Washington · Census place 5305210
Bellevue, Washington
Bellevue is a city in King County, Washington with an estimated 154,377 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 5th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 154,377
- #5 of 206 in Washington
- Change since 2020
- +1.7%
- +2,591 people
- Land area
- 33.5 sq mi
- + 4.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,612 / sq mi
- State median 2,694
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Bellevue population, 2020 to 2024
Bellevue added 2,591 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +2,023. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 68th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Bellevue is 8.5 times that size.
Bellevue covers 33.47 square miles of land and 4.04 of water, for 4,612 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Bellevue is denser than the typical town.
What county Bellevue is in
All of Bellevue's residents live in King County, which had 2,340,211 residents in 2024. Bellevue holds 6.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bellevue
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bellevue by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98004, 98005, 98006, 98007, 98008. 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 Bellevue is
The Census internal point of Bellevue is at 47.597800, -122.156500. Olympia, the capital, is 52.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Seattle, WA (780,995 people), 9.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Renton, WA, 8.4 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 90 m (295 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 47.597800, -122.156500
- DMS
- 47°35'52.08"N 122°09'23.40"W
- UTM
- 10N 563408.6E 5271943.6N
- Geohash
- c23nu2bm7
- Plus code
- 84VVHRXV+4C
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
Daylight in Bellevue
At 47.60° N, Bellevue gets about 15 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Bellevue daylight page.
Places near Bellevue
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Clyde Hill, 3.6 miles away, with 3,158 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bellevue, WA?
154,377 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,591 (1.7%) from 151,786 in July 2020.
What county is Bellevue in?
King County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bellevue?
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 98004, 98005, 98006, 98007, 98008.
How far is Bellevue from Olympia?
52.1 miles (83.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Bellevue.
What is the nearest larger city to Bellevue?
Seattle, WA, with 780,995 residents, 9.2 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.