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1910 Census: Census counts population of 240,000 in Seattle and 284,000 in King County in 1910.
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In 1910, the U. S. Census counts 284,638 persons in King County and 237,194 persons in Seattle. During the previous decade, Seattle has gone through great growing pains, tripling in population from 80,671 to 237,194. The 156,523 increase, the city's largest, represents 90 percent of the 1900-1910 population gain for all of King County.
Following is a summary of the 1910 population of the largest counties and towns of Washington state and the incorporated towns in King County.
The largest of the 38 counties in Washington state in 1910 were:
- King 284,638
- Spokane 139,404
- Pierce 120,812
- Snohomish 53,209
- Whatcom 49,511
- Yakima 41,709
- Chehalis 35,590
- Whitman 33,280
- Lewis 32,127
- Walla Walla 31,931
The top 10 cities in Washington state in 1910 were:
- Seattle 237,194
- Spokane 104,402
- Tacoma 83,743
- Everett 24,814
- Bellingham 24,298
- Walla Walla 19,364
- North Yakima 14,082
- Aberdeen 13,660
- Vancouver 9,300
- Hoquiam 8,171
Incorporated towns in King County in 1910:
- Seattle 237,194
- Renton 2,740
- Kent 1,908
- Issaquah 628
- Bothell 599
- Kirkland 532
- Pacific 413
- Tukwila 361
- North Bend 299
- Snoqualmie 279
- Auburn 957
- Skykomish 238
Sources:
Population Abstract of the United States ed. by John L. Andriot (McLean, VA: Andriot Associates, 1983), 841, 844; U. S. Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, Thirteenth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1910, Volume III, Population 1910 (Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1913), 104-106, 978, 996-1002.
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Seattle, SW corner of 1st Avenue and Yesler Way, ca. 1910
Photo by C. F. Todd, Courtesy UW Special Collections
Seattle, 1st Avenue at Yesler Way, ca. 1910
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1st Avenue, downtown Seattle, ca. 1910
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Downtown Redmond, 1915
Courtesy Marymoor Museum
Women carrying water from relief wagon on Bellevue Avenue on Seattle's Capitol Hill during the water shortage, November 21, 1911
Courtesy UW Special Collections (Neg. A. Curtis 22556)
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