Washington State
Washington State: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
state · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Washington State at a glance
Rolled up from the 30 regions inside Washington State on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Population7,740,984
census
Places inside30
17 with a full /local page
Businesses on file168,046
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered250
in the company directory
Who represents them6
places with a /politics page
Property & employers6 · 0
/property and /employers records
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Who leads Washington State, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-08 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
Leadership
Economy & households
- Population
- 8,176,300 persons (OFM April 1 official estimate) (2026-04) ↗
- GDP
- 892,254.8 USD millions, current dollars (BEA, all-industry total) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 4.8 % seasonally adjusted, preliminary (BLS LAUS) (2026-09) ↗
- Median household income
- 112,600 USD, current dollars (Census CPS ASEC, via FRED) (2025) ↗
- Home ownership
- 63.4 % (Census CPS/HVS annual) (2025) ↗
- Debt per person with a credit report
- 85,900 USD per person with a credit score (not per household); NY Fed Consumer Credit Panel via USAFacts (2025) ↗
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Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| King County (Seattle, Bellevue) ↗ | 845,000 USD | median sale (NWMLS closed sales, residential + condo) | 2026-08 |
| Snohomish County (Everett) ↗ | 724,500 USD | median sale (NWMLS closed sales, residential + condo) | 2026-08 |
| Pierce County (Tacoma) ↗ | 589,000 USD | median sale (NWMLS closed sales, residential + condo) | 2026-08 |
| Kitsap County (Bremerton) ↗ | 600,000 USD | median sale (NWMLS closed sales, residential + condo) | 2026-08 |
| Thurston County (Olympia) ↗ | 535,000 USD | median sale (NWMLS closed sales, residential + condo) | 2026-08 |
| NWMLS service area total ↗ | 635,000 USD | median sale (NWMLS closed sales, residential + condo, all member counties) | 2026-08 |
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Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
| Language | Share | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language other than English ↗ | 22.3% | % of people age 5+ speaking a language other than English at home (ACS 2024, ~1.68M people) | 2024 |
| Spanish ↗ | 40.8% | % of non-English-at-home speakers age 5+ who speak Spanish (~685,000 people; ACS 2024) | 2024 |
| English ↗ | de facto main language; the state has no official language; the 2nd and 3rd most-spoken home languages are Chinese (incl. Mandarin and Cantonese) and Vietnamese (no shares published) | 2024 |
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Largest companies in Washington State
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon (Seattle) ↗ | revenue (Fortune 500 2026 rank #1) | 716,924 USD millions | 2026 |
| Microsoft (Redmond) ↗ | revenue (Fortune 500 2026 rank #11) | 281,724 USD millions | 2026 |
| Costco Wholesale (Issaquah) ↗ | revenue (Fortune 500 2026 rank #13) | 275,235 USD millions | 2026 |
| Starbucks (Seattle) ↗ | revenue (Fortune 500 2026 rank #127) | 37,184.4 USD millions | 2026 |
| Coupang (Seattle) ↗ | revenue (Fortune 500 2026 rank #132) | 34,534 USD millions | 2026 |
| Paccar (Bellevue) ↗ | revenue (Fortune 500 2026 rank #158) | 28,444.8 USD millions | 2026 |
| Expedia Group (Seattle) ↗ | revenue (Fortune 500 2026 rank #304) | 14,733 USD millions | 2026 |
| Alaska Air Group (Seattle) ↗ | revenue (Fortune 500 2026 rank #322) | 14,239 USD millions | 2026 |
| Expeditors International of Washington (Bellevue) ↗ | revenue (Fortune 500 2026 rank #394) | 11,069 USD millions | 2026 |
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Worth knowing
- 2026-06Washington's population grew by an estimated 61,200 to 8,176,300 between April 2025 and April 2026. Net migration made up 72% of the increase (43,870 people). ↗
- 2026-06From April 2025 to March 2026 the state added 41,000 housing units, 7,300 fewer than the year before. ↗
- 2026-06Seattle-based Amazon ranks #1 on the 2026 Fortune 500 with $716.9B in revenue. Nine Fortune 500 companies have their headquarters in Washington. ↗
- 2026-08King County's median sale price fell 3.43% year over year to $845,000 in August 2026, while active listings rose 30%. That is NWMLS data. ↗
- 2026-09Washington's 4.8% unemployment rate in September 2026 (preliminary, seasonally adjusted) ranked 45th among the states. ↗
- 2026-08The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Seattle home price index stood at 383.19 in August 2026 (Jan 2000 = 100, seasonally adjusted). ↗
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Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
Median household income$94,952
Median rent$1,682/mo
Immigrants15.1%
Renters36.1%
Aged 65+16.3%
Unemployment4.9%
Low income9.9%
Speak a language other than English19.8%
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
- Spanish657,756 · 8.5%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages145,165 · 1.9%
- Other Indo-European languages142,077 · 1.8%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)134,060 · 1.7%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages109,747 · 1.4%
- Other and unspecified languages79,065 · 1%
- Vietnamese68,740 · 0.9%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)62,311 · 0.8%
- Korean52,583 · 0.7%
- German or other West Germanic languages29,807 · 0.4%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun27,580 · 0.4%
- Arabic24,525 · 0.3%
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Largest places in Washington State
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Seattle, Washington full784,777
- 2.Spokane, Washington full228,989
- 3.Tacoma, Washington full219,346
- 4.Vancouver, WA full190,915
- 5.Yakima, WA full96,968
- 6.Bellingham, WA full91,482
- 7.Pasco-Richland-Kennewick (Tri-Cities), WA full83,921
- 8.Redmond, Washington full73,256
- 9.Olympia-Lacey, Washington full55,583
- 10.Wenatchee & East Wenatchee, WA full35,508
- 11.Mt. Vernon, Washington full35,219
- 12.Walla Walla, Washington full34,060
- 13.Pullman, Washington full32,901
- 14.Moses Lake, WA full25,146
- 15.Bainbridge Island, WA24,825
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Inside Washington State
29 regions have Washington State as their parent.
- Anacortes, WA
- Bainbridge Island, WA
- Bellingham, WA
- Blaine, WA
- Bonney Lake, WA
- Bridgeport, WA
- Clarkston, WA
- Cle Elum, WA
- Forks, WA
- La Push, WA
- Longview, Washington
- Lopez Island, WA
- Moses Lake, WA
- Mt. Vernon, Washington
- Ocean Shores, WA
- Olympia-Lacey, Washington
- Oroville, WA
- Pasco-Richland-Kennewick (Tri-Cities), WA
- Port Angeles, WA
- Pullman, Washington
- Redmond, Washington
- San Juan Islands island
- Seattle, Washington
- Spokane, Washington
- Tacoma, Washington
- Vancouver, WA
- Walla Walla, Washington
- Wenatchee & East Wenatchee, WA
- Yakima, WA
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Companies based in Washington State
250 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in Washington State. Search them by name or industry.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Washington State are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.