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Washington: Population

Washington...

  • had a population of 7,061,530 in 2014;
     
  • gained 336,990 residents between 2010 and 2014;
  • grew by 5.0 percent between 2010 and 2014, compared to an increase of 3.3 percent in the U.S. as a whole;    

  • gained 3,648,286 residents since 1970.
 

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Note: 2013 estimates were revised per the Census Bureau's updates when the 2014 data were released.

Source: 1970 & 1980: U.S. Bureau of the Census, County Population Census Counts, (http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/cencounts.html);
2001-2009, 2011-2014: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Population Estimates Program, (http://www.census.gov/popest/);
1990, 2000, 2010: U.S. Bureau of the Census, American Factfinder, (http://factfinder2.census.gov/); DATE LAST UPDATED: April 13, 2015.

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