List of Cities in Washington

The government of the U.S. state of Washington recognizes several classifications of municipalities, which can be broadly divided into cities and towns. The vast majority of the state's incorporated places are cities. The following is a complete list of Washington's cities as recognized by state and federal government.

See also: List of towns in Washington, List of census-designated places in Washington, and List of unincorporated communities in Washington

County seat
State capital

Name County Population
(2011 est.)
Population
(2010)
Land area
Aberdeen Grays Harbor 16,835 16,896 700110650000000000010.65 sq mi (27.6 km2)
Airway Heights Spokane 6,138 6,114 70005630000000000005.63 sq mi (14.6 km2)
Algona King 3,074 3,014 70001290000000000001.29 sq mi (3.3 km2)
Anacortes Skagit 15,941 15,778 700111750000000000011.75 sq mi (30.4 km2)
Arlington Snohomish 18,154 17,926 70009250000000000009.25 sq mi (24.0 km2)
Asotin Asotin 1,270 1,251 70001050000000000001.05 sq mi (2.7 km2)
Auburn King
Pierce
71,517 70,180 700129620000000000029.62 sq mi (76.7 km2)
Bainbridge Island Kitsap 23,262 23,025 700127610000000000027.61 sq mi (71.5 km2)
Battle Ground Clark 17,893 17,571 70007160000000000007.16 sq mi (18.5 km2)
Bellevue King 124,798 122,363 700131970000000000031.97 sq mi (82.8 km2)
Bellingham Whatcom 81,862 80,885 700127080000009999927.08 sq mi (70.1 km2)
Benton City Benton 3,134 3,038 70002460000000000002.46 sq mi (6.4 km2)
Bingen Klickitat 724 712 69996200000000000000.62 sq mi (1.6 km2)
Black Diamond King 4,237 4,151 70006010000000000006.01 sq mi (15.6 km2)
Blaine Whatcom 4,744 4,684 70005630000000000005.63 sq mi (14.6 km2)
Bonney Lake Pierce 17,579 17,374 70007940000000000007.94 sq mi (20.6 km2)
Bothell King
Snohomish
34,055 33,505 700112110000000000012.11 sq mi (31.4 km2)
Bremerton Kitsap 39,051 37,729 700128410000000000028.41 sq mi (73.6 km2)
Brewster Okanogan 2,386 2,370 70001190000000000001.19 sq mi (3.1 km2)
Bridgeport Douglas 2,444 2,409 70001050000000000001.05 sq mi (2.7 km2)
Brier Snohomish 6,165 6,087 70002130000000000002.13 sq mi (5.5 km2)
Buckley Pierce 4,402 4,354 70003870000000000003.87 sq mi (10.0 km2)
Burien King 33,977 33,313 70007420000000000007.42 sq mi (19.2 km2)
Burlington Skagit 8,474 8,388 70004260000000000004.26 sq mi (11.0 km2)
Camas Clark 19,712 19,355 700113490000000000013.49 sq mi (34.9 km2)
Carnation King 1,823 1,786 70001160000000999991.16 sq mi (3.0 km2)
Cashmere Chelan 3,104 3,063 70001030000000000001.03 sq mi (2.7 km2)
Castle Rock Cowlitz 1,983 1,982 70001590000000000001.59 sq mi (4.1 km2)
Centralia Lewis 16,432 16,336 70007420000000000007.42 sq mi (19.2 km2)
Chehalis Lewis 7,299 7,259 70005530000000000005.53 sq mi (14.3 km2)
Chelan Chelan 3,945 3,890 70006290000000000006.29 sq mi (16.3 km2)
Cheney Spokane 10,643 10,590 70004269999999999994.27 sq mi (11.1 km2)
Chewelah Stevens 2,606 2,607 70002980000000000002.98 sq mi (7.7 km2)
Clarkston Asotin 7,331 7,229 70002009999999999992.01 sq mi (5.2 km2)
Cle Elum Kittitas 1,907 1,872 70003820000000000003.82 sq mi (9.9 km2)
