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 Common name: Puget Sound Metropolitan Area (Figure STB: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue CSA). |
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| Largest city | Seattle |
| Other cities | - Tacoma - Bellevue - Everett |
| Population | Ranked 15th in the U.S. |
| - Total | 3,344,813 |
| - Density | 543 /sq. mi. 210 /km² |
| Area | 5,894 sq. mi. 15,265 km² |
| State(s) | Washington |
| Elevation | |
| - Highest point | N/A feet (N/A m) |
| - Lowest point | N/A feet (N/A m) |
The Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington includes the city of Seattle, King County, Snohomish County, and Pierce County within the Puget Sound region. The U.S. Census Bureau defines the metropolitan area as the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area, with an estimated population of 3,344,813,[1]making it the 15th largest United States Metropolitan Statistical Area.
As defined by the United States Census Bureau, the Seattle metropolitan area is made up of the following counties (see Fig. STB):
- Seattle–Bellevue–Everett metropolitan division
- King County: Seattle and its immediate vicinity
- Snohomish County: north of Seattle
- Tacoma metropolitan division
- Pierce County: south of Seattle
Based on commuting patterns, the adjacent metropolitan areas of Olympia, Bremerton, and Mount Vernon, along with a few smaller satellite urban areas, are grouped together in a wider labor market region known as the Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia Combined Statistical Area (CSA) (See Figure STO'). The population of this wider region is 4,087,033.[2] The Seattle CSA is the 13th largest CSA in the country. The additional metropolitan and micropolitan areas included are:
- Bremerton–Silverdale metropolitan area
- Kitsap County: west of Seattle, separated from the city by Puget Sound; connected to Seattle by ferry and to Tacoma by the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
- Olympia metropolitan area
- Thurston County: southwest of Seattle, at the south end of Puget Sound
- Mount Vernon–Anacortes metropolitan area
- Oak Harbor micropolitan area
- Island County: northwest of Everett, encompassing Whidbey and Camano Islands in Puget Sound
- Shelton micropolitan area
- Mason County: west of Tacoma and northwest of Olympia
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Cities
Major:
Other:
- Auburn
- Bothell
- Burien
- Edmonds
- Federal Way
- Kent
- Kirkland
- Lakewood
- Lynnwood
- Mercer Island
- Puyallup
- Redmond
- Renton
Transportation
Major Airports
Major Highways
U.S. Route 2
Interstate 5
State Route 7
State Route 9
State Route 16
State Route 18
Interstate 90
State Route 99
U.S. Route 101
State Route 202
Interstate 405
State Route 520
State Route 522
Interstate 605 (proposed)
Interstate 705
Mass Transit
- Sound Transit, trains, buses, lightrail in Puget Sound area
- Community Transit, buses in Snohomish County
- King County Metro, buses in King County
- Pierce Transit, buses in Pierce County
References
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 (CBSA-EST2008-01)" (CSV). United States Census Bureau, Population Division. http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2008/CBSA-EST2008-01.csv. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Population of Combined Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 (CBSA-EST2008-02)" (CSV). United States Census Bureau, Population Division. http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2008/CBSA-EST2008-02.csv. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
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