Rochester, Washington

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Tacoma. It is located about 42 miles [67 km] to the northeast of Rochester and has a population of 193,556 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Federal Way. It is located about 49 miles [78 km] to the northeast of Rochester and has a population of 83,259 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Aberdeen	W	35 mi [56.3 km]	16,042	2.55% decrease
	Bonney Lake	NE	48 mi [77.2 km]	16,809	73.52% increase
	Centralia	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	15,710	6.57% increase
	Edgewood	NE	47 mi [75.6 km]	9,711	6.84% increase
	Hoquiam	W	39 mi [62.8 km]	8,848	2.74% decrease
	Kelso	S	49 mi [78.9 km]	12,188	2.46% increase
	Lacey	NE	21 mi [33.8 km]	40,702	30.35% increase
	Lakewood	NE	35 mi [56.3 km]	56,983	2.11% decrease
	Longview	S	47 mi [75.6 km]	36,562	5.49% increase
	Olympia	NE	17 mi [27.36 km]	45,322	6.6% increase
	Puyallup	NE	45 mi [72.4 km]	36,330	10.05% increase
	Shelton	N	27 mi [43.45 km]	9,276	9.88% increase
	Sumner	NE	48 mi [77.2 km]	9,704	14.11% increase
	Tumwater	NE	14 mi [22.53 km]	14,100	11.04% increase
	University Place	NE	37 mi [59.5 km]	30,345	1.38% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bucoda	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	633	0.8% increase
	Chehalis Village	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Chehalis	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	7,361	4.31% increase
	Elma	NW	19 mi [30.58 km]	3,113	2.1% increase
	Fords Prairie	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Garden City	NW	18 mi [28.97 km]	---
	Grand Mound	SE	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Malone-Porter	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	McCleary	NW	18 mi [28.97 km]	1,604	10.32% increase
	Napavine	SE	18 mi [28.97 km]	1,611	18.37% increase
	Oakville	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	721	6.81% increase
	Pe Ell	SW	19 mi [30.58 km]	679	3.35% increase
	Rainier	E	19 mi [30.58 km]	1,645	10.25% increase
	Tanglewilde-Thompson Place	NE	21 mi [33.8 km]	---
	Tenino	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,590	9.88% increase

Thurston County

Rochester is located in Thurston County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Thurston: Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason and Pierce. Although it doesn't share a border with Thurston, Pacific it is close to Rochester.

Below are counties that are near Rochester (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Rochester:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Rochester
	Cowlitz County	S	Ryderwood	30 miles [48 km]
	Grays Harbor County	W	Chehalis Village	3 miles [4 km]
	Lewis County	SE	Galvin	6 miles [9 km]
	Mason County	N	Forbes	19 miles [30 km]
	Pacific County	SW	Hilda	18 miles [28 km]
	Pierce County	E	McKenna	26 miles [41 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Washington<3>

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