Washington · Census place 5336710
La Center, Washington
La Center is a city in Clark County, Washington with an estimated 4,256 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 130th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,256
- #130 of 206 in Washington
- Change since 2020
- +22.5%
- +781 people
- Land area
- 2.6 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,618 / sq mi
- State median 2,694
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La Center population, 2020 to 2024
La Center added 781 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +22.5%. In the latest year it moved by +240.
La Center covers 2.63 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,618 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so La Center is less dense than the typical town.
What county La Center is in
All of La Center's residents live in Clark County, which had 527,269 residents in 2024. La Center holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in La Center
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap La Center by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98629, 98642. 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 La Center is
The Census internal point of La Center is at 45.860500, -122.675700. Olympia, the capital, is 81.9 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ridgefield, WA (15,359 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Vancouver, WA, 15.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.860500, -122.675700
- DMS
- 45°51'37.80"N 122°40'32.52"W
- UTM
- 10N 525174.3E 5078599.4N
- Geohash
- c20ubkwkc
- Plus code
- 84QVV86F+6P
Daylight in La Center
At 45.86° N, La Center gets about 15 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near La Center
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Ridgefield, 3.0 miles away, with 15,359 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of La Center, WA?
4,256 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 781 (22.5%) from 3,475 in July 2020.
What county is La Center in?
Clark County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover La Center?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 98629, 98642.
How far is La Center from Olympia?
81.9 miles (131.8 km) in a straight line, heading N from La Center.
What is the nearest larger city to La Center?
Ridgefield, WA, with 15,359 residents, 3.0 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.