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Pacific County
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county in the state of Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- Founded
- February 4, 1851
- Named after
- Pacific Ocean
- Seat
- South Bend
- Largest city
- Raymond
- Total
- 1,223 sq mi (3,170 km )
- Land
- 933 sq mi (2,420 km )
- Water
- 291 sq mi (750 km ) 24%
- Estimate 2025
- 24,357
- Density
- 19/sq mi (7.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .co .pacific .wa .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Pacific Ocean
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Washington
- Contains
- South Bend
- Capital
- South Bend
- Population
- 23365
- Area
- 3169
- Shares border with
- Clatsop County
- Official website
- www.co.pacific.wa.us
- Image
- Pacific County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 9714
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- native label
- Pacific County
- topic has template
- Template:Pacific County, Washington
- Commons category
- Pacific County, Washington
- topic's main category
- Category:Pacific County, Washington
- inception
- 1851-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 24
- per capita income
- 28339
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Pacific County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,365. Its county seat is South Bend, and its largest city is Raymond. The county was formed by the government of Oregon Territory in February 1851 and is named for the Pacific Ocean.
Pacific County is centered on Willapa Bay, a region that provides twenty-five percent of the United States oyster harvest, although forestry, fishing, and tourism are also significant elements of the county's economy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pacific County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.