Whatcom County, WA [53073] Demographic Characteristics & Trends
  -- a component of the Bellingham, WA metropolitan area [13380] -- click link to view metro S&O report

This document brings together several 2017 vintage population estimates developed by the Census Bureau for this area developed and released separately in 2018. These official model-based estimates are developed and updated annually. The data presesentation here provides more comprehensive insights into demographic characteristics and trends for this area than available elsewhere. ProximityOne uses these data to develop Situation & Outlook (S&O) estimates and projections to 2060. See related table. Join us in weekly Data Analytics Lab web sessions to discuss organization and use of these and related data. The S&O Trends Analysis package used to develop these tables is available to present/analyze these data with wide-ranging additional detail and alternative data formats.   • Bookmark this page -- http://proximityone.com/trends/cty1706037.htm; share with others.   • View profile for other counties -- http://proximityone.com/countytrends2017.htm; use link in table.

Table 1. Population & Components of Change -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	201,520	203,447	204,878	206,189	208,112	211,713	216,274	221,404	19,884
Births	...	2,285	2,259	2,289	2,221	2,358	2,311	2,373	2,299
Deaths	...	1,430	1,476	1,600	1,536	1,528	1,638	1,636	1,549
Natural Increase	...	855	783	689	685	830	673	737	750
Net Migration	...	1,082	674	641	1,254	2,741	3,881	4,371	2,092
International	...	346	320	313	368	412	415	421	371
Domestic	...	736	354	328	886	2,329	3,466	3,950	1,721

Table 2. Population by Gender & Group Quarters Population -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	201,520	203,447	204,878	206,189	208,112	211,713	216,274	221,404	19,884
Male	99,787	100,711	101,451	102,199	103,144	104,990	107,257	109,620	9,833
Female	101,733	102,736	103,427	103,990	104,968	106,723	109,017	111,784	10,051
Group Quarters	...	5,804	5,860	5,950	5,945	5,884	5,836	5,895	191

Table 3. Population by Race/Origin -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	201,520	203,447	204,878	206,189	208,112	211,713	216,274	221,404	19,884
White alone	178,180	179,345	180,096	180,726	182,001	184,644	188,166	192,064	13,884
Black alone	2,178	2,252	2,326	2,348	2,393	2,466	2,606	2,754	576
AIAN alone	6,311	6,420	6,557	6,685	6,881	7,046	7,194	7,405	1,094
Asian alone	7,407	7,816	8,124	8,471	8,716	9,047	9,452	9,886	2,479
NHOPI alone	584	580	583	584	609	648	658	661	77
Two+ Races	6,860	7,034	7,192	7,375	7,512	7,862	8,198	8,634	1,774
Hispanic (any race)	15,907	16,622	17,155	17,660	18,432	19,089	19,990	20,820	4,913

Table 4. Population by Age by Race/Origin -- 2017

Population	Total	White alone	Black alone	AIAN alone	Asian alone	NHOPI alone	Two+ Races	Hispanic (any race)
Total	221,404	192,064	2,754	7,405	9,886	661	8,634	20,820
Age 0-4	12,134	9,833	158	693	421	41	988	2,045
Age 5-9	12,133	9,798	200	731	420	31	953	2,108
Age 10-14	11,780	9,766	190	482	526	38	778	1,877
Age 15-19	14,933	12,318	255	569	810	66	915	2,003
Age 20-24	23,545	19,442	297	808	1,537	64	1,397	2,476
Age 25-29	16,011	13,504	295	699	678	72	763	1,886
Age 30-34	13,829	11,910	215	478	645	52	529	1,497
Age 35-39	13,840	12,029	205	438	674	55	439	1,445
Age 40-44	12,013	10,367	179	402	641	41	383	1,281
Age 45-49	13,156	11,493	172	436	662	42	351	1,208
Age 50-54	12,812	11,435	147	380	550	35	265	889
Age 55-59	13,645	12,297	144	384	530	29	261	645
Age 60-64	14,192	12,947	113	312	551	42	227	524
Age 65-69	13,341	12,294	72	269	522	20	164	396
Age 70-74	9,857	9,247	48	165	294	12	91	213
Age 75-79	6,102	5,724	23	77	187	13	78	143
Age 80-84	3,855	3,610	30	43	142	3	27	116
Age 85 up	4,226	4,050	11	39	96	5	25	68

