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Welcome to Washington
 Introduction
Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The state is named after George Washington, the first President of the United States. Washington Territory was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. It is also known as “The Evergreen State.” Washington borders British Columbia, Oregon, Idaho, and the Pacific Ocean. The 2005 total gross state product for Washington was $268.5 billion, placing it 14th in the nation. The per capita income was $42,702, 17th in the nation. Significant business within the state include Boeing, Microsoft, Amazon.com, drugstore.com, biotechnology, aluminum production, mining, and tourism.
 People
Total population (2007) 6,468,424
Total Births (2006) 80,334
Total Deaths (2006) 46,377
Total natural population increases (2006) 33,957
Total international migration (2006) 26,285
Total internal migration (2006) 43,089
Net migration (2006) 69,374
Total male population (2000) 2,934,300
Total female population (2000) 2,959,821
Total white population (2000) 4,821,823
Total black population (2000) 190,267
Total asian population (2000) 322,335
American Indian & Alaska Native population (2000) 93,301
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander popualtion (2000) 23,953
Hispanic population (2000) 441,509
Total population over 18 yrs (2000) 4,380,278
White population over 18 yrs (2000) 3,674,903
Black population over 18 yrs (2000) 131,323
American Indian & Alaska Native population over 18 yrs (2000) 62,084
Asian population over 18 yrs (2000) 245,735
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population over 18 yrs (2000) 15,968
Female median age (2000) 36
Male median age (2000) 34
Total number households (2000) 2,271,398
Average household size (2000) 2.53




 Geography
Capital Olympia
Largest City Seattle
State's Total Area Ranking 18
Total Area 71 sq mi
Width 240 miles
Length 360 miles
Percent Water 0.07%
Latitude 45°32' N to 49°00' N
Longitude 116°57' W to 124°48' W
Highest Elevation Mount Rainier 14,410 ft (4,395 m)
Mean Elevation 1 ft
Lowest Elevation Pacific Ocean 0 ft (0 m)
 Economics
GDP (2005) $267,308,000,000
GDP average annual growth rate percent 1997 to 2004 2.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting contribution to GDP (2005) $5,112,000,000
Mining contribution to GDP (2005) $262,000,000
Utilities contribution to GDP (2005) $2,488,000,000
Construction contribution to GDP (2005) $12,963,000,000
Durable goods manufacturing contribution to GDP (2005) $17,994,000,000
Non-durable goods manufacturing contribution to GDP (2005) $7,361,000,000
Wholesale trade contribution to GDP (2005) $16,645,000,000
Retail trade contribution to GDP (2005) $20,012,000,000
Transportation and warehousing contribution to GDP (2005) $7,944,000,000
Information contribution to GDP (2005) $20,212,000,000
Finance and insurance contribution to GDP (2005) $16,410,000,000
Real estate, rental, and leasing contribution to GDP (2005) $37,194,000,000
Professional and technical services contribution to GDP (2005) $16,797,000,000
Management of companies contribution to GDP (2005) $3,454,000,000
Administrative and waste services contribution to GDP (2005) $8,150,000,000
Educational services contribution to GDP (2005) $1,475,000,000
Health care and social assistance contribution to GDP (2005) $18,310,000,000
Arts, entertainment, and recreation contribution to GDP (2005) $2,373,000,000
Accomodation and food services contribution to GDP (2005) $7,127,000,000
Other services contribution to GDP (2005) $6,741,000,000
Government contribution to GDP (2005) $38,284,000,000
Total state tax (2005) $14,839,634
Total state tax per capita (2005) $2,360
Total employees state & local government (2005) 329,873
Firefighters (2005) 6,964
Government hospital employees (2005) 22,130
Government transit employees (2005) 7,642
Population with health insurance (2000) 5,059,580
Population without health insurance (2000) 812,325
