Rainier, Washington

Rainier Valley
(King County)

Raish
(Lewis County)

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Current Weather

The town of Rainier is located in Thurston County.

Rainier is 130 feet [39.62 m] above sea level.^<1>

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

Both Alberta and Oregon have communities that are also named Rainier.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Rainier had a population of 1,492 people ^<2> (or 0.72% of the total population of Thurston County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Rainier had a population of 1,645 people. This is an increase of 10.25% 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 Rainier.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	1,645	+10.25%	+3.2% since 2007
2007	1,594	+6.84%	-0.93% since 2006
2006	1,609	+7.84%	-0.25% since 2005
2005	1,613	+8.11%
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2000	1,492	The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

Community	Direction	Distance ^<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Bucoda	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	633	0.8% increase
Centralia	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	15,710	6.57% increase
DuPont	N	15 mi [24.14 km]	6,944	183.2% increase
Eatonville	E	19 mi [30.58 km]	2,459	22.22% increase
Lacey	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	40,702	30.35% increase
Olympia	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	45,322	6.6% increase

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

The Commemorative
Quarter for
Washington ^<4>

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Footnotes

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rainier - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Rainier. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Rainier and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<4>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation


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