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King County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2010 census its population was 1,931,249.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/53/53033.html )〕 King is the most populous county in Washington, and the 13th-most populous in the United States. The county seat is Seattle,〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 which is the state's largest city. King County is included in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. About two-thirds of the county's population lives in the city's suburbs. As of 2011, King County was the 86th highest-income county in the United States. ==Etymology== The county was originally named after William Rufus King who was Vice-President when the Washington Territory was created. In 1986, a motion was introduced to change the namesake to Martin Luther King, Jr.〔(Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search )〕 No public votes or hearings were taken on the change.〔(Spokane Chronicle - Google News Archive Search )〕 On February 24, 1986, the King County Council passed Council Motion 6461 five votes to four setting forth the historical basis for the renaming of King County in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Because only the state can charter counties, this change was not made official until April 19, 2005, when the Governor signed Senate Bill 5332 into law. The County Council submitted a vote to the public on February 27, 2006 to change the county's logo from a royal crown to an image of King. On March 12, 2007, the new logo was unveiled. Martin Luther King Jr. visited King County for two days in November 1961.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 date=2000-01-06 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「King County, Washington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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