Pennsylvania · Census place 4281328
Washington, Pennsylvania
Washington is a city in Washington County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 13,334 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 47th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 13,334
- #47 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- +1.5%
- +192 people
- Land area
- 2.9 sq mi
- Density
- 4,551 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Washington population, 2020 to 2024
Washington added 192 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -51. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 46th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Washington is 1.6 times that size.
Washington covers 2.93 square miles of land, for 4,551 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Washington is denser than the typical town.
What county Washington is in
All of Washington's residents live in Washington County, which had 210,434 residents in 2024. Washington holds 6.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Washington
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Washington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 15301. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Washington is
The Census internal point of Washington is at 40.174200, -80.246800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 177.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bethel Park, PA (32,376 people), 15.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 23.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.174200, -80.246800
- DMS
- 40°10'27.12"N 80°14'48.48"W
- UTM
- 17N 564129.6E 4447363.9N
- Geohash
- dpnutcqpd
- Plus code
- 86GX5QF3+M7
Daylight in Washington
At 40.17° N, Washington gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Washington
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is East Washington, 0.8 miles away, with 1,821 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Washington, PA?
13,334 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 192 (1.5%) from 13,142 in July 2020.
What county is Washington in?
Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Washington?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15301.
How far is Washington from Harrisburg?
177.5 miles (285.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Washington.
What is the nearest larger city to Washington?
Bethel Park, PA, with 32,376 residents, 15.2 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.