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A fact from Seattle metropolitan area appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 February 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Seattle metropolitan area includes two major volcanoes, Mount Rainier and Glacier Peak?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Seattle metropolitan area.

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Section sizes

Section size for Seattle metropolitan area (28 sections)
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Geography	2,291	10,613
Cities	2,951	2,951
Indian reservations	1,638	1,638
Military installations	3,733	3,733
Demographics	5,569	24,945
Counties	1,508	1,508
Religion	1,925	1,925
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Utilities	22,096	22,096
References	247	247
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Untitled

Added a map and an info box.Waqcku 21:32, 22 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Population

There are conflicting population numbers for the Seattle metropolitan area -- what numbers are right? This article says 3.8 million, but the United States metropolitan area page says 3.2 million. Also, the Seattle page says 3.8 million but does not cite the US Census Bureau. -- Dustingc 19:27, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article already makes this distinction. The 3.8 number is for the Combined Statistical Area that includes Thurston, Kitsap, Island, and Mason Counties. The 3.2 number includes only the three core counties: King, Pierce, and Snohomish. Llachglin 21:16, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would propose that some portion of Whatcom County be included as there are clear commute and commerce connections to the rest of the Puget Sound metro region. Would add about 150,000. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.172.72.10 (talk) 19:20, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Map

The map is incorrect. It highlights King, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston, and Kitsap counties. It does not highlight Mason and Island Counties. The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue MSA does not include Thurston and Kitsap, while the Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia CSA should also include Mason and Island Counties. Two new maps should be made--one for use with this article with the three core counties highlighted, and another for the MSA article that includes the four additional counties of the CSA. Llachglin 21:16, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This site [1] has a map that should clarify the situation. Llachglin 23:59, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Renaming

I think the article should be renamed to "Seattle-Tacoma Metropolitan Area" because Tacoma is not a suburb of Seattle (and has a well defined core), and it is major enough to appear on most globes (Example: [2]). Moreover, It has a port busier than Seattle's, Tacoma is in the official MSA name (although so is Bellevue, but that's just a suburb/boomburb), and the Airport is named after both Seattle, and Tacoma Howpper

The airport's name is a leftover from an agreement between the cities signed in the 1940s. The ports have merged and thus traffic is irrelevant now. MSA names are rarely the WP:COMMONNAME for metro areas. And Tacoma is definitely a suburb, even with a well-defined core like other area suburbs (Everett, Arlington, Kirkland, Edmonds, Kent, etc.). Sounder Bruce 05:07, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Religion

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/seattle-is-the-least-religious-large-metro-area-in-the-u-s/

---Another Believer _(Talk) 19:01, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]