Statistics

Bellingham Statistics

Bellingham is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington, and the twelfth-largest city in the state. It is situated on Bellingham Bay, which is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia. It lies west of Mount Baker andLake Whatcom (from which it gets its drinking water) and north of the Chuckanut Mountains and Skagit Valley. [ See More... ]

Blaine Statistics

Blaine is a city in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. The city’s northern boundary is the Canadian border. Blaine is the shared home of the Peace Arch international monument. The population was 3,770 at the 2000 census.
Blaine’s two large marinas are still home to hundreds of recreational sailboats and yachts, and a small fleet of determined local fishers provide visitors… [ See More... ]

Lynden Statistics

Lynden is the second largest city in Whatcom County. Named and established in 1874 on the site of the Noocksack Indian village Squahalish (Nooksack: Sqwehálich), the town began as a pioneer settlement headed by Holden and Phoebe Judson and is today home to one of the largest CRC Dutch American communities in the nation. The population was 9,020 at the2000 census. Residents of Lynden are known as “Lyndenites”. [ See More... ]

Ferndale Statistics

Ferndale is a city in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. The population was 8,758 at the 2000 census. Ferndale was officially incorporated on March 19, 1907. It is so called because of the ferns that once grew around the original school house.
Ferndale was originally called Jam because the town was located next to a log jam on the Nooksack River. The original schoolteacher decided it needed a more picturesque name. [ See More... ]

Sudden Valley Statistics

Sudden Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. The population was 4,165 at the 2000 census.Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Sudden Valley ranks 97th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.
Before 1969, Sudden Valley was nothing more than “a Ranch” owned by Glen and Betty Corning. [ See More... ]

Whatcom County Statistics

Whatcom County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. Its name ultimately derives from the Lummi word Xwotʼqom, meaning “noisy water.” As of 2000, the population was 166,814.
Whatcom County was created out of Island County by the Washington Territorial Legislature on March 9, 1854, and originally included present day San Juan and Skagit Counties. [ See More... ]