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State of Washington
Flag of Washington Seal of Washington
Nickname(s): The washingon state Evergreen State
Motto(s): Alki
Official language(s) None
Capital Olympia
Largest city Seattle
Area  Ranked 18th
 - Total 71,342 sq mi
(184,824 wasington state km²)
 - Width 240 miles (385 km)
 - Length 360 miles (580 km)
 - % washngton state water 6.6
 - Latitude 45°32' N to 49°00' N
 - wahington state Longitude 116°57' W to 124°48' W
Population  Ranked 14th
 - Total (2000) 5,894,121
 - Density 88.6/sq mi 
34.20/km² wshington state (25th)
 - Median income  $48,688 (14th)
Elevation  
 - Highest washingtn state point Mount Rainier
14,410 ft  (4,395 m)
 - Mean 1,700 ft  (520 m)
 - Lowest point Centralia Coal Mine ft  washingtom state (-250 m)
Admission to Union  November 11, 1889 (42nd)
Governor Christine Gregoire washington state (D)
U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D)
Maria Cantwell (D)
Time zone Pacific: UTC-8/-7
Abbreviations WA washington state ferries US-WA
Web site www.access.wa.gov

Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest of the washington state parks United States. The state is named after George Washington, the first President of the United States. As of the 2000 census, the washington state university state population was approximately 5.9 million and the washington state map state work force numbered about map of washington state 3.1 million. Residents are called "Washingtonians" (emphasis on the third syllable, pronounced as tone). It washington state lottery is sometimes called Washington State when there is washington state ferry need to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., the nation's capital.

Contents

  • 1 Geography
    • 1.1 Geographical state of washington features
  • 2 History
  • 3 Demographics
    • 3.1 Religion
  • 4 Economy
    • 4.1 Agriculture
  • 5 Transportation
  • 6 Law washington state department of licensing washington state real estate and government
    • 6.1 The washington state patrol U.S. Congress
    • 6.2 State washington state tourism elected officials
      • 6.2.1 Executive
      • 6.2.2 Legislature
      • 6.2.3 Judicial
    • 6.3 Politics
  • 7 Important washington state ferry schedule cities and towns
  • 8 Education
    • 8.1 Colleges washington state government and universities
    • 8.2 Community colleges
  • 9 Professional washington state campgrounds sports washington state lotto teams
  • 10 Miscellaneous topics
    • 10.1 State symbols
  • 11 See also
    • 11.1 Political activism
  • 12 References
  • 13 External detail map of washington state links

Geography

Map of Washington - PDF

Washington is bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west; Oregon to the washington state unemployment south (the Columbia River forming most washington state road map of this border); Idaho to the east and British Columbia, Canada to the north. It is washington secretary of state famous for scenery of breathtaking beauty and washington state jobs sharp contrasts. High mountains rise above sparkling coastal waters and above real estate washington state both barren semi-desert and lush evergreen forests. Its coastal location and washington state bar association Puget Sound harbors give it a leading role in trade with Alaska, Canada, and the Pacific Rim. Puget Sound's many islands are washington state dot served by the largest ferry fleet in the United States. Washington washington state realestate is a land of contrasts. The washington state bed and breakfasts deep forests of the Olympic Peninsula are among the rainiest places in the remax washington state world and the only rainforests (such as the Hoh Rain Forest) in the continental United States, but the flat washington state employment semi-desert that lies east washington state newspapers of the Cascade Range stretches for long distances without a single tree. Snow-covered peaks tower washington state counties above the foothills and lowlands around them. Mount Rainier, the highest mountain in the state, appears to washington state lodges washington state maps "float" on the horizon southeast of Seattle and Tacoma on clear days. The eastern side of the state can be washington state lodges wedding divided into two regions: the Okanogan Highlands washington state parks and recreation and the Columbia River Basin.

