Ocean Shores, Washington

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The coastal city of Ocean Shores is located at Grays Harbor.

Ocean Shores is located in Grays Harbor County.

Typical abbreviation for Ocean Shores: Ocean Shrs.

The community of Ocean Shores is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: Ocean Shores lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Ocean Shores, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Ocean Shores had a population of 3,836 people^<2> (or 5.71% of the total population of Grays Harbor County). The population of Ocean Shores represented 0.07% of the total of Washington, making it the state's 113rd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Ocean Shores had a population of 5,029 people. This is an increase of 31.1% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Ocean Shores.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Aberdeen	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	16,042	2.55% decrease
	Bay City	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Cohassett Beach	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Copalis Beach	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Cosmopolis	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	1,661	4.14% increase
	Hoquiam	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	8,848	2.74% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Ocean Shores.

Websites for Ocean Shores

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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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