Puget Sound among the top regions for population growth last year

In 2024, Seattle’s population growth accelerated. The region added nearly 67,000 new residents, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. That amounts to an annual increase of 1.6%, the metro’s strongest performance since 2017. Last year’s annual population increase also beat the region’s average during the 2010s, one of the area’s strongest decades for growth.