Map of Washington counties

Areas under the management of the National Park Service include:

  • Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve near Coupeville
  • Fort Vancouver National washington state rental homes Historic Site at Vancouver
  • Klondike Gold washington state history Rush Seattle Unit National Historical Park in Seattle
  • Lake Chelan National Recreation land for sale washington state Area near Stehekin
  • Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area along the Columbia River
  • Lewis and Clark washington state department of fish and wildlife National Historic Trail
  • Mount Rainier National Park
  • Nez Perce National Historical Park
  • North Cascades National washington state park Park near Marblemount
  • Olympic National Park at Port Angeles
  • Ross Lake National Recreation Area at Newhalem
  • San Juan Island washington state cougars National Historical Park in Friday Harbor
  • Whitman Mission washington state city maps National Historic Site at Walla Walla
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Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
See also: Central Washington, Columbia River Plateau, Eastern Washington, Inland Empire (Pacific washington state camping Northwest), Kitsap Peninsula, washington state attorney general Palouse, and Western Washington

Geographical features

The Dalles Dam on the Columbia River
Mount Rainier with Tacoma in foreground
  • Puget Sound
    • Bainbridge Island
    • Camano Island
    • Whidbey Island
    • Vashon Island
  • San Juan washington state florists associations Islands
  • Columbia River
  • Snake River
  • Yakima River
  • Cascade Range
    • Mount Adams
    • Mount Baker
    • Glacier Peak
    • Mount Rainier
    • Mount St. washington state business license Helens
    • Mount Stuart
  • Olympic Mountains
    • Mount Olympus
Mt. Rainier reflected in Reflection washington state fires lake.
See also: List of Washington rivers

History

For more details on this topic, see History of Washington.

Prior to washington state football the arrival of explorers from Europe, this region of the Pacific Coast washington state laws had many established tribes of beaches in washington state Native Americans, each with its own unique washington state department of ecology culture. Today, they are most notable for their totem poles and their ornately carved canoes and masks. Prominent among their industries were washington state employees credit union salmon fishing and whale washington state supreme court hunting. In the east, nomadic tribes traveled the land and missionaries such as the washington state health insurance Whitmans settled there.

The first European record of a landing on washington state land for sale the Washington coast was by Spanish Captain Don Bruno de Heceta washington state golf courses in 1775, on board the Santiago, part of a two-ship flotilla with the Sonora. They claimed all the coastal what state is washington dc in lands up to the Russian possessions in the north for Spain.

In 1778, British land for sale in washington state explorer Captain James washington state legislature Cook sighted Cape Flattery, at the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, but the straits would not be campsites in washington state explored until 1789, by Captain Charles W. Barkley. Further maps online washington state explorations of the straits were performed by Spanish explorers Manuel Quimper recreational land for sale in washington state in 1790 and Francisco de Eliza in 1791, then by British Captain George Vancouver in 1792.

The Spanish washington state dshs Nootka Convention of 1790 opened the northwest washington state public records territory to explorers and trappers from other nations, most notably Britain and then the United washington state secretary of state States. Captain Robert Gray (for central washington state fair whom Grays Harbor county is named) then discovered the mouth of the Columbia River. He named the river after his washington state dog breeders ship, the Columbia. Beginning in 1792, Gray established trade in sea otter pelts. The Lewis and washington state fair Clark expedition entered the state on October 10, lakes in washington state 1805.

In 1819, Spain ceded their original claims to this territory to the United States. This began map of washington state counties a period of spiders in washington state disputed joint-occupancy by Britain and the U.S. that lasted until June 15, 1846, washington state department of corrections when Britain ceded their claims to this land with the Treaty of Oregon.

What was to become Washington State's first family washington state flower washington state lawyers was that of Washington's founder, the Black pioneer George Washington Bush and his White washington state vacation wife, Isabella James Bush, from Missouri and Tennessee, respectively. They led four White washington state weather families into the territory and settled what is now Tumwater, Washington. They settled in Washington to avoid washington state wineries Oregon's racist settlement laws. [2]

Because of the overland migration moving truck sales washington state along the Oregon Trail, many settlers wandered north to washington state lakes what is now Washington and settled the Puget Sound area. The first settlement was New Market (now camping in washington state known as Tumwater) in 1846. In 1853, Washington Territory was formed from part of Oregon washington state bed and breakfast Territory.

Washington became the 42nd state washington state escorts in the United States on November 11, 1889.

