List of cities in Washington

Map of the United States, with Washington highlighted

Washington is a state located in the Western United States. According to the 2010 United States Census, Washington is the 13th most populous state with 7006672454300000000♠6,724,543 inhabitants but the 20th largest by land area spanning 66,455.52 square miles (172,119.0 km²) of land.^[1] Washington is divided into 39 counties and contains 281 incorporated municipalities consisting of cities and towns.^[2]

Legally, a city in Washington can be described primarily by its class. There are five classes of municipalities in Washington: first class city, second class city, town, unclassified city, and code city.

First class cities are the 10 cities with a population over 10,000 at the time of reorganization and operating under a home rule charter. They are permitted to perform any function specifically granted them by Title 35 RCW (Revised Code of Washington). Second class cities are the 9 cities with a population over 1,500 at the time of reorganization and operating without a home rule charter. Like first class cities, they are permitted to perform any function specifically granted them by Title 35 RCW. Towns are the 69 municipalities with a population of under 1,500 at the time of reorganization. Towns are not authorized to operate under a charter. Like the previously listed cities, they are permitted to perform any function specifically granted them by Title 35 RCW. In 1994, the legislature made 1,500 the minimum population required to incorporate. Unclassified cities are cities that are not operating under any other class. Only one city—Waitsburg, in Walla Walla County—is unclassified. It operates under the 1881 territorial charter under which it was organized, eight years before Washington was admitted to the Union in 1889. Code cities were created by the state legislature in order to grant the greatest degree of local control to municipalities possible under the state constitution and general law. This classification has been adopted by 192 municipalities in Washington. Code cities (shorthand for optional municipal code cities, as encoded by Title 35A RCW) are authorized to perform any function not specifically denied them in the state constitution or by state law. They may perform any function granted to any other city classification under Title 35 RCW.

A city in Washington can be described by its form of government. Cities and towns are specifically authorized three forms of government: Commission, Mayor-Council, Council-Manager. Only the city of Shelton using the three-member commission form of government. Most cities in Washington have the Mayor-Council form of government, which calls for an elected mayor and an elected city council. Cities with Council-Manager system have an elected council and appointed city manager. In addition, if the population of code cites is over 10,000, may incorporate as charter code cities. They may then "set out any plan of government deemed 'suitable for the good government of the city'" (RCW 35A.08.050), which need not be a commission, mayor-council, or council-manager form. No charter code city has opted for a different type of government as of 2012.

The largest municipality by population in Washington is Seattle with 608,660 residents, and the smallest municipality by population is Krupp with 48 residents.^[1] The largest municipality by land area is Seattle, which spans 83.84 sq mi (217.1 km²), while Beaux Arts Village is the smallest at 0.08 sq mi (0.21 km²).^[1]

List of cities

Downtown Seattle, Washington's largest municipality
Skyline of Spokane, Washington's second largest municipality
Skyline of Tacoma, part of the Seattle metropolitan area and Washington's third largest municipality
Skyline of Vancouver, part of the Portland metropolitan area and Washington's fourth largest municipality
Aerial view of Bellevue, part of the Seattle metropolitan area and the fifth largest municipality in Washington
Downtown Everett, part of the Seattle metropolitan area and the seventh largest municipality in Washington
Aerial view of Kent, part of the Seattle metropolitan area and the sixth largest municipality in Washington
Skyline of Yakima, Washington's eleventh largest municipality

