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Segregated Seattle

Seattle Neighborhoods Racial Distributions 1960-2010


This slideshow shows changing racial distributions in North Seattle, the Central District, and South Seattle 1960 to 2010.Click anywhere to advance the slides or activate the fullsize, timed slideshow by clicking the icon lower right.

Source: All population figures are from census tracts that have been aggregated for each neighborhood. Since census tract boundaries have changed slightly the totals are not consistent. North Seattle includes 54 census tracts. Seven Central District census tracts were used (they are marked on the maps). South Seattle has 20 census tracts.