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County · Washington
King County
2,340,211Population
3.1 %Change since 2020
18,282Net migration
4.5 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 2,340,211 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 3.1 %
- Net migration
- 18,282 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.5 % (2025)
- State
- Washington
- Population base, April 2020
- 2,269,666 (2020)
- Births
- 22,855 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.8
- Deaths
- 15,349 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 6.6
- Natural change, 2023
- 7,506
- International migration
- 39,872 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -21,590 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 7.8
- Postal code
- WA
- FIPS code
- 53033
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.5 % |
| 2024 | 4.2 % |
| 2023 | 3.9 % |
| 2022 | 3.5 % |
| 2021 | 4.7 % |
| 2020 | 8.4 % |
| 2019 | 2.8 % |
| 2018 | 3.3 % |
| 2017 | 3.7 % |
| 2016 | 3.9 % |
| 2015 | 4.0 % |
| 2014 | 4.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,340,211 |
| 2023 | 2,296,813 |
| 2022 | 2,271,238 |
| 2021 | 2,253,242 |
| 2020 | 2,274,349 |