State capital and county seat

County seat

Name	Type^[3]	County^[4]	Population		Land area^[5]
Name	Type^[3]	County^[4]	2014 estimate^[6]	2010 Census^[5]	sq mi	km²
Aberdeen	First	Grays Harbor	16,255	16,896	10.65	27.6
Airway Heights	Code	Spokane	6,545	6,114	5.12	13.3
Algona	Code	King	3,133	3,014	1.30	3.4
Anacortes	Code	Skagit	16,232	15,778	11.76	30.5
Arlington	Code	Snohomish	18,808	17,926	9.30	24.1
Asotin	Code	Asotin	1,290	1,251	1.05	2.7
Auburn	Code	King Pierce^{[Note 1]}	76,347	70,180	29.62	76.7
Bainbridge Island	Code	Kitsap	23,293	23,025	27.61	71.5
Battle Ground	Code	Clark	18,930	17,571	7.86	20.4
Bellevue	Code	King	136,426	122,363	33.48	86.7
Bellingham	First	Whatcom	83,365	80,885	27.07	70.1
Benton City	Code	Benton	3,191	3,038	2.43	6.3
Bingen	Code	Klickitat	719	712	0.62	1.6
Black Diamond	Code	King	4,338	4,151	6.56	17.0
Blaine	Code	Whatcom	4,976	4,684	5.63	14.6
Bonney Lake	Code	Pierce	18,809	17,374	7.94	20.6
Bothell	Code	King Snohomish^{[Note 1]}	36,567	33,505	12.10	31.3
Bremerton	First	Kitsap	38,572	37,729	28.42	73.6
Brewster	Code	Okanogan	2,354	2,370	1.19	3.1
Bridgeport	Code	Douglas	2,434	2,409	1.05	2.7
Brier	Code	Snohomish	6,434	6,087	2.13	5.5
Buckley	Code	Pierce	4,520	4,354	3.87	10.0
Burien	Code	King	50,188	33,313	10.06	26.1
Burlington	Code	Skagit	8,568	8,388	4.25	11.0
Camas	Code	Clark	21,220	19,355	13.74	35.6
Carnation	Code	King	1,853	1,786	1.16	3.0
Cashmere	Code	Chelan	3,137	3,063	1.11	2.9
Castle Rock	Code	Cowlitz	2,140	1,982	1.99	5.2
Centralia	Code	Lewis	16,623	16,336	7.49	19.4
Chehalis	Code	Lewis	7,261	7,259	5.53	14.3
Chelan	Code	Chelan	3,981	3,890	6.36	16.5
Cheney	Code	Spokane	11,420	10,590	4.35	11.3
Chewelah	Code	Stevens	2,602	2,607	2.98	7.7
Clarkston	Code	Asotin	7,359	7,229	2.01	5.2
Cle Elum	Code	Kittitas	1,883	1,872	3.82	9.9
Clyde Hill	Code	King	3,198	2,984	1.06	2.7
Colfax	Second	Whitman	2,828	2,805	3.79	9.8
College Place	Code	Walla Walla	8,997	8,765	2.68	6.9
Colville	Second	Stevens	4,706	4,673	2.97	7.7
Connell	Code	Franklin	5,388	4,209	7.87	20.4
Cosmopolis	Code	Grays Harbor	1,589	1,649	1.33	3.4
Covington	Code	King	19,134	17,575	5.81	15.0
Davenport	Second	Lincoln	1,665	1,734	1.82	4.7
Dayton	Code	Columbia	2,460	2,526	1.43	3.7
Deer Park	Code	Spokane	3,864	3,652	6.89	17.8
Des Moines	Code	King	31,011	29,673	6.50	16.8
DuPont	Code	Pierce	9,313	8,199	5.86	15.2
Duvall	Code	King	7,639	6,695	2.45	6.3
East Wenatchee	Code	Douglas	13,505	13,190	3.80	9.8
Edgewood	Code	Pierce	9,749	9,387	8.41	21.8
Edmonds	Code	Snohomish	40,896	39,709	8.90	23.1
Electric City	Code	Grant	1,018	968	1.98	5.1
Ellensburg	Code	Kittitas	18,774	18,174	7.03	18.2
Elma	Code	Grays Harbor	3,018	3,107	1.89	4.9
Entiat	Code	Chelan	1,154	1,112	2.11	5.5
Enumclaw	Code	King Pierce^{[Note 1]}	11,548	10,669	5.16	13.4
Ephrata	Code	Grant	8,031	7,664	10.09	26.1
Everett	First	Snohomish	106,736	103,019	33.11	85.8
