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Tacoma
City
Clockwise from top: Downtown Tacoma from the Port of Tacoma, Point Defiance Park, Wright Park, the Tacoma Dome, and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  City of Destiny, Grit City
Location of Tacoma in Pierce County and Washington state
Coordinates: 47°14′29″N 122°27′34″W / 47.24139°N 122.45944°W / 47.24139; -122.45944
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Pierce
Adopted	1868[1]
Founded	1872
Incorporated	November 12, 1875
Named for	Tahoma
Government
• Type	Council–manager
Area [2]
• City	62.42 sq mi (161.68 km2)
• Land	49.71 sq mi (128.76 km2)
• Water	12.71 sq mi (32.92 km2)
Elevation [1]	249 ft (76 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• City	219,346
• Rank	US: 101st WA: 3rd
• Density	4,412.51/sq mi (1,703.53/km2)
• Urban	3,544,011 (Seattle urban area) (US: 13rd)
• Metro	4,034,248 (Seattle metropolitan area) (US: 15th)
Demonym	Tacoman (plural: Tacomans)
Time zone	UTC–8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC–7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	Zip codes[4] 98401–98409, 98411–98413, 98415–98419, 98421–98422, 98424, 98430–98431, 98433, 98438–98439, 98443–98448, 98464–98467, 98471, 98481, 98490, 98493, 98496–98499
Area code	253
FIPS code	53-70000
GNIS feature ID	1512713[1]
Website	cityoftacoma.org

Tacoma is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound.

Tacoma was named after the nearby Mount Rainier. It was first called Mount Tahoma.

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