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Pierce County, Washington

A county in Washington, ranked 2 of 39 by population.

CountyFIPS 53053

Within Washington
Pierce County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Tacoma, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
946,288
+22,679 (+2.5%) since 2020
Land area
1,668
square miles. A further 7.6% of the total area is water
Population density
567
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Tacoma
Seat of county government.
Established
1852
173 years ago
Largest city
Tacoma city
Population 229,816.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Pierce County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Pierce County, Washington from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 568 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Pierce County ranks

Position among the 39 counties of Washington, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn WashingtonNationally
Population946,2882nd of 3960th of 3,144
Land area1,668 sq mi23rd of 39362nd of 3,144
Population density567 per sq mi4th of 39256th of 3,144
Median household income$99,5644th of 39172nd of 3,143

Full data for Pierce County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population946,288Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020923,609Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?921,151Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,668 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area137.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,805 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?567 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$99,564American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$526,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households351,330American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units369,709American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+2,626
10,600 births, 7,974 deaths
Net migration
+3,782
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Pierce County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
King CountyWashington78 mi2,344,939
Thurston CountyWashington62 mi304,261
Lewis CountyWashington42 mi88,062
Yakima CountyWashington29 mi259,185
Mason CountyWashington16 mi71,165
Kitsap CountyWashington12 mi283,374

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Side by side

All 39 counties of Washington

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.