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DEMOGRAPHICS
Seattle Metro: an area of educated, affluent adults

Any well-planned advertising campaign or company initiative needs to meet one key objective: it needs to understand the audience it intends to serve.

Do you know the age breakdowns of metro Seattle? How about household income and educational achievement? And where The Seattle Times Company's audience fits in?

In looking at the demographic characteristics of the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett MD, you will notice that it is a well-educated, affluent market with high levels of home ownership and a predominantly white-collar workforce. The Seattle Times Media Network serves the market effectively with significant reach of each demographic group.

Demographics

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett MD Adults

Seattle Times
Media Network Reach

Seattle Times
Print Audience Reach
(cumes)

Seattle Times Online Network Reach
(30 days)

TOTAL ADULTS

2,079,500

1,399,300

 1,224,800

582,000

Seattle/Bellevue/Everett MD

100%

67%

59%

28%

GENDER

 

 

 

 

Men

50%

69%

60%

30%

Women

50%

66%

58%

26%

AGE

 

 

 

 

18 - 34

29%

59%

51%

30%

35 - 44

20%

65%

50%

35%

45 - 54

20%

75%

67%

31%

55 or older

31%

72%

67%

19%

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

 

 

 

 

Less than $25,000

10%

55%

49%

17%

$25,000 to $49,999

26%

59%

52%

19%

$50,000 - $74,999

17%

70%

63%

27%

$75,000 - $99,999

18%

71%

63%

31%

$100,000 - $149,999

17%

76%

63%

40%

$150,000 or more

12%

76%

66%

38%

HOME OWNERSHIP

 

 

 

 

Own

67%

71%

62%

31%

Rent or other

33%

60%

54%

23%

EDUCATION

 

 

 

 

College graduate or higher

37%

77%

64%

42%

Some college

34%

68%

61%

26%

HS graduate or less

29%

55%

50%

13%

OCCUPATION SUMMARY

 

 

 

 

White collar

44%

72%

60%

39%

Blue collar

19%

66%

59%

21%

LENGTH OF TIME AT RESIDENCE

 

 

 

 

Less than 5 years

38%

61%

51%

30%

Five or more years

62%

71%

64%

27%

RACE/HISPANIC

 

 

 

 

White (non-Hispanic)

76%

69%

61%

28%

Black/African American

4%

57%

49%

19%

Asian

7%

66%

54%

33%

Other

4%

63%

54%

31%

Hispanic

8%

60%

53%

25%

MARITAL STATUS

 

 

 

 

Married

56%

71%

61%

33%

Single, never married

29%

61%

54%

24%

Divorced/separated/widowed

15%

66%

60%

18%

PRESENCE OF CHILDREN IN HOUSEHOLD

 

 

 

One or more

38%

66%

57%

33%

None

62%

68%

60%

25%

How to read: Of the 2,079,500 adults in King and Snohomish counties, 50% are men and 50% are women. Among the men, 69% access The Seattle Times Media Network, 60% read The Seattle Times newspaper and 30% access websites in The Seattle Times Online Network.

 

Source: 2012 Scarborough Report, Release 1
Base: Seattle-Bellevue-Everett MD

 

* The STC Print and Online Network includes five weekday issues of The Seattle Times and four issues of the Sunday Seattle Times and an average month of visitors to seattletimes.com, NWsource.com, NWjobs.com, NWautos.com and NWhomes.com.