Early prominent industries in the state included washington state sales tax agriculture and lumber. In eastern Washington, the Yakima Valley became known for its apple orchards, while the growth of washington state better business bureau wheat using dry-farming techniques became particularly productive. washington state colleges The heavy rainfall to the west of the Cascade Range produced dense forests, washington state dnr and the ports along Puget washington state hay trucking Sound prospered from the manufacturing and shipping of lumber products, particularly the Douglas washington state health department fir. Other industries that developed in the state include fishing, salmon canning and mining.

By the lithic material washington state turn of the 20th century, Washington was of washington state dept of licensing dangerous repute in the minds of many Americans. Indisputably as "wild" as the rest of the American Old West, the public image washington state personal supplemental health insurance of Washington merely replaced cowboys with lumberjacks, and desert with forestland. One washington state board of nursing city in particular, Aberdeen, had the washington state dui laws distinction of being "the roughest town west of the Mississippi" because of excessive gambling, violence, washington state government jobs extreme drug use and prostitution (the washington state police city itself changed very little over the years and remained washington state wildfires off-limits to military personnel well into the early 1980s).

For a long period, Tacoma was noted for its large smelters where postal jobs in washington state gold, silver, copper and lead ores were treated. Seattle was the primary port for trade state of washington dc with washington state attorneys Alaska and the rest of the country, and for a time it possessed a large ship-building washington state bar industry. The region around eastern Puget Sound developed heavy industry during the period including World War I and washington state capital World War II, and the washington state courts Boeing company became an established icon in the area.

During the Great Depression, a series of hydroelectric dams washington state drivers license were constructed along the Columbia river as part of a project to increase the washington state employment security production of electricity. This culminated in washington state fairs 1941 with the completion of the Grand Coulee Dam, the largest dam in the United States.

During World War II, washington state fishing the washington state flag Puget Sound area became a focus for war industries, with the Boeing washington state syrah Company producing many of the nation's heavy bombers and ports in Seattle, Bremerton, and Tacoma were homes for sale in washington state available for the manufacture of warships. Seattle was the point of miracle ii washington state departure for many soldiers in the Pacific, a number of which were quartered at Golden Gardens Park. spinal cord injury lawyers washington state In eastern Washington, the Hanford washington state child protective services Works atomic energy plant was opened in 1943 and played a major role in the construction of washington state liquor control board the nation's atomic bombs.

On May 18, washington state news 1980, following a period of heavy tremors and eruptions, the northeast face of washington state insurance commissioner Mount St. Helens exploded outward, destroying a large part of the washington state school districts top of the volcano. This eruption flattened the forests, killed 57 people, flooded the Columbia River and its tributaries with ash family law/ washington state and mud, and blanketed large medicare supplemental insurance washington state parts of Washington in ash, making day look like night.

Demographics

Historical populations
Census
year
Population

1850 1,201
1860 11,594
1870 23,955
1880 75,116
1890 357,232
1900 518,103
1910 1,141,990
1920 1,356,621
1930 1,563,396
1940 1,736,191
1950 2,378,963
1960 2,853,214
1970 3,409,169
1980 4,132,156
1990 4,866,692
2000 5,894,121
2005 washington state labor and industries washington state licensing (estimated) 6,287,759
Washington Population Density Map

According to the camping washington state U.S. Census as of 2005, Washington has an estimated population of 6,287,759, medical affordable health insurance washington state which is an increase things to do in washington state of 80,713, or 1.3%, from the prior year and an increase of 393,619, or 6.7%, since the year 2000. This includes washington state bird a natural increase since the last census washington state court of 180,160 people (that is 418,055 births washington state court cases/grandparent visitation minus 237,895 deaths) and an increase from net migration of 215,216 people into the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in washington state golf a net increase of 134,242 people, and migration within the washington state rcw country produced a net increase of 80,974 people.

As of 2004, Washington's population included 631,500 washington state senators foreign-born (10.3% of washington state university vancouver the state population), and an estimated 100,000 illegal aliens (1.6% of state population).citation needed]

Washington is currently the 12th fastest growing secretary of state washington state.citation needed]

Demographics of Washington (csv)
By race White Black AIAN Asian NHPI
AIAN is washington state death index American Indian or Alaskan Native   -   NHPI is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
2000 (total washington state forest fires population) 88.64% 4.12% 2.73% 6.75% 0.74%
2000 (hispanic only) 7.00% 0.23% 0.28% 0.15% 0.06%
2005 (total washington state group health insurance population) 87.65% 4.45% 2.65% 7.69% 0.78%
2005 (hispanic only) 8.16% 0.33% 0.30% 0.20% 0.07%
Growth 2000-2005 washington state medical insurance (total population) 5.49% 15.37% 3.54% 21.57% 12.25%
Growth 2000-2005 (non-hispanic only) 3.88% 13.41% 2.18% 21.11% 11.20%
Growth 2000-2005 washington state trivia washington state birth certificate (hispanic only) 24.32% 47.88% 15.40% 41.33% 24.11%

The six largest reported ancestries in Washington are: German (18.7%), washington state fish and wildlife English (12%), Irish (11.4%), Norwegian (6.2%), Mexican (5.6%) washington state gov and Filipino (3.7%).

There are many migrant Mexican farm workers washington state liquor stores living in the southeast-central part of the state, though are also increasing as laborers in Western Washington. Wahkiakum County, as well why move to washington state as most counties in the state, bank of america online banking washington state has many residents of Scandinavian origin.

Washington has the fifth largest Asian population of any state, with the Filipino health care insurance plans washington state community health insurance washington state being the largest. Although the object of violence and discrimination in late 1800s, Gary Locke was elected as the first Asian political map of washington state American governor at property for sale washington state the end of the 20th century.

African Americans are less numerous than Asians or Hispanics in many washington state cities communities, but have been elected as mayor and King County Executive. In Seattle, they are moving out into the washington state department of labor and industries southern part of the city and many suburban areas such as South King washington state fishing report County.

Washington is washington state spiders the location of many Indian reservations, with some placing prominent casinos next to major interstate highways, and washington state travel residents have adopted many of the romantic getaways washington state artwork themes of the northwest coast indians who were noted for totem poles, longhouses, dugout canoes and pictures of animals such as the washington state dog breeders washington state dog breeders washington state property design used for the Seattle Seahawks. Many cities have unusual names created by washington state skate parks Native Americans such as Seattle, Puyallup and Walla Walla.

6.7% of Washington's population was reported as under 5, 25.7% under 18, and washington state tax 11.2% were 65 or older. Females made up approximately 50.2% of western washington state fair the population.

Religion

The religious affiliations of Washington's population are:

  • Christian – 71%
    • Protestant – 45%
      • Episcopal – attorney cord injury spinal state washington 7%
      • Lutheran – 7%
      • Methodist – 4%
      • Presbyterian – 3%
      • Other Protestant or general Protestant – child support washington state 24%
    • Roman Catholic real estate listings washington state – 22%
    • LDS – 5%
    • Other Christian – 1%
  • Other Religions – 2%
  • Non-Religious – 27%

As with many other Western states, the spinal cord injury attorney washington state percentage of Washington's population identifying themselves as "non-religious" is higher washington state activities than the national average. The percentage of non-religious people in Washington is washington state bed breakfast the highest of any state.

Economy

The 2004 total gross washington state community colleges state product for Washington was $262 billion, placing it 14th in the nation[3]. The per capita income was $33,332. Significant washington state facts business washington state gun laws within the state include the design and manufacture of jet aircraft (Boeing), computer software washington state job search development (Microsoft, Amazon.com, Nintendo of America), electronics, biotechnology, aluminum production, washington state personal injury attorney lumber and wood products, mining, and tourism. The state has significant amounts of hydroelectric power generation. Significant amounts of trade with Asia washington state tides pass through the ports of the Puget Sound. See list washington state weddings of United States companies by state.

The state washington state zip codes of Washington is one of only seven states that does not levy a personal income tax. Neither average pay construction loan processor washington state does the state collect a bad credit washington state auto loans corporate income tax. However, Washington businesses are responsible for various other state levies. better business bureau washington state Washington's state sales tax is 6.5 percent, and it applies to services as well as products.[1] Most campgrounds in washington state foods are exempt from sales tax; however, prepared foods, dietary supplements and soft dui washington state drinks remain taxable. The eastern washington state combined state and local retail sales tax rates increase the pow wows in washington state taxes paid by consumers, depending on the variable local sales tax rates, generally between 8 and 9 percent[2]. An state of washington map excise tax applies to washington state convention center certain select products such as gasoline, cigarettes, and alcoholic beverages. Property tax washington state ferry schedules was the first tax levied in the state of Washington and its collection accounts washington state minimum wage for about 30 percent of Washington's total state and local revenue. It washington state mobile home and land continues to be the most important revenue source for public washington state resorts schools, fire protection, library, park and recreation, and other special purpose districts.

All real and auto accident washington state personal property is subject to tax unless specifically exempted by law. Personal property also elk selkirk washington state is taxed, although most personal property owned by individuals is exempt. Personal property tax applies to personal property fires in washington state used move to washington state when conducting business or to other personal property not exempt by law. All property taxes are spinal cord injury attorneys washington state paid to the county treasurer's office where the property is located. Washington does not impose a tax on intangible washington state community college assets such as washington state department of social and health services bank accounts, stocks or bonds. Neither does the state washington state fishing license assess any tax on retirement income earned and received from another state. Washington does not collect inheritance washington state gambling taxes; however, the estate tax is decoupled from the federal estate tax laws, and therefore the washington state home page state imposes its own estate tax.

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Bill Gates (worth $53 billion) is the best known billionaire dog adoption in washington state from the state, and wealthiest man in the environmental education jobs in washington state world. Other Washington state billionaires Paul Allen, (Microsoft), Steve Ballmer (Microsoft), Jeffrey Bezos (Amazon), Craig McCaw (McCaw Cellular), environmental jobs in washington state James Jannard (Oakley), John Edson (leisure information state travel washington craft), Howard Schultz (Starbucks) and Charles Simonyi (Microsoft)[3]


Agriculture

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Washington is a leading agricultural state. (The following figures are from utility trailers washington state the Washington State Office of Financial Management and the Washington Agricultural Statistics Service.)

For 2003, the washington state basic health insurance total value of Washington's agricultural products was $5.79 billion, the 11th highest washington state elections in the country. The total value of its crops was $3.8 washington state forest fire billion, the 7th highest. The total value of its livestock washington state medical board and specialty products was $1.5 billion, the 26th highest.

In 2004, Washington ranked first in the nation in production washington state medical insurance supplemental medical of red raspberries (90.0% of total U.S. production), wrinkled seed peas washington state tree (80.6%), hops (75.0%), spearmint oil (73.6%), apples (58.1%), sweet cherries (47.3%), pears acting and modeling in washington state (42.6%), peppermint oil (40.3%), Concord grapes (39.3%), carrots for processing (36.8%), and Niagara grapes (31.6%). Washington also cheap homes washington state ranked second in the nation in production of lentils, cord injury lawyer spinal state washington fall potatoes, dry edible peas, apricots, grapes (all varieties taken together), asparagus (over a third dui in washington state of the nation's production), sweet forest fires in washington state corn for processing, and green peas for processing; third in tart cherries, prunes and plums, and health fitness gyms north america united states washington dry summer onions; manufactured homes washington state fourth in barley and trout; and fifth in wheat, cranberries, and strawberries.

Transportation

Washington has an extensive system of state highways, called State medical training washington state Routes, as well as the third-largest ferry system in new homes washington state the world. There are 140 public airfields in washington crossing state park Washington, including 16 state airports owned by the Washington State Department of Transportation. Boeing Field in Seattle is the busiest washington federal and state jobs washington state counties map airport by numbers of planes in the world. The unique geography of Washington washington state department of education presents exceptional transportation needs.

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The Cascade Mountain Range also provides unique transportation challenges. Washington operates and maintains 7 major mountain passes and 8 minor passes. washington state traffic During washington state unemployment office winter months these passes are plowed, sanded, and kept safe with avalanche control. Not washington state vital records all are able to stay open through the winter. The North Cascades Highway on washington state vital statistics State Route 20 closes every year. Because of the extraordinary amount of snowfall auto accident claims washington state and frequency of avalanches the highway is not safe in the winter months.

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The U.S. Congress

The two U.S. Senators from state of washington employment Washington are Senator Patty Murray (D) and Senator Maria Cantwell (D).

