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    With downtown Seattle in the background, single family homes are seen Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021 in a King County census tract which includes Riverton-Boulevard Park. The FYIGuy reports: In 2010, just 15% of the people living in this area were born in another country. Census data for 2019 shows that number has jumped to 39%, which is the biggest increase of foreign-born population of any neighborhood in King County.
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