Bellingham, Washington

Current Weather

The coastal city of Bellingham is located in Whatcom County and is the county seat.

Time Zone: Bellingham lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight savings time.

To help familiarize you with some neighboring communities:

Community	Population	Direction	Distance<1>
Langley 5 (BC)	---	N	28 mi [45.06 km]
McMillan Island 6 (BC)	63	N	28 mi [45.06 km]
Whonnock 1 (BC)	5	N	28 mi [45.06 km]
Katzie 2 (BC)	37	N	30 mi [48.28 km]
Barnston Island 3 (BC)	49	N	31 mi [49.89 km]

To learn about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Bellingham Neighborhood Page.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Bellingham had a population of 67,171 people. This represented 1.14% of the total population of Washington, making it the state's 10th most populous community.

From the Census estimates^<2> for 2007, Bellingham had a population of 77,503 people. This is an increase of 15.38% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the population changes since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010). The population counts for the years after 2000 are estimates (we have more details on the Census Page for Bellingham).

Bellingham is 100 feet [30.48 m] above sea level.^<3>

Massachusetts, Minnesota and South Carolina have communities that are named Bellingham.

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Bellingham. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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