Clyde Hill King 3,047 2,984 70001060000000000001.06 sq mi (2.7 km2)
Colfax Whitman 2,839 2,805 70003790000000000003.79 sq mi (9.8 km2)
College Place Walla Walla 8,888 8,765 70002660000000000002.66 sq mi (6.9 km2)
Colville Stevens 4,669 4,673 70002930000000000002.93 sq mi (7.6 km2)
Connell Franklin 5,276 4,209 70007870000000000007.87 sq mi (20.4 km2)
Cosmopolis Grays Harbor 1,643 1,649 70001330000000000001.33 sq mi (3.4 km2)
Covington King 17,929 17,575 70005860000000000005.86 sq mi (15.2 km2)
Davenport Lincoln 1,718 1,734 70001820000000000001.82 sq mi (4.7 km2)
Dayton Columbia 2,509 2,526 70001430000000000001.43 sq mi (3.7 km2)
Deer Park Spokane 3,673 3,652 70006880000000000006.88 sq mi (17.8 km2)
Des Moines King 30,258 29,673 70006500000000000006.50 sq mi (16.8 km2)
DuPont Pierce 8,298 8,199 70005860000000000005.86 sq mi (15.2 km2)
Duvall King 6,828 6,695 70002470000000000002.47 sq mi (6.4 km2)
East Wenatchee Douglas 13,375 13,190 70003800000000000003.80 sq mi (9.8 km2)
Edgewood Pierce 9,499 9,387 70008410000000000008.41 sq mi (21.8 km2)
Edmonds Snohomish 40,215 39,709 70008910000000000008.91 sq mi (23.1 km2)
Electric City Grant 1,004 968 70001700000000000001.70 sq mi (4.4 km2)
Ellensburg Kittitas 18,468 18,174 70006920000000000006.92 sq mi (17.9 km2)
Elma Grays Harbor 3,095 3,107 70001890000000000001.89 sq mi (4.9 km2)
Entiat Chelan 1,129 1,112 70002110099999000002.11 sq mi (5.5 km2)
Enumclaw King 11,086 10,669 70004260000000000004.26 sq mi (11.0 km2)
Ephrata Grant 7,842 7,664 700110090000000000010.09 sq mi (26.1 km2)
Everett Snohomish 104,295 103,019 700133450000000000033.45 sq mi (86.6 km2)
Everson Whatcom 2,513 2,481 70001240000000000001.24 sq mi (3.2 km2)
Federal Way King 91,085 89,306 700122260000000000022.26 sq mi (57.7 km2)
Ferndale Whatcom 11,564 11,415 70006610000000000006.61 sq mi (17.1 km2)
Fife Pierce 9,281 9,173 70005680000000000005.68 sq mi (14.7 km2)
Fircrest Pierce 6,573 6,497 70001580000000000001.58 sq mi (4.1 km2)
Forks Clallam 3,552 3,532 70003650000000000003.65 sq mi (9.5 km2)
George Grant 514 501 70001330000000000001.33 sq mi (3.4 km2)
Gig Harbor Pierce 7,208 7,126 70005950000000000005.95 sq mi (15.4 km2)
Gold Bar Snohomish 2,101 2,075 70001030000000000001.03 sq mi (2.7 km2)
Goldendale Klickitat 3,471 3,407 70002520000000000002.52 sq mi (6.5 km2)
Grand Coulee Grant 1,044 988 70001190000000000001.19 sq mi (3.1 km2)
Grandview Yakima 11,039 10,862 70006230000000000006.23 sq mi (16.1 km2)
Granger Yakima 3,298 3,246 70001790000000000001.79 sq mi (4.6 km2)
Granite Falls Snohomish 3,416 3,364 70002180000000000002.18 sq mi (5.6 km2)
Harrington Lincoln 420 424 69993800000000000000.38 sq mi (0.98 km2)
Hoquiam Grays Harbor 8,696 8,726 70009020000000000009.02 sq mi (23.4 km2)
Ilwaco Pacific 936 936 70002100000000000002.10 sq mi (5.4 km2)
Issaquah King 31,037 30,434 700111380000000000011.38 sq mi (29.5 km2)
Kahlotus Franklin 204 193 69994700000000000000.47 sq mi (1.2 km2)
Kalama Cowlitz 2,346 2,344 70002770000000000002.77 sq mi (7.2 km2)
Kelso Cowlitz 11,934 11,925 70008140000000000008.14 sq mi (21.1 km2)
Kenmore King 20,870 20,460 70006150000000000006.15 sq mi (15.9 km2)
