Washington
State of the United States of America
Also known as Evergreen State · WA · State of Washington · Washington State · Washington (state) · US-WA
- Country
- Located in
- Area
- 184,827 km²
- Elevation
- 520 m
- Population
- 7,705,281(April 1, 2020)
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Sources- 1.Stated in 2020 United States Censusdata.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Populations%20and%20People&g=0100000US,%241600000&y=2020Retrieved 2022-03-20
- , 7,170,351(2015)
- , 6,724,540(April 1, 2010)
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- +13 more
- 7,705,281(April 1, 2020)
- Founded
- November 11, 1889
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- November 11, 1889
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
347 statements · 21% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Shares border with
- British Columbia direction relative to location: north
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Sources- 1.Stated in GazetteerRetrieved 2021-10-03
- 2.Stated in Medical Subject HeadingsRetrieved 2021-10-03
- Idaho statement is subject of: Idaho–Washington border · direction relative to location: east
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Sources- 1.Stated in GazetteerRetrieved 2021-10-02
- 2.Stated in Medical Subject HeadingsRetrieved 2021-10-03
- Oregon statement is subject of: Oregon–Washington border · direction relative to location: south
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Sources- 1.Stated in GazetteerRetrieved 2021-10-02
- 2.Stated in Medical Subject HeadingsRetrieved 2021-10-03
- British Columbia direction relative to location: north
- Contains the administrative territorial entity
- Adams County
- Asotin County
- Benton County
- Chelan County
- Clallam County
- Clark County
- Columbia County
- Cowlitz County
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- Douglas County
- Ferry County
- Franklin County
- Garfield County
- Grant County
- Grays Harbor County
- Island County
- King County
- Kitsap County
- Kittitas County
- Klickitat County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Mason County
- Okanogan County
- Pacific County
- Pend Oreille County
- Pierce County
- San Juan County
- Skagit County
- Skamania County
- Snohomish County
- Spokane County
- Stevens County
- Thurston County
- Wahkiakum County
- Walla Walla County
- Whatcom County
- Whitman County
- Yakima County
- Jefferson County
- Time zone
- UTC−08:00 valid in period: standard time
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- America/Los Angeles
- UTC−07:00 valid in period: daylight saving time
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- UTC−08:00 valid in period: standard time
- Located in or next to body of water
- Pacific Ocean direction relative to location: west
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Sources- 1.Stated in GazetteerRetrieved 2021-10-02
- 2.Stated in Medical Subject HeadingsRetrieved 2021-10-03
- Columbia River
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- Strait of Georgia
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- Haro Strait
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- Strait of Juan de Fuca
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- Pacific Ocean direction relative to location: west
- Nickname
- The Evergreen State
- Head of government
- Bob Ferguson(since 2025)
- Jay Inslee(since 2013)
- Marriageable age
- 18 years old applies to part: all genders
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Sources- 1.Stated in Revised Code of Washingtonapps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=26.04&full=trueRetrieved 2017-02-14
- 17 years old applies to part: all genders · criterion used: with parental consent
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- 18 years old applies to part: all genders
- Motto text
- by and by
- Alki
- Demonym
- Washingtonian
- Vaŝingtoniano
- Short name
- Wash.
