Skagit County
FACT SHEET
Name origin: Named for the Indian tribe in the area.
- Established: 1883 Nov 28
- County seat: Mount Vernon
- County government website
- Upcoming events (via WA-List’s events calendar)
- Population (2010): 116,901 (Rank: 11 of 39)
- Area (2010): 1,731.20 square miles (Rank: 21 of 39)
- Density (2010): 67.5 people per square miles (Rank: 13 of 39)
- Highest elevation: 9,114 feet, Mount Buckner.
Cities and Towns | Population | Area | Density | Elevation | Zip code | |||||
(sq miles) | (pop/sq miles) | (feet) | ||||||||
1. | Mount Vernon | city | 31,743 | 12.30 | 2,580.3 | 29 | 982** | |||
2. | Anacortes | city | 15,778 | 11.75 | 1,343.0 | 18 | 982** | |||
3. | Sedro-Woolley | city | 10,540 | 3.81 | 2,767.1 | 50 | 98284 | |||
4. | Burlington | city | 8,388 | 4.26 | 1,969.9 | 34 | 98233 | |||
5. | La Conner | town | 891 | 0.41 | 2,173.2 | 8 | 98257 | |||
6. | Concrete | town | 705 | 1.22 | 577.9 | 276 | 98237 | |||
7. | Lyman | town | 438 | 0.67 | 653.7 | 100 | 98263 | |||
8. | Hamilton | town | 301 | 1.12 | 268.8 | 95 | 98255 |
Additional facts
- Fidalgo Island is the 4th largest island in the state (41.2 square miles).
Notes
- This page is updated periodically in an effort to keep information accurate and offer additional data.
- ⊕ = link to map
- All population and area data are from the 2010 United States Census. All population density figures for cities greater than 5,000 people are as well. Densities of smaller towns and cities were calculated separately using US Census data.