Largest City Seattle (King County) – population 612,000 (2010)
Smallest City Index (Snohomish County) – population 165 (2010)
Newest City Sammamish (King County) –
incorporated August 1999
Oldest City Steilacoom (Pierce County) – incorporated 1854
TOP TEN EMPLOYERS BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
The Boeing
Company 76,417
U.S. Army
Fort Lewis 42,429
Microsoft
Corporation 41,480
University of
Washington 24,603
Navy Region
Northwest 23,961
Providence Health
System 18,747
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 17,939
King County
Government 13,999
Fred Meyer Stores 12,500
City of Seattle 10,254
REGIONAL CENTER OVERVIEW
The Western Washington Regional Center is the same geographical area as the Puget Sound region of Washington anchored by the city of Seattle. It is made up of Snohomish, King, Pierce and Kitsap counties, an economic and political region with long-range planning and economic activity coordinated by the Puget Sound Regional Council (www.psrc.org).
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USCIS Approval Notice for Western Washington Regional Center