What is King County, Washington?
{{Infobox U.S. county | county = King County | state = Washington | logo = | flag = | founded year = 1852 | founded date = December 22 | seat wl = Seattle | largest city wl = Seattle | area_total_sq_mi = 2307 | area_land_sq_mi = 2116 | area_water_sq_mi = 191 | area percentage = 8.3 | population_as_of = 2020 | population_total = 2269675 | pop_est_as_of = | population_est = | density_sq_mi = auto | time zone = Pacific | named for = {{Unbulleted list|[[William R. King]] (1852–2005)|[[Martin Luther King Jr.]] (since 2005)}} | web = http://www.kingcounty.gov/ | ex image = Seattle - King County Courthouse and King County Administration Building 01.jpg | ex image size = 300 | ex image cap = City Hall Park and King County Courthouse in downtown Seattle | district = 1st | district2 = 7th | district3 = 8th | district4 = 9th }} '''King County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. The population was 2,269,675 in the 2020 census. King is the most populous county in Washington. The county seat is [[Seattle]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/?fa=court_dir.countycityref |access-date=2017-05-07 |title=Court Directory: County-City Reference List |publisher=Washington Courts}}</ref> which is the state's largest city. King County is one of three Washington counties that are included in the [[Seattle]]–[[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]]–[[Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue]] [[Seattle metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]]. About two-thirds of King County's population lives in Seattle's [[suburb]]s. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Seattle Metro}} {{King County, Washington}} {{Washington}} {{authority control}} [[Category:1852 establishments in Washington (state)]] [[Cate