City in Washington, United States
Bellevue
(
BEL
-vew
) is a city in the
Eastside
region of
King County, Washington
, United States, located across
Lake Washington
from
Seattle
. It is the third-largest city in the
Seattle metropolitan area
, and the fifth-largest city in
Washington
. It has variously been characterized as a
satellite city
, a
suburb
, a
boomburb
, or an
edge city
.
[5]
[6]
The population was 151,854 at the
2020 census
.
[2]
The city's name is derived from the French term
belle vue
("beautiful view").
[7]
Bellevue is home to some of the world's largest technology companies. Before and after the 2008 recession, its downtown area has been undergoing rapid change with many high-rise projects being constructed. Downtown Bellevue is currently the second-largest city center in Washington state, with 1,300 businesses, 45,000 employees, and 10,200 residents.
[8]
In a 2018 estimate, the city's median household income was among the top five cities in the state of Washington.
[9]
In 2008, Bellevue was number one in
CNNMoney
's list of the best places to live and launch a business,
[10]
and in 2010 was again ranked as the fourth-best place to live in America.
[11]
In 2014, Bellevue was ranked as the second-best place to live by
USA Today
.
[12]
More than 145 companies have been located in Bellevue; companies currently headquartered there include
PACCAR Inc
,
T-Mobile US
, and
Valve
. The technology company
Amazon
was founded in Bellevue by
Jeff Bezos
.
History
[
edit
]
The
Duwamish
, whose main settlements were located in present-day Renton and Seattle, maintained a small outpost settlement called Satskal (
SAH-tsah-kahl
) along the
Mercer Slough
, south of present-day downtown Bellevue.
[13]
It was from this village that an attack on the settlers of Elliott Bay was staged. The Duwamish also had a village near Factoria called 'pah-pah-DEEL'.
[14]
Bellevue was first settled by European Americans in 1869 by William Meydenbauer and Aaron Mercer, who claimed homestead tracts several miles apart. Both moved away within a few years, and permanent residents did not arrive until 1879. By 1882, a community, consisting mostly of logging homesteaders, had established itself.
[13]
Once the land had been logged, it was gradually cleared, largely by Japanese immigrant labor in the early 20th century, to support small-scale farming on leased land plots.
[15]
By the early part of the 20th century, Bellevue had acquired a reputation as a weekend getaway destination for Seattle residents, who would arrive by ferry at Meydenbauer Bay and spend the day at nearby Wildwood Park.
[16]
After the ferry landing was moved to
Medina
, however, tourism to Bellevue waned. To counter this decline, the Bellevue Strawberry Festival was conceived of in 1925, and by the 1930s it had grown to attract as many as 15,000 visitors. At the time, Bellevue was still a small town with around 2,000 residents.
[17]
Prior to the opening of the
Lake Washington Floating Bridge
in 1940, Bellevue was mostly rural farmland area with little development. Although it was small, developers were pushing to change that; in the 1920s,
James S. Ditty
predicted that it would become a city with a population of 200,000.
[18]
He envisioned plans that included the bridging of Lake Washington and an area filled with golf courses and airports.
[19]
His map with these visions was published in 1928.
[19]
Once the Murrow Memorial Bridge opened, access from Seattle improved, and the area began to evolve into a
bedroom community
.
[7]
In 1942, the Bellevue Strawberry Festival was cancelled. The primary reason was that some 90 percent of the agricultural workforce in the area was of Japanese ancestry, and all of these farmers and their families had been forcibly
interned in camps
following the start of World War II.
[20]
The fair would not be revived for another 45 years. Following the expulsion of the ethnic Japanese farming community, a large quantity of farmland became available for development.
[21]
This made way for the initial development of the Bellevue downtown area.
Bellevue incorporated as a third-class city on the March 31, 1953.
[22]
Following the 1963 opening of a second bridge across the lake, the
Evergreen Point Floating Bridge
, the city began to grow more rapidly. The
Crossroads
community was annexed in 1964.
[23]
Lake Hills
was annexed in 1969.
[24]
By the 1970 census, Bellevue had become the fourth most populous city in the state of Washington, behind only Seattle,
Spokane
, and
Tacoma
.
[25]
Bellevue remains one of the largest cities in the state, with several high-rise structures in its core and a burgeoning business community. The city experienced a building boom during the mid-2000s, with the building of developments such as
Lincoln Square
and the Bravern.
