Comparisonsīetween 20, Bellevue’s population, not including population in annexation areas, grew by 14.1%, slower than King County’s population overall at 15.3%, yet faster than the state’s increase of 12.2%. With greater shares of people moving to Bellevue from abroad, the cultural background of Bellevue's population has been diversifying. Since 2010, immigrants have comprised about 73 percent of Bellevue's population growth. Governing magazine found that 37 growing metro areas would have lost population had it not been for new residents from abroad. This phenomenon occurred in metropolitan areas across the country. Between 20, immigrants comprised about 107% of Bellevue’s growth, while the native born population shrank in size. Since 1970, the share of Bellevue’s residents who were born in a foreign country has increased steadily climbing from five percent in 1970 to 39 percent in 2017.īetween 19, immigrants from foreign countries comprised about 67% of Bellevue’s population growth. In 1970, about 41 percent of Bellevue's residents had been born in Washington state, while 49 percent had been born in another state, five percent outside of the United States and five percent in a foreign country.
Census Bureau, 1990 Census, 2000 Census and 2010 Census and 2010 American Community Survey.įor decades, most of Bellevue's residents have come to Bellevue from another state or from abroad.