Immigration - Bellevue Washington
2000 to Present Day
By 2000 Bellevue had more jobs than residents, ending its status as a bedroom community. Microsoft has become the city's largest employer, having absorbed a large part of the new downtown office space built during the 2000s. Development during 2007-2009 created another major boom in retail, commercial and residential space in Bellevue. The Bravern mixed use development was one of the more significant projects of that time.
All of this development would not be nearly as interesting if it were not for the remarkable people who have chosen to make Bellevue their home. Back when Seattle itself was a rough place, hardy pioneers cleared the land. Japanese farmers settled much of the area, providing the strawberries for the first Strawberry Festival. The WWII veterans who drove the first wave of growth have been replaced by the Microsoft workforce that comes from all over the world. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than one third of Bellevue's population was born outside the United States. In 140+ years Bellevue has traveled the route from forest to farm to suburb to global city. And from those earliest pioneer days to today, it has always been a great place to live, work and visit.
The current population of Bellevue, WA is 54.7% White, 31.2% Asian, and 7.06% Hispanic. 40.4% of the people in Bellevue, WA speak a non-English language, and 78.6% are U.S. citizens.
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