Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. The state is named after George Washington, the first President of the United States. It is the only U.S. state named after a president.
Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory and admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. In 2006, the Census Bureau estimated the state's population at 6,395,798. Residents are called "Washingtonians" (emphasis on the third syllable, pronounced as tone). Washington is sometimes called Washington State or The state of Washington to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital.
Colleges and Universities:
Central Washington University
Eastern Washington University
The Evergreen State College
University of Washington
Washington State University
Western Washington University
Private Universities:
Antioch University Seattle
Argosy University/Seattle
Art Institute of Seattle
Bastyr University
City University
Cornish College of the Arts
DeVry University
DigiPen Institute of Technology
Gonzaga University
Henry Cogswell College
Heritage College
Northwest University
Pacific Lutheran University
St. Martin's University
School of Visual Concepts
Seattle Bible College
Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle University
Trinity Lutheran College
University of Puget Sound
Walla Walla University
Whitman College
Whitworth College
Community Colleges:
Bates Technical College
Bellevue Community College
Bellingham Technical College
Big Bend Community College
Cascadia Community College
Centralia College
Clark College
Clover Park Technical College
Columbia Basin College
Edmonds Community College
Everett Community College
Grays Harbor College
Green River Community College
Highline Community College
Lake Washington Technical College
Lower Columbia College
Olympic College
Peninsula College
Pierce College
Renton Technical College
Seattle Community College District
Shoreline Community College
Skagit Valley College
South Puget Sound Community College
Spokane Community College
Spokane Falls Community College
Tacoma Community College
Walla Walla Community College
Wenatchee Valley College
Whatcom Community College
Yakima Valley Community College
Professional Sports Teams:
Seattle Seahawks - National Football League; NFC Seattle, Qwest Field
Seattle Mariners - Major League Baseball; AL Seattle, Safeco Field
Seattle SuperSonics - National Basketball Association Seattle, KeyArena
Seattle Thunderbirds - Western Hockey League Seattle, KeyArena
Seattle Storm - Women's National Basketball Association Seattle, KeyArena
Seattle Sounders - Soccer USL First Division (men's)
W-League (women's) Seattle, Qwest Field
Bellingham Slam - American Basketball Association Bellingham, Whatcom Community College
Bellevue Blackhawks - American Basketball Association Bellevue, Meydenbauer Center
Everett Silvertips - Western Hockey League Everett, Everett Events Center
Spokane Chiefs Ice Hockey Western Hockey League Spokane, Spokane Arena
Tri-City Americans - Western Hockey League Kennewick, Toyota Center
Tri-City Fever - Arena Football af2 Kennewick, Toyota Center
Tri-City Dust Devils - Northwest League; A Pasco, Tri-City Stadium
Tacoma Rainiers - Pacific Coast League; AAA Tacoma, Cheney Stadium
Spokane Indians - Northwest League; A Spokane, Avista Stadium
Everett AquaSox - Northwest League; A Everett, Everett Memorial Stadium
Yakima Bears - Northwest League; A Yakima, Yakima County Stadium
Everett Hawks - Arena Football af2 Everett, Everett Events Center
Spokane Shock - Arena Football af2 Spokane, Spokane Arena
Yakama Sun Kings - Continental Basketball Association Yakima, Yakima Valley SunDome
Federal Land and Reservations:
There are three national parks in Washington, Mount Rainier National Park, North Cascades National Park, and Olympic National Park.
National forests in the state include Colville National Forest, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Okanogan National Forest, Olympic National Forest, and Wenatchee National Forest, among others.
Other protected lands of note include Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, among others administered by the National Park Service.
There are many wilderness designated areas in Washington, including Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Glacier Peak Wilderness, Goat Rocks Wilderness, Henry M. Jackson Wilderness, Norse Peak Wilderness, Mount Baker Wilderness, Pasayten Wilderness, Olympic Wilderness, and many others.
There are several large military-related reservations, including Fort Lewis, McChord Air Force Base, Naval Base Kitsap, the Hanford Site, and the Yakima Training Center.
There are many Indian reservations in Washington. The largest include the Colville Indian Reservation, Spokane Indian Reservation, Yakama Indian Reservation, and the Quinault Indian Reservation.
Significant business within the state include the design and manufacture of jet aircraft (Boeing), computer software development (Microsoft, Amazon.com, Nintendo of America), electronics, biotechnology, aluminum production, lumber and wood products (Weyerhaeuser), mining, and tourism. The state has significant amounts of hydroelectric power generation. Significant amounts of trade with Asia pass through the ports of the Puget Sound. See list of United States companies by state. Fortune magazine survey of the top 20 Most Admired Companies in the US has 4 Washington based companies in it, Starbucks, Microsoft, Costco and Nordstrom.
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