West Coast of the United States
West Coast of the United States | |
|---|---|
as defined by the Census Bureau | |
| Country | United States |
| Principal cities | Los Angeles San Diego San Jose San Francisco Sacramento Portland Seattle Anchorage Honolulu |
| Largest city | Los Angeles |
| Largest metropolitan area | Greater Los Angeles |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,009,688 sq mi (2,615,080 km2) |
| • Land | 895,287 sq mi (2,318,780 km2) |
| • Water | 21,433 sq mi (55,510 km2) |
| • Coastal | 28,913 sq mi (74,880 km2) |
| Highest elevation (Denali) | 20,310 ft (6,190.5 m) |
| Lowest elevation | −282 ft (−86 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 53,669,422 |
| 53,848,093 | |
| Time zone | |
| Mountain | UTC−7:00 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6:00 |
| Pacific | UTC−8:00 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7:00 |
| Alaska | UTC−9:00 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−8:00 |
| Hawaii | UTC−10:00 |
The West Coast of the United States, also known as the Pacific Coast and the Western Seaboard, is the coastline along which the Western United States meets the North Pacific Ocean. The term typically refers to the contiguous U.S. states of California, Oregon, and Washington, but it occasionally includes Alaska and Hawaii in bureaucratic usage. For example, the U.S. Census Bureau considers both states to be part of a larger U.S. geographic division.