Washington · Census place 5308850
Burien, Washington
Burien is a city in King County, Washington with an estimated 52,046 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 25th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 52,046
- #25 of 206 in Washington
- Change since 2020
- +0.1%
- +50 people
- Land area
- 10.0 sq mi
- + 1.15 sq mi water
- Density
- 5,184 / sq mi
- State median 2,694
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Burien population, 2020 to 2024
Burien added 50 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +700. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 87th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Burien is 2.9 times that size.
Burien covers 10.04 square miles of land and 1.15 of water, for 5,184 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Burien is denser than the typical town.
What county Burien is in
All of Burien's residents live in King County, which had 2,340,211 residents in 2024. Burien holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Burien
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Burien by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98146, 98148, 98166, 98168. 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 Burien is
The Census internal point of Burien is at 47.475600, -122.344700. Olympia, the capital, is 40.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Renton, WA (105,543 people), 7.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 47.475600, -122.344700
- DMS
- 47°28'32.16"N 122°20'40.92"W
- UTM
- 10N 549375.7E 5258226.1N
- Geohash
- c22ypfxm3
- Plus code
- 84VVFMG4+64
Daylight in Burien
At 47.48° N, Burien gets about 15 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Burien
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Normandy Park, 2.9 miles away, with 6,661 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Burien, WA?
52,046 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 50 (0.1%) from 51,996 in July 2020.
What county is Burien in?
King County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Burien?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 98146, 98148, 98166, 98168.
How far is Burien from Olympia?
40.0 miles (64.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Burien.
What is the nearest larger city to Burien?
Renton, WA, with 105,543 residents, 7.0 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.