Seattle

Seattle is the largest city in Washington. It was named after Chief Sealth, a Suqamish/Duwamish Native American leader. Seattle, Washington (47.606N. -122.33W) is the largest city in Washington, and in the Pacific Northwest. It was officially incorporated in 1889, but had been a town since 1851, when a group of pioneers from Illinois settled West Seattle, a peninsula within the current city limits to the west. Seattle's median household income is $45,736, where the national average is $41,994. The population as of 2006 is 578,700. The city has generally been at capacity since about 1960, since the population hasn't gone up more than 10,000 people since then.