1. Start with Pasco’s actual service area
Your firm may serve Pasco alone, Franklin County more broadly, or a wider Washington market. Those are different intake boundaries. A visitor’s location can affect whether the inquiry belongs with your firm, but Pasco’s population figure cannot establish how many people need legal help or how many will contact you. The intake should therefore ask only for geographic information that your firm actually uses when reviewing a matter. If location affects ownership or eligibility, make that relationship explicit in the qualification path rather than treating every visitor as interchangeable.
Recommended approach
Define the geographic rules before choosing questions. Decide whether the flow is intended for Pasco residents, people with matters in Franklin County, people elsewhere in Washington, or another clearly stated service area. Then decide what should happen when a visitor falls outside that boundary: continue to a review, request clarification, route elsewhere, or present a clear next step. Review these choices with counsel; do not use the city’s population as a forecast.
