Population
In the 2010 census, Western Washington had a population of 5,229,486 out of the 6,724,540 in the entire state of Washington. This makes the population comparable to that of Minnesota with a population of 5,303,925. It has a land area of 24,742 square miles (64,080 km2), for a population density of 211.36 people per square mile (81.61 people per square kilometer).
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—State of Oklahoma, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
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