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With an area of 71,362 square miles (184,830 km2) and a state of more than 7.7 million people, Washington is the 18th largest state and the 13th most populated. The Seattle metropolitan area is the center of transportation, business, and industry on Puget Sound, a Pacific Ocean inlet comprised of several islands, deep fjords, and bays carved out by glaciers. The rest of the state is made up of deep temperate rainforests in the west, mountain ranges in the west, central, northeast, and far southeast, and a semi-arid basin region in the east, central, and south that is heavily cultivated. After California, Washington is the second most populated state on the West Coast and in the Western United States. Mount Rainier, an active stratovolcano, stands at 14,411 feet (4,392 meters) above sea level and is the most prominent mountain in the contiguous United States.

Washington is a major lumber producer, with dense groves of Douglas fir, hemlock, ponderosa pine, white pine, spruce, larch, and cedar covering its difficult terrain. Apples, hops, pears, blueberries, spearmint oil, and sweet cherries are produced in large quantities in the state, and apricots, asparagus, dry edible peas, grapes, lentils, peppermint oil, and potatoes are also abundant. Animal, livestock products, and commercial fishing—especially salmon, halibut, and bottomfish—all contribute significantly to the state’s economy. In terms of wine production, Washington is second only to California.

Aircraft, missiles, shipyards, and other transportation equipment, as well as food processing, metals and metal products, chemicals, and machinery, are all manufactured in Washington. The Grand Coulee Dam is one of more than a thousand dams built in Washington for a variety of uses, including irrigation, energy generating, flood control, and water storage.

Washington is one of the country’s wealthiest and most socially liberal states. In terms of life expectancy and unemployment, the state consistently ranks among the top. Washington was one of the first states to legalize medicinal and recreational cannabis, was one of the first states to legalize same-sex marriage in 2012, and was one of only four states to provide legal abortions on demand before the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade loosened abortion laws across the country. Similarly, Washington voters supported a referendum in 2008 to legalize physician-assisted suicide, and the state is now one of 10 states (together with Washington, D.C.) to do so.