Everson	Code	Whatcom	2,565	2,481	1.31	3.4
Federal Way	Code	King	93,425	89,306	22.27	57.7
Ferndale	Code	Whatcom	12,704	11,415	7.03	18.2
Fife	Code	Pierce	9,550	9,173	5.69	14.7
Fircrest	Code	Pierce	6,658	6,497	1.58	4.1
Forks	Code	Clallam	3,717	3,532	3.91	10.1
George	Code	Grant	505	501	1.33	3.4
Gig Harbor	Code	Pierce	8,375	7,126	5.95	15.4
Gold Bar	Code	Snohomish	2,101	2,075	1.03	2.7
Goldendale	Code	Klickitat	3,428	3,407	2.52	6.5
Grand Coulee	Code	Grant	1,050	988	1.24	3.2
Grandview	Code	Yakima	11,140	10,862	6.23	16.1
Granger	Code	Yakima	3,394	3,246	1.79	4.6
Granite Falls	Code	Snohomish	3,468	3,364	2.19	5.7
Harrington	Code	Lincoln	400	424	0.38	0.98
Hoquiam	Code	Grays Harbor	8,389	8,726	9.08	23.5
Ilwaco	Code	Pacific	905	936	2.10	5.4
Issaquah	Code	King	34,056	30,434	11.41	29.6
Kahlotus	Code	Franklin	191	193	0.47	1.2
Kalama	Code	Cowlitz	2,347	2,344	2.77	7.2
Kelso	Code	Cowlitz	11,788	11,925	8.14	21.1
Kenmore	Code	King	21,839	20,460	6.17	16.0
Kennewick	Code	Benton	77,421	73,917	26.87	69.6
Kent	Code	King	125,560	92,411	33.76	87.4
Kettle Falls	Code	Stevens	1,592	1,595	1.12	2.9
Kirkland	Code	King	85,763	48,787	17.82	46.2
Kittitas	Code	Kittitas	1,417	1,381	0.73	1.9
La Center	Code	Clark	3,099	2,800	2.21	5.7
Lacey	Code	Thurston	45,446	42,393	16.06	41.6
Lake Forest Park	Code	King	13,184	12,598	3.53	9.1
Lake Stevens	Code	Snohomish	30,284	28,069	8.88	23.0
Lakewood	Code	Pierce	59,610	58,163	17.18	44.5
Langley	Code	Island	1,052	1,035	1.08	2.8
Leavenworth	Code	Chelan	1,979	1,965	1.23	3.2
Liberty Lake	Code	Spokane	8,637	7,591	6.14	15.9
Long Beach	Code	Pacific	1,346	1,392	1.35	3.5
Longview	Code	Cowlitz	36,483	36,648	14.54	37.7
Lynden	Code	Whatcom	13,165	11,951	5.26	13.6
Lynnwood	Code	Snohomish	36,687	35,836	7.85	20.3
Mabton	Code	Yakima	2,303	2,286	0.81	2.1
Maple Valley	Code	King	25,125	22,684	5.73	14.8
Marysville	Code	Snohomish	65,087	60,020	20.69	53.6
Mattawa	Code	Grant	4,579	4,437	0.74	1.9
McCleary	Code	Grays Harbor	1,609	1,653	2.05	5.3
Medical Lake	Code	Spokane	4,952	5,060	3.40	8.8
Medina	Code	King	3,188	2,969	1.45	3.8
Mercer Island	Code	King	24,326	22,699	6.32	16.4
Mesa	Code	Franklin	491	489	1.64	4.2
Mill Creek	Code	Snohomish	19,200	18,244	4.66	12.1
Millwood	Code	Spokane	1,776	1,786	0.70	1.8
Milton	Code	Pierce King^{[Note 1]}	7,360	6,968	2.62	6.8
Monroe	Code	Snohomish	17,899	17,304	6.05	15.7
Montesano	Code	Grays Harbor	3,861	3,976	10.58	27.4
Morton	Code	Lewis	1,116	1,126	0.82	2.1
Moses Lake	Code	Grant	21,713	20,366	17.84	46.2
Mossyrock	Code	Lewis	745	759	0.68	1.8
Mount Vernon	Code	Skagit	33,132	31,743	12.24	31.7
Mountlake Terrace	Code	Snohomish	20,817	19,909	4.06	10.5
Moxee	Code	Yakima	3,784	3,308	2.20	5.7
Mukilteo	Code	Snohomish	20,993	20,254	6.34	16.4
Napavine	Code	Lewis	1,778	1,766	2.38	6.2
Newcastle	Code	King	11,201	10,380	4.45	11.5
Newport	Code	Pend Oreille	2,123	2,126	1.35	3.5
