Washington · Census place 5352495

Pacific, Washington

Pacific is a city in 2 counties of Washington with an estimated 7,085 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 109th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,085
#109 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
-2.1%
-153 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
2,928 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Pacific. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Olympia.

Pacific population, 2020 to 2024

Pacific lost 153 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +66. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 118th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Pacific is 39% of it.

7,23820207,11520217,04020227,01920237,0852024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,240. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pacific covers 2.42 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,928 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Pacific is close to the typical town.

The 2 counties Pacific spans

Pacific crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 7,085 residents as follows; King County holds 99.4% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01King County7,043
  2. 02Pierce County42
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Pacific

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Pacific by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98001, 98047. 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 Pacific is

The Census internal point of Pacific is at 47.262000, -122.252400. Olympia, the capital, is 34.2 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sumner, WA (10,885 people), 2.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Federal Way, WA, 5.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.262000, -122.252400
DMS
47°15'43.20"N 122°15'8.64"W
UTM
10N 556558.2E 5234550.9N
Geohash
c23hf5f90
Plus code
84VV7P6X+R2

Daylight in Pacific

At 47.26° N, Pacific gets about 15 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pacific

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Algona, 1.4 miles away, with 3,269 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pacific, WA?

7,085 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 153 (2.1%) from 7,238 in July 2020.

What county is Pacific in?

It spans 2 counties: King County (7,043 residents), Pierce County (42 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Pacific?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 98001, 98047.

How far is Pacific from Olympia?

34.2 miles (55.0 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Pacific.

What is the nearest larger city to Pacific?

Sumner, WA, with 10,885 residents, 2.5 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.