Burien (Washington)
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Coordinates | 47°28′6″N 122°20′44″W |
Country | United States |
State | Washington |
County | King |
Elevation | 377 ft (115 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
ZIP codes | 98146, 98148, 98166, 98168 |
Area code(s) | 206 |
FIPS code | 53-08850 |
GNIS feature ID | 1534570 |
Website | burienwa.gov |
Government (Type) | Council–manager |
Government (Mayor) | Sofia Aragon |
Government (City manager) | Carolyn Hope |
Government (Total) | 11.19 sq mi (28.98 km2) |
Government (Land) | 10.04 sq mi (26.00 km2) |
Government (Water) | 1.15 sq mi (2.98 km2) |
Area (Total) | 11.19 sq mi (28.98 km2) |
Area (Land) | 10.04 sq mi (26.00 km2) |
Area (Water) | 1.15 sq mi (2.98 km2) |
Population (2020) (Total) | 52,066 |
Population (2020) (Estimate (2021)) | 51,073 |
Population (2020) (Rank) | US: 781st WA: 25th |
Population (2020) (Density) | 5,129.99/sq mi (1,980.72/km2) |
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Burien (/ˈbjʊəriən/BURE-ee-ən) is a suburban city in King County, Washington, United States, located south of Seattle on Puget Sound. As of the 2020 census, Burien's population was 52,066, which is a 56.3% increase since incorporation in 1993. An annexation in 2010 increased the city's population significantly. Settlement in the Burien area dates to 1864, when George Ouellet (1831–1899), a French-Canadian born in Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, Quebec, purchased his first of several land patents for homestead sites directly from a federal land office. Ouellet had first arrived in the Washington Territory at Port Madison on Bainbridge Island, off the Kitsap Peninsula, in 1858. Three years after purchasing his homestead in the Burien area, he married 14-year-old Elizabeth Cushner, who was born in the Washington Territory, and started a family. Several years later, the Ouellet family moved to the White River Valley, near Auburn.