Table 5. Population by Single Year of Age -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Age 0000	2,276	2,285	2,249	2,294	2,214	2,353	2,300	2,369	93
Age 0101	2,227	2,284	2,293	2,261	2,371	2,252	2,409	2,398	171
Age 0202	2,285	2,281	2,285	2,283	2,280	2,390	2,311	2,481	196
Age 0303	2,264	2,297	2,306	2,327	2,295	2,325	2,439	2,389	125
Age 0404	2,320	2,250	2,291	2,282	2,309	2,315	2,338	2,497	177
Age 0505	2,248	2,355	2,242	2,324	2,321	2,360	2,388	2,404	156
Age 0606	2,222	2,277	2,369	2,245	2,365	2,327	2,426	2,402	180
Age 0707	2,246	2,236	2,261	2,364	2,261	2,380	2,387	2,488	242
Age 0808	2,262	2,247	2,216	2,286	2,358	2,265	2,397	2,393	131
Age 0909	2,304	2,290	2,268	2,198	2,307	2,363	2,330	2,446	142
Age 1010	2,357	2,312	2,288	2,286	2,216	2,314	2,403	2,342	-15
Age 1111	2,425	2,346	2,323	2,283	2,306	2,209	2,341	2,441	16
Age 1212	2,437	2,430	2,353	2,337	2,294	2,303	2,237	2,361	-76
Age 1313	2,433	2,458	2,431	2,373	2,337	2,306	2,333	2,273	-160
Age 1414	2,399	2,439	2,431	2,454	2,389	2,338	2,333	2,363	-36
Age 1515	2,425	2,414	2,470	2,448	2,453	2,398	2,406	2,356	-69
Age 1616	2,475	2,415	2,430	2,469	2,418	2,474	2,405	2,426	-49
Age 1717	2,602	2,501	2,423	2,438	2,486	2,474	2,503	2,427	-175
Age 1818	3,499	3,358	3,308	3,227	3,227	3,267	3,270	3,310	-189
Age 1919	4,758	4,582	4,440	4,389	4,341	4,376	4,399	4,414	-344
Age 2020	4,992	5,247	5,063	4,833	4,787	4,798	4,851	4,929	-63
Age 2121	4,749	5,186	5,420	5,279	5,071	5,050	5,150	5,112	363
Age 2222	4,260	4,668	5,185	5,411	5,221	5,158	5,148	5,272	1,012
Age 2323	3,431	3,477	3,765	4,154	4,467	4,430	4,325	4,345	914
Age 2424	3,108	3,005	3,082	3,303	3,711	4,063	3,992	3,887	779
Age 2525	2,987	2,779	2,645	2,707	3,035	3,450	3,747	3,681	694
Age 2626	2,807	2,822	2,581	2,526	2,547	2,937	3,306	3,558	751
Age 2727	2,702	2,676	2,711	2,409	2,423	2,468	2,895	3,204	502
Age 2828	2,757	2,671	2,637	2,682	2,375	2,417	2,521	2,947	190
Age 2929	2,699	2,740	2,678	2,602	2,673	2,480	2,485	2,621	-78
Age 3030	2,686	2,651	2,722	2,678	2,633	2,726	2,541	2,628	-58
Age 3131	2,517	2,673	2,659	2,714	2,690	2,687	2,836	2,624	107
Age 3232	2,417	2,556	2,668	2,668	2,761	2,705	2,773	2,935	518
Age 3333	2,345	2,397	2,541	2,653	2,648	2,796	2,726	2,833	488
Age 3434	2,282	2,354	2,413	2,528	2,667	2,708	2,854	2,809	527
Age 3535	2,307	2,307	2,358	2,444	2,566	2,723	2,743	2,906	599
Age 3636	2,153	2,308	2,314	2,347	2,405	2,612	2,745	2,828	675
Age 3737	2,209	2,166	2,314	2,361	2,366	2,461	2,629	2,827	618
Age 3838	2,423	2,215	2,177	2,287	2,331	2,392	2,536	2,679	256
Age 3939	2,549	2,411	2,215	2,195	2,312	2,367	2,442	2,600	51
Age 4040	2,683	2,576	2,427	2,245	2,203	2,348	2,446	2,502	-181
Age 4141	2,567	2,634	2,543	2,401	2,218	2,208	2,326	2,459	-108
