Washington (state) day look like night. The United States Census Bureau estimates Washington's population was 7,288,000 on July 1, 2016, an 8.4% increase since the 2010 Census. In 2015, the state ranked 13th overall in population, and was the third most populous, after California and Texas, west of the Mississippi River. Washington has the largest Pacific Northwest population, followed by Oregon, then Idaho. The Washington state Office of Financial Management pegged the state population at 7,310,300 as of April 1, 2017. As of the 2010 Census, the population of Washington was 6,724,540. The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Metropolitan Area population was 3,439,809 in the 2010
California Pacific Railroad was severe flooding in the Sutter Bypass causing damage to the line between Knight's Landing and Yuba City. That portion of the line was abandoned and track removal commenced on May 14, 1877. The line from Davis to Woodland was later operated by the Southern Pacific and currently by the California Northern Railroad. California Pacific Railroad The California Pacific Railroad Company was incorporated in 1865 at San Francisco, California as the California Pacific "Rail Road" Company. It was renamed the California Pacific Railroad "Extension" Company in the spring of 1869, then renamed the California Pacific Railroad later that same year.