Nooksack	Code	Whatcom	1,443	1,338	0.71	1.8
Normandy Park	Code	King	6,615	6,335	2.52	6.5
North Bend	Code	King	6,578	5,731	4.37	11.3
North Bonneville	Code	Skamania	971	956	2.41	6.2
Oak Harbor	Code	Island	22,306	22,075	9.65	25.0
Oakville	Code	Grays Harbor	663	684	0.50	1.3
Ocean Shores	Code	Grays Harbor	5,628	5,569	8.51	22.0
Okanogan	Code	Okanogan	2,571	2,552	1.99	5.2
Olympia	Code	Thurston	49,218	46,478	17.82	46.2
Omak	Code	Okanogan	4,848	4,845	3.46	9.0
Oroville	Code	Okanogan	1,679	1,686	1.64	4.2
Orting	Code	Pierce	7,266	6,746	2.73	7.1
Othello	Code	Adams	7,703	7,364	3.81	9.9
Pacific	Code	King Pierce^{[Note 1]}	7,079	6,606	2.41	6.2
Palouse	Second	Whitman	1,012	998	1.08	2.8
Pasco	Code	Franklin	68,648	59,781	31.46	81.5
Pateros	Code	Okanogan	656	667	0.49	1.3
Pomeroy	Code	Garfield	1,386	1,425	1.78	4.6
Port Angeles	Code	Clallam	19,256	19,038	10.70	27.7
Port Orchard	Second	Kitsap	13,266	11,144	9.68	25.1
Port Townsend	Code	Jefferson	9,255	9,113	6.98	18.1
Poulsbo	Code	Kitsap	9,702	9,200	4.74	12.3
Prescott	Code	Walla Walla	309	318	0.40	1.0
Prosser	Code	Benton	5,802	5,714	4.55	11.8
Pullman	Code	Whitman	31,682	29,799	9.88	25.6
Puyallup	Code	Pierce	39,105	37,022	14.11	36.5
Quincy	Code	Grant	7,355	6,750	4.98	12.9
Rainier	Code	Thurston	1,948	1,794	1.73	4.5
Raymond	Code	Pacific	2,787	2,882	4.06	10.5
Redmond	Code	King	59,285	54,144	16.47	42.7
Renton	Code	King	98,404	90,927	23.37	60.5
Republic	Code	Ferry	1,083	1,073	1.59	4.1
Richland	First	Benton	53,019	48,058	38.56	99.9
Ridgefield	Code	Clark	6,123	4,763	7.08	18.3
Ritzville	Second	Adams	1,671	1,673	1.70	4.4
Rock Island	Code	Douglas	792	788	0.62	1.6
Roslyn	Code	Kittitas	896	893	4.37	11.3
Roy	Code	Pierce	805	793	0.49	1.3
Royal City	Code	Grant	2,217	2,140	1.35	3.5
Ruston	Code	Pierce	791	749	0.26	0.67
Sammamish	Code	King	51,229	45,780	18.41	47.7
SeaTac	Code	King	28,126	26,909	10.03	26.0
Seattle	First	King	668,342	608,660	83.84	217.1
Sedro-Woolley	Code	Skagit	10,764	10,540	3.93	10.2
Selah	Code	Yakima	7,444	7,147	4.51	11.7
Sequim	Code	Clallam	6,737	6,606	6.31	16.3
Shelton	Code	Mason	9,777	9,834	5.76	14.9
Shoreline	Code	King	55,174	53,007	11.67	30.2
Snohomish	Code	Snohomish	9,544	9,098	3.46	9.0
Snoqualmie	Code	King	12,630	10,670	7.22	18.7
Soap Lake	Code	Grant	1,585	1,514	1.30	3.4
South Bend	Code	Pacific	1,594	1,637	1.63	4.2
Spangle	Code	Spokane	288	278	0.36	0.93
Spokane	First	Spokane	212,052	208,916	68.73	178.0
Spokane Valley	Code	Spokane	91,729	89,755	37.71	97.7
Sprague	Code	Lincoln	423	446	0.63	1.6
Stanwood	Code	Snohomish	6,739	6,231	2.82	7.3
Stevenson	Code	Skamania	1,499	1,465	1.65	4.3
Sultan	Code	Snohomish	4,769	4,651	3.15	8.2
Sumas	Code	Whatcom	1,348	1,307	1.48	3.8
Sumner	Code	Pierce	9,677	9,451	7.51	19.5
Sunnyside	Code	Yakima	16,140	15,858	6.63	17.2
Tacoma	First	Pierce	205,159	198,397	49.73	128.8
Tekoa	Second	Whitman	784	778	1.14	3.0
