Demographics are Key to Planning — Effective planning and placemaking requires that we understand the characteristics of the people and households we are planning for. This means understanding current demographics in the City and the neighborhoods within it, as well as anticipating changes that broader trends will bring.

The Demographer, as a member of the Seattle Planning Commission staff, provides independent and objective analysis to City officials on population characteristics related to the city’s physical development plans, policies, projects, and services. See highlights of the Demographer’s current work plan.

City of Seattle Data Collaboration Team
The City’s interdepartmental Data Collaboration Team facilitates the sharing and informed application of data for planning, community development, and related functions. Coordinating Data Collaboration Team activities is part of the Demographer’s work. See the Data Collaboration Team’s statement of purpose.

Go to demographic resources and links.

NEWS AND INFORMATION

Ready, Set, Census! Find out about the March 1st Open House that focused on: Strategies in high-gear to encourage Census 2010 participation by individuals in groups that have historically been under-represented in decennial censuses, and Accessing and using data that will be available from the 2010 Census — as well as estimates already being produced annually from the new American Community Survey — to inform policies, programs, and grant applications.

Read a short article and see more pictures from the Open House event.

See the Open House handout (pdf), which includes descriptions of displays and links to related census resources.

View informative slideshows presented at the Open House:

• Presentations on "Census Bureau Programs 101" and "Data for Dollar$: Census Data for Grant Proposals" by Linda Clark of the U.S. Census Bureau's Seattle Regional Census Center, along with related tips offered by Seattle Human Services planner Debra Rhinehart
  
  
• "Census Resources at the Puget Sound Regional Council" by PSRC's Neil Kilgren.

Seattle Planning Commission
Phone: 206-684-3486   Fax: 206-233-0085