[7]
Bellevue Square
is located in downtown Bellevue and is now one of the largest
shopping centers
in the region. Opened in 1946,
[7]
the mall has undergone several significant phases of expansion since the 1980s.
[
citation needed
]
The city's plans include the Bel-Red Corridor Project, a large-scale planning effort to encourage the redevelopment of the large
Bel-Red
section of the city bordering the adjacent city of
Redmond
which is a major employment area in the city.
[26]
Patterned after the redevelopment of the downtown core, plans include
superblock
mixed-use
projects similar to
Lincoln Square
, premised on private construction and the development of infrastructure such as the
2 Line
of
Link light rail
that will extend to the Eastside.
[
citation needed
]
Geography
[
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]
Bellevue lies between
Lake Washington
to the west and the smaller
Lake Sammamish
to the east. Much of Bellevue is drained by the
Kelsey Creek
watershed, whose source is located in the
Larsen Lake
and
Phantom Lake
green belt
and whose outlet is near where
Interstate 90
meets Lake Washington's eastern shore. The city is bisected by
Interstate 405
running north?south, and the southern portion is crossed from west to east by Interstate 90. The
State Route 520
freeway roughly delineates the upper reaches of Bellevue.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
, the city has a total area of 36.47 square miles (94.46 km
2
), of which 31.97 square miles (82.80 km
2
) is land and 4.50 square miles (11.65 km
2
) is water.
[27]
The city's name is derived from a
French
term for "beautiful view". Under favorable weather conditions, scenic vistas of the
Olympic Mountains
and
Cascade Mountains
can be viewed from hilltops (and strategically positioned high-rise buildings) within the incorporated city.
South of I-90, the city continues up
Cougar Mountain
, at the top of which is an unincorporated King County location called Hilltop. To the west of Cougar Mountain, Bellevue includes the
Coal Creek
, Somerset, and
Factoria
neighborhoods.
Bellevue is bordered by the cities of
Kirkland
to the north and
Redmond
to the northeast along the
Overlake
and
Crossroads
neighborhoods. Across the short
East Channel Bridge
, I-90 connects Bellevue to
Mercer Island
to the southwest.
Issaquah
is to the east, down I-90 at the south end of Lake Sammamish. The city is bordered to the west by many affluent suburbs such as
Medina
,
Clyde Hill
,
Hunts Point
and
Yarrow Point
. The south end of Bellevue is bordered by the city of
Renton
, and to the southeast, the relatively recently incorporated city of
Newcastle
.
Cityscape
[
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]
Neighborhoods within Bellevue include Bellecrest,
Bel-Red
,
Bridle Trails
,
Crossroads
,
Eastgate
/Cougar Mountain, Enatai,
Factoria
,
Lake Hills
,
Newport
, Newport Hills, Northeast Bellevue, Northwest Bellevue,
Overlake
, Sammamish/East Bellevue,
Somerset
, Sunset, Tam O'Shanter, West Bellevue,
Wilburton
, and Woodridge.
[28]
Climate
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]
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September 2014
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Like much of the Puget Sound lowland, Bellevue has a mild
oceanic climate
. It also has frequent rain showers from October to May, with precipitation levels typically being over 2 inches (51 mm).
[29]
On average, the hottest month is July, while January is the coldest.
[29]
Bellevue gets an average of 32.02 inches (813 mm) of rain per year, based on data from 1981 to 2013. However, the city published an analysis of rainfall stating that 2016 saw an usually high 47.14 inches (1,197 mm) of rainfall, and that rainfall in 2014?2016 was trending unusually high.
[30]
The wet season of 2017, defined as the period from October through April, saw a similar rainfall of 47.26 inches (1,200 mm).