 Other
State Flower Coast Rhododendron
State Bird American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
Violent crime (2005) 21,745
Violent crime rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 345.8
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter (2005) 205
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 3.3
Forcible rape (2005) 2,811
Forcible rape rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 44.7
Robbery (2005) 5,788
Robbery rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 92.1
Aggravated assault (2005) 12,941
Aggravated assault rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 205.8
Property crime (2005) 307,661
Property crime rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 4893.0
Burglary (2005) 60,343
Burglary rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 959.7
Larceny-theft (2005) 198,031
Larceny-theft rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 3149.5
Motor vehicle theft (2005) 49,287
Motor vehicle theft rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 783.9
 City List (Population 2000)
Aberdeen (16,461) Acme (263) Addy
Adna Airway Heights (4,500) Albion (616)
Allyn Almira (302) Amanda Park
Amboy (2,085) Anacortes (14,557) Anatone
Anderson Island Appleton Ardenvoir
Ariel Arlington (11,713) Ashford (267)
Asotin (1,095) Auburn (40,314) Bainbridge Island (20,308)
Baring (233) Battle Ground (9,296) Bay Center (174)
Beaver Belfair Bellevue (109,569)
Bellingham (67,171) Belmont Benge
Benton City (2,624) Beverly Bickleton (113)
Bingen (672) Black Diamond (3,970) Blaine (3,770)
Blakely Island Bonney Lake (9,687) Bothell (30,150)
Bow Boyds Bremerton (37,259)
Brewster (2,189) Bridgeport (2,059) Brinnon (803)
Brownstown Brush Prairie (2,384) Buckley (4,145)
Bucoda (628) Buena Burbank (3,303)
Burley Burlington (6,757) Burton
Camano Island Camas (12,534) Carbonado (621)
Carlsborg (855) Carlton Carnation (1,893)
Carrolls Carson Cashmere (2,965)
Castle Rock (2,130) Cathlamet (565) Centerville (120)
Centralia (14,742) Chattaroy Chehalis (7,057)
Chelan Falls Chelan (3,522) Cheney (8,832)
Chewelah (2,186) Chimacum Chinook (457)
Cinebar Clallam Bay Clarkston (7,337)
Clayton Cle Elum (1,755) Clearlake
Clinton (868) Colbert Colfax (2,844)
College Place (7,818) Colton (386) Colville (4,988)
Conconully (185) Concrete (790) Connell (2,956)
Conway (84) Copalis Beach (489) Copalis Crossing
Cosmopolis (1,595) Cougar Coulee City (600)
Coulee Dam (1,044) Coupeville (1,723) Cowiche
Creston (232) Curlew Curtis
Cusick (212) Custer (299) Dallesport (1,185)
Danville Darrington (1,136) Davenport (1,730)
Dayton (2,655) Deer Harbor Deer Park (3,017)
Deming (210) Dixie (220) Doty
Dryden Dupont (2,452) Duvall (4,616)
East Olympia East Wenatchee (5,757) Easton (383)
Eastsound Eatonville (2,012) Edmonds (39,515)
Edwall Elbe (21) Electric City (922)
Elk Ellensburg (15,414) Elma (3,049)
Elmer City (267) Eltopia Endicott (621)
Entiat (957) Enumclaw (11,116) Ephrata (6,808)
Ethel Evans Everett (91,488)
Everson (2,035) Fairchild Air Force Base Fairfield (494)
Fall City (1,638) Farmington (153) Federal Way (83,259)
Ferndale (8,758) Ford Forks (3,120)
Four Lakes Fox Island (2,803) Freeland (1,313)
Friday Harbor (1,989) Fruitland Galvin
Garfield (641) George (528) Gifford
Gig Harbor (6,465) Glenoma Glenwood
Gold Bar (2,014) Goldendale (3,760) Goose Prairie
Graham (8,739) Grand Coulee (897) Grandview (8,377)
Granger (2,530) Granite Falls (2,347) Grapeview
Grayland (1,002) Grays River Greenacres
Greenbank Hamilton (309) Hansville
Harrah (542) Harrington (426) Hartline (134)
Hay Heisson Hobart (6,251)
Hoodsport Hooper Hoquiam (9,097)
Humptulips (216) Hunters Husum
Ilwaco (950) Inchelium (389) Index (157)
Indianola (3,026) Ione (479) Issaquah (11,212)
Joyce Kahlotus (214) Kalama (1,783)
Kapowsin Keller Kelso (11,895)
Kenmore (18,678) Kennewick (54,693) Kent (79,524)
Kettle Falls (1,527) Keyport Kingston (1,611)
Kirkland (45,054) Kittitas (1,105) Klickitat (417)
