Washington · Census place 5355365

Port Angeles, Washington

Port Angeles is a city in Clallam County, Washington with an estimated 20,112 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 58th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
20,112
#58 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
+0.5%
+110 people
Land area
10.7 sq mi
+ 3.82 sq mi water
Density
1,878 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Port Angeles. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Port Angeles population, 2020 to 2024

Port Angeles added 110 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +45. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 81st; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Port Angeles is 1.1 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 19,958. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Port Angeles covers 10.71 square miles of land and 3.82 of water, for 1,878 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Port Angeles is less dense than the typical town.

What county Port Angeles is in

All of Port Angeles's residents live in Clallam County, which had 77,958 residents in 2024. Port Angeles holds 25.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Port Angeles

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Port Angeles by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98362, 98363. 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 Port Angeles is

The Census internal point of Port Angeles is at 48.119200, -123.448000. Olympia, the capital, is 79.1 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oak Harbor, WA (24,163 people), 39.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Everett, WA, 59.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
48.119200, -123.448000
DMS
48°07'9.12"N 123°26'52.80"W
UTM
10N 466658.3E 5329646.0N
Geohash
c281wzgft
Plus code
84WR4H92+MR

Daylight in Port Angeles

At 48.12° N, Port Angeles gets about 16 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Port Angeles

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Sequim, 16.9 miles away, with 8,199 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Port Angeles, WA?

20,112 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 110 (0.5%) from 20,002 in July 2020.

What county is Port Angeles in?

Clallam County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Port Angeles?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 98362, 98363.

How far is Port Angeles from Olympia?

79.1 miles (127.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Port Angeles.

What is the nearest larger city to Port Angeles?

Oak Harbor, WA, with 24,163 residents, 39.6 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.