How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-09-26; names, ids and accepted spellings are Natural Earth's. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf; public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)
The drawing: Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_county_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_county_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_state_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_state_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19 and from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 121.2°W, standard parallels 46.1°N and 48.4°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf; public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)
How it works
This blank map of Washington state shows all 39 counties of Washington, from Adams to Yakima, with Olympia, the capital, in Thurston County; with Borders off it prints the plain outline.
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Blank, numbered or named
Blank prints the 39 shapes with nothing written; Numbered puts 1 on Adams and 39 on Yakima, in alphabetical order; Named prints every name, and Print the answer key gives the list.
Washington state outline map with every county
Okanogan County, on the Canadian border, is the largest; San Juan County, a county of islands, is the smallest. Its neighbors, Oregon, Idaho and Canada, are drawn around it without numbers.
The Cascades split the state in two; have students colour the western counties first.
Questions and answers
How many counties does Washington have?
Thirty-nine in the Census Bureau count, from Adams County to Yakima County in alphabetical order.
What county is Olympia in?
Olympia stands in Thurston County, which is number 34 on the numbered sheet. Have students find it first and write Olympia beside it.
Which is the largest county in Washington?
Okanogan County, in the north on the Canadian border. San Juan County, in the islands of the Salish Sea, is the smallest.
Which county of Washington has the most people?
King County, around Seattle, has more people than any other county in Washington, while the capital, Olympia, is in Thurston County.