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The state has five classifications for its 281 municipalities: 197 are code cities, 10 are first-class cities, 5 are second-class cities, 69 are towns, and 1 is an unclassified city. [3] All municipalities have an elected city or town council and an executive—either a mayor or manager —to oversee administration of the government.
As of 2023, the largest of these is the Seattle-Tacoma, WA CSA, anchored by Washington's largest city, Seattle and including its capital, Olympia. The state historically had three metropolitan areas: Seattle, Spokane, and Tacoma. Seattle and Tacoma were eventually merged, while other metropolitan areas were added in the 1970s and 1980s. [2]
The following is a complete list of the 345 populated places in the U.S. state of Washington delineated as census-designated places (CDPs) by the United States Census. These include unincorporated villages, groups of villages, commercial developments, and Air Force Bases. Population data are included in the list.
Washington was named after President George Washington by an act of the United States Congress during the creation of Washington Territory in 1853; the territory was to be named "Columbia", for the Columbia River and the Columbia District, but Kentucky representative Richard H. Stanton found the name too similar to the District of Columbia (the national capital, itself containing the city of ...
The Tri-Cities are three closely linked cities (Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland) [2] [3] at the confluence of the Yakima, Snake, and Columbia Rivers in the U.S. state of Washington. Located in the Columbia Basin of Eastern Washington , the cities border one another, making the Tri-Cities seem like one uninterrupted mid-sized city.
The population was 35,219 at the 2020 census, [2] making it the 35th most-populous city in Washington, with 62,966 people living in its urban area. It is one of two principal cities of and included in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area, covering most of Skagit County.
The foreign-born population increased 40 percent between the 1990 and 2000 census. [13] Although the 2000 census shows only 5.28% of the population as Hispanic or Latino of any race, Hispanics are believed to be the most rapidly growing population group in Washington State, with an estimated increase of 10% just in the years 2000–2002. [14]
Wikipedia categories named after populated places in Washington (state) (72 C) Pages in category "Populated places in Washington (state)" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.