The following is a complete list of the 360 populated places in the U.S. state of Washington delineated as census-designated places (CDPs) by the United States Census. CDPs are unincorporated communities lacking elected municipal officers and boundaries with legal status. The term "census designated place" has been used as an official classification by the U.S. Census Bureau since 1980."Chapter 9 – Places" in Geographic Areas Reference Manual (GARM), United States Census Bureau. Accessed November 19, 2016. Prior to that, select unincorporated communities were surveyed in the U.S. Census. These include unincorporated villages, groups of villages, commercial developments, and Air Force Bases. Population data are included in the list.
Census designated places in Washington