Seattle metropolitan area

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The Seattle metropolitan area in Washington, USA includes the city of Seattle, King County, Snohomish County, and several surrounding cities and counties in the Puget Sound area. The U.S. Census Bureau defines the metropolitan area as the Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA Combined Statistical Area, with an estimated population of 3,763,569 (as of 2004), making it the 13^th largest United States metropolitan area.

As defined by the United States Census Bureau, the Seattle—Tacoma—Olympia, WA combined statistical area is made up of the following core-based statistical areas:

Seattle–Bellevue–Everett (metropolitan division)
*King County: Seattle and its immediate vicinity
*Snohomish County: north of Seattle
Tacoma (metropolitan division)
*Pierce County: south of Seattle
Bremerton–Silverdale (metropolitan statistical area)
*Kitsap County: west of Seattle, separated from the city by Puget Sound; connected to Seattle by ferry and to Tacoma by the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Olympia (metropolitan statistical area)
*Thurston County: southwest of Seattle, at the south end of Puget Sound
Oak Harbor (micropolitan statistical area)
*Island County: northwest of Everett, encompassing Whidbey and Camano Islands in Puget Sound
Shelton (micropolitan statistical area)
*Mason County: northwest of Tacoma and west of Olympia

See also Greater Puget Sound for a roughly coterminous area.

Complete listings of the cities in the immediate area can be found in the county listings above. The following is a list of major cities in the metropolitan area:

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