[31]
Bellevue
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explanation
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Climate data for Bellevue, Washington
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
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Record high °F (°C)
|
65
(18)
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70
(21)
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78
(26)
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89
(32)
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93
(34)
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108
(42)
|
105
(41)
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100
(38)
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100
(38)
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90
(32)
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75
(24)
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64
(18)
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108
(42)
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Mean daily maximum °F (°C)
|
43
(6)
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47
(8)
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54
(12)
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58
(14)
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66
(19)
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70
(21)
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77
(25)
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78
(26)
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71
(22)
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60
(16)
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51
(11)
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44
(7)
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60
(16)
|
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)
|
32
(0)
|
35
(2)
|
38
(3)
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42
(6)
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47
(8)
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52
(11)
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55
(13)
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57
(14)
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52
(11)
|
46
(8)
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40
(4)
|
34
(1)
|
44
(7)
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Record low °F (°C)
|
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(?21)
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?4
(?20)
|
10
(?12)
|
27
(?3)
|
28
(?2)
|
36
(2)
|
42
(6)
|
42
(6)
|
35
(2)
|
21
(?6)
|
4
(?16)
|
0
(?18)
|
?5
(?21)
|
Average
precipitation
inches (mm)
|
4.49
(114)
|
3.67
(93)
|
3.84
(98)
|
2.84
(72)
|
2.10
(53)
|
1.68
(43)
|
0.97
(25)
|
0.97
(25)
|
1.71
(43)
|
3.32
(84)
|
4.92
(125)
|
5.45
(138)
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35.96
(913)
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Surrounding cities
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Places adjacent to Bellevue, Washington
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Transportation
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]
Bellevue is the main
Eastside
hub for both the local transit authority,
King County Metro
, and
Sound Transit
, the regional transit system. The
Bellevue Transit Center
, which serves both Metro and Sound buses, is located in the heart of the downtown business district and is connected to Interstate 405 by NE 6th St. and a direct-access
Texas T
HOV ramp. Local buses run into
Kirkland
,
Redmond
,
Issaquah
,
Renton
, and the
University District
;
[34]
regional buses go to
Bothell
,
Lynnwood
,
Everett
,
Seattle
,
Renton
,
Kent
and
Auburn
, among other cities.
[35]
An electric
microtransit
shuttle service operated by
Circuit, Inc.
began operating in August 2023; the app-based service is funded by the city's hotel room tax and fare-free for passengers.
[36]
The
2 Line
of Sound Transit's
Link light rail
system is planned to run from Seattle through Mercer Island and Bellevue before ending in Redmond. The $3.7 billion project was approved by voters in 2008 as part of the Sound Transit 2 ballot measure.
[37]
It began construction in 2016 and was scheduled to begin service in 2023, but was later delayed to 2024 due to construction issues.
[38]
The first section, from
South Bellevue station
to
Redmond Technology station
in Overlake, opened on April 27, 2024.
[39]
The Bellevue City Council lobbied Sound Transit, the regional transit authority, to construct its light rail line underground through Bellevue's rapidly growing downtown.
[40]
The city government promised to devote between $104 million and $150 million toward a potential tunnel in the form of cash, services, free access to rights-of-way and one-time tax revenues that result from the East Link project. In November 2011, the city council signed an agreement with Sound Transit.
[41]
Tunnel construction started in early 2016 while the remainder of downtown Bellevue construction began in mid-2017.
[42]
As of July 2023, former Bellevue City Council member
Claudia Balducci
was a member of the Sound Transit Board of Directors.
[43]
The City of Bellevue has undertaken an extensive "Bel-Red Area Transformation" process which seeks to plan some 900 acres (3.6 km
2
) in the
Spring District
in the city's northern portion,
[44]
all of which has been premised on the extension of light rail to the Eastside under Sound Transit 2.
[45]
The top-down and highly integrated land use and transportation planning has been similar to earlier planning for the Downtown.
Bellevue was also served by a
railroad
, a
Burlington Northern
branch line known as the
Woodinville Subdivision
, which included the historic
Wilburton Trestle
. The line is now disused, though part of the track bed at Wilburton Station will be reused by Sound Transit's light-rail construction.
[46]
Construction of
Eastrail
, a
rail trail
on the abandoned Woodinville Subdivision
right of way
through Bellevue, is planned to be completed in 2023. Some sections of the railroad in Bellevue were demolished in 2008 to make way for the expansion of I-405 and will require the construction of additional structures to supplement the existing right of way.
[47]
The city once had an operating airfield named
Bellevue Airfield
, which shut down in 1983.
Government and politics
[
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]
Bellevue has a
council-manager
form of government with seven non-partisan council members elected at large for staggered four-year terms.
[48]
The City Council selects a Mayor from among its members (not by popular vote), who serves as council chair for two years but has no veto power. As of 2022
[update]
, the mayor is Lynne Robinson and the deputy mayor is Jared Nieuwenhuis.
[49]
The mayor administrates council meetings, helps set the issues on the council's meeting agendas, and serves as the city's most visible spokesperson. Operational authority is held by the
city manager
, who administers the city's day-to-day activities. The city manager is also elected by the seven members of the council instead of by popular vote.
Politically, the city leans strongly Democratic,
[
citation needed
]
much like the Seattle/King County area as a whole.
