Pierce County (Washington)

The Pierce County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. In the census in 2010, the County had 795 225 inhabitants and a population density of 182.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is the port city of Tacoma.

The Pierce County is part of the Seattle metropolitan area.

  • 2.1 Historical Objects 2.1.1 Mount Rainier National Park
  • 2.1.2 Tacoma
  • 2.1.3 Other

Geography

The Pierce County is located in west-central Washington between Puget Sound and the Cascade Range, whose highest peak, the volcano Mount Rainier, is located in the east of the county.

The Pierce County has a total area of ​​4,679 square kilometers, spread over 4,349 square miles of land and 330 square kilometers of water.

It borders the following Nachbarcountys:

National Protected Areas

The Pierce County has each share of the following protected areas:

  • Mount Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest
  • Mount Rainier National Park
  • Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge

History

The County was formed on December 22, 1852 from former parts of Thurston County. It was named after Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), the 14th President of the United States ( 1853-1857 ).

Historical buildings

Among other things, the following buildings are among the many historically important objects:

Mount Rainier National Park

At Mount Rainier National Park is the historic Paradise Inn, a 1916 -built hotel. The building was added as a historical monument with the number 87001336 on 28 May 1987 by the National Register of Historic Places. In addition, it was registered as a National Historic Landmark.

Also in Mount Rainier National Park you will find the historic Yakima Park Stockade Group (also known as North and South Block Houses, Museum, and Stockade at Sunrise ), a complex of buildings erected in 1930. He was admitted as a historical monument with the number 87001337 on May 28, 1987 by the National Register of Historic Places. In addition, it was registered as a National Historic Landmark.

Tacoma

The historic fireboat station (also known as Fire Station No.. 18) in Tacoma is located on East 11th Street 302 It was in 1986 taken from the NRHP (NRHP 86,000,978 ).

In Tacoma, the historic Nisqually Power Substation is (also known as Tacoma Substation & Storage House ), a 1911 -built substation. The two buildings were taken as historical monuments with the number 01000429 on 25 April 2001 from the NRHP.

Other

In Steilacoom is the 1855 historic Catholic Steilacoom Catholic Church. It was recorded in 1974 as a memorial.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010, lived in Pierce County 795 225 people in 291 323 households. The population density was 182.9 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 74.2 percent white, 6.8 percent African American, 1.4 percent Native American, 6.0 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 6.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 9.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

In the 291 323 households lived statistically 2.56 per person.

24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 55,941. The per capita income was $ 27,265. 12.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

Citys

  • Auburn1
  • Bonney Lake
  • Buckley
  • DuPont
  • Edgewood
  • Fife
  • Fircrest
  • Gig Harbor
  • Lakewood
  • Milton1
  • Orting
  • Pacific1
  • Puyallup
  • Roy
  • Sumner
  • Tacoma
  • University Place

Towns

  • Carbonado
  • Eatonville
  • Ruston
  • South Prairie
  • Steilacoom
  • Wilkeson

Census-designated places (CDP )

  • Artondale
  • Ashford
  • Elbe
  • Elk Plain
  • Fort Lewis
  • Fox Iceland
  • Frederickson
  • Graham
  • Greenwater
  • Home
  • Kapowsin
  • Midland
  • Parkland
  • Prairie Ridge
  • South Hill
  • Spanaway
  • Summit
  • Waller
  • Wauna

Unincorporated communities other

  • Anderson Iceland
  • Browns Point
  • Burnett
  • Cascadia
  • Dash Point
  • Herron Iceland
  • Ketron Iceland
  • La Grande
  • Lakebay
  • Long Branch
  • McKenna
  • McNeil Iceland
  • Paradise
  • Purdy
  • Vaughn

Special

In Pierce County is located at Fort Lewis is the largest base of the United States Army on the West Coast of the United States.

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