Washington · Census place 5301290

Algona, Washington

Algona is a city in King County, Washington with an estimated 3,269 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 139th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,269
#139 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
-0.5%
-17 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
2,534 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Algona. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Algona population, 2020 to 2024

Algona lost 17 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +35.

3,28620203,24220213,22620223,23420233,2692024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,289. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Algona covers 1.29 square miles of land, for 2,534 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Algona is close to the typical town.

What county Algona is in

All of Algona's residents live in King County, which had 2,340,211 residents in 2024. Algona holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Algona

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Algona by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98001. 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 Algona is

The Census internal point of Algona is at 47.282000, -122.250500. Olympia, the capital, is 34.9 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pacific, WA (7,085 people), 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Federal Way, WA, 4.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.282000, -122.250500
DMS
47°16'55.20"N 122°15'1.80"W
UTM
10N 556680.5E 5236774.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
84VV7PJX+QR

Daylight in Algona

At 47.28° N, Algona gets about 15 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Algona

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Pacific, 1.4 miles away, with 7,085 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Algona, WA?

3,269 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 17 (0.5%) from 3,286 in July 2020.

What county is Algona in?

King County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Algona?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98001.

How far is Algona from Olympia?

34.9 miles (56.2 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Algona.

What is the nearest larger city to Algona?

Pacific, WA, with 7,085 residents, 1.4 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.