Washington · Census place 5334645
Kalama, Washington
Kalama is a city in Cowlitz County, Washington with an estimated 3,131 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 143rd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,131
- #143 of 206 in Washington
- Change since 2020
- +5.3%
- +158 people
- Land area
- 3.6 sq mi
- + 0.26 sq mi water
- Density
- 870 / sq mi
- State median 2,694
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Kalama population, 2020 to 2024
Kalama added 158 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.3%. In the latest year it moved by +57.
Kalama covers 3.60 square miles of land and 0.26 of water, for 870 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Kalama is less dense than the typical town.
What county Kalama is in
All of Kalama's residents live in Cowlitz County, which had 113,982 residents in 2024. Kalama holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Kalama
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kalama by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98625. 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 Kalama is
The Census internal point of Kalama is at 46.017100, -122.841900. Olympia, the capital, is 70.5 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kelso, WA (12,737 people), 7.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Vancouver, WA, 28.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 46.017100, -122.841900
- DMS
- 46°01'1.56"N 122°50'30.84"W
- UTM
- 10N 512238.3E 5095959.6N
- Geohash
- c20tu9jm0
- Plus code
- 84RV2585+R6
Daylight in Kalama
At 46.02° N, Kalama gets about 15 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Kalama
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Kelso, 7.2 miles away, with 12,737 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Kalama, WA?
3,131 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 158 (5.3%) from 2,973 in July 2020.
What county is Kalama in?
Cowlitz County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Kalama?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98625.
How far is Kalama from Olympia?
70.5 miles (113.4 km) in a straight line, heading N from Kalama.
What is the nearest larger city to Kalama?
Kelso, WA, with 12,737 residents, 7.2 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)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.