Seattle continued to grow more racially diverse in 2024, led by a significant increase in the city’s Asian population, new census data shows. And if the trend continues, the city will no longer have one majority race within the next decade.
The estimated number of Asian people residing in Seattle increased by about 10,600 from 2023, hitting 139,100 in the most recent federal report. Asian people made up nearly 18% of Seattle’s population in 2024, up about 1 percentage point from the year prior.
Seattle had the fourth-highest percentage of Asian residents among the nation’s 50 most populous cities, and the four highest are all on the West Coast. San Jose, Calif., was No. 1 at about 42%, followed by San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif…