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Moses Lake–Othello combined statistical area

Combined Statistical Area in Washington, United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 26, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Moses Lake-Othello, WA CSA is the United States Census Bureau's official name for the combined statistical area that includes the Moses Lake micropolitan area as well as the Othello micropolitan area. The population was 112,514 as of 2015. The CSA is anchored by the cities of Moses Lake, and Othello. The CSA also contains the city of Ritzville—the county seat of Adams County.

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This entry incorporates text from “Moses Lake–Othello combined statistical area” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.