Kennewick Benton 76,224 73,917 700126930000000000026.93 sq mi (69.7 km2)
Kent King 120,916 92,411 700128630000000000028.63 sq mi (74.2 km2)
Kettle Falls Stevens 1,593 1,595 70001070000000000001.07 sq mi (2.8 km2)
Kirkland King 49,755 48,787 700110790000009999910.79 sq mi (27.9 km2)
Kittitas Kittitas 1,405 1,381 69997600000000000000.76 sq mi (2.0 km2)
La Center Clark 2,852 2,800 70001270000000000001.27 sq mi (3.3 km2)
Lacey Thurston 43,117 42,393 700116059999990000016.06 sq mi (41.6 km2)
Lake Forest Park King 12,849 12,598 70003530000000000003.53 sq mi (9.1 km2)
Lake Stevens Snohomish 28,431 28,069 70008880000000000008.88 sq mi (23.0 km2)
Lakewood Pierce 58,839 58,163 700117170000000000017.17 sq mi (44.5 km2)
Langley Island 1,041 1,035 70001080000000000001.08 sq mi (2.8 km2)
Leavenworth Chelan 1,993 1,965 70001230000000000001.23 sq mi (3.2 km2)
Liberty Lake Spokane 7,634 7,591 70006140000000000006.14 sq mi (15.9 km2)
Long Beach Pacific 1,393 1,392 70001350000000000001.35 sq mi (3.5 km2)
Longview Cowlitz 36,672 36,648 700114480000000000014.48 sq mi (37.5 km2)
Lynden Whatcom 12,104 11,951 70005170000000000005.17 sq mi (13.4 km2)
Lynnwood Snohomish 36,291 35,836 70007840000000000007.84 sq mi (20.3 km2)
Mabton Yakima 2,324 2,286 69998000000000000000.80 sq mi (2.1 km2)
Maple Valley King 23,139 22,684 70005720000000000005.72 sq mi (14.8 km2)
Marysville Snohomish 60,785 60,020 700120680000000000020.68 sq mi (53.6 km2)
Mattawa Grant 4,543 4,437 69997400000000000000.74 sq mi (1.9 km2)
McCleary Grays Harbor 1,647 1,653 70002050099999999992.05 sq mi (5.3 km2)
Medical Lake Spokane 4,940 5,060 70003400000000000003.40 sq mi (8.8 km2)
Medina King 3,029 2,969 70001440000000000001.44 sq mi (3.7 km2)
Mercer Island King 23,154 22,699 70006320000000000006.32 sq mi (16.4 km2)
Mesa Franklin 518 489 70001640000000000001.64 sq mi (4.2 km2)
Mill Creek Snohomish 18,480 18,244 70004670000000000004.67 sq mi (12.1 km2)
Millwood Spokane 1,797 1,786 69997000000000000000.70 sq mi (1.8 km2)
Milton Pierce
King
7,058 6,968 70002509900000999992.51 sq mi (6.5 km2)
Monroe Snohomish 17,493 17,304 70006050000000000006.05 sq mi (15.7 km2)
Montesano Grays Harbor 3,962 3,976 700110410000000000010.41 sq mi (27.0 km2)
Morton Lewis 1,132 1,126 69998200099999000000.82 sq mi (2.1 km2)
Moses Lake Grant 20,858 20,366 700115750000000000015.75 sq mi (40.8 km2)
Mossyrock Lewis 764 759 69996800000000000000.68 sq mi (1.8 km2)
Mount Vernon Skagit 32,070 31,743 700112300000000000012.30 sq mi (31.9 km2)
Mountlake Terrace Snohomish 20,165 19,909 70004059999999999994.06 sq mi (10.5 km2)
Moxee Yakima 3,361 3,308 70001690000000000001.69 sq mi (4.4 km2)
Mukilteo Snohomish 20,514 20,254 70006400000000000006.40 sq mi (16.6 km2)
Napavine Lewis 1,778 1,766 70002380000000000002.38 sq mi (6.2 km2)
Newcastle King 10,588 10,380 70004450000000000004.45 sq mi (11.5 km2)
Newport Pend Oreille 2,116 2,126 70001070000000000001.07 sq mi (2.8 km2)
Nooksack Whatcom 1,355 1,338 69997000000000000000.70 sq mi (1.8 km2)
Normandy Park King 6,461 6,335 70002520000000000002.52 sq mi (6.5 km2)
