Washington · Census place 5306330

Black Diamond, Washington

Black Diamond is a city in King County, Washington with an estimated 6,787 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 112th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,787
#112 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
+40.1%
+1,941 people
Land area
6.6 sq mi
+ 0.60 sq mi water
Density
1,028 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Black Diamond. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Black Diamond population, 2020 to 2024

Black Diamond added 1,941 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +40.1%. In the latest year it moved by +298. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Black Diamond is 37% of it.

4,84620205,57420216,13520226,48920236,7872024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,695. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Black Diamond covers 6.60 square miles of land and 0.60 of water, for 1,028 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Black Diamond is less dense than the typical town.

What county Black Diamond is in

All of Black Diamond's residents live in King County, which had 2,340,211 residents in 2024. Black Diamond holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Black Diamond

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Black Diamond by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98010. 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 Black Diamond is

The Census internal point of Black Diamond is at 47.314700, -122.017700. Olympia, the capital, is 45.7 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Maple Valley, WA (28,553 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Kent, WA, 10.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.314700, -122.017700
DMS
47°18'52.92"N 122°01'3.72"W
UTM
10N 574240.0E 5240604.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
84VV8X7J+VW

Daylight in Black Diamond

At 47.31° N, Black Diamond gets about 15 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Black Diamond

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Maple Valley, 3.7 miles away, with 28,553 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Black Diamond, WA?

6,787 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,941 (40.1%) from 4,846 in July 2020.

What county is Black Diamond in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Black Diamond?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98010.

How far is Black Diamond from Olympia?

45.7 miles (73.5 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Black Diamond.

What is the nearest larger city to Black Diamond?

Maple Valley, WA, with 28,553 residents, 3.7 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.