Tacoma is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, 32 miles southwest of Seattle, 36 miles southwest of Bellevue, 31 miles northeast of the state capital, Olympia, 58 miles northwest of Mount Rainier National Park, and 80 miles east of Olympic National Park. The city's population was 219,346 at the time of the 2020 census. Tacoma is the second-largest city in the Puget Sound area and the third-most populous in the state. Tacoma also serves as the center of business activity for the South Sound region, which has a population of about 1 million. Tacoma adopted its name after the nearby Mount Rainier, called təˡqʷuʔbəʔ in the Puget Sound Salish dialect, and "Takhoma" in an anglicized version. It is locally known as the "City of Destiny" because the area was chosen to be the western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad in the late 19th century.

Country: United States
State: Washington
County: Pierce
Adopted: 1868
Founded: 1872
Incorporated: November 12, 1875
Named for: Tahoma
Type: Council–manager
Mayor: Victoria Woodards
Population (2020): 219,346
Estimate (2022): 221,776
Rank: US: 101st, WA: 3rd
Urban: 3,544,011 (Seattle urban area) (US: 13rd)
Metro: 4,034,248 (Seattle metropolitan area) (US: 15th)
Demonym(s): Tacoman (plural: Tacomans)
Time zone: Pacific (PST) (UTC–8)
Summer (DST): PDT (UTC–7)
Area code: 253
FIPS code: 53-70000
GNIS feature ID: 1512713
Website: cityoftacoma.org
Official Website: http://www.cityoftacoma.org
Wikidata description: county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States
Wikidata id: Q199797
Wikidata label: Tacoma
Wikidata aliases: Array
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