User:EmmaCoop/sandbox/West Coast of the United States
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The West Coast of the United States, also known as the Pacific Coast, Pacific states, 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 sometimes includes Alaska and Hawaii, especially by the United States Census Bureau as a U.S. geographic division.
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West Coast of the United States | |
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Country | United States |
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 | −279 ft (−85 m) |
Population (2019 estimate) | |
• Total | 53,492,270[lower-alpha 1] |
Time zone | |
Pacific | UTC−8:00 |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−7:00 |
Alaska | UTC−9:00 |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−8:00 |
Hawaii | UTC−10:00 |
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With the exclusion of Alaska, the U.S. Democratic Party has dominated West Coast politics in contemporary history, with the states consistently voting for Democrats in elections at various levels. Four out of five West Coast states have voted for Democrats in presidential elections since 1992, three of which have done so since 1988.