Chapter V. King County's Cities

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This section provides a more detailed view of demographic, economic, and development patterns than the previous chapters. Each of the following tables presents a breakdown for each of the 37 cities that were incorporated as of January 1, 1996, in (or partially in) King County. In these tables, the extensive unincorporated areas of King County are presented as one figure. The next chapter, City Profiles, provides a more in-depth look at individual cities. Further breakdown of unincorporated King County is in Chapter 7, Community Planning Areas. The information provided is the most recent available. For most economic and development data this is 1995, but for demographic data it is the 1990 Census. Some of the tables present data from prior years for added perspective.

Existing Cities
As of September 1997, King County contained 37 cities, the largest number of any county in Washington State.
Those cities are:

Algona Auburn Beaux Arts Bellevue Black Diamond Bothell (part) Burien Carnation

Clyde Hill Covington Des Moines Duvall Enumclaw Federal Way Hunts Point Issaquah

Kent Kirkland Lake Forest Park Maple Valley Medina Mercer Island Milton (part) Newcastle

Normandy Park North Bend Pacific Redmond Renton SeaTac Seattle Shoreline

Skykomish Snoqualmie Tukwila Woodinville Yarrow Point

Recent Incorporations
Data for Federal Way and SeaTac, which incorporated in 1990, Burien and Woodinville, which incorporated in 1993, Newcastle, which incorporated in 1994, and Shoreline which incorporated in late 1995, are provided where available. Because Burien and Woodinville did not formally exist until early 1993, Newcastle in 1994, and Shoreline in 1995, several tables have no data for these cities. The data for these cities' areas prior to their incorporation are part of the unincorporated King County total.

The table below shows the shift in population from unincorporated King County to incorporated cities.

Bold: US Census counts, 1980 and 1990
Source: WA State Office of Financial Management (OFM). Estimates are rounded.