Seattle's population historically has been predominantly <answer>white</answer>. The 2010 census showed that Seattle was one of the <answer>white</answer>st big cities in the country, although its proportion of <answer>white</answer> residents has been gradually declining. In 1960, <answer>white</answer>s comprised 91.6% of the city's population, while in 2010 they comprised 69.5%. According to the 2006–2008 American Community Survey, approximately 78.9% of residents over the age of five spoke only English at home. Those who spoke Asian languages other than Indo-European languages made up 10.2% of the population, Spanish was spoken by 4.5% of the population, speakers of other Indo-European languages made up 3.9%, and speakers of other languages made up 2.5%.
What is the basic race of most people in Seattle?
white