People QuickFacts	Bellingham	Washington
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	81,862	6,830,038
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	80,885	6,724,540
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.2%	1.6%
 	Population, 2010    	80,885	6,724,540
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	4.6%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	15.6%	23.5%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	12.8%	12.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.2%	50.2% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	84.9%	77.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.3%	3.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.3%	1.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	5.1%	7.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.6%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	4.3%	4.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	7.0%	11.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	81.5%	72.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	73.2%	81.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	10.0%	12.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	11.6%	17.5%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	91.7%	89.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	37.4%	31.0%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	17.4	25.4 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	45.5%	64.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	47.1%	25.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$305,500	$285,400
 	Households, 2006-2010    	33,945	2,577,375
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.19	2.49
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$23,288	$29,733
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$38,136	$57,244
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	21.6%	12.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Bellingham	Washington
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	8,607	551,340
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	S
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.2%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.8%	6.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.2%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.3%	3.2%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	25.4%	28.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	614,534	112,053,283
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	776,794	76,790,966
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,944,593	92,968,519
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$25,169	$14,380
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	226,596	12,389,422

   	Geography QuickFacts	Bellingham	Washington
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	27.08	66,455.52
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	2,987.0	101.2
 	FIPS Code    	05280	53
 	Counties    	Whatcom County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts