Washington · Census place 5356625

Pullman, Washington

Pullman is a city in Whitman County, Washington with an estimated 33,543 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 39th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
33,543
#39 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
+2.1%
+686 people
Land area
11.1 sq mi
Density
3,016 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Pullman. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Pullman population, 2020 to 2024

Pullman added 686 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +380. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 66th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Pullman is 1.8 times that size.

32.9k202028.6k202133.0k202233.2k202333.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 32,905. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pullman covers 11.12 square miles of land, for 3,016 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Pullman is denser than the typical town.

What county Pullman is in

All of Pullman's residents live in Whitman County, which had 48,399 residents in 2024. Pullman holds 69.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pullman

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pullman by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99163. 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 Pullman is

The Census internal point of Pullman is at 46.733100, -117.168300. Olympia, the capital, is 271.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lewiston, ID (34,693 people), 24.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 64.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.733100, -117.168300
DMS
46°43'59.16"N 117°10'5.88"W
UTM
11N 487141.3E 5175518.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
85R4PRMJ+6M

Daylight in Pullman

At 46.73° N, Pullman gets about 15 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pullman

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Palouse, 13.0 miles away, with 1,029 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pullman, WA?

33,543 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 686 (2.1%) from 32,857 in July 2020.

What county is Pullman in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pullman?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 99163.

How far is Pullman from Olympia?

271.4 miles (436.8 km) in a straight line, heading W from Pullman.

What is the nearest larger city to Pullman?

Lewiston, ID, with 34,693 residents, 24.9 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.