Washington · Census place 5315115

Coulee Dam, Washington

Coulee Dam is a town in 2 counties of Washington with an estimated 1,242 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 192nd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,242
#192 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
+2.4%
+29 people
Land area
0.7 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
1,725 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Coulee Dam. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Olympia.

Measure from here

Tools and pages that start from Coulee Dam

Coulee Dam population, 2020 to 2024

Coulee Dam added 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

1,21320201,22120211,22020221,22820231,2422024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,214. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Coulee Dam covers 0.72 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,725 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Coulee Dam is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Coulee Dam spans

Coulee Dam crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,242 residents as follows; Okanogan County holds 83.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Okanogan County1,042
  2. 02Douglas County200
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Coulee Dam

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Coulee Dam by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 99116. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Coulee Dam is

The Census internal point of Coulee Dam is at 47.968500, -118.976300. Olympia, the capital, is 194.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bridgeport, WA (2,261 people), 32.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane, WA, 74.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.968500, -118.976300
DMS
47°58'6.60"N 118°58'34.68"W
UTM
11N 352490.2E 5314689.1N
Geohash
c2e2uskhg
Plus code
85V3X29F+CF

Daylight in Coulee Dam

At 47.97° N, Coulee Dam gets about 16 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Coulee Dam

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Bridgeport, 32.3 miles away, with 2,261 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Coulee Dam, WA?

1,242 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 29 (2.4%) from 1,213 in July 2020.

What county is Coulee Dam in?

It spans 2 counties: Okanogan County (1,042 residents), Douglas County (200 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Coulee Dam?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 99116.

How far is Coulee Dam from Olympia?

194.1 miles (312.4 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Coulee Dam.

What is the nearest larger city to Coulee Dam?

Bridgeport, WA, with 2,261 residents, 32.3 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.