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
Orange pin: Washington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 13,148. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

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
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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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.