Shelton, WA Micro Area
The Shelton, WA micro area is one county in Washington: Mason County. About 71,165 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 8.3% more than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 71,165 8.3% more than in April 2020
- Type
- Micropolitan statistical area
- County
- Mason County
- Land area
- 960 sq mi (2,485 km²)
- Time zone
- Pacific TimeUTC-08:00 in January; UTC-07:00 in July
- State
- Washington
- Combined statistical area
- Seattle-Tacoma, WA
- CBSA code
- 43220
The county in the Shelton, WA micro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Mason County | Central | 71,165 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal city
- Shelton10,612 people
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
Part of the Seattle-Tacoma, WA combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 6 areas in this one, largest first:
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area4,161,883 people
- Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area304,261 people
- Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area283,374 people
- Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area132,975 people
- Centralia, WA Micro Area88,062 people
- Oak Harbor, WA Micro Area85,657 people
Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first
Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.
- Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area19 mi southeast
- Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area29 mi northeast
- Aberdeen, WA Micro Area37 mi southwest
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area45 mi northeast
- Port Townsend, WA Micro Area64 mi north
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