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County · Washington
Whatcom County
234,954Population
3.6 %Change since 2020
2,108Net migration
4.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 234,954 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 3.6 %
- Net migration
- 2,108 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4 % (2025)
- State
- Washington
- Population base, April 2020
- 226,844 (2020)
- Births
- 1,939 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.3
- Deaths
- 2,072 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.8
- Natural change, 2023
- -133
- International migration
- 787 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 1,321 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 9.0
- Postal code
- WA
- FIPS code
- 53073
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 % |
| 2024 | 4.4 % |
| 2023 | 4.0 % |
| 2022 | 4.1 % |
| 2021 | 5.4 % |
| 2020 | 9.0 % |
| 2019 | 5.0 % |
| 2018 | 4.8 % |
| 2017 | 4.9 % |
| 2016 | 5.7 % |
| 2015 | 6.0 % |
| 2014 | 6.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 234,954 |
| 2023 | 232,686 |
| 2022 | 230,701 |
| 2021 | 226,725 |
| 2020 | 227,451 |