Is Tacoma growing?

How much Tacoma, WA has grown or shrunk since 2015, how that compares with the county, the state and the United States, and how the community's age is changing.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

Tacoma looks different than it did in 2015.

Population change since 2015: +8.4% — 203,481 residents in 2015 → 220,482 in 2023

Tacoma population, 2015 to 2023

• 2015: 203481
• 2023: 220482

Growth since 2015

• Tacoma: 8.4
• Pierce County: 12.4
• WA: 10.8
• U.S.: 5

Median age: 37.3 — U.S. median: 38.7

What it means

Tacoma is growing faster than the country as a whole — +8.4% here versus +5.0% nationally since 2015.

These are estimates, not a head count. ACS 5-year figures average responses collected over five years, so they show direction and scale rather than a single day's population.