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Washington state" redirects here. For the university, see Washington State University. State of Washington Flag	Seal Nickname(s): The Evergreen State Motto(s): Alki (Chinook Wawa: "Eventually" or "By and by")[1] State anthem: Washington, My Home

Demonym	Washingtonian Capital	Olympia Largest city	Seattle Largest metro area	Seattle metropolitan area Area 	Ranked 18th in the U.S. - Total	71,300 sq mi (184,827 km2) - Width	240 miles (400 km) - Length	360 miles (580 km) - % water	6.6 - Latitude	45° 33′ N to 49° N - Longitude	116° 55′ W to 124° 46′ W Population 	Ranked 13th in the U.S. - Total	6,830,038 (2011 est)[2] - Density	103/sq mi (39.6/km2) Ranked 25th in the U.S. - Median household income 	$58,078 (10th) Elevation - Highest point	Mount Rainier[3][4][5] 14,417 ft (4,394 m) - Mean	1,700 ft (520 m) - Lowest point	Pacific Ocean[3] sea level Before statehood	Washington Territory Admission to Union 	November 11, 1889 (42nd) Governor	Christine Gregoire (D) Lieutenant Governor	Brad Owen (D) Legislature	State Legislature - Upper house	State Senate - Lower house	House of Representatives U.S. Senators	Patty Murray (D) Maria Cantwell (D) U.S. House delegation	5 Democrats, 4 Republicans (list) Time zone	Pacific: UTC -8/-7 Abbreviations	WA US-WA Website	access.wa.gov [show] Washington State symbols Washington (i/ˈwɒʃɪŋtən/) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States located north of Oregon, west of Idaho and south of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Washington is the 18th most extensive and the 13th most populous of the 50 United States. Approximately 60 percent of Washington's residents live in the Seattle metropolitan area, the center of transportation, business, and industry along the Puget Sound region of the Salish Sea, an inlet of the Pacific consisting of numerous islands, deep fjords, and bays carved out by glaciers. The remainder of the state consists of deep rainforests in the west, mountain ranges in the west, center, northeast and far southeast, and a semi-arid eastern basin given over to intensive agriculture. Washington is the second most populous state on the west coast and in the western United States after California. The state's nickname "Evergreen" was proposed in 1890 by Charles T. Conover of Seattle, Washington. The name proved popular as the forests were full of evergreen trees and the abundance of rain keeps the shrubbery and grasses green throughout the year.[68]