Washington · Census place 5370000
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma is a city in Pierce County, Washington with an estimated 228,202 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 3rd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 228,202
- #3 of 206 in Washington
- Change since 2020
- +3.8%
- +8,446 people
- Land area
- 49.7 sq mi
- + 12.71 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,590 / sq mi
- State median 2,694
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Tacoma population, 2020 to 2024
Tacoma added 8,446 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.8%. In the latest year it moved by +3,316. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 50th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Tacoma is 12.6 times that size.
Tacoma covers 49.72 square miles of land and 12.71 of water, for 4,590 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Tacoma is denser than the typical town.
What county Tacoma is in
All of Tacoma's residents live in Pierce County, which had 941,170 residents in 2024. Tacoma holds 24.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Tacoma
15 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Tacoma by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98402, 98403, 98404, 98405, 98406, 98407, 98408, 98409, 98416, 98418, 98421, 98422, 98444, 98465, 98466. 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 Tacoma is
The Census internal point of Tacoma is at 47.252200, -122.459800. Olympia, the capital, is 25.5 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Seattle, WA (780,995 people), 25.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Federal Way, WA, 7.0 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 118 m (387 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 47.252200, -122.459800
- DMS
- 47°15'7.92"N 122°27'35.28"W
- UTM
- 10N 540875.3E 5233332.3N
- Geohash
- c22uv652p
- Plus code
- 84VV7G2R+V3
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
Daylight in Tacoma
At 47.25° N, Tacoma 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. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Tacoma daylight page.
Places near Tacoma
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Fircrest, 3.0 miles away, with 6,988 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Tacoma, WA?
228,202 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8,446 (3.8%) from 219,756 in July 2020.
What county is Tacoma in?
Pierce County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Tacoma?
15 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 98402, 98403, 98404, 98405, 98406, 98407, 98408, 98409, 98416, 98418, 98421, 98422, and more.
How far is Tacoma from Olympia?
25.5 miles (41.1 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Tacoma.
What is the nearest larger city to Tacoma?
Seattle, WA, with 780,995 residents, 25.8 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.