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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 13th 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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