Pierce County cities and towns

Last month we looked at the list of cities and towns in the most populous county in the state. It's time for number two -- just over the southern border. Pierce County happens to be my home, too.

-1. Tacoma, 193,556
-2. Lakewood, 58,211
-3. Auburn, 43,047 (King, Pierce)
-4. Puyallup, 33,014

-5. University Place, 29,933

-6. Enumclaw, 11,116 (King, Pierce)

-7. Bonney Lake, 9,687
-8. Edgewood, 9,089
-9. Sumner, 8,504
10. Gig Harbor,6,465
11. Steilacoom, 6,049
12. Fircrest, 5,868

13. Milton, 5,795 (Pierce, King)

14. Pacific, 5,527 (King, Pierce)

15. Fife, 4,784
16. Buckley, 4,145
17. Orting, 3,760
18. DuPont, 2,452
19. Eatonville, 2,012
20. Ruston, 738
21. Carbonado, 621
22. Wilkeson, 395
23. Roy, 260
24. South Prairie, 226


Data source: 2000 Census

Seattle Seahawks' games, 2006

It was a rough season with injuries to key players, heroic efforts by teammates, and inconsistent play in the last quarter season, but the Seahawks scraped together another NFC West title. Except for the 37-6 loss to the Bears, most of the games were close. Even Game #3 against the Giants, which I was lucky enough to attend, ended much closer than the blow-out the first half implied. So even with a winning 9-7 season record, the Seahawks actually gave up more points to opponents than they scored themselves. Fortunately, the win total is more important than the sum of the scores.

W- 9- 6, at Detroit Lions
W- 21-10, Arizona Cardinals
W- 42-30, New York Giants
L- 6-37, at Chicago Bears
. BYE WEEK
W- 30-28, at St Louis Rams
L- 13-31, Minnesota Vikings
L- 28-35, at Kansas City Chiefs
W- 16- 0, Oakland Raiders
W- 24-22, St Louis Rams
L- 14-20, at San Francisco 49ers
W- 34-24, Green Bay Packers
W- 23-20, at Denver Broncos
L- 21-27, at Arizona Cardinals
L- 14-24, San Francisco 49ers
L- 17-20, San Diego Chargers
W- 23- 7, at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

9-7
PF: 335, PA: 341