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Fort Lewis
WashingtonCDP
Total population
15,167
Median home value
$0
Bachelor's+
Median income
$58,796
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Fort Lewis sits in Washington, United States and is identified as a census-designated community. Census-style estimates put the resident count near 15,167. Coordinates of 47.096°, -122.567° situate Fort Lewis in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. Resident density is around 570 per km², indicating an average residential density. The administrative footprint covers about 26.6 km². Open solar datasets indicate about 1,247 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 49% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. Continue scrolling for population, climate, environmental and points-of-interest data drawn from public sources.
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History & geography
Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Fort Lewis, WA from NOAA NWS API.
Air quality
Industrial & pollution facilities
Natural hazard risk
Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
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Wildlife & biodiversity
Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Spanaway Lake High SchoolHigh · Spanaway · 1,817 students · 23.9:1 ratio
- Bethel High SchoolHigh · Spanaway · 1,739 students · 22:1 ratio
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · Tacoma · 1,430 students · 20.4:1 ratio
- Curtis Senior HighHigh · UNIVERSITY PLACE · 1,349 students · 23.3:1 ratio
- Clover Park High SchoolHigh · Lakewood · 1,315 students · 18.8:1 ratio
- Lakes High SchoolHigh · Lakewood · 1,286 students · 21.4:1 ratio
- Franklin Pierce High SchoolHigh · TACOMA · 1,141 students · 17.8:1 ratio
- Washington High SchoolHigh · Tacoma · 997 students · 16.1:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Fort Lewis
Search results from Open Library.
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Sources
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library