North Bend King 5,947 5,731 70004269999999999994.27 sq mi (11.1 km2)
North Bonneville Skamania 963 956 70002410000000000002.41 sq mi (6.2 km2)
Oak Harbor Island 22,239 22,075 70009420000000000009.42 sq mi (24.4 km2)
Oakville Grays Harbor 682 684 69995000000000000000.50 sq mi (1.3 km2)
Ocean Shores Grays Harbor 5,549 5,569 70008510000000000008.51 sq mi (22.0 km2)
Okanogan Okanogan 2,568 2,552 70001950000000000001.95 sq mi (5.1 km2)
Olympia Thurston 47,266 46,478 700117820000000000017.82 sq mi (46.2 km2)
Omak Okanogan 4,881 4,845 70003430000000000003.43 sq mi (8.9 km2)
Oroville Okanogan 1,698 1,686 70001640000000000001.64 sq mi (4.2 km2)
Orting Pierce 6,823 6,746 70002730000000000002.73 sq mi (7.1 km2)
Othello Adams 7,481 7,364 70003810000000000003.81 sq mi (9.9 km2)
Pacific King
Pierce
6,737 6,606 70002420000000000002.42 sq mi (6.3 km2)
Palouse Whitman 1,011 998 70001080000000000001.08 sq mi (2.8 km2)
Pasco Franklin 63,186 59,781 700130500000000000030.50 sq mi (79.0 km2)
Pateros Okanogan 673 667 69994900000000000000.49 sq mi (1.3 km2)
Pomeroy Garfield 1,422 1,425 70001780000000000001.78 sq mi (4.6 km2)
Port Angeles Clallam 19,154 19,038 700110700999990000010.70 sq mi (27.7 km2)
Port Orchard Kitsap 11,333 11,144 70007240000000000007.24 sq mi (18.8 km2)
Port Townsend Jefferson 9,129 9,113 70006980000000000006.98 sq mi (18.1 km2)
Poulsbo Kitsap 9,336 9,200 70004670000000000004.67 sq mi (12.1 km2)
Prescott Walla Walla 323 318 69994000000000000000.40 sq mi (1.0 km2)
Prosser Benton 5,894 5,714 70004490000000000004.49 sq mi (11.6 km2)
Pullman Whitman 29,913 29,799 70009880000000000009.88 sq mi (25.6 km2)
Puyallup Pierce 37,454 37,022 700113930000000000013.93 sq mi (36.1 km2)
Quincy Grant 6,917 6,750 70004960000000000004.96 sq mi (12.8 km2)
Rainier Thurston 1,826 1,794 70001730000000000001.73 sq mi (4.5 km2)
Raymond Pacific 2,883 2,882 70004059999999999994.06 sq mi (10.5 km2)
Redmond King 55,228 54,144 700116280000000000016.28 sq mi (42.2 km2)
Renton King 92,812 90,927 700123120000000000023.12 sq mi (59.9 km2)
Republic Ferry 1,093 1,073 70001590000000000001.59 sq mi (4.1 km2)
Richland Benton 49,571 48,058 700135720000000000035.72 sq mi (92.5 km2)
Ridgefield Clark 4,851 4,763 70007080000000000007.08 sq mi (18.3 km2)
Ritzville Adams 1,699 1,673 70001700000000000001.70 sq mi (4.4 km2)
Rock Island Douglas 799 788 69996100000000000000.61 sq mi (1.6 km2)
Roslyn Kittitas 910 893 70004370000000000004.37 sq mi (11.3 km2)
Roy Pierce 803 793 69994900000000000000.49 sq mi (1.3 km2)
Royal City Grant 2,193 2,140 70001350000000000001.35 sq mi (3.5 km2)
Sammamish King 46,700 45,780 700118220000000000018.22 sq mi (47.2 km2)
SeaTac King 27,430 26,909 700110030999990000010.03 sq mi (26.0 km2)
Seattle King 620,778 608,660 700183940000000000083.94 sq mi (217.4 km2)
Sedro-Woolley Skagit 10,712 10,540 70003810000000000003.81 sq mi (9.9 km2)
Selah Yakima 7,262 7,147 70004440000000000004.44 sq mi (11.5 km2)
Sequim Clallam 6,645 6,606 70006309900000000006.31 sq mi (16.3 km2)
Shelton Mason 9,866 9,834 70005760000000000005.76 sq mi (14.9 km2)
Shoreline King 54,044 53,007 700111670000000000011.67 sq mi (30.2 km2)
