Tracts: Areas A through H
For the purposes of Census 2000 map and report production, the Washington State map has been reformatted into eight distinct areas that encompass all 39 counties. The geography of Areas A through H are based on U.S. Census Bureau data, but for efficiency’s sake, the Commission has defined the borders of each Area. Inset maps for each area have been created to show specific geographic details. Combined with appropriate index maps, this spatial data constitutes 52 maps.

The maps display tract boundaries — a tract averages 4,000 people — within thin, black lines. Commonly, roads define borders, so road names actually identify the boundary lines. The tract’s identification number is within the thin, black line. Lavender shading signifies places, namely cities, towns and unincorporated areas. A thicker black line shows boundaries of the incorporated cities and towns. The thickest black line denotes county boundaries, and water and glaciers appear in aqua.

Reports that correspond to each of the eight areas, list the counties, census tract number and population data. The tract reports include the county’s total population and total counts for race and ethnicity, including Hispanic or Latino (any race), African-American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander. Population counts are also provided for Census survey respondents who identified themselves as some other race, or defined themselves as multi-race (two or more races).

In addition to the maps above, you may view and print other detailed maps and charts by making choices below. All downloadable maps are in pdf format (Adobe Acrobat) and require the use of the Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can download a free reader from Adobe. Note that these highly detailed map files are quite large and may take considerable time to load.