| SeaTac, Washington is a city of 25,000 residents and | | | | than 36,000 people. |
| home to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. It | | | | SeaTac is a diverse community. The most common |
| is located in King County, twelve miles south of | | | | languages spoken besides English are Spanish, Somali |
| downtown Seattle and twenty miles north of | | | | and Punjabi. The city has a public library and is served |
| downtown Tacoma. The city of SeaTac was | | | | by the King County Sheriff's Office. SeaTac is in the |
| incorporated in 1990. Its name is a hybrid of the cities | | | | Highline School District and is home to Tyee High |
| of Seattle and Tacoma as its airport, built in the | | | | School. Students from minority populations comprise |
| 1940's, quickly became known as Sea-Tac. SeaTac is | | | | about sixty percent of the high school's enrollment. |
| at an elevation of about 400 feet, about ten square | | | | Tyee High School has several well-known alum |
| miles in size, and located about five miles east of | | | | including Adam Smith, a Democrat, who has served in |
| Puget Sound. The city is bordered by the cities of | | | | the U.S. Congress since 1997, Steve Pool, a weather |
| Burien to the northwest and west, Tukwila to the | | | | anchor for KOMO-TV in Seattle, and Gary Ridgway, |
| east and north, Des Moines to the south, Normandy | | | | who is know as the Green River Killer. |
| Park to the southwest and Kent to the southeast. | | | | SeaTac has several excellent parks. Angle Lake Park |
| The Angle Lake, Bow Lake, McMicken, and Riverton | | | | has a boat launch, a fishing pier, and playground |
| neighborhoods are all within SeaTac's city limits. | | | | equipment. Des Moines Creek Trail Park is a ninety-six |
| SeaTac's economy is primarily based upon Sea-Tac | | | | acre largely wooded park with a paved trail for |
| Airport and business that support the aviation | | | | bicyclists and pedestrians. SeaTac is also home to |
| industry. Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air's headquarters | | | | Grandview Park, which is a thirty-seven acre dog |
| is located in SeaTac, just a few miles southeast of | | | | off-leash park with excellent views of the Auburn |
| the airport. Numerous hotels, restaurants, rental car | | | | Kent Valley. Additional parks in the city have soccer |
| agencies, and airport parking businesses can be found | | | | fields, baseball fields, softball fields, tennis courts, and |
| in SeaTac. SeaTac is also home to a Federal | | | | basketball courts. SeaTac is a great place to live or |
| Detention Center, which is operated by the Federal | | | | visit. |
| Bureau of Prisons. The city's businesses employ more | | | | |