Safeco
1001 Fourth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98154
Expeditors International of Washington
1015 Third Ave.
Seattle, WA 98104
Alaska Air Group
19300 International Blvd.
Seattle, WA 98188
Plum Creek Timber
999 Third Ave.
Seattle, WA 98104
Popular Local Job Search Sites
Cheezhead
JobCentral
Craigslist
SeattleJobs.com
SeattleJobs.org
City of Seattle
Washington Employment Web Pages
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Continuing Education
University of Washington
Seattle University
Seattle Pacific University
City University
Antioch University
Cornish College of the Arts
Art Institute of Seattle
Seattle Central Community College
Discovering Seattle
Space Needle
Seattle Center
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Seattle Opera
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra
Seattle International Film Festival
Northwest Folklife
Henry Art Gallery
Seattle Art Museum
Frye Art Museum
Woodland Park Zoo
Seattle Aquarium
Seattle Underground Tour
Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Mariners
Seattle Statistics
Population
Total population: 582,454
Persons under five-years old: 4.7 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 15.6 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 12 percent
Female: 50.1 percent
White: 70.1 percent
Black: 8.4 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: 1 percent
Asian: 13.1 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: .5 percent
Multi-racial: 4.5 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 5.3 percent
Education
High school graduates: 89.5 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 47.2 percent
Housing
Housing units: 270,524
Homeownership rate: 48.4 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $259,600
Households: 258,499
Persons per household: 2.08
Income
Median household income: $45,736
Per capita income: $30,306
Persons below poverty: 11.8 percent
Transportation
Airports: Seattle-Tacoma International
Railroads: Amtrak
Public mass transit: Seattle Center Monorail, King County Metro, South Lake Union, Sound Transit
Weather
Average annual precipitation: 37.1 inches
Average low temp. in January: 36 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 75 degrees
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