Snohomish Snohomish 9,210 9,098 70003440000000000003.44 sq mi (8.9 km2)
Snoqualmie King 10,884 10,670 70006400000000000006.40 sq mi (16.6 km2)
Soap Lake Grant 1,550 1,514 70001250000000000001.25 sq mi (3.2 km2)
South Bend Pacific 1,631 1,637 70001620000000000001.62 sq mi (4.2 km2)
Spangle Spokane 280 278 69993600000000000000.36 sq mi (0.93 km2)
Spokane Spokane 210,103 208,916 700159250000000000059.25 sq mi (153.5 km2)
Spokane Valley Spokane 90,279 89,755 700137770000000000037.77 sq mi (97.8 km2)
Sprague Lincoln 441 446 69996300000000000000.63 sq mi (1.6 km2)
Stanwood Snohomish 6,311 6,231 70002820000000000002.82 sq mi (7.3 km2)
Stevenson Skamania 1,473 1,465 70001640000000000001.64 sq mi (4.2 km2)
Sultan Snohomish 4,710 4,651 70003150000000000003.15 sq mi (8.2 km2)
Sumas Whatcom 1,325 1,307 70001480000000000001.48 sq mi (3.8 km2)
Sumner Pierce 9,562 9,451 70007510000000000007.51 sq mi (19.5 km2)
Sunnyside Yakima 16,113 15,858 70006630000000000006.63 sq mi (17.2 km2)
Tacoma Pierce 200,678 198,397 700149720000000000049.72 sq mi (128.8 km2)
Tekoa Whitman 787 778 70001139900000999991.14 sq mi (3.0 km2)
Tenino Thurston 1,724 1,695 70001440000000000001.44 sq mi (3.7 km2)
Tieton Yakima 1,211 1,191 69998200099999000000.82 sq mi (2.1 km2)
Toledo Lewis 729 725 69994000000000000000.40 sq mi (1.0 km2)
Tonasket Okanogan 1,038 1,032 69998000000000000000.80 sq mi (2.1 km2)
Toppenish Yakima 9,095 8,949 70002090099999000002.09 sq mi (5.4 km2)
Tukwila King 19,486 19,107 70009170000000000009.17 sq mi (23.8 km2)
Tumwater Thurston 17,671 17,371 700114320000000000014.32 sq mi (37.1 km2)
Union Gap Yakima 6,145 6,047 70005050000000000005.05 sq mi (13.1 km2)
University Place Pierce 31,511 31,144 70008420000000000008.42 sq mi (21.8 km2)
Vader Lewis 626 621 69999300000000000000.93 sq mi (2.4 km2)
Vancouver Clark 164,759 161,791 700146460000000000046.46 sq mi (120.3 km2)
Waitsburg Walla Walla 1,235 1,217 70001110000000000001.11 sq mi (2.9 km2)
Walla Walla Walla Walla 32,148 31,731 700112800000000000012.80 sq mi (33.2 km2)
Wapato Yakima 5,073 4,997 70001170000000000001.17 sq mi (3.0 km2)
Warden Grant 2,758 2,692 70002580000000000002.58 sq mi (6.7 km2)
Washougal Clark 14,357 14,095 70005420000000000005.42 sq mi (14.0 km2)
Wenatchee Chelan 32,373 31,925 70007770000000000007.77 sq mi (20.1 km2)
West Richland Benton 12,184 11,811 700121920000000000021.92 sq mi (56.8 km2)
Westport Grays Harbor 2,092 2,099 70003700000000000003.70 sq mi (9.6 km2)
White Salmon Klickitat 2,266 2,224 70001220000000000001.22 sq mi (3.2 km2)
Winlock Lewis 1,346 1,339 70001290000000000001.29 sq mi (3.3 km2)
Woodinville King 11,157 10,938 70005600000000999995.60 sq mi (14.5 km2)
Woodland Cowlitz
Clark
5,512 5,509 70003370000000000003.37 sq mi (8.7 km2)
Woodway Snohomish 1,324 1,307 70001110000000000001.11 sq mi (2.9 km2)
Yakima Yakima 92,512 91,067 700127180000000000027.18 sq mi (70.4 km2)
Yelm Thurston 6,965 6,848 70005680000000000005.68 sq mi (14.7 km2)
Zillah Yakima 3,011 2,964 70001780000000000001.78 sq mi (4.6 km2)

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