Age 4242	2,407	2,564	2,621	2,567	2,404	2,228	2,236	2,388	-19
Age 4343	2,329	2,444	2,602	2,622	2,590	2,430	2,295	2,317	-12
Age 4444	2,349	2,318	2,432	2,591	2,627	2,604	2,477	2,347	-2
Age 4545	2,650	2,376	2,347	2,470	2,646	2,699	2,655	2,544	-106
Age 4646	2,672	2,629	2,354	2,349	2,491	2,633	2,724	2,687	15
Age 4747	2,678	2,665	2,620	2,368	2,337	2,494	2,654	2,744	66
Age 4848	2,649	2,660	2,636	2,558	2,368	2,357	2,472	2,668	19
Age 4949	2,776	2,649	2,639	2,629	2,542	2,367	2,347	2,513	-263
Age 5050	2,794	2,783	2,667	2,663	2,633	2,596	2,410	2,427	-367
Age 5151	2,677	2,781	2,717	2,636	2,635	2,636	2,605	2,410	-267
Age 5252	2,756	2,652	2,744	2,745	2,624	2,619	2,663	2,605	-151
Age 5353	2,791	2,738	2,634	2,726	2,708	2,622	2,655	2,671	-120
Age 5454	2,755	2,812	2,741	2,629	2,717	2,743	2,636	2,699	-56
Age 5555	2,820	2,742	2,806	2,696	2,651	2,769	2,762	2,678	-142
Age 5656	2,797	2,805	2,691	2,767	2,662	2,641	2,789	2,774	-23
Age 5757	2,746	2,798	2,772	2,685	2,754	2,647	2,660	2,831	85
Age 5858	2,712	2,719	2,765	2,760	2,674	2,769	2,665	2,668	-44
Age 5959	2,723	2,695	2,729	2,755	2,747	2,667	2,797	2,694	-29
Age 6060	2,634	2,758	2,675	2,721	2,756	2,784	2,707	2,850	216
Age 6161	2,587	2,610	2,737	2,638	2,731	2,764	2,793	2,776	189
Age 6262	2,611	2,588	2,594	2,748	2,643	2,752	2,804	2,857	246
Age 6363	2,693	2,604	2,592	2,614	2,755	2,673	2,777	2,895	202
Age 6464	1,951	2,692	2,606	2,605	2,587	2,743	2,720	2,814	863
Age 6565	1,954	1,948	2,680	2,588	2,591	2,585	2,781	2,767	813
Age 6666	1,892	1,949	1,940	2,649	2,584	2,601	2,612	2,775	883
Age 6767	1,904	1,874	1,916	1,875	2,618	2,570	2,598	2,614	710
Age 6868	1,609	1,866	1,838	1,897	1,858	2,610	2,595	2,595	986
Age 6969	1,499	1,582	1,838	1,811	1,882	1,861	2,645	2,590	1,091
Age 7070	1,366	1,502	1,569	1,825	1,798	1,877	1,861	2,652	1,286
Age 7171	1,246	1,348	1,473	1,544	1,813	1,784	1,864	1,840	594
Age 7272	1,210	1,228	1,333	1,439	1,526	1,769	1,779	1,862	652
Age 7373	1,105	1,204	1,221	1,306	1,424	1,509	1,759	1,767	662
Age 7474	1,068	1,086	1,185	1,191	1,269	1,382	1,497	1,736	668
Age 7575	1,030	1,026	1,048	1,142	1,167	1,250	1,339	1,468	438
Age 7676	904	1,006	1,015	1,010	1,113	1,145	1,225	1,306	402
Age 7777	884	883	980	997	985	1,074	1,120	1,204	320
Age 7878	875	849	859	940	967	949	1,053	1,107	232
Age 7979	868	826	809	802	893	920	902	1,017	149
Age 8080	878	866	820	803	797	870	916	906	28
Age 8181	767	819	808	761	771	755	810	852	85
Age 8282	721	736	778	779	709	731	707	772	51
Age 8383	687	688	697	724	749	685	704	678	-9
Age 8484	637	635	616	633	673	683	631	647	10
Age 8585	3,765	3,868	3,939	3,936	3,985	4,093	4,201	4,226	461
Age 0517	30,835	30,720	30,505	30,505	30,511	30,511	30,889	31,122	287