[
citation needed
]
Of the 61,742 residents who cast ballots in the
2016 U.S. presidential election
, 66.11% voted for
Hillary Clinton
, compared to 24.58% for
Donald Trump
.
[50]
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failed verification
]
Education
[
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]
The vast majority of the city is served by the
Bellevue School District
.
[51]
There are four main public
high schools
?
Bellevue High School
,
Interlake High School
,
Newport High School
, and
Sammamish High School
? as well as two choice lottery high schools,
International School
and Big Picture School. Newsweek's 2015 ranking of U.S. public high schools placed Interlake at #359 and Newport at #391, with both schools noted for equitably helping low-income students meet average scores on standardized tests.
[52]
Portions of Bellevue also lie within the boundaries of
Lake Washington School District
,
Renton School District
and
Issaquah School District
.
[51]
At the higher education level the city is home to
Bellevue College
, part of the
Washington Community and Technical Colleges
system.
Bellevue is home to
Open Window School
, an independent school serving gifted students from kindergarten through eighth grade. The
Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle
is located in Bellevue, serving students from
Pre-Kindergarten
to
Grade 8
. At the elementary level, Bellevue is home to several
Montessori
schools,
[
citation needed
]
the Eastside's only
Waldorf education
at Three Cedars School, as well as
Bellevue Christian School
. The
Seattle Japanese School
, a
Japanese weekend supplementary school
, holds its classes in Bellevue.
[53]
Economy
[
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]
Bellevue is an economic hub of the Seattle region's Eastside and home to the headquarters of various sizes, including the U.S. operations for many international firms. Since 2005, the city has become a hub for software engineering and other technology development centers. These include
PACCAR Inc
,
T-Mobile US
,
Eddie Bauer
,
SAP Concur
, and
Symetra
. Bellevue hosts a number of satellite offices for large technology companies such as
eBay
,
Meta
,
Oracle
,
Salesforce
,
Google
, and
Microsoft
; Microsoft was at one point headquartered in Bellevue but has since moved to the neighboring community of
Redmond, Washington
. Celebrated video game companies
Valve
,
Bungie
,
Sucker Punch Productions
, and
The Pokemon Company International
are also based here.
In 2019, Amazon
[54]
and Facebook
[55]
announced plans to open large engineering centers in Bellevue with plans to add several thousand employees.
[56]
In 2018, Google also opened a major engineering facility in downtown Bellevue.
[57]
As of 2020
[update]
, there are several high-rise office buildings in Downtown Bellevue that are under construction or in active planning and design phases, including
Bellevue 600
, part of a major Amazon campus.
[58]
[59]
Several high-rise residential buildings are also planned in downtown, spurred in part by future light rail service, on former retail and low-rise commercial lots.
[60]
[61]
As of 2024
[update]
, Amazon has 12,000 employees in Bellevue and has reduced its workforce in Seattle.
[62]
Largest Employers in Bellevue, 2021
[63]
Rank
|
Employer
|
Bellevue FTEs
|
1
|
Microsoft
|
8,700
|
2
|
T-Mobile
|
6,300
|
3
|
Amazon
|
3,100
|
4
|
Overlake Hospital
|
2,800
|
5
|
Bellevue School District
|
2,500
|
6
|
City of Bellevue
|
1,900
|
7
|
Bellevue College
|
1,800
|
8
|
Concur
|
1,700
|
9
|
Salesforce
|
1,300
|
10
|
Symetra Financial
|
1,000
|
The city has numerous thriving commercial districts, with four major shopping centers:
Bellevue Square
in the downtown area,
Factoria Mall
to the south,
Crossroads Mall
to the east, and the Overlake Shopping District in the north.
Demographics
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]
Historical population
Census
| Pop.
| Note
| %±
|
1900
| 254
| | ?
|
---|
1910
| 150
| | ?40.9%
|
---|
1920
| 1,213
| | 708.7%
|
---|
1930
| 1,071
| | ?11.7%
|
---|
1940
| 1,177
| | 9.9%
|
---|
1950
| 7,658
| | 550.6%
|
---|
1960
| 12,809
| | 67.3%
|
---|
1970
| 61,196
| | 377.8%
|
---|
1980
| 73,903
| | 20.8%
|
---|
1990
| 86,874
| | 17.6%
|
---|
2000
| 109,569
| | 26.1%
|
---|
2010
| 122,363
| | 11.7%
|
---|
2020
| 151,854
| | 24.1%
|
---|
2022 (est.)
| 152,767
| [3]
| 0.6%
|
---|
As of 2018, one in three Bellevue residents was born outside the United States, most likely due to the prevalence of multinational technology companies in the city. Around 23% of Bellevue's well-educated workforce are in engineering or science-related industries. About half of its residents identify as a person of color or ethnic minority.