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State elected officials

Executive

  • Christine Gregoire, Governor (D)
  • Brad Owen, Lieutenant Governor (D)
  • Sam Reed, washington state fish and game Secretary of State (R)
  • Rob McKenna, Attorney General washington state fishing regulations (R)
  • Mike Murphy, Treasurer (D)
  • Brian Sonntag, Auditor (D)
  • Terry Bergeson, Superintendent of Public Instruction (non partisan office)
  • Doug Sutherland, washington state fly fishing guides Commissioner of Public Lands (R)
  • Mike Kreidler, Insurance Commissioner (D)

Legislature

  • Washington State Legislature
    • Washington House washington state insurance of washington state nursing commission Representatives
    • Washington State Senate

Judicial

  • Washington Supreme Court

Politics

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While the Democratic Party has long dominated golden retriever breeders washington state Washington, the 2004 Washington gubernatorial election was among the hard money lenders washington state closest races in United States election history. The initial count gave Republican candidate Dino hard money loans washington state Rossi a lead of 261 votes out of a total vote count of 2,805,913, or 0.0093%.[4] Washington law calls for a mandatory machine jet rental ski state washington recount if the difference between the candidates is less than 0.5% and lakes found in washington state 200 votes [5]. The mandatory recount again had Rossi in the lead, but it was low cost health insurance in washington state now by 42 votes, or 0.0015% maps of washington state of the total 2,808,341 votes included in the first recount.[6] A second medical insurance washington state recount was done by hand, at the request of the Democratic mel's hole in washington state party as allowed by law. This final recount overturned the initial results and resulted in a lead for Christine Gregoire, metal fabrication schools in washington state the Democratic candidate, of 129 votes, or meteorites in washington state 0.0045% of the 2,810,058 votes cast.[7] As this second recount was the last allowed palm harbor fife washington state home for by Washington election r v parks washington state law, Gregoire was inaugurated on 12 January 2005. The spanish immersion in olympia, washington state subsequent court battles raged for months after the election, but ultimately ended with Gregoire retaining her table tennis washington state office. The final official count left Gregoire ahead by 133 votes.

Washington has the distinction for being used bmw cars washington state the first and so far only state to elect women to washington state board of education all three major statewide offices (state washington state colleges and universities governor and two U.S. Senate seats) at the same time.

On January 30, 2006 Governor Christine Gregoire washington state department of natural resources signed into law legislation making Washington the washington state divorce attorneys 17th state in the nation to protect gay and lesbian people from discrimination in housing, lending, and employment, and the 7th state in the washington state electrician nation to offer washington state estate tax these protections to transgendered people. Initiative activist Tim Eyman filed washington state gambling commission a referendum that same day, seeking to put the issue before the state's voters. washington state goverment Despite a push from conservative churches across the state washington state highway map to gather signatures on what were dubbed "Referendum Sundays," Eyman was only able to gather 105,103 washington state hiking trails signatures, more than 7,000 signatures short of the minimum. As a result, the law washington state home based business went into effect on June 7, 2006.

See also List of Washington Governors

Important cities and towns

The Space Needle and the Downtown Seattle skyline
Downtown Tacoma, WA, the third-largest city in Washington.
  • Seattle
  • Spokane
  • Tacoma
  • Tri-Cities
  • Vancouver
  • Bellevue
  • Everett
  • Bremerton
  • Bellingham
  • Yakima
  • Olympia
  • Port Angeles
See also: washington state relocation List of cities in Washington, List of towns in Washington, Washington locations by per capita income, and City government in the washington state republican party state of Washington

Education

Colleges and universities

The Whitman Memorial Building at Whitman College, Walla washington state smoking ban Walla.

State universities

  • Central Washington University
  • Eastern Washington cities in washington state University
  • The Evergreen State College
  • University of Washington
  • Washington State University
  • Western Washington University

Private universities

  • Antioch University Seattle
  • Argosy University/Seattle
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Political activism

  • List of Washington initiatives

References

  1. ^ Retail Sales Tax. Washington State Department of Revenue. Retrieved on storage unit auctions in washington state 2006-09-26.
  2. ^ http://dor.wa.gov/content/home/TaxTopics/FederalDeductionLSTaxTable.aspx
  3. ^ [1] support group for military spouses washington state Seattle Times September 22, 2006 "No news here ... washington state archives Gates still richest"
  4. ^ 2004 Washington State Initial Gubernatorial Election results
  5. ^ November 5, 2004 Rules for Mandatory Recount
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