Federal Way, Washington

Federal Way population, 2020 to 2024

Federal Way lost 742 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1,422. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 99th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Federal Way is 5.5 times that size.

Federal Way covers 22.32 square miles of land and 1.40 of water, for 4,492 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Federal Way is denser than the typical town.

What county Federal Way is in

All of Federal Way's residents live in King County, which had 2,340,211 residents in 2024. Federal Way holds 4.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Federal Way

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Federal Way by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98003, 98023. 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 Federal Way is

The Census internal point of Federal Way is at 47.311600, -122.337800. Olympia, the capital, is 32.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tacoma, WA (228,202 people), 7.0 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 126 m (413 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Federal Way

At 47.31° N, Federal Way 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. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Federal Way daylight page.

Places near Federal Way

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Milton, 4.2 miles away, with 8,833 people.