Washington · Census place 5305280
Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham is a city in Whatcom County, Washington with an estimated 95,860 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 12th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 95,860
- #12 of 206 in Washington
- Change since 2020
- +4.3%
- +3,990 people
- Land area
- 28.2 sq mi
- + 2.31 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,399 / sq mi
- State median 2,694
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Bellingham population, 2020 to 2024
Bellingham added 3,990 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.3%. In the latest year it moved by +834. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 48th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Bellingham is 5.3 times that size.
Bellingham covers 28.20 square miles of land and 2.31 of water, for 3,399 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Bellingham is denser than the typical town.
What county Bellingham is in
All of Bellingham's residents live in Whatcom County, which had 234,954 residents in 2024. Bellingham holds 40.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bellingham
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bellingham by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98225, 98226, 98229. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Bellingham is
The Census internal point of Bellingham is at 48.753400, -122.470200. Olympia, the capital, is 120.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Everett, WA (113,011 people), 55.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 48.753400, -122.470200
- DMS
- 48°45'12.24"N 122°28'12.72"W
- UTM
- 10N 538941.8E 5400178.4N
- Geohash
- c28vm57cj
- Plus code
- 84WVQG3H+9W
Daylight in Bellingham
At 48.75° N, Bellingham gets about 16 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Bellingham
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Ferndale, 8.8 miles away, with 16,706 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bellingham, WA?
95,860 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,990 (4.3%) from 91,870 in July 2020.
What county is Bellingham in?
Whatcom County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bellingham?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 98225, 98226, 98229.
How far is Bellingham from Olympia?
120.3 miles (193.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Bellingham.
What is the nearest larger city to Bellingham?
Everett, WA, with 113,011 residents, 55.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.