La Center (1,654) La Conner (761) La Grande
La Push Lacey (31,226) Lacrosse
Lake Stevens (6,361) Lakebay Lakewood (58,211)
Lamona Lamont (106) Langley (959)
Latah (151) Laurier Leavenworth (2,074)
Lebam (176) Liberty Lake (4,660) Lilliwaup
Lincoln Lind (582) Littlerock
Long Beach (1,283) Longbranch Longmire
Longview (34,660) Loomis Loon Lake
Lopez Island Lummi Island Lyle (530)
Lyman (409) Lynden (9,020) Lynnwood (33,847)
Mabton (1,891) Malaga Malden (215)
Malone Malott Malo
Manchester (4,958) Mansfield (319) Manson
Maple Falls (277) Maple Valley (14,209) Marblemount (251)
Marcus (117) Marlin Marshall
Marysville (25,315) Matlock Mattawa (2,609)
Mazama Mcchord Afb (4,096) Mccleary (1,454)
Mckenna Mead Medical Lake (3,758)
Medina (3,011) Menlo Mercer Island (22,036)
Mesa (425) Metaline Falls (223) Metaline (162)
Methow Mica Mill Creek (11,525)
Milton (5,795) Mineral Moclips (615)
Mohler Monitor Monroe (13,795)
Montesano (3,312) Morton (1,045) Moses Lake (14,953)
Mossyrock (486) Mount Vernon (26,232) Mountlake Terrace (20,362)
Moxee (821) Mukilteo (18,019) Naches (643)
Nahcotta Napavine (1,361) Naselle (377)
Neah Bay (794) Neilton (345) Nespelem (212)
Newman Lake Newport (1,921) Nine Mile Falls
Nooksack (851) Nordland North Bend (4,746)
North Bonneville (593) North Lakewood Northport (336)
Oak Harbor (19,795) Oakesdale (420) Oakville (675)
Ocean Park (1,459) Ocean Shores (3,836) Odessa (957)
Okanogan (2,484) Olalla Olga
Olympia (42,514) Omak (4,721) Onalaska
Orcas Orient Orondo
Oroville (1,653) Orting (3,760) Othello (5,847)
Otis Orchards Outlook Oysterville
Pacific Beach Pacific (5,527) Packwood
Palisades Palouse (1,011) Paradise Inn
Parker Pasco (32,066) Pateros (643)
Paterson Pe Ell (657) Peshastin
Plymouth Point Roberts Pomeroy (1,517)
Port Angeles (18,397) Port Gamble Port Hadlock
Port Ludlow (1,968) Port Orchard (7,693) Port Townsend (8,334)
Poulsbo (6,813) Prescott (314) Preston
Prosser (4,838) Pullman (24,675) Puyallup (33,011)
Quilcene (591) Quinault Quincy (5,044)
Rainier (1,492) Randle Ravensdale (816)
Raymond (2,975) Reardan (608) Redmond (45,256)
Redondo Renton (50,052) Republic (954)
Retsil Rice Richland (38,708)
Ridgefield (2,147) Ritzville (1,736) Riverside (348)
Rochester (1,829) Rock Island (863) Rockford (413)
Rockport (102) Rollingbay Ronald (265)
Roosevelt (79) Rosalia (648) Rosburg
Roslyn (1,017) Royal City (1,823) Roy (260)
Ryderwood Saint John Salkum
Sammamish (34,104) Satsop (619) Seabeck
Seahurst Seattle (563,374) Seaview
Sedro Woolley Sekiu Selah (6,310)
Sequim (4,334) Shaw Island Shelton (8,442)
Silvana (97) Silver Creek Silverdale (15,816)
Silverlake Skamokawa Skykomish (214)
Snohomish (8,494) Snoqualmie Pass (201) Snoqualmie (1,631)
Soap Lake (1,733) South Bend (1,807) South Cle Elum (457)
South Colby South Prairie (382) Southworth
Spanaway (21,588) Spangle (240) Spokane (195,629)
Sprague (490) Springdale (283) Stanwood (3,923)
Starbuck (130) Startup (817) Stehekin
Steilacoom (6,049) Steptoe Stevenson (1,200)
Stratford Sultan (3,344) Sumas (960)
Sumner (8,504) Sunnyside (13,905) Suquamish (3,510)
Tacoma (193,556) Taholah (824) Tahuya
Tekoa (826) Tenino (1,447) Thornton
Thorp (273) Tieton (1,154) Tokeland (194)
Toledo (653) Tonasket (994) Toppenish (8,946)
Touchet (396) Toutle Tracyton (3,267)
Trout Lake (494) Tumtum Tumwater (12,698)
Twisp (938) Underwood Uniontown (345)
Union University Place (29,933) Usk
Vader (590) Valleyford Valley
Vancouver (143,560) Vantage (70) Vashon (10,123)
Vaughn Veradale (9,387) Wahkiacus
Waitsburg (1,212) Waldron Walla Walla (29,686)
Wallula (197) Wapato (4,582) Warden (2,544)
Washougal (8,595) Washtucna (260) Waterville (1,163)
Wauconda Wauna Waverly (121)
Wellpinit Wenatchee (27,856) West Richland (8,385)
Westport (2,137) White Salmon (2,193) White Swan (3,033)
Wilbur (914) Wilkeson (395) Wilson Creek (227)
Winlock (1,166) Winthrop (349) Wishram (324)
Woodinville (9,194) Woodland (3,780) Yacolt (1,055)
Yakima (71,845) Yelm (3,289) Zillah (2,198)