What is the latest population estimate for ?
Use the Population Finder feature on the Census Bureau home page. This is on the right side of the page, just below the “population clocks” (which provide a continuously updated estimate of the population of the world and the U.S., if those are of interest). Type the name of the area (city, town, county of ZIP code) and select a state from the drop-down; then click on the GO button. You may get back a menu of multiple entities that match (try typing “washington” without specifying a state and you’ll get back dozens of choices and it will take over a minute to do the search). Clicking on the “correct” result displays not only the latest estimate, but also the population counts from the last two censuses. (If you enter a ZIP code all you will get is the population for that area from the most recent (2000) census, assuming it is a residential ZIP that existed at the time of that census. Neither the Census Bureau or any other government agency provides post-2000 population estimates for ZI
