Seattle Loses Team, Adds Residents

July 2nd, 2008 by Damon

Barring a courtroom miracle from Howard Schultz, the city lost its NBA team today. But the numbers released by the Office of Financial Management show that the city continues to add residents. According to the OFM’s April 1st estimates (released today), Seattle grew by 6,600 people, bringing its total to 592,800. King County added roughly 23,000 residents, for a total to 1,884,200. More numbers here.

One Response to “Seattle Loses Team, Adds Residents”

  1. nick Says:

    dude….you love stories about demographic shifts more than me…..i bet you read that story and thought ‘dam it is too bad seattle fired their city demographer’…

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