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Map of the United States with Washington highlighted Washington is a state located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census , Washington is the 13th most populous state , with 7,705,281 inhabitants, and the 18th largest by land area , spanning 66,455.52 square miles (172,119.0 km 2 ) of land.
Geography of Washington (state) Washington is the northwesternmost state of the contiguous United States. It borders Idaho to the east, bounded mostly by the meridian running north from the confluence of the Snake River and Clearwater River (about 117°02'23" west), except for the southernmost section where the border follows the Snake River.
King County, home to the state's largest city, Seattle, holds almost 30 percent of Washington's population (2,271,380 residents of 7,812,880 in 2023), and has the highest population density, with more than 1,000 people per square mile (400/km 2). Garfield County is both the least populated (2,363) and least densely populated (3.3/sq mi [1.3/km 2]).
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 ...
Histories of cities in Washington (state) (9 C) Tourist attractions in Washington (state) by populated place (8 C) Transportation in Washington (state) by city (4 C)
Detailed city map, Seattle City Clerk's Office Neighborhood Map Atlas. Detailed city map, otherwise not titled. Click on a number or name for the more detailed north, central, or south city map or a map of a selected neighborhood. "Seattle City Clerk Thesaurus". April 19, 2004. Archived from the original on February 9, 2006
Western Washington. / 48°N 122°W / 48; -122. Western Washington is a region of the United States defined as the area of Washington state west of the Cascade Mountains. This region is home to the state's largest city, Seattle, the state capital, Olympia, and most of the state's residents. The climate is generally far more damp and ...
Eastern Washington. Eastern Washington is the region of the U.S. state of Washington located east of the Cascade Range. It contains the city of Spokane (the second largest city in the state), the Tri-Cities, the Columbia River and the Grand Coulee Dam, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and the fertile farmlands of the Yakima Valley and the Palouse.