- WA
- Washington
- Coordinates of geographic center
- 47.3826°N, 120.4472°W directions: 7 mi (11 km) west-southwest of Wenatchee
- Coordinates of westernmost point
- 48.1850°N, 124.7850°W applies to part: low tide · location: Umatilla Reef
- 48.1785°N, 124.7717°W location: Bodelteh Islands
- 48.1642°N, 124.7331°W location: Cape Alava · applies to part: mainland
- Geoshape
- Data:Washington.map
- Maximum temperature record
- 118°F(July 24, 1961)
- Minimum temperature record
- -48°F(December 30, 1968)
- Compulsory education (maximum age)
- 18 years old
- Official color
- none
- Different from
- Washington, D.C. criterion used: same or similar name
- Washington criterion used: toponym is not unique
- Related category
- Category:Washington (state)-related lists category contains: Wikimedia list article
- Per capita income
- $40,837(December 31, 2020) statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey
- Mean age
- 37.8(December 31, 2020) statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey
- Number of households
- 2,905,822(December 31, 2020) statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey
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Sources- 1.Stated in 2016–2020 American Community Surveydata.census.gov/cedsci/table?d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Detailed%20TablesRetrieved 2022-05-05
- 2,905,822(December 31, 2020) statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey
- Hashtag
- Washington
- Minimum wage
- $16.28(2026)
- Social media followers
- 145,739(May 25, 2023) subreddit: washington
- Official name
- State of Washington
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SourcesView statement on Wikidata ↗
- State of Washington
- Native label
- Washington
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On other databases
162 identifiers linking Washington across the web's reference databases
- AGROVOC IDc_8302
- AllTrails trail IDus/washington
- ArchINFORM location ID2951
- Armeniapedia ID5558
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlinevasingtonas
- Autonomous system number4193
- Babelio subject ID535360
- BabelNet ID00032035n
- Ballotpedia IDWashington
- BBC News topic IDclm1wxp5nemt
- BBC Things ID26999283-b557-4514-b97d-e787c6bc6e15
- BHL creator ID28330
- Biblioteca Nacional de México ID000054791
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11994435f
- Britannica Kids kids level article ID345535
- Britannica Kids scholars level article ID111281
- Britannica Kids students level article ID277660
- British Museum person or institution ID100674
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDwash-20
- C-SPAN organization ID13627
- CAB ID109279
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf10054736
- CANTIC ID981058514740306706
- Catholic Encyclopedia ID15560a
- CiNii Research ID1140000791850298240
- Comic Vine ID4020-56542
- Curlie IDRegional/North_America/United_States/Washington/
- Data Commons IDgeoId/53
- De Agostini IDWashington+(Stato)
- DeCS ID27927
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--797
- Domain namewa.gov
- DR topic IDwashington
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Washington-state
- Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present entry ID1234
- Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID208686
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)3SOvaW
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)561033
- Estonian Subject Thesaurus ID131937
- FactGrid item IDQ901321
- Famous Birthdays IDbirthplace/washington
- Fandom wiki IDwashingtonstate
- FAST ID1204703
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)US53
- FIPS 5-2 alpha code (US states)WA
- FIPS 5-2 numeric code (US states)53
- Freebase ID/m/081yw
- GACS ID6277
- GADM IDUSA.48_1
- GCMD keyword IDdcef091b-18b5-48bf-b191-69ab7a3511f1
- GeoNames ID5815135
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7007920
- Giant Bomb ID (former scheme)3035-2434
- Giant Bomb Wiki IDLocations/Washington
- GitHub topicwashington
- GND ID4118995-4
- GNIS Feature ID1779804
- Golden ID (archived)Washington_(state)-D6D99A
- Google Maps Customer ID10683233655966397370
- Google News topics IDCAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNRGd4ZVhjU0FtVnVLQUFQAQ
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDwashington-11
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0071872
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDWashington
- Harper's tagwashington-state
- HASCUS.WA
- Hiking Project area ID8010742
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID65859
- Hungarian National Namespace place ID (new)569707
- IATE entry ID297899
- ICPSR Geographic Names Thesaurus ID31045
- IdRef ID175808112
- IMDb keywordwashington-state
- INaturalist place ID46
- Interlingual Index IDi84736
- International Jewish Cemetery Project IDusa/washington-state-wa
- ISO 3166-2 codeUS-WA
- J9U entity ID987007554798205171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID14787
- Joconde location IDT84-206
- KISTI IDK000341089
- KnowWhereGraph entity IDadministrativeRegion.USA.53
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID5205
- Larousse IDautre-region/wd/149543
- LC and MARC vocabularies IDcountries/wau
- Le Figaro tag IDÉtat-de-Washington
- Lex IDWashington_-_stat_i_USA
- Libraries Australia ID35592596
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79027224
- LittleSis organization ID46149
- Marine Regions Geographic ID9070