[63]
According to a 2018 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $113,698.
[9]
In a 2020 survey of
Centers for Disease Control
data, Bellevue was ranked first among small U.S. cities with the highest percentage of physically active adults, with 86 percent reporting that they exercise.
[65]
In 2006, Bellevue was rated one of the 25 safest cities in America,
[66]
based on the per-capita incidence of violent crime.
2020 census
[
edit
]
As of the
2020 census
, there were 151,854 people, 62,394 households in the city.
Bellevue, Washington ? Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity
(
NH = Non-Hispanic
)
|
Pop 2000
[67]
|
Pop 2010
[68]
|
Pop 2020
[69]
|
% 2000
|
% 2010
|
% 2020
|
White
alone (NH)
|
78,698
|
72,397
|
66,063
|
71.83%
|
59.17%
|
43.50%
|
Black or African American
alone (NH)
|
2,100
|
2,700
|
3,918
|
1.92%
|
2.21%
|
2.58%
|
Native American
or
Alaska Native
alone (NH)
|
301
|
349
|
255
|
0.27%
|
0.29%
|
0.17%
|
Asian
alone (NH)
|
19,011
|
33,659
|
61,539
|
17.35%
|
27.51%
|
40.53%
|
Pacific Islander
alone (NH)
|
248
|
219
|
254
|
0.23%
|
0.18%
|
0.17%
|
Other race
alone (NH)
|
261
|
342
|
821
|
0.24%
|
0.28%
|
0.54%
|
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial
(NH)
|
3,123
|
4,152
|
7,933
|
2.85%
|
3.39%
|
5.22%
|
Hispanic or Latino
(any race)
|
5,827
|
8,545
|
11,071
|
5.32%
|
6.98%
|
7.29%
|
Total
|
109,569
|
122,363
|
151,854
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
2010 census
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]
As of the
2010 census
, there were 122,363 people, 50,355 households, and 32,145 families residing in the city. The
population density
was 3,827.4 inhabitants per square mile (1,477.8/km
2
). There were 55,551 housing units at an average density of 1,737.6 per square mile (670.9/km
2
). The
racial makeup
of the city was 62.6% White, 2.2% African American, 0.4% Native American, 27.6% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 3.1% from other races, and 3.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.0% of the population.
There were 50,355 households, of which 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.9% were
married couples
living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.2% were non-families. 28.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.97.
The median age in the city was 38.5 years. 21.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 30.8% were from 25 to 44; 26.5% were from 45 to 64; and 13.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.1% male and 49.9% female.
2000 census
[
edit
]
As of the
2000 census
, there were 109,569 people, 45,836 households, and 29,060 families residing in the city. The
population density
was 3,563.6 inhabitants per square mile (1,375.8/km
2
). There were 48,396 housing units at an average density of 607.7/km
2
(1,574.0/mi
2
). The
racial makeup
of the city was 74.33% White, 1.99% African American, 0.32% Native American, 17.39% Asian, 0.23% Pacific Islander, 2.54% from other races, and 3.19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.32% of the population.
There were 45,836 households, out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.0% were
married couples
living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.6% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.93.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.1% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $62,338, and the median income for a family was $76,868. Males had a median income of $56,456 versus $37,124 for females. The
per capita income
for the city was $36,905. About 3.8% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the
poverty line
, including 5.7% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.
Arts and culture
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Cultural events
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Bellevue is the site of the annual Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair (originally Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair), held since 1947 during the last weekend in July.
The biennial Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition draws thousands of visitors to the
Downtown Park
to view up to 46 three-dimensional artworks from artists around the country.
In celebration of its strawberry farming history, Bellevue holds an annual Strawberry Festival on the fourth weekend in June at Crossroads Park.
[70]
The festival initially began in 1925, and continued to 1942 when many Bellevue's strawberry farmers were incarcerated as part of the
Japanese Internment
. In 1987 the festival was resumed as a one evening event, and in 2003 it was expanded back to a multi-day festival.
[71]
Bellevue is host to the Northwest Ukrainian International Festival, founded in 2017 and one of the largest Ukrainian culture festivals in the United States.
[72]
Since the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
in early 2022, the
Grand Kyiv Ballet
has been based at the International Ballet Academy in Bellevue.
