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About Tacoma

Tacoma is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, 32 mi southwest of Seattle, 36 mi southwest of Bellevue, 31 mi northeast of the state capital, Olympia, 58 mi northwest of Mount Rainier National Park, and 80 mi 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.

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