The in
Washington ,
USA includes the city of
Seattle ,
King County ,
Snohomish County , and
Pierce County within the
Puget Sound area. The U.S. Census Bureau defines the metropolitan area as the ''Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA''
Metropolitan Statistical Area , with an estimated population of 3,203,314, making it the 15
th largest
United States Metropolitan Area .
As defined by the
United States Census Bureau , the Seattle metropolitan area is made up of the following counties:
Based on commuting patterns, the adjacent metropolitan areas of areas included are:
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- The Seattle metropolitan area has the second highest number of coffee shops per capita in the United States (2.5 per 10,000), only after Anchorage, Alaska (3 per 10,000) {Link without Title} .
