There are a number of party hot spots in Washington.
For example, Cheney, Washington has been called one of the biggest party towns in the nation. And you can see why. It has a large number of college kids, a very young population, and frankly, there’s a huge bar scene.
But is it the best city to score in? The purpose of this post is to use science and data to determine which places are the easiest you could possibly go in Washington if you wanted to hook up with someone.
After analyzing 100 of the state’s most populous areas (over 10,000 people), we came up with this list as the 10 easiest places to get laid in the state of Washington:
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- Ellensburg (Photos)
- Cheney (Photos)
- Olympia (Photos)
- Spokane (Photos)
- Seattle (Photos)
- Bellingham (Photos)
- Wenatchee (Photos)
- Shoreline (Photos)
- Des Moines (Photos)
- Centralia (Photos)
You might be thinking, “Ellensburg?!” Why haven’t I gone there before?
Well if you live in Ellensburg, you’re probably already aware of the pure excitement level, based on the criteria we list below. And if you’re not already regularly hooking up there…well, then there’s nothing we can do about that.
That’s your own personal problem.
Read on below to see how we crunched the numbers and see how the places near you fared. We’ve got the complete list of the most populous cities below so you know where to go and where to avoid on your next road trip.
The hardest place to get lucky in Washington, according to science? That would be Fort Lewis. More on that later.
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How do you decide if a place in the Evergreen State is easy to get lucky in?
In order to rank the chances where you’re most likely to get laid in Washington, we had to determine what criteria helps people hook up. It isn’t a stretch to assume that people will get frisky where there are plenty of young singles, areas where people aren’t married and with kids, and in areas with high lots of adult things to do.
So we found databases across the internet for those criteria, and it spit out the answer. Like magic.
How we crunched the numbers for getting laid
We know we are answering a bar topic with this one, but we still try to be scientific about it. With that in mind we used the most recent 2013-2017 American Community Survey Census data produced for the state of Washington. And we paired it up with data from OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 and colleges from IPEDS.
Can’t really get any better data than that.
We paid particular attention to:
- Population density
- % of population that’s female (More females than males)
- % of unmarried people in each city
- % of households with kids in each city
- Colleges per capita
- Bars per capita
We then gave each city a “Chance To Get Laid Score”.
The higher the score, the better the city is for getting lucky. We also limited our results to cities with populations over 10,000 people. For Washington, that meant a total of 100 cities.
Read on to see why Ellensburg is party central.
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Ellensburg is a city in, and the county seat of, Kittitas County, Washington, United States. The population was 19,786 in a 2016 census estimate. Ellensburg is located just east of the Cascade Range on Interstate 90 and is known as the most centrally located city in the state. Ellensburg is the home of Central Washington University.
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Cheney is a city in Spokane County, Washington, United States. The full-time resident population was 10,590 as of 2010 census. Eastern Washington University is located in Cheney, and its population grows to approximately 17,600 people on a temporary basis when classes at Eastern Washington University are in session.
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Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County. It was incorporated on January 28, 1859. The population was 46,478 as of the 2010 census. The city borders Lacey to the east and Tumwater to the south. Olympia is a cultural center of the southern Puget Sound region. Olympia is located 60 miles southwest of Seattle, the largest city in the state of Washington.
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Spokane spoh-KAN) is a city located in the state of Washington in the northwestern United States. It is located along the Spokane River west of the Rocky Mountain foothills in eastern Washington, 92 miles south of the Canada-US border, approximately 20 miles from the Washington-Idaho border, and 280 miles east of Seattle along Interstate 90.
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Seattle ) is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With an estimated 704,352 residents as of 2016, Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. In July 2013, it was the fastest-growing major city in the United States and remained in the Top 5 in May 2015 with an annual growth rate of 2.1%. In July 2016, Seattle was again the fastest-growing major U.S. city, with a 3.1% annual growth rate. The city is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, about 100 miles south of the Canada-United States border. A major gateway for trade with Asia, Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling as of 2015.
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Bellingham is the largest city in and the county seat of Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the thirteenth-largest city in the state, with 80,885 residents as of the 2010 US Census, and is part of the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the state. The boundaries of the city encompass the former towns of Fairhaven, Whatcom, Sehome, and Bellingham.
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Wenatchee is a city located in north-central Washington and is the largest city and county seat of Chelan County, Washington, United States. The population within the city limits in 2010 was 31,925. In 2014, the Office of Financial Management estimated the population at 33,070. Located at the confluence of the Columbia and Wenatchee rivers near the eastern foothills of the Cascade Range, Wenatchee lies on the western side of the Columbia River, across from the city of East Wenatchee. The Columbia River forms the boundary between Chelan and Douglas County. Wenatchee is the principal city of the Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Chelan and Douglas counties. However, the ‘Wenatchee Valley Area’ generally refers to the land between Rocky Reach and Rock Island Dam on both banks of the Columbia, which includes East Wenatchee, Rock Island, and Malaga.
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Shoreline is a city in King County, Washington, United States, 9 miles north of Downtown Seattle bordering the northern Seattle city limits. As of the 2010 census, the population was 53,007, making it the 20th largest city in the state of Washington.
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Des Moines is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 29,673 as of the 2010 census.
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Centralia is a city in Lewis County, Washington, United States. The population was 16,336 at the 2010 census.
There You Have It – The Best Cities for Getting Some in Washington for 2019
If you’re looking at cities in Washington where it’s easy to get laid because the population is young, single and ready to party, this is an accurate list.
Who ever said science is a bore?
If you’re also curious enough, here are the hardest places to get laid in Washington, according to science:
- Fort Lewis
- West Richland
- Cottage Lake
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