Whatcom County
Sign in to savecounty in the state of Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- Founded
- March 9, 1854
- Named after
- Chief Whatcom
- Seat
- Bellingham
- Largest city
- Bellingham
- Total
- 2,503 sq mi (6,480 km )
- Land
- 2,107 sq mi (5,460 km )
- Water
- 397 sq mi (1,030 km ) 16%
- Estimate 2025
- 236,392
- Density
- 103/sq mi (40/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- whatcomcounty.us
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Sign at county boundary, 1970 Sheriff's Department vehicle in Bellingham
Whatcom County (/ˈwɒtkəm/, /ˈhwɒtkəm/) is a county located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Washington, bordered by the Lower Mainland (the Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley Regional Districts) of the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north, Okanogan County to the east, Skagit County to the south, San Juan County across Rosario Strait to the southwest, and the Strait of Georgia to the west. Its county seat and largest population center is the coastal city of Bellingham. Whatcom County is coterminous with the Bellingham, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 226,847.