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Pierce County
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county in the state of Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- Founded
- December 22, 1852 (created)
- Named after
- Franklin Pierce
- Seat
- Tacoma
- Largest city
- Tacoma
- County executive
- Ryan Mello
- Total
- 1,805.491 sq mi (4,676.20 km )
- Land
- 1,668.025 sq mi (4,320.16 km )
- Water
- 137.466 sq mi (356.04 km ) 7.61%
- Estimate 2025
- 946,288
- Density
- 552.23/sq mi (213.22/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Area code
- 253 , 360 , 564
- Congressional districts
- 6th , 8th , 10th
- Website
- piercecountywa.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Franklin Pierce
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Washington
- Contains
- Gig Harbor
- Capital
- Tacoma
- Population
- 921130
- Area
- 4679
- Shares border with
- Kittitas County
- Official website
- piercecountywa.gov
- Image
- Old City Hall in Tacoma, WA 2.jpg
- Households
- 330999
Show 11 more facts
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Pierce County, Washington
- topic's main category
- Category:Pierce County, Washington
- Commons category
- Pierce County, Washington
- inception
- 1852-12-22
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Pierce County, Washington
- topic has template
- Template:Pierce County, Washington
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pierce County, Washington
- different from
- Pierce County
- water as percent of area
- 7.6
- native label
- Pierce County
- per capita income
- 36548
Sources (10)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Mount Rainier from Ricksecker Point, 1932 Tacoma—seat of Pierce County Hazard map of Mount Rainier Lava flows and pyroclastic flows
Electron Mudflow-sized event (generally large in size)
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