Washington · Census place 5349275

Nooksack, Washington

Nooksack is a city in Whatcom County, Washington with an estimated 1,675 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 180th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,675
#180 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
+11.7%
+176 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
1,821 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Nooksack. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Nooksack population, 2020 to 2024

Nooksack added 176 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.7%. In the latest year it moved by +117.

1,49920201,54320211,54220221,55820231,6752024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,490. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Nooksack covers 0.92 square miles of land, for 1,821 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Nooksack is less dense than the typical town.

What county Nooksack is in

All of Nooksack's residents live in Whatcom County, which had 234,954 residents in 2024. Nooksack holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Nooksack

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Nooksack by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98247, 98276. 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 Nooksack is

The Census internal point of Nooksack is at 48.928100, -122.319600. Olympia, the capital, is 133.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Everson, WA (3,169 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Everett, WA, 66.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
48.928100, -122.319600
DMS
48°55'41.16"N 122°19'10.56"W
UTM
10N 549837.6E 5419686.1N
Geohash
c29n2e1df
Plus code
84WVWMHJ+65

Daylight in Nooksack

At 48.93° N, Nooksack gets about 16 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Nooksack

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Everson, 1.9 miles away, with 3,169 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Nooksack, WA?

1,675 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 176 (11.7%) from 1,499 in July 2020.

What county is Nooksack in?

Whatcom County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Nooksack?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 98247, 98276.

How far is Nooksack from Olympia?

133.5 miles (214.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Nooksack.

What is the nearest larger city to Nooksack?

Everson, WA, with 3,169 residents, 1.9 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.