[73]
Places of interest
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The
Bellevue Arts Museum
first opened in 1975, then moved to Bellevue Square in 1983. In 2001, the museum moved into its own building, designed by
Steven Holl
. The museum subsequently ran into financial difficulties and was closed to the public in 2003. After a lengthy fundraising campaign, a remodel, and a new mission to become a national center for the fine art of craft and design, the museum reopened on June 18, 2005 with an exhibition of teapots.
[74]
The
Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art
- now closed - contained one of the largest doll collections in the world?more than a thousand dolls?displayed on two floors of a Victorian-style building,
[75]
which is now the site of the
KidsQuest Children's Museum
.
Near Interstate 405 is
Meydenbauer Center
, a convention center that brings corporate meetings and charity events to the downtown area. Meydenbauer also includes a 410-seat theater which attracts operas, ballets, and orchestral performances.
[76]
The city government has planned to build a
performing arts center
, tentatively named the
Tateuchi Center
(named for philanthropist
Ina Tateuchi
), since the 1980s.
[77]
It would include a 2,000-seat concert hall, offices, and creative spaces at a site in
Downtown Bellevue
. The $200 million project is partially funded with private donations and grants from the city and county governments.
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Sports and recreation
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Since the 1970s, the city has taken an active role in ensuring that its commercial development does not overwhelm its natural land and water resources.
[79]
Today, the Bellevue Parks and Community Services Department manages more than 2,500 acres (10 km
2
) of parks and open spaces, including the Downtown Park and the
Bellevue Botanical Garden
, as well as several playgrounds, beach parks, and trails. More than 5,500 Bellevue residents participate in volunteer activities through this department annually.
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Bellevue was home to the
American Basketball Association
team, the Bellevue Blackhawks. The Blackhawks in 2005, despite being ranked 13th in the league, made it to the championship game in front of 15,000 fans in
Little Rock, Arkansas
.
[81]
The team has been inactive since 2006.
[82]
The city has a small baseball stadium,
Bannerwood Park
, that has a listed capacity of 700 spectators.
[83]
The
Seattle Redhawks
of the
Western Athletic Conference
, an
NCAA Division I
baseball team, have played their home games in Bellevue since 2010.
[84]
Notable people
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]
- William S. Ayer
, former president and CEO of
Alaska Airlines
[85]
- Ricky Horror
, guitarist and backing vocalist of
Motionless in White
- Peter Horton
, actor
[86]
- James Love
, Director,
Knowledge Ecology International
[87]
- Rob McKenna
, former Attorney General of Washington
[88]
- Satya Nadella
, CEO of
Microsoft
[89]
- Gabe Newell
, owner of
Valve
- Timothy Omundson
, actor
[90]
- Layne Staley
, former lead singer of
Alice in Chains
- Ann Reinking
, Broadway actress, dancer and choreographer
- Larry Sanger
, Wikipedia co-founder
[91]
- Ann Wilson
, co-founder of
Heart
[92]
- Nancy Wilson
, co-founder of
Heart
[92]
Athletes, coaches, and sportscasters
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]
- Budda Baker
, professional football player, safety for
Arizona Cardinals
[93]
- Sue Bird
, former basketball player for
Seattle Storm
- Michael Brantley
,
Major League Baseball
(MLB)
outfielder
for the
Houston Astros
[94]
- Matthew Boyd
, MLB pitcher
- Matt Hague
, former MLB first baseman who is currently a minor league hitting coach for the
Toronto Blue Jays
- Tim Lincecum
, former MLB pitcher
- Fredy Montero
, MLS player for
Seattle Sounders FC
[95]
- Dave Niehaus
, former broadcaster for
California Angels
and
Seattle Mariners
, recipient of the
Ford C. Frick Award
[96]
- John Olerud
, former MLB player for
Toronto Blue Jays
,
Seattle Mariners
[97]
- Megan Rapinoe
, soccer player for
Seattle Reign FC
and
USWNT
- Detlef Schrempf
, former
All-Star
NBA
player for
Seattle SuperSonics
- Matthew Sheldon
, professional soccer player for the
Charleston Battery
- Robert Stock
, MLB player
[98]
- Chuck Swirsky
, NBA broadcaster for
Chicago Bulls
,
Toronto Raptors
- Matt Tuiasosopo
, former professional baseball player and the current 3rd base coach for the
Atlanta Braves
Sister cities
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]
Bellevue has the following
sister cities
:
[99]
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See also
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