Puyallup, Washington is a city in Pierce County, Washington about five miles east of Tacoma. The population was 33,011 at the 2000 United States Census. Named after the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Puyallup means'the generous people. '

History
Native Americans numbered about 2,000 in what is now the Puyallup Valley in the 1830s and 1840 s. The first European settelers arrived in the 1850s. In 1877, Ezra Meeker platted a townsite and named it Puyallup after the local Puyallup Indian Tribes. By the 1880s Puyallup had become a major hop growing region and more people flocked to the area. The town grew rapidly throughout the 1880s...

Puyallup, Washington is a city in Pierce County, Washington about five miles east of Tacoma. The population was 33,011 at the 2000 United States Census. Named after the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Puyallup means'the generous people. '

History
Native Americans numbered about 2,000 in what is now the Puyallup Valley in the 1830s and 1840 s. The first European settelers arrived in the 1850s. In 1877, Ezra Meeker platted a townsite and named it Puyallup after the local Puyallup Indian Tribes. By the 1880s Puyallup had become a major hop growing region and more people flocked to the area. The town grew rapidly throughout the 1880s and the town was incorporated in 1890, the first mayor being Ezra Meeker. The Turn of the 20th Century brought change to the valley with the growth of nearby Tacoma and the Interurban rail lines. The Western Washington Fairgrounds were developed giving local farmers a place to show off their crops and livestock. During the early part of World War II the fairgrounds were home to over 7,000 Japanese residents, most of whom were American citizens, at Camp Harmony.

Population


Geography
Puyallup is located at (47.1757,-122.2936). >http://maps.google.com/mapsf=q-ll=47.1757,-122.2936-z=12, the city has a total area of 12.2 square miles (31.6 km²), of which 12.1 square miles (31.4 km²) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) (1.65%) is water, mainly consisting of the Puyallup River estuary.

Puyallup is bordered largely by unincorporated Pierce County. The closest neighbors include the town of Sumner, Washington to the northeast, Fife and Edgewood to the north, Tacoma to the northwest, Summit and Midland to the west, Graham to the south, McMillin and Orting to the southeast, and Alderton to the east.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 33,011 people, 12,870 households, and 8,519 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,719.2 people per square mile (1,049.9/km²). There were 13,467 housing units at an average density of 1,109.3/sq mi (428.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 87.88% White (U.S. Census), 1.50% African American (U.S. Census), 1.01% Native American (U.S. Census), 3.27% Asian (U.S. Census), 0.34% Pacific Islander (U.S. Census), 1.94% from Race (United States Census), and 4.06% from two or more races. Hispanic (U.S. Census) or Latino (U.S. Census) of any race were 4.67% of the population.