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Kitsap County
is situated along the western shore of the central Puget Sound region. It comprises a total landmass of 393 square miles (or 0.6 percent of the state’s total land mass). As such, Kitsap County ranks 36th in size among Washington counties.
Because of its relatively water-bound situation, Kitsap County is physically connected only to Mason County by virtue of a land bridge at its southwest corner. To the north of Kitsap County across Admiralty Inlet (at the mouth of Puget Sound) is Island County; to its east across the main body of Puget Sound are parts of King, Pierce and Snohomish counties; and to its south across The Narrows is Pierce County. The county occupies a unique portion of the State of Washington, directly between the urban areas of Seattle and Tacoma and the wilderness of the Olympic Mountains.
The current population of Kitsap County is estimated at a little over 230,000. The County seat is located in the town of Port Orchard.
INDUSTRIES PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT IN KITSAP COUNTY:
Educational, health and social services (19.7%), Retail trade (12.6%), Manufacturing (11.0%), Professional, scientific, management, administrative and waste management services (10.4%)
LABOR MARKET
(October 2002 Kitsap regional Economic Development Council) Totals include Full and Part Time
Private Sector Manufacturing Firms:
Sound Publishing, Inc.
Seattle Systems, Inc.
The Sun Newspaper
Private Sector Retail & Service:
Harrison Hospital
Safeway Inc.
Wal-Mart
Private Defense Contractors:
Johnson Controls World Wide
BAE Systems
AMSEC LLC
Other Private Sector:
Teltech
Electronic Data Systems Corp
Waste Management Brem-Air
State & Local Public Agencies:
Central Kitsap School Dist.
Olympic College
South Kitsap School Dist.
Federal Non Defense:
U.S. Post Office
Veterans Home & outreach
Federal Defense:
Naval Station Bremerton
NAVSTA
Military & civilian
PSNS Bremerton
Military & civilian
Naval Submarine Base Bangor
Military & civilian
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