Ocean Shores, Washington

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The 2000 Census showed that Ocean Shores had a population of 3,836 people^<1>. This represents 0.06% of the total population of Washington, making it the state's 113rd most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
110	Buckley	E	101 mi [162.5 km]	4,462	7.65% increase
111	Black Diamond	E	102 mi [164.2 km]	4,003	0.83% increase
112	Stanwood	NE	121 mi [194.7 km]	6,089	55.21% increase
-113-	Ocean Shores			5,029	31.1% increase
114	Woodland	SE	98 mi [157.7 km]	4,843	28.12% increase
115	Blaine	NE	153 mi [246.2 km]	4,975	31.96% increase
116	Orting	E	91 mi [146.5 km]	6,188	64.57% increase

Ocean Shores had 3,170 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Ocean Shores has a total area of 12.07 square miles [31.25 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 8.63 square miles [22.34 km²]3.44 square miles [8.91 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Ocean Shores had a 2000 population density of 444.7 people per square mile [171.7 people/km²].

Grays Harbor County

The coastal city of Ocean Shores is located in Grays Harbor County.

The county had a population of 67,147 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 3,836 people, Ocean Shores contained 5.71% of the Grays Harbor County total.

In addition, where the community of Ocean Shores has a population density of 444.7 people per square mile [171.7 people/km²], Grays Harbor County averages 35.03 people per square mile [13.52 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Grays Harbor County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Ocean Shores and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Ocean Shores. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Ocean Shores.

A Census Quickfact is available for Grays Harbor County (QF-53027).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Grays Harbor County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Jefferson	QF-53031	NE	29,542	11.82% increase
	Lewis	QF-53041	SE	74,132	8.04% increase
	Mason	QF-53045	NE	57,846	16.74% increase
	Pacific	QF-53049	S	21,271	1.62% increase
	Thurston	QF-53067	E	245,181	17.72% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Ocean Shores:

Ocean Shores is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #9 (the Pacific Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Ocean Shores.

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Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Ocean Shores. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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