Washington · Census place 5300100
Aberdeen, Washington
Aberdeen is a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington with an estimated 17,044 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 65th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 17,044
- #65 of 206 in Washington
- Change since 2020
- +0.0%
- +7 people
- Land area
- 10.9 sq mi
- + 1.70 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,568 / sq mi
- State median 2,694
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Aberdeen population, 2020 to 2024
Aberdeen added 7 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by -21. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 90th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Aberdeen is 94% of it.
Aberdeen covers 10.87 square miles of land and 1.70 of water, for 1,568 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Aberdeen is less dense than the typical town.
What county Aberdeen is in
All of Aberdeen's residents live in Grays Harbor County, which had 77,893 residents in 2024. Aberdeen holds 21.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Aberdeen
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Aberdeen by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98520. 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 Aberdeen is
The Census internal point of Aberdeen is at 46.975200, -123.811400. Olympia, the capital, is 43.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tumwater, WA (27,826 people), 42.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tacoma, WA, 66.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 46.975200, -123.811400
- DMS
- 46°58'30.72"N 123°48'41.04"W
- UTM
- 10N 438284.4E 5202727.7N
- Geohash
- c0rgnxe63
- Plus code
- 84RRX5GQ+3C
Daylight in Aberdeen
At 46.98° N, Aberdeen gets about 15 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Aberdeen
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Cosmopolis, 2.3 miles away, with 1,663 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Aberdeen, WA?
17,044 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7 (0.0%) from 17,037 in July 2020.
What county is Aberdeen in?
Grays Harbor County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Aberdeen?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98520.
How far is Aberdeen from Olympia?
43.1 miles (69.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from Aberdeen.
What is the nearest larger city to Aberdeen?
Tumwater, WA, with 27,826 residents, 42.1 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.