Washington is a state in the
Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The state is
named after George Washington, the first President of the United
States. It is the only U.S. state named after a president.
Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington
Territory and admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889.
In 2006, the Census Bureau estimated the state's population at
6,395,798. Residents are called "Washingtonians" (emphasis on
the third syllable, pronounced as tone). Washington is sometimes
called Washington state or The state of Washington to
distinguish it from Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital.