SeaTac, Washington

King County

53-62288

SeaTac is a city in King County in Washington state with about 25,000 inhabitants. The city lies between the cities of Seattle and Tacoma in the metropolitan Seattle. The city's name is derived from the first syllables of the two cities Seattle and Tacoma.

History

On February 28, 1990 SeaTac officially received its town charter. It was the first city in the U.S., which, so a capital letter has a CamelCase middle of the name. It formed around the airport Seattle / Tacoma around, which is also called Sea-Tac (but with hyphen) and is named after the airport.

Geography

SeaTacs geographical coordinates are 47 ° 26 ' N, 122 ° 18' W47.441388888889 - 122.29305555556.

On the eastern outskirts of Interstate 5 runs west the city is bordered by the airport Seattle / Tacoma, but is still within the city limits.

The neighboring villages are (clockwise) Tukwila, Kent, Des Moines, Burien and Riverton - Boulevard Park.

Demography

In 2000, there were 25 496 people in 9,708 households and 5,960 families. Of these, 62.86 % White, 9.15% Black, 1.50% Native American, 11.07% Asian and 2.66 % Pacific Islander.

Economy

In SeaTac, the airline Alaska Airlines has its headquarters