Tenino	Code	Thurston	1,729	1,695	1.44	3.7
Tieton	Code	Yakima	1,247	1,191	0.82	2.1
Toledo	Code	Lewis	721	725	0.40	1.0
Tonasket	Code	Okanogan	1,018	1,032	0.80	2.1
Toppenish	Code	Yakima	8,996	8,949	2.11	5.5
Tukwila	Code	King	19,920	19,107	9.17	23.8
Tumwater	Code	Thurston	18,820	17,371	14.32	37.1
Union Gap	Code	Yakima	6,030	6,047	5.06	13.1
University Place	Code	Pierce	32,282	31,144	8.43	21.8
Vader	Code	Lewis	614	621	0.93	2.4
Vancouver	First	Clark	169,294	161,791	46.78	121.2
Waitsburg	Unclassified	Walla Walla	1,196	1,217	1.12	2.9
Walla Walla	Code	Walla Walla	31,910	31,731	12.80	33.2
Wapato	Second	Yakima	5,051	4,997	1.17	3.0
Warden	Code	Grant	2,749	2,692	2.66	6.9
Washougal	Code	Clark	14,999	14,095	5.47	14.2
Wenatchee	Code	Chelan	33,261	31,925	7.86	20.4
West Richland	Code	Benton	13,351	11,811	21.97	56.9
Westport	Code	Grays Harbor	2,018	2,099	3.68	9.5
White Salmon	Code	Klickitat	2,314	2,224	1.24	3.2
Winlock	Code	Lewis	1,308	1,339	1.29	3.3
Woodinville	Code	King	11,372	10,938	5.60	14.5
Woodland	Code	Cowlitz Clark^{[Note 1]}	5,708	5,509	4.05	10.5
Woodway	Code	Snohomish	1,351	1,307	1.11	2.9
Yakima	First	Yakima	93,357	91,067	27.63	71.6
Yelm	Code	Thurston	8,223	6,848	5.68	14.7
Zillah	Code	Yakima	3,118	2,964	1.85	4.8

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 The city spans multiple counties. The counties are listed in the order given by GNIS, primary county first.

References

1 2 3 "GCT-PH1 – Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – State — Place and (in selected states) County Subdivision". 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
↑ "Washington: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. III-2. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
↑ "Washington City and Town Profiles". Municipal Research and Services Center. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
↑ "Domestic and Antarctic Names - State and Topical Gazetteer Download Files: National Federal Codes" (CSV). United States Board on Geographical Names, USGS. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
1 2 "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". census.gov. May 21, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2015.

General

"Washington City and Town Profiles". Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington. Retrieved November 25, 2012. Up-to-date table of Washington municipalities.
"Cities and Towns of the United States" (DBF). National Atlas. United States Department of the Interior. 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2013. Database of places noting county seats.

External links

Title 35 RCW (governing all cities)
Title 35A RCW (governing code cities)
Municipal Research & Services Center